Jennifer Rich-Neal Sep 27 2006 12:00AM PJC’s Warrington campus offers many programs in health care to qualified applicants each year. Among those enrolled, one thing sets a handful of the nontraditional dental hygiene students apart. They are the select few sent to PJC by the U.S. Navy. Since 1996, the Navy has sent its sailors…
Michael Rutschky Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Do you ever get the feeling that the future is trying to infect the present? Do you ever look around in public and see all the people walking around with Bluetooth headsets growing out of their ears and wonder if you’ve woken up in an episode of Star Trek? …
Melissa Brown Sep 27 2006 12:00AM This is my favorite time of year to go camping. The days are warm and sunny, and the nights are crisp and cool. It is the perfect time for a weekend stay on the banks of the Blackwater River, and this week’s recipe goes hand-in-hand with a woods adventure. …
Michael Rutschky Sep 27 2006 12:00AM I had my mom drop me off at the anti-police brutality march. Let that one sink in for a sec. As the marchers began to gather, I looked across the street and saw a group of cops who were there to escort our march down the road. I was…
Ricky Di and Chris Sapp Sep 27 2006 12:00AM The world of video gaming is no longer a solitary one. Sure, the “multiplayer” function’s been around for a while, but the MMORPG takes it so much further. Massive multiplayer online role playing games, or MMOs, allow you to interact and play alongside gamers from all…
Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Pensacola Junior College is offering a citizenship class for people eligible to take the U.S. Citizenship Test. The class meets 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 5 through Nov. 9, at the Pensacola campus, 1000 College Blvd. Learn about American history, government and the election process. Practice answering questions on…
Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Nomination forms for the 2006 Teaching Excellence Awards are available now in the academic departments, the provost office, and the student services sffice on all campuses. The forms are also on-line at https://pjcnet/ and at https://pjc.edu/students/students.aspx. Teaching Excellence Awards are designed to recognize outstanding classroom instructors who demonstrate sustained teaching excellence…
Sep 27 2006 12:00AM The All-USA Academic Team program annually recognizes 60 outstanding two-year college students. The criteria are designed to find students who excel academically; demonstrate intellectual rigor in their course of study; show academic growth; and use their two-year college education to better themselves, their school and their communities. The top 20 receive…
Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Pensacola Junior College, in conjunction with The ZOO in Gulf Breeze, is providing a virtual trip through the Republic of Kenya that features the people, culture, arts and wildlife. Students interested in going on a “real” educational safari to Kenya in May 2007 are invited to stay after the presentations to…
Sep 27 2006 12:00AM Register for the Florida Notary Training course at the PJC Institute for Corporate & Professional Training. The course is 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 25 at the PJC Downtown Center. Cost is $89. Each student receives three hours of instruction from a qualified Florida notary education instructor and a class-completion certificate…