Bill Text: MS SC652 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Mississippi Senate Concurrent Resolution 652 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Commemorating the 2017 Centennial of Hinds Community College.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-23 - Enrolled Bill Signed [SC652 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-SC652-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Blount, Butler, Frazier, Hopson, Jackson (11th), Kirby, Norwood, Simmons (12th), Simmons (13th), Jackson (32nd)

Senate Concurrent Resolution 652

(As Adopted by Senate and House)

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION JOINING THE ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS IN COMMEMORATING THE 2017 CENTENNIAL OF HINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

WHEREAS, in May 1916, the Town of Raymond issued $5,000.00 in bonds to purchase 45 acres of land, and Hinds County contributed $75,000.00 to construct three buildings on the site that would become the campus of Hinds Agricultural High School; and

WHEREAS, on September 9, 1917, Superintendent W.N. Taylor and ten staff members greeted 117 students to the institution that would grow to become Mississippi's largest community college and the fourth largest institution of higher learning in the state; and

WHEREAS, the Mississippi Legislature is largely responsible for the success of Mississippi's community colleges. In 1928, the body paved the way for the creation of the first statewide system of community colleges in the nation and began providing financial support that would fuel the growth and development of that dynamic system; and

WHEREAS, in the spring of 1922, the Mississippi Legislature passed laws allowing agricultural high schools to extend their curricula to college-level work, and the institution added the college freshman year in September 1922 with 30 students, followed by sophomore-level courses in 1926 and the first junior college graduates in May 1927; and

WHEREAS, in 1928, the Mississippi Legislature first provided state funds to supplement local tax levies to support 13 newly created junior college districts, thusly establishing the first statewide system of community colleges in the nation; and

WHEREAS, the college prospered with strong community support, progressive leadership, quality educational programs and services, and a commitment to affordable and accessible higher education for all area residents; and

WHEREAS, in 1970, the college took its first steps to becoming a multicampus institution with the opening of the Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center, followed by the Vicksburg-Warren Campus in 1972 and the Jackson Campus Nursing/Allied Health Center in 1982. The same year Hinds Junior College and Utica Junior College merged to become the Hinds Junior College District; and

WHEREAS, the college continued to prosper, becoming the first institution of higher learning in Rankin County with the establishment of the Rankin Campus in 1983; and

WHEREAS, in 1987, the name of the institution was changed to Hinds Community College to more clearly reflect the comprehensive nature of its mission, which is to respond to relevant and diverse educational and workforce development needs in Hinds, Warren, Rankin, Claiborne and Copiah Counties; and

WHEREAS, Hinds Community College presently has six locations serving more than 35,000 Mississippians in the five-county district with an annual budget of $117 Million and a physical plant that encompasses 2,089 acres and 196 buildings; and

WHEREAS, Hinds Community College has earned state, regional and national recognition as an exemplary institution dedicated to academic excellence, affordable access and accountability in the pursuit of its mission and the delivery of university transfer, career/technical, workforce and adult education programs, made possible, in part, by the commitment of the Mississippi Legislature to provide operating and capital funding support; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Clyde Muse continues his remarkable 40-year tenure of this venerable 100-year-old institution whose employees demonstrate exemplary commitment while fulfilling the mission of the college:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That it is the intention of the Mississippi Legislature to publicly express its greatest appreciation and warm wishes to Hinds Community College in commemorating 100 years of community-inspired service and do hereby acknowledge a special recognition for contributions of Hinds Community College to the State of Mississippi.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Dr. Clyde Muse at appropriate ceremonies, forwarded to the Board of Trustees of Hinds Community Colleges and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Raymond, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.