Holmes Community College
TypePublic community college
Established1911
PresidentJim Haffey
Location
Goodman
,
Mississippi
,
United States

32°58′10″N 89°54′59″W / 32.96944°N 89.91639°W / 32.96944; -89.91639
MascotBulldog
Websitehttp://www.holmescc.edu/

Holmes Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Goodman, Mississippi.[1] It also has campuses in Grenada and Ridgeland, and satellite campuses in Attala, Webster, and Yazoo counties.

Holmes Community College was established in 1911, when plans were made to found Holmes County Agricultural High School in Goodman, Mississippi. The town of Goodman provided 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land (along with free water from the community's artesian well) on the west side of town, and the Board of Trustees purchased an additional 42 acres (170,000 m2) adjacent to the original school location. The mascot of Holmes Community College is the bulldog.

It was previously Holmes Junior College (HJC).[2]

History

Holmes Community College originally began as Holmes County Agricultural High School, established in 1911 when the town of Goodman provided forty acres of land and the college's board of trustees bought forty-two acres of land on the west side of Goodman, Mississippi. In 1922, the Mississippi Legislature made it legal for agricultural high schools to add two years of college work. Holmes added the first year of college work in the 1925-1926 school session, and a sophomore year of college work in the 1928-1929 school session.[3]

Service area

Counties it serves, in addition to Holmes, are Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Madison, Montgomery, Webster, and Yazoo.[4]

Campuses

  • Goodman Campus, Goodman
  • Grenada Center, Grenada
  • Ridgeland Campus, Ridgeland
  • Kosciusko - Attala Educational Center / Workforce Development, Kosciusko
  • Yazoo Center, Yazoo City

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Goodman Campus." Holmes Community College. Retrieved on March 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Vaiden student at HJC named to "Who's Who"". The Conservative. Vol. 106, no. 8. 1970-04-30. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "History of the College". Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Holmes Community College. Retrieved 2021-06-30.

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