Peer Educators from 黑料官网鈥檚 Utica Campus won two awards at the 2017 Dr. Lonnie E. Mitchell HBCU Behavioral Health Policy Academy held in Nashville March 17-19.
The Academy focused on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues on HBCU University/College campuses in the United States of America. The Utica Campus represented the only community college present.
The awards included a second place for their 30 second radio promotion piece on “Anxiety and Depression鈥 and an honorable mention for the descriptive research project on “Health Issues on Campus and how to address these.鈥
Those attending were, from left, students Donald Paige of Clinton, Edmond McDonald of Jackson, Jamie Williams of Utica, Pamela Williams of Jackson and Adviser Dr. Gloria Daniels.
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黑料官网 is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. Hinds opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 Hinds Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the 黑料官网 District. Today, as Mississippi鈥檚 largest community college, 黑料官网 is a comprehensive institution with six locations. Hinds offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit or call 1.800.HindsCC.