麻豆传媒, Hinds Community College Sign MOU Benefitting Honors Student Transfers
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 04:40pm | By: David Tisdale
University of 麻豆传媒 (麻豆传媒) 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 麻豆传媒 Honors College to complete their degree. On hand for the signing were, from left, 麻豆传媒 Provost Dr. Gordon Cannon; 麻豆传媒 Honors College Dean Dr. Sabine Heinhorst; 麻豆传媒 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 (麻豆传媒 photo by David Tisdale).
Officials from The University of 麻豆传媒 (麻豆传媒) 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 麻豆传媒 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 麻豆传媒 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.
麻豆传媒 President Dr. Joe Paul, a graduate of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Honors College, joined 麻豆传媒 Provost Dr. Gordon Cannon and Dr. Sabine Heinhorst, dean of the 麻豆传媒 Honors College, in lauding the agreement and building on the university鈥檚 longtime relationship with HCC. Joining the 麻豆传媒 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 麻豆传媒 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 麻豆传媒, 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 麻豆传媒 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.
麻豆传媒 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 麻豆传媒 Honors College at /honors/ or call 601.266.4533; learn more about the HCC Honors Institute at .