Hinds Community College

Community college in Raymond, Mississippi, U.S.

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Hinds Community College

Cain Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus of Hinds Community College

Type| Public community college
Established| 1917; 107 years ago (1917)

Academic affiliation

| Space-grant
President| Stephen Vacik[1]
Location|

Raymond

Mississippi

United States

32°15′30″N 90°24′56″W﻿ / ﻿32.25833°N 90.41556°W﻿ / 32.25833; -90.41556
Colors| Maroon and White

Mascot| Eagles
Website| www.hindscc.edu

Hinds Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Raymond, Mississippi, United States and branches in Jackson, Pearl, Utica, and Vicksburg. The Hinds Community College District includes Hinds County, Claiborne County, part of Copiah County, Rankin County, and Warren County. With an enrollment of over 12,000 students at six campuses, it is the largest community college in Mississippi.

## Academics[edit]

The college currently provides academic college-level courses for the first two years of four-year degree programs that must be completed at senior colleges or universities. It also provides two-year technical degree programs, post-secondary career (formerly called "vocational") programs, secondary (high-school) career education, and short-term training and continuing education.

## History[edit]

The Utica campus of Hinds Community College, formerly "Utica Junior College', was founded in 1903 as Utica Normal and Industrial Institute. William H. Holtzclaw helped establish it.[2] and it began as a small agricultural high school in 1917 with 117 students and eight faculty members. In its transformation into a junior college, it began offering college-level academic courses in 1922 and was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1926.

Main Hall

During the World War II years, a vocational education curriculum was added to the college's offerings, and in the late 1960s, technical degree programs were added.

Branch locations in Jackson and Vicksburg were opened in the 1970s. These branches primarily offered high school vocational education, though some college-level night courses were taught. Utica Junior College, a historically black college whose history dates to 1903, merged with Hinds Junior College in 1982 under Federal court order as part of a class action racial discrimination lawsuit.

The Pearl-Rankin Vocational/Career Center was opened in the city of Pearl in 1983, offering high school vocational education and some college-level night courses. This branch later became the Rankin Campus; it now offers academic, technical, and career programs.

The Nursing Allied Health Center was opened in Jackson in 1984, offering nursing and other medical and dental programs. This center, together with the existing branch in Jackson, became known as the Jackson Campus. A Resource and Coordinating Unit for Economic Development (RCU) was added in 1988 in Raymond, and the Eagle Ridge Conference Center was opened in 1996 under the administration of the RCU. The Vicksburg branch became the Vicksburg Campus in 2002 and now offers college-level programs.

Hinds Junior College changed its name to Hinds Community College in 1987; that year 13 of the 14 other Mississippi public two-year colleges also adopted the "community" label. Hinds linked up with other two-year colleges by means of the Community College Network (CCN) in 1994. This system allows a course to be offered at one college location while students may participate in the course at several other college locations by means of video conferencing. All of the state public two-year colleges formed the Mississippi Virtual Community College (MVCC) in 1999 to offer courses to students over the Internet.

## Campuses[edit]

* Raymond Campus, Raymond
* Jackson Campus
* Nursing Allied Health Center
* Rankin Campus, Pearl
* Utica Campus, unincorporated Hinds County, south of Utica[3]
* Vicksburg-Warren Campus, Vicksburg
* Aviation Maintenance/Commercial Aviation, John Bell Williams Airport, Raymond

Hinds Agricultural High School, at the Utica campus, was previously operated by the community college.[4]

## Notable alumni[edit]

* Maurice Black, legislator, Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi
* Anquan Boldin, professional football player
* Chad Bradford, professional baseball player
* Corey Bradford, professional football player
* Phil Bryant, 64th Governor of Mississippi
* Malcolm Butler, professional football player
* John Copeland, professional football player
* Beasley Denson, former Tribal Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
* Antonio Gibson, professional football player
* Jeff Henderson, 2016 Rio Olympics Gold Medalist in long jump
* Faith Hill, Country music singer
* John Hightower, professional football player
* Grady Jackson, professional football player
* Rory Johnson, professional football player
* Tommy Kelly, professional football player
* Trell Kimmons, sprinter
* Earl Leggett, professional football player
* Leon Lett, professional football player
* Ryan McBean, professional football player
* Jerome McDougle, professional football player
* Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959 - first Mississippian to win beauty pageant
* Joseph G. Moss, state legislator and judge for whom the school's athletic field is named
* Michael Myers, professional football player
* Derek Newton, professional football player
* Greg Peterson, professional football player
* Thomas Hal Phillips, author, screenwriter, and actor
* Pat Rapp, professional baseball player
* Fred Smoot, professional football player
* T. T. Toliver, professional football player
* Charvarius Ward, professional football player
* Marvin Washington, professional football player
* Jeremy Williams, professional football player
* John Bell Williams, former Governor of Mississippi
* Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker and author

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hayden, Cathy (April 16, 2020). "Hinds CC Board of Trustees names new president". Retrieved 27 November 2020.
2. ^ Sewell, George A.; Dwight, Margaret L. (November 1984). Mississippi Black History Makers. ISBN 9781604733907.
3. ^ College address: "Utica 34175 Miss. 18 West Utica, MS 39175-9599" - Compare to: "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Utica town, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-07-04. \- The college campus is not in the Utica city limits.
4. ^ "State education board recommends closing one agriculture school, converting one and keeping one". Associated Press at gulflive.com. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2017-07-03.

## Further reading[edit]

* Hinds Community College. History of Hinds Community College. 16 August 2006.

## External links[edit]

* Mississippi portal

* Official website

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* Alcorn State University
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Two-year
institutions|

* Coahoma Community College
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* East Central Community College
* East Mississippi Community College
* Hinds Community College
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* Bishop
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* Volusia County
* Western

Consortia|

* Atlanta University Center
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* Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
* Southwestern Athletic Conference
* Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
* Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

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City of Jackson

Areas|

* Tougaloo

Education|

| Primary &
secondary|

* Jackson Public School District
* Callaway HS
* Forest Hill HS
* Jim Hill HS
* Lanier HS
* Murrah HS
* Provine HS
* Wingfield HS

* Madison County School District

* Mississippi School for the Blind
* Mississippi School for the Deaf

* Hillcrest Christian School
* Jackson Academy
* St. Andrew's Episcopal School Lower school

Closed: Central HS

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Former
schools|

* Veritas School (moved to Ridgeland, later closed)

Tertiary|

* Jackson State University
* see template
* Tougaloo College
* Hinds Community College
* Some campuses are in Jackson
* Belhaven University
* Millsaps College
* Mississippi College School of Law
* Wesley Biblical Seminary

Libraries|

* Jackson/Hinds Library System

Transportation|

* Jackson–Evers International Airport
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* Union Station
* Hawkins Field

Media|

* The Clarion-Ledger
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* Jackson Advocate

Landmarks|

* Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
* Jackson Zoo
* King Edward Hotel
* University of Mississippi Medical Center
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Religion|

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson
* Congregation Beth Israel
* First Presbyterian Church

Jackson Preparatory School serves the Jackson area but is in nearby Flowood.

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Education in Hinds County, Mississippi

Public high schools

Jackson PSD|

* Callaway
* Forest Hill
* Jim Hill
* Lanier
* Murrah
* Provine
* Wingfield

| Closed|

* Central HS

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Hinds County SD|

* Raymond
* Terry

Clinton PSD|

* Clinton HS

Other|

* Mississippi School for the Blind (state-operated)
* Mississippi School for the Deaf (state-operated)

| Closed|

* Hinds County Agricultural

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Independent schools

Secular private|

* Jackson Academy

Religious private|

* Hillcrest Christian School
* St. Andrew's Episcopal School Lower school

| Closed|

* Veritas School (moved to Ridgeland, later closed)
* Woodland Hills Academy

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Other

Universities|

* Jackson State University
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Community colleges|

* Hinds Community College

Public libraries|

* Jackson/Hinds Library System

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