Hinds CC announces student award winners; several from Vicksburg honored

RAYMOND, Miss. (VDN) — Hinds Community College honored outstanding students during its annual Student Awards of Distinction ceremony on Feb. 20, recognizing achievements in academics, leadership, and service.

Those awards include the following:

Pathways: The Hinds Community College Vice Presidents of Instruction for Academic and Career/Technical programs present the Outstanding Student Award to students who demonstrate excellence in a particular subject area or program of study. The awards are divided by transfer pathway and workforce pathway.

Students recognized include, front from left, Luiza Siecola of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fine and Performing Arts; Alaina Broome of Jackson, Agriculture; Whitney Southam of Flowood, History and Humanities; second row, Maggie Bennett of Brandon, Business Administration, Nevagant Jones of Laurel, Allied Health; Desiree Barlow of Florence, English and Modern Foreign Languages; Kamaria Seaton of Greenville, Arts and Humanities; Aaron McDaniel of Terry, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math); Nakiyah Mallett of Ridgeland, Education and Public Service; third row, Samuel Eubanks of Jackson, Speech and Communications; Thomas Hathorn of Clinton, Mathematics; Tayvon Ford of Clinton, Kinesiology; D’Jaydyn Readus of Bolton, Leadership and Korzabian Hill of Vicksburg, Education and Reading.

All-Mississippi Academic Team: The All-USA Scholarship Program is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges (MACC), and the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB). Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society judges all applications and works in cooperation with the MCCB to select members of the All-Mississippi Academic Team.

Students who were recognized for that achievement include, front from left, Aaron McDaniel of Terry, Rankin Campus; Harlem Jamison of Jackson, Jackson Campus; Lindsay Adams of Vicksburg, Vicksburg-Warren Campus; Hiba Sucher of Ridgeland, Nursing Allied Health; back from left, Eli Boyer of Pelahatchie, Rankin Campus; Carter Smith of Learned, Raymond Campus; Zoie Aikens of Florence, Nursing Allied Health; Kamsiyochukwu Anakor of Kansas City, Mo., Nursing Allied Health; and La’ Trenda Hudson of Jackson, Utica Campus.

Award of Excellence: Award of Excellence winners hold a 3.5 or greater cumulative grade point average and have demonstrated outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service while enrolled at Hinds. Each campus is represented in the award selection.

Students recognized for the Award of Excellence include, front from left, Aaron McDaniel of Terry, Jaidyn Hill of Jackson, Aubrey McKenzie of Madison, Savannah Smith of Clinton; second row, Carter Smith of Learned, Emma Kennedy of Laurel, Gracie Halterman of Vicksburg, Priscillia Bailey of Crystal Springs, Lamar Bouldin of Pearl; third row, Maggie Bennett of Brandon, Said Raim of Flowood, Alysha Murrell of Vicksburg, Kennedy Mullins of Vicksburg, Junia Lum of Port Gibson, La’Trenda Hudson of Jackson; fourth row, Eli Boyer of Pelahatchie, Nathan Winter of Brandon, Whitney Southam of Flowood, Na Darrien Cooper of Jackson, Erin Hillard of Clinton, Jamiya Sharp of Kosciusko; top row, Kamsiyochukwu Anakor of Kansas City, Mo., Jameson Miller of Richland, Andrew Kilpatrick of Bolton, Casey Small of Tupelo, Nathaniel Jenkins of Utica and Kevin Shoulders of Clinton.

SOAR nominees: Each campus may nominate one Award of Excellence designee for the SOAR Award. The Awards of Distinction application, scholarship essay, and recommendations for this student nominee clearly demonstrate that this student soars toward excellence in all endeavors. The winner of the SOAR Award is selected by the college’s Executive Leadership Team.

Students selected as nominees include, from left, Kamsiyochukwu Anakor of Kansas City, Mo., Nursing Allied Health; Nathan Winter of Brandon, Rankin Campus; La’ Trenda Hudson of Jackson, Utica Campus; Alysha Murrell of Vicksburg, Vicksburg-Warren Campus; Casey Small of Tupelo, Jackson Campus; and Jamiya Sharp of Kosciusko, Raymond Campus, who was named the winner of the SOAR award.