Hinds Community College Blog

Most people know the basics about Hinds Community College.

For example, we all know Hinds CC is affordable ($1,200 per semester for full-time, in state students) and convenient (6 locations serving Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin and Warren counties). However, Hinds Community College is much more than your average community college.

Here are 5 things you didn't know about Hinds CC:

1. Hinds Community College is the largest community college in Mississippi and the fourth largest higher education institution in the state. 
   

   Hinds Community College offers 170 academic programs guaranteed to transfer to a university, more than 70 career and technical program options and 14 nursing and allied health programs. If you can't find something to study at Hinds, check your pulse. 
   
   

2. Hinds Community College is the only community college in Mississippi with its own airport.
   
   The John Bell Williams airport is located in Bolton and is home our Aviation Department (Aviation Technology, Commercial Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems programs). Our UAS program was even featured on FOXBusiness!
   
   
3. The Hinds Community College Hi-Steppers are one of the oldest precision dance lines in the United States. 
   
   Founded in 1953, the Hi-Steppers are known as Mississippi’s Goodwill Ambassadors. No group in the U.S. has received more invitations to nationally televised bowl games, professional football games, or national parades than the Hi-Steppers.
    
4. Hinds Community College has won the Halbrook Award in the community college division for the 14^th time since 1987. 
   

   The Halbook Award is given each year at the Mississippi Association of Colleges annual conference to the college having the highest number of student-athletes who graduated or completed class work. Hinds posted a 96% graduation/completion rate among its student-athletes in 2013-2014. 
   
   

5. Hinds Community College's Utica Campus (formerly Utica Junior College) was founded in 1903 and still retains its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU ) status and traditions. 
   
   Some of Utica's most treasured traditions include Founder's Day, Annual Thanksgiving Dinner and Coronation Ball. 
   
    

For two years, the Hinds CC eLearning goat has grazed in e-Learning anonymity until a he became the scapegoat for a litany of hilarious memes, musings, and puns. First, our thanks to George Takei for thrusting our goat into the bright glare of social media.

In the best interest of the goat, we decided we should milk this story just a little longer. When the photo was first proposed as the anchor image for the college’s eLearning webpage, it was met with resistance.

 “Won’t this open us up to ridicule?”  and “Is this the image you want for online education at Hinds Community College?” said the college communications vice president.

 “But, we really like this goat,” said the eLearning staff.

 “That lady's definitely learning from a distance. I think she lives by my mom,” said the Director of Web Communications.

“Really, what does a goat have to do with online learning,” countered the V.P.

“It shows that getting a college education can happen anytime, anywhere,” responded the eLearning staff.

“Well, can we at least note the goat is not a student?” asked the V.P.

Ah, a middle ground was found.

So, the goat and his keeper were left to their field of dreams.

All in all, eLearning is very fond of their animal friend. The online learning staff wants everyone to know that Canvas classes are open to all and not enrolling would be a "baaaaaaad" decision. 

For more information about Hinds CC eLearning, visit http://www.hindscc.edu/elearning.

On Tuesday, August 26, Instagram (a widely popular image and video social sharing app) debuted its latest creation, Hyperlapse. Hyperlapse is a standalone app (currently only available for iOS devices) that allows users to create beautiful, high quality time-lapse videos without having to remain still.

Check out Instagram's Hyperlapse introduction video below:

Upon reading the news of Hyperlapse (yes, I discovered it on the college’s Instagram feed), I immediately downloaded the app and tried it out. I journeyed down to the Hinds Community College bookstore to see how the app would work in a busy environment. My first attempt at hyperlapsing (is that a word yet?) left more to be desired. However, after a little practice, I got the feel of the tool. Users simply record video (horizontally or vertically) of a scene until they're satisfied with the length. Next, users can select a playback speed (1x to 12x) to see it come to life as a time lapse video. Users can then save the video to their camera roll or share it to Facebook and/or Instagram.

I’m having a lot of fun with Hyperlapse. I am excited to see how creative I can be using this tool. Check out a few of my “trials” below. Happy Hyperlapsing!

Students walking to class:

Public Relations Office: