Kimberly Sweetman The Corsair In spite of the rainy day, the Raymond B. and Leila Hobbs Center for Teaching Excellence was dedicated on Dec. 15. During the ceremony, Sherryl Hobbs Glorioso spoke about the many things her grandparents, Leila and Raymond B. Hobbs, did during their lives after which she joined in cutting the ribbon to officially dedicate the newly...
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The Anime and Gaming Club invite students to come and play
WADE MANNS Pensacola Junior College’s Anime and Gaming club meets on Thursdays from noon to three in the Chadbourne Library on the Pensacola campus. Club members promote the meetings as good social and entertainment opportunities for students to meet and share common interests. Austin Clifford Axtell was the founder of the club, and still actively participates in it. “We’re a...
ANGEL creates headaches for students
TIMM SHOWALTER and KAY FORREST “C’mon! Are you serious?!” Students all over the Pensacola area have blasted these words, and many others, at computer monitors over the past few months due to PJC’s online course component, ANGEL. ANGEL is a program that allows students to interact with each other and their teachers as if they were in a digital classroom. ...
PJC students can apply to participate with NASA
WASHINGTON — NASA is offering community and junior college students from across the country an opportunity to participate in a semester-long scholars program, culminating in a three-day visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Students who apply and are chosen for the National Community College Aerospace Scholars program will interact with NASA engineers and each other as they learn...
Merger affects classroom locations starting in spring
Justin Otto The Corsair Students will take classes in history and languages in a different building this spring. The History, Language and Philosophy department is in the process of merging with Behavioral Science in building 14. Because of the merger, faculty are taking on new roles within the campus. History, Languages and Philosophy Department Head Susan Morgan, is now taking...
Lady Pirate receives FCCAA’s Player of the Week
Gemalie Perez The Corsair Every week Florida’s Community College Activities Association (FCCAA) names one athlete as Player of the week. The player of the week for the second week in November was PJC’s Deanna Allen. “All game stats are reported to FCCAA Scoreboard after each game. The player in Florida with the best stats (points, rebounds, steals, and assists) for...
The other side of Bristol’s life: What he does while off Duty as a Guide Dog
Since this blog is also about my guide dog Bristol, I would like to share with you some of the fun that he has been having since May of this year. I have been really busy with school this semester and Bristol has had some challenges and adventures of his own. Bristol has had to go through quite a...
MMA plans in the works for Silva, Pensacola
MADELAIN TIGANO The Corsair Mixed Martial Arts is taking charge in popularity all over the world, and Desiree Cicale believes “Pensacola is going to produce fighters like nowhere else.” Cicale and her partner, Alex Silva Ruas, own a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, MMA, and Muay Thai training camp on West Gregory Street in downtown Pensacola. As of now, their 1,500 square...
Simmons found competent to stand trail
ASHLEY THOMPSON The Corsair After spending the last three months in Florida State Hospital, Jaworski Lee Simmons was found competent to stand trial during a hearing yesterday in Pensacola. Simmons faces charges of battery, sexual assault and kidnapping/false imprisonment after he allegedly forced a female student into PJC’s Pensacola campus restroom stall and strained sexual contact last April. Judge Terry...
Suspect in PJC sexual assault faces competency hearing
ASHLEY TOMPSON The Corsair The suspect in a sexual assault on the Pensacola campus last spring will go before a judge on Nov. 30 to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial, according to the state attorney’s office. Jaworski Lee Simmons, 28, was charged with forcible sexual battery, battery and kidnapping/false imprisonment following the April 22 incident...