New Health Sciences Complex a step closer, thanks to Rankin leaders

Apr. 27, 2023

Source: Hinds Community College, Kathy Hayden

Legislators appropriated $24 million over two sessions and Rankin County Supervisors have also committed to assisting with the funding.

Hinds Community College hosted a “thank you” luncheon on April 24 for members of the Legislature, Rankin County Supervisors and others in recognition of the future Health Sciences Complex to be built on the Rankin Campus.

Legislators appropriated $24 million over two sessions and Rankin County Supervisors have also committed to assisting with the funding.

The luncheon was held outside near the site where the new building will be located on the Rankin Campus. It will share a parking lot with the Muse Center.

“This is a big deal for us,” said Hinds President Dr. Stephen Vacik. “When I got to Hinds, one of the first things I saw was that we had to do something about our nursing and allied health programs. Now we can move forward and we can help change lives.”

The Health Sciences Complex will be 160,000 square feet and four floors, with three to be immediately occupied when it is built and the fourth to house future growth. It will consolidate programs now housed at the Career Technical Education Building on Greenfield Road in Pearl and the Nursing/Allied Health Center in Jackson, which opened in 1982. The Vicksburg-Warren Campus programs will continue.

“We’ve been very fortunate to be in a facility we’re in right now but it’s no longer adequate to fit the needs,” Dr. Vacik said. “With our health corridor continuing to move further and further to this area, this is the place to be.”

To learn more, visit www.hindsccu.edu or call 1.800.HindsCC.