Heather Adams Published: October 12, 2005 The Pensacola Junior College Foundation is a non-profit corporation that was established back in 1965, about 17 years after the college first opened to students. The purpose of the foundation is to help raise funds for the college and for scholarships. The foundation was started by a group of…
Moria Dailey Published: October 12, 2005 Those who hold a bachelor’s of science in nursing and wish to pursue master’s degrees or post-master’s level certifications, to become nurse educators, can now do so at PJC’s Warrington campus. Thanks to the SUCCEED Florida grant received by Florida State University, and the university’s Florida Panhandle Nurse Educator…
Britney Hirras Published: October 12, 2005 PJC is conducting an Alumni and Friends Celebration Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22 at the Pensacola campus. The celebration is aimed at gathering PJC’s alumni, as well as potential donors, onto the campus to celebrate PJC’s 57th successful year. To commemorate the event, E.W. Hopkins, one of PJC’s first…
Rachel Strehlow Published: October 12, 2005 The Choral Society of Pensacola is now in its 70th year of performing. To celebrate this great accomplishment, The Choral Society will be conducting a concert on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Cokesbury United Methodist Church. Professional singers Marcia Porter, Anne Duraski, Gerald Stoup, and Guenko Guechev will be featured…
Lucretia M. Brown Published: October 12, 2005 Students who are feeling ill or have been injured can go to the PJC health clinic at the Ross Health and Sports Center weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to Registered Nurse Judy Harrington. At the beginning of the semester Harrington sees all the new incoming…
Monica Moody Published: October 12, 2005 Greg Riegler needs a ride. He doesn’t have a car right now, so getting around to take pictures is pretty hard. On the other hand, maybe being left at home with nothing to do but drink soda would be the best thing for the PJC student. Greg had been…
Heather Adams Published: October 12, 2005 Dr. James Callaway, PJC Registrar, is retiring at the end of the month, and everyone is sad to see him go. “Everybody likes James Callaway. I’ve never met a soul who didn’t like him, and I’ve never heard a negative word about him,” said Keith Prendergast, of the English…
Moria Dailey Published: October 12, 2005 Students who have lost belongings on any PJC campus need only to go to the PJC police department to claim them. However, if students don’t do so soon, their belongings will be auctioned off to benefit student scholarships. The police have to keep items for 30 days, and after…
Trenton Willnecker Published: October 12, 2005 There is probably no one in the area more knowledgeable about our solar system than PJC’s Dr. Wayne Wooten. Wooten has taught astronomy at PJC and the University of West Florida for 31 years and is the only instructor to win Teacher of the Year awards at both schools.…
Kristen Bailey Published: October 12, 2005 Complimenting their glazed doughnuts and hot coffee with jazz music and blue skies, students and faculty of PJC gathered Oct. 5 in the gazebo at a small reception celebrating the Literary Roundtable’s newly published literary magazine, Issue. Former writers and artists for the magazine, as well as newcomers to…