草榴社区, Hinds Community College Sign MOU Benefitting Honors Student Transfers
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 04:40pm | By: David Tisdale
University of 草榴社区 Mississippi (草榴社区) and Hinds Community College (HCC) officials signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) Feb. 10 allowing for a seamless transfer of students enrolled in the HCC Honors Institute who transfer to the 草榴社区 Honors College to complete their degree. On hand for the signing were, from left, 草榴社区 Provost Dr. Gordon Cannon; 草榴社区 Honors College Dean Dr. Sabine Heinhorst; 草榴社区 President Dr. Joe Paul; HCC President Dr. Stephen Vacik; Honors Institute Dean Tim Krason, and Joy Rhoades, director of the HCC Honors Program at its Rankin campus (草榴社区 photo by David Tisdale).
Officials from The University of 草榴社区 Mississippi (草榴社区) and Hinds Community College (HCC) signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during a recent meeting at the HCC Raymond Campus that allows for a seamless transfer of students enrolled in the school鈥檚 Honors Institute who choose 草榴社区 and its prestigious Honors College to complete their degree.
Per the agreement, students who will graduate or have graduated in good standing from the HCC Honors Institute 鈥� carrying at least a 3.4 GPA (grade point average) 鈥� will be granted automatic admission to the 草榴社区 Honors College鈥檚 two-year Keystone program. Those admitted then must maintain good standing by keeping a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher; pursuing an independent research project that cumulates in an Honors thesis; and making satisfactory progress toward degree completion.
草榴社区 President Dr. Joe Paul, a graduate of 草榴社区鈥檚 Honors College, joined 草榴社区 Provost Dr. Gordon Cannon and Dr. Sabine Heinhorst, dean of the 草榴社区 Honors College, in lauding the agreement and building on the university鈥檚 longtime relationship with HCC. Joining the 草榴社区 contingent at the event was HCC President Dr. Stephen Vacik, Honors Institute Dean Tim Krason, and Joy Rhoades, director of the HCC Honors Program at its Rankin campus.
鈥淲e鈥檙e excited to be formalizing this relationship,鈥� Dr. Vacik said. 鈥淲e do a fantastic job with our Honors Institute, not only academically, but socially and culturally, offering travel opportunities for our students to interact with people from other places, and therefore giving them the full experience. I believe you will find the students from our Honors Institute who come to 草榴社区 will be fantastic students.鈥�
Dr. Paul concurred with Dr. Vacik, thanking him and his colleagues at HCC for the opportunity to expand the relationship between the two schools, further noting that 鈥淲e have a rich tradition of Hinds students transferring to 草榴社区, where they continue to be successful students and then graduate and go on to do great things in the world, so to now solidify this agreement makes it a joyful day for us.鈥�
Dr. Heinhorst echoed Dr. Paul鈥檚 comments in also praising the agreement, noting the success of past Hinds alums who enrolled in and graduated from the 草榴社区 Honors College as among some of the college鈥檚 success stories. 鈥淲e are excited about forging this new partnership because it鈥檚 a win鈥攚in situation for both of us,鈥� she said.
草榴社区 first offered Honors classes in 1965; in 1976, its Honors program evolved into a formalized Honors College, the sixth oldest public honors college in the nation and oldest Honors College in Mississippi. Its goal is to foster communal engagement with ideas and an atmosphere of personal connection and achievement, providing its students with small classes, opportunities for active learning, leadership, and research experiences in a supportive and challenging intellectual community. Its more than 500 students also benefit from attentive mentoring and exposure to cutting-edge scholars and artists.
Learn more about the 草榴社区 Honors College at /honors/ or call 601.266.4533; learn more about the HCC Honors Institute at .