By: Ben Johnson Published: January 8, 2009 One semester is over, another begins. For many of you, this is just another semester, but for others this will be a first or final step with PJC. One thing that I have observed, is the busy hustle and cramming of classes among students so they can get…
By: Lauren Fagler Published: January 8, 2009 Pensacola Junior College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams have a diverse international influence this year, introducing five players from foreign nations. The men’s team has three international players on its roster, while the women’s team has two foreign athletes. Not only have these players faced the challenge of…
By: Kristin Martin Published: January 8, 2009 From education to culinary arts to nursing programs, Pensacola Junior College offers students a wide variety of associate degrees, and within the next few years, students most likely will be able to receive baccalaureate degrees in some programs. About eight months ago, PJC began discussing the possibility of…
By: Erin Smallwood Published: January 8, 2009 Poor lighting and lack of communication have had students and teachers in Building 1 concerned about their safety for several years now. “My faculty has voiced concerns to me about safety issues in the building when they teach evening classes since I came here in 2000,” said Department…
By: Steven Dickens Published: January 8, 2009 A new campus organization has formed to encourage Pensacola Junior College students to consider vocational-technical careers. SkillsUSA recently held its first regional meeting of the year at PJC’s Hagler Auditorium. It was the first time PJC participated in such a meeting, held to help students and teachers learn…
By: Troy Lambert Published: January 8, 2009 Stop! Don’t throw that junk out. Bring your junk to Pensacola Junior College’s “Junk to Art Workshop.” On Oct 24, 2008, as part of Pensacola Junior College’s sustainability project, Assistant Professor of Communications, Jen Ehrhardt, and Adjunct of Philosophy, Judy Golding, started a series of workshops where artists,…
By: Ashley Thompson Published: January 8, 2009 Recently, the Registrar’s Office at Pensacola Junior College has been receiving phone calls from concerned parents trying to obtain information about their child’s classes, and even grades. However, once a student enters college or any post-secondary school, the right to access information shifts from the parent to the…
By: Katie Coseo Published: January 8, 2009 Robinson Honors Scholar Lorraine Ogan won first place in the Outstanding Undergraduate Philosophy Paper in a Two Year College and presented it in Daytona at the Florida Philosophical Association’s annual conference. Ogan’s paper was an argumentative essay concerning whether an argument can come from just using a visual…
By: Terry Strickland Published: January 8, 2009 This month, after 17 consecutive years of service, science professor Jeff Wooters of Pensacola Junior College will get a much-needed vacation – a paid vacation in fact — to the sunny coast of the Land Down Under. This vacation is referred to in the academic community as a…
By: Troy Lambert Published: January 8, 2009 Dr. John Wayne Wooten, chief astronomy professor at Pensacola Junior College, has had an extraordinary career peering at the heavens and sharing his knowledge with those of us on Earth. From a young age, Wooten knew what he was going to do with his life. Back in mid-August…