Category: <span>Archived News</span>

David LaRock Published: December7, 2005 Black Friday is notorious for being the busiest day for holiday shopping. The week after exams is the same for college bookstores across the country. Students are in a rush to sell back their used textbooks and purchase their new ones for the upcoming semester. This system has been in...

Heather Adams Published: December 7, 2005 One of the first things a person notices when visiting the Pensacola Junior College Warrington campus is that it is very clean, which is fitting since it is host to 26 different health programs.  The buildings are all white, similar to building 17 on the Pensacola campus, and the...

Lucretia Brown Published: December 7, 2005 After four years, the Adopt-A-School Mentoring Program is back at PJC in full force, according to Student Service’s Specialist Lynne Butcher. Adopt-A-School Mentoring Program is under the Educational Talent Search program.  This is a program that is federally funded and has been in existence for 20 years.  It is...

Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Sheila Thomas will walk in December with honors, but this isn’t her first time at PJC. In 1970 she graduated from the college’s Adult High; now, 35 years later, Thomas has returned to pursue a new career. Soon after finishing at the Adult High, Thomas got married and had...

Erika Wilhite Published: December 7, 2005 Enrollment at PJC has fallen again this semester. While there has been much conjecture that this could impact the budget, the administration says that it has no plans to cut any vital programs or lay off any full-time faculty. “[We] have made no official decisions for programs to cut,”...

Moria Dailey Published: November 23, 2005 Many women who have been sexually assaulted don’t know they are victims, said Dr. Teion Wells Harrison, licensed clinical psychologist, who spoke to students at the Pensacola campus Nov. 10. Harrison, who is director of the Department of Children and Families’ Sexually Violent Predator Program, said she gave the...

Erika Wilhite Published: November 23, 2005 There are many ways to express this year’s rollercoaster ride of fluctuating gas prices. But there is only one way to express the fact that oil companies were raking in record profits while many Americans could barely afford the gas it took make it to and from work, and...

Caroline Balchunas Published: November 23, 2005 The Avian Flu, an infectious disease of birds, worries health officials as it continues to infect humans who come in contact with the diseased birds. The strain of the type A influenza virus causes a wide range of symptoms in birds from mild illness to a rapidly fatal disease...

Erika Wilhite Published: November 23, 2005 In years past PJC employees have been offered an annual flu shot courtesy of the college, but if they want it this year they will have to pay for it. Judy Harrington, PJC’s Health Clinic Coordinator, said that the college’s budget is too tight to offer the shots and...

Ashley Carter Published: November 23, 2005 PJC faculty has been working since February on drastically changing all general education course syllabi to reflect global learning outcomes. These seven outcomes include critical thinking, communication, scientific and mathematical literacy, information management, cultural literacy, social skills, and personal management. The changes to the syllabi are a direct response...