Hinds Community College June 29, 2012 Aviation Technology degree program added to aviation courses [cid:image001.png@01CD5E58.7BD3E630] Hinds Community College is expanding the aviation offerings with the addition of the Aviation Technology Program to the Commercial Aviation department beginning in fall 2012. The program, to be offered at the Rankin Campus, will lead to an associate of applied science degree. "Staff members from the Hinds Aviation Department have participated in numerous conferences and meetings in the local and state aviation community," said Rankin Campus instructor Oscar Branch. "Representatives from the aviation community have encouraged the Aviation Department to develop training programs that will prepare people for non-flying positions. Their encouragement is rooted in the steady growth trends in aviation as well as the increasing demand for security-related employees in the industry." Students graduating from the Aviation Technology program will be prepared to achieve national certification in one of three separate pathway options: Airport Operations Technology, Aviation Security Technology and Air Traffic Control Technology. Hinds already offers programs in Aviation Maintenance Technology, Commercial Aviation and Avionics Technology at the college's John Bell Williams Airport off Clinton-Raymond Road and Air Traffic Control Technology at the Rankin Campus. Hinds is the only community college in Mississippi that offers aviation programs. Delta State University in Cleveland offers bachelor's programs. For more information contact Randy Pearcy, Aviation Department chair, at 601.857.3300 or rapearcy@hindscc.edu<mailto:rapearcy@hindscc.edu> or Branch at 601.936.5575 or Oscar.branch@hindscc.edu. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.