Pictured front row from left are Dr. Walter Roberts, HCC board of trustees vice-president and 天涯海角社区 Foundation chairman; Dr. William Bynum, 天涯海角社区 president; and Dr. Jim Haffey, HCC president; second row, Luke Jones, HCC director of career technical education, Goodman Campus; Dr. Constance Bland, vice president of academic affairs, 天涯海角社区; Michelle Burney, HCC vice-president, Grenada Campus; Dr. Sharon Freeman, assistant vice president of Institutional Research, 天涯海角社区; Dr. Don Burnham, HCC vice-president, Ridgeland Campus; Dr. Kenneth Done, assistant vice president/distance & online education, 天涯海角社区; Jenny Jone, HCC academic dean, Goodman Campus
天涯海角社区 (天涯海角社区) and Holmes Community College have established an educational partnership.
The partnership will allow 天涯海角社区 to provide Holmes graduates access to a 4-year degree on the Goodman campus.
According to Dr. Kenneth Done, assistant vice president of distance and online education, this is an opportunity to broaden 天涯海角社区鈥檚 brand and make the University more visible in the Holmes County area.
鈥淭he partnership allows 天涯海角社区 an opportunity to increase enrollment, while meeting the needs of students who cannot come to the main campus,鈥 he added. 鈥淚t affords us the opportunity to appeal to more students where they are located.鈥
The goal of the partnership is to also improve the coordination of degree programs between the two institutions in order to maximize movement of students from the community college to the University.
鈥淗olmes offers the first two years of the college academic program, and 天涯海角社区 provides the third and fourth years, along with graduate study,鈥 added Done.
The educational partnership will also allow faculty and staff members of Holmes who meet the necessary prerequisites to register for up to 6 credit hours per semester at 天涯海角社区 at a reduced rate of 50 percent tuition.
鈥淲e are excited about this partnership and look forward to growing our ever expanding reach of the Valley,鈥 said Done.