--- title: Hindscc Blog | trivia description: trivia | Hinds Community College blog posts by employees and faculty about programs offered, events, classes, etc. --- [**Hinds Community College**](http://www.hindscc.edu) # Hinds Community College Blog ## [5 Things You Didn't Know About Hinds Community College](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/bid/357615/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-hinds-community-college) Posted by [Jamie Nash](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/author/jamie-nash) on Fri, Nov, 21, 2014 @ 10:11 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Most people know the basics about [Hinds Community College](http://www.hindscc.edu). 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.  ![Electrical Technology student changing bulb](https://hub.hindscc.edu/hs-fs/file-2443063132-jpg/images/cte-resized-600.jpg?width=400&height=266&name=cte-resized-600.jpg) 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](http://www.hindscc.edu/departments/aviation/default.aspx) (Aviation Technology, Commercial Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems programs). Our UAS program was even featured on [FOXBusiness](http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2014/02/18/can-now-get-your-degree-in-flying-drones/)! ![UAS students at John Bell Williams airport](https://hub.hindscc.edu/hs-fs/file-2443063142-jpg/images/aviation2-resized-600.jpg?width=400&height=280&name=aviation2-resized-600.jpg) 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](http://www.hindscc.edu/studentlife/hi_steppers/default.aspx) 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.  ![Hinds Community College Hi-Steppers](https://hub.hindscc.edu/hs-fs/file-2443063152-jpg/images/histeppers-resized-600.jpg?width=400&height=300&name=histeppers-resized-600.jpg) 4. **Hinds Community College has won the Halbrook Award in the community college division for the 14th time since 1987. ** The Halbook Award is given each year at the [Mississippi Association of Colleges](http://www.mississippi.edu/) 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.  ![Eagle baseball player](https://hub.hindscc.edu/hs-fs/file-2443063162-jpg/images/halbrook-resized-600.jpg?width=400&height=245&name=halbrook-resized-600.jpg) 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.  ![Utica Coronation Ball](https://hub.hindscc.edu/hs-fs/file-2443063172-jpg/images/coronation-resized-600.jpg?width=400&height=400&name=coronation-resized-600.jpg)  **Want more information about Hinds Community College? ** Click the button below: [![Click to learn more about Hinds CC!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/196949/07e4071a-1a20-468a-bab7-7371722c365a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/196949/07e4071a-1a20-468a-bab7-7371722c365a) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/bid/357615/5-things-you-didn-t-know-about-hinds-community-college#comments-listing) Topics: [Hinds Community College](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/hinds-community-college), [Mississippi](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/mississippi), [Hinds CC](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/hinds-cc), [higher education](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/higher-education), [fun facts](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/fun-facts), [hcc](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/hcc), [trivia](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/topic/trivia) [All posts](https://hub.hindscc.edu/blog-employee/all) ### Subscribe via E-mail ### Join the Team! 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