Hinds Community College is a

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with its main campus in

Raymond, Mississippi Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,933; in 2020, its population was 1,960. Raymond is one of two county seats of Hinds County (along with Jackson) and is the home of the ...

and branches in

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and Vicksburg. The Hinds Community College District includes

Hinds County Hinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. With its county seats (Raymond and the state's capital, Jackson), Hinds is the most populous county in Mississippi with a 2020 census population of 227,742 residents. Hinds Co ...

, 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

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

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 jt. and it began as a small agricultural high school in 1917 with 117 students and eight faculty members. In its transformation into a

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, it began offering college-level academic courses in 1922 and was accredited by the

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in 1926. During the

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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

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whose history dates to 1903, merged with Hinds Junior College in 1982 under Federal court order as part of a

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lawsuit. The Pearl-Rankin Vocational/Career Center was opened in the town of

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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 Jackson Campus-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

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(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

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. All of the state public two-year colleges formed th
Mississippi Virtual Community College
(MVCC) in 1999 to offer courses to students over the Internet.

Campuses

* Raymond Campus, Raymond * Academic/Technical Center, Jackson * Nursing/Allied Health Center, Jackson * Rankin Campus, Pearl * Utica Campus,

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Hinds County, south of UticaCollege address
"Utica 34175 Miss. 18 West Utica, MS 39175-9599" - Compare to: - The college campus is not in the Utica city limits. * Vicksburg-Warren Campus, Vicksburg * Aviation Maintenance/Commercial Aviation,

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, Raymond

Hinds Agricultural High School Hinds County Agricultural High School or Hinds Agricultural High School (HAHS) was a public secondary school in unincorporated Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, south of Utica. It was located on the Utica campus of Hinds Community College ...

, at the Utica campus, was previously operated by the community college.

Notable alumni

* Maurice Black, legislator, Assistant Attorney General of

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, professional baseball player *

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, 64th Governor of

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, professional football player *

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, professional football player * Beasley Denson, former Tribal Chief of the

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* Antonio Gibson, professional football player * Jeff Henderson,

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Gold Medalist in long jump *

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singer * John Hightower, professional football player *

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, professional football player * Rory Johnson, professional football player *

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, professional football player *

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, professional football player * Leon Lett, professional football player *

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, professional football player * Jerome McDougle, professional football player * Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959 - first Mississippian to win

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* 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 *

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, professional baseball player *

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, professional football player * T. T. Toliver, professional football player *

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, professional football player * Marvin Washington, professional football player * Jeremy Williams, professional football player * John Bell Williams, former Governor of

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and author

References

External links

Official website
{{authority control Universities and colleges in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi Educational institutions established in 1917 Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Buildings and structures in Hinds County, Mississippi 1917 establishments in Mississippi

Academics

History

Campuses

Notable alumni

References

Further reading

External links