Hinds Athletics hosted its first Alumni Weekend and Golf Outing, which drew 12 teams to play at Eagle Ridge Golf Course on April 8. More than $7,500 was raised to go toward projects to update athletic facilities.
Alumni
50+ Reunion spotlighted classes of 1970, 1971
“This year’s 50+ honored two years at the same time after the event was cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Kylie’s Kolors nail polish: faith in action
“A Raymond native and Hinds graduate who is active with nonprofits, and now a member of the Hinds Community College Foundation Board of Directors, community service was already in Tucker’s blood.”
Connecting for healthy choices comes easy for Hinds alumna
Natasha Haynes (1992) isn’t a chef by trade, but cooks up the best fast-and-healthy eats the Mississippi State Extension Service website has to offer. She credits her years as a Hinds student, including the college’s student public relations and recruiting group Hinds Connection, for why her food video series has been a success.
Biologist, ‘drone girl’ takes flight in new job, thanks to Hinds
Jenny Laird (2002) began her career in scientific research two decades ago cleaning storage tanks where invasive species of plants were kept for study. Since then, her career hasn’t as much grown as it has flown – by way of expansive aviation technology used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fulfill its civil works missions, military, emergency response and research and development missions.
Sue Brooks – In Memoriam
Sue Longest Brooks, of Clinton, who taught in the Speech and Theatre Department at Hinds for 25 years and long respected by faculty and students alike, died Oct. 29. She was 86.
Homecoming 2020
Hinds Community College celebrated Homecoming differently this year, with events divided over two days to facilitate social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Charles Edwin Banes
Charles Edwin Banes(1960) of Raymond, passed away on Dec. 4. He attended school at Raymond High School, Hinds Community College and Mississippi State University. He worked for the Hinds County Sheriff Office.
Shemekia Lacy Rankin
Shemekia Lacy Rankin (2014) a native of Woodville and a resident of Natchez was named in a unanimous vote by the Wilkinson County School Board as the Wilkinson County School Superintendent.
Alejandro Pocasangre
Alejandro Pocasangre (2021) of Jackson, has been hired as an assistant soccer coach at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba. Pocasangre received his bachelor’s degree in Sports Management/ Teaching and Coaching at Mississippi University for Women.
Debbie Norris
Raymond native Debbie Norris (1977) of Canton, and a retired Graduate School Dean and Associate Provost from Mississippi College, was honored with Emeritus status for her significant contributions to the Christian university over her 40-year tenure there.