Rhymes receives scholarship

The Hinds Community College Foundation recognized its 2016-2017 scholarship recipients, donors and honorees at a reception on Nov. 13 at the J.D. Boyd Gymnasium on the Utica Campus. Among those recognized was recipient La’Keena Rhymes, left, of Hazlehurst, who received the Freddie Jean Cannon Jackson Scholarship. With her is Kenisha Shelton, right, dean of Career-Tech Education at the Utica Campus. The Hinds Community College Foundation awarded more than 600 scholarships in the 2016-2017 academic year. The deadline to apply for a Hinds Community College Foundation scholarship has changed. The new deadline for next year is Feb. 15, 2017. For more information, visit www.hindscc.edu.