| Holmes Community College | |
| Type: | Public community college |
| President: | Jim Haffey |
| Established: | 1911 |
| City: | Goodman |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Country: | United States |
| Coor: | 32.9694°N -89.9164°W |
| Mascot: | Bulldog |
| Website: | http://www.holmescc.edu/ |
Holmes Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Goodman, Mississippi.[1] It also has campuses in Grenada and Ridgeland, and satellite campuses in Attala, Webster, and Yazoo counties.
Holmes Community College was established in 1911, when plans were made to found Holmes County Agricultural High School in Goodman, Mississippi. The town of Goodman provided 40acres of land (along with free water from the community's artesian well) on the west side of town, and the Board of Trustees purchased an additional 42acres adjacent to the original school location. The mascot of Holmes Community College is the bulldog.
It was previously Holmes Junior College (HJC).[2]
Holmes Community College originally began as Holmes County Agricultural High School, established in 1911 when the town of Goodman provided forty acres of land and the college's board of trustees bought forty-two acres of land on the west side of Goodman, Mississippi. In 1922, the Mississippi Legislature made it legal for agricultural high schools to add two years of college work. Holmes added the first year of college work in the 1925-1926 school session, and a sophomore year of college work in the 1928-1929 school session.[3]
Counties it serves, in addition to Holmes, are Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Madison, Montgomery, Webster, and Yazoo.[4]