By Danica Spears PJC police arrested a man late April 24 they think sexually assaulted a PJC female student April 22 in the women’s restroom of Building 1 on the Pensacola campus. Jaworski Lee Simmons, 28, was arrested by Escambia County deputies after several female students, including the victim, identified him as the man who...
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April 22, 2009April 22, 2009Archived News, Features
PJC police nab suspects in campus attempted rape
A suspect is in custody after a report of an attempted rape at PJC’s Pensacola Campus today. At about 1 p.m., Dr. James Martin received a call from the PJC Police Department informing him of an attempted rape on campus. The alleged crime occurred in building 1 in the women’s restroom. As Martin was sending...
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April 20, 2009April 20, 2009Archived News
PJC’s Student Job Services helps with unemployment
-Ashley Thompson- Pensacola Junior College’s Student Job Services (SJS) offers students an opportunity to explore and prepare for life outside of college. Any person who is currently enrolled or has ever attended PJC can use the services offered to find a job. SJS offers assistance building a resume and posting a resume online for potential...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
Advisors and career counseling benefit students
Sahara Locke Published: March 8, 2006 As a freshman in college one of the first priorities that is executed is to get the semester’s schedule and classes lined up and prepared. And more likely than not, an advisor is the one responsible for helping with the process. But once the schedule is made and all...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
SGA addresses excess credit hour bill at rally
Moria Dailey Published: March 8, 2006 Senate Bill 246, sponsored by Senator Lee Constantine (R – Altamonte Springs), if passed, would require students to pay 75 percent more than the in-state tuition price after taking 120 percent of the required credits for their program of study. At PJC, this would mean students who have more...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
Coffee shop, comfy furniture and new computers on horizen
Melissa Brown Published: March 8, 2006 “Four walls!” Jake Haynie, a television production major at PJC, exclaimed. Haynie would like to see the LRC’s quiet areas enclosed in the new addition scheduled for construction in 2007. Haynie complained that the existing two-walled glass partitions don’t keep nearby conversations from seeping out into the surrounding area. ...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
Global learning outcomes being instituted for better education
Moria Dailey Published: March 8, 2006 “Our students here, as well as community college students in Florida, have roughly the same, if not better, GPA’s than native university students after they get A.A. [Associate in Arts] degrees and transfer,” Dr. David Sam, vice president of academic affairs at PJC, said. However, Sam explained, skills math...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
New student information center provides one-stop service
Michael Rutschky Published: March 8, 2006 This semester PJC has taken the initiative to bring in new students. Recently, the student advisors were relocated to Bldg. 5 from Bldg. 2 to allow them the chance to better accommodate the needs of currently enrolled students. As the advisors moved out, they were replaced by a completely...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
QEP team asks students for input
Moria Dailey Published: March 8, 2006 PJC is going through the reaccreditation process with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Part of that process requires PJC to institute a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), said Dr. June Linke, a member of the QEP team and the head of the behavioral sciences department. According to...
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April 13, 2009April 13, 2009Archived News
Decline in black college enrollment continues
Erika Wilhite Published: March 8, 2006 As minority enrollment in U.S. colleges continues to increase, the number of male students enrolling is on the decline. This gender disparity is most evident among African American students. In 2004, American Council on Education found that only 25 percent of all black men of traditional college age (ages...