JANS – Mariah McGill’s journey at Hinds Community College began as a band student at the Raymond Campus, where she was the lead drum major in fall 2024.
Now she is continuing her journey in the Associate Degree Nursing program at Hinds’ Rankin Campus and as the winner of the 2026 annual Carla McCulloch Scholarship that will pay her tuition for the 2026-2027 academic year.
“I come from a single-parent household. My mother’s a single parent. Going to nursing school, in general, is a financial strain for my family. I think it is for a lot of people who choose to go,” said McGill, 21, a Pelahatchie resident. “This scholarship will take a lot of the burden off my mother because I can’t be financially independent like I usually am. I can’t work as often. So she’s kind of helping me on the financial side of things and this helps lift that burden off her shoulders too.”…