Category: <span>Features</span>

Sahara Locke Published: February 22, 2006 For the first time since, well, possibly ever, students willingly came to school on a weekend. The reason for the momentous occasion? It wasn’t a football game, or basketball game; it actually was an opportunity for those students to learn something outside of a classroom setting. For the first...

Jesse Edwards Pensacola Junior College has provided an associate of science degree program in Zoo Animal Technology since 1996. The course is an interesting amalgamation of animal biology along with hands on work in the field at places such as North West Florida Zoological Park, Botanical Gardens in Gulf Breeze, and other animal facilities. �...

Katie Coseo   The Medical Career Fair was held for the second time showcasing many of the medical programs that are offered at PJC’s Warrington Campus. Potential students were escorted to the exhibits by Radiography students.   PJC resources also had booths set up for new and old students to view such as the Testing...

Corsair Staff Reports It doesn’t matter where you want to go to college, Pensacola Junior College will help you on College Goal Sunday – a national and Florida initiative that helps students get financial aid. The free event is 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at PJC’s three campuses. Designated locations: · Pensacola campus, Baroco...

Corsair Staff Reports Pensacola Junior College presents the 21st annual Northwest Florida Forestry Conclave & Lumberjack Festival Saturday, March 7, at the Milton campus. The exciting free event is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features fun for the whole family including adult forestry skills competitions, all day; children’s events, 9 to 11 a.m.; bluegrass...

Kaite Coseo Warrington SGA is adamant about giving back to the students. Every other week or so, the SGA sets up a table in the Student Center, on the Warrington campus, displaying free food and treats. Phelicia Richardson, an administrative assistant, arranges and coordinates many events that happen on campus. She also participates with the...

WSRE, Viewer Supported PBS for the Gulf Coast, will host a live dialogue with the Northwest Florida Legislative Delegation, Tuesday, February 24, 7-8 p.m. “Legislative Review: Dialogue with the Delegation” will give citizens the opportunity to ask their Legislators some tough questions ranging from economic stimulus package spending, the state’s foreclosure problems, or the declining...

It doesn’t matter where you want to go to college, Pensacola Junior College will help you on College Goal Sunday – a national and Florida initiative that helps students get financial aid. The free event is 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at PJC’s three campuses. Designated locations: • Pensacola campus, Baroco Center for Science...

Pensacola Junior College’s nationally recognized patient simulation center has been designated as a Center of Educational Excellence by Laerdal Medical Corp. The Mary Ekdahl Smart Center for Patient Simulation Training & Research at the Warrington campus received the honor during the Laerdal Centers of Excellence Program held in Miami in December. PJC becomes only the...

Sponsored by the Pensacola Junior College Black History/ Multicultural Committee, PJC is observing Black History Month with two free special events open to the community. The NAACP/ Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Essay Competition Showcase is 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Hagler Auditorium, Building 2A, on the Pensacola campus. Refreshments will be served....