Katie Coseo Many allied health students attending PJC at the Warrington campus use the Mary Ekdahl Smart simulation to prepare for real life situations. Many students would say that the simulations are a great help for learning in that students can make their mistakes with a mannequin than with a real person. Paramedic Program Director Don Lee, along...
The Corsair is the student press at Pensacola State College.
Tailgate with the baseball team
The PJC baseball team is hosting a tailgate party March 17 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the pensacola campus baseball fields. Stop by and get a chance to meet the players and support the team. Hot dogs and soda will be provided. Apple pie might also make its way to the field. For more information contact SLA 484-1501
Club Awareness Day
SGA and SLA are sponsoring a “Chillin with the Clubs” day on March 17 by the Pensacola PJC pavilion. This event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students are invited to check out the active clubs on campus and mingle with them. There will also be free ice cream for all those who come out.
Spanish Heritage Civic Band Concert
Preeminent composer, Robert W. Smith, will guest conduct the Pensacola Civic Band performing his new Symphony No. 3, “Don Quixote” during the Civic Band’s “Our Spanish Heritage” concert on Tuesday, March 17th at Marcus Pointe Baptist Church. The concert is held in conjunction with Celebrate Pensacola’s 450th Anniversary celebration of the settlement of Pensacola in 1559. The 7:30 p.m. concert...
A Night of Guitars
Pensacola Junior College and the University of West Florida present the 2009 Spring Recital of the Pensacola Guitar Ensemble and the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra. The free concert is 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. PJC music professor Joe Stallings directs. Guitarists are Mitchell Smegelski, Will Paxton, Michael Danielson, Jeramiah...
PJC upgrades in cell phone technology
Julie Simmons Between classes, school activities, jobs, and other responsibilities students are not to be able to check their Pirate Mail, so PJC came up with the latest cure, check your cell phones, it’s “Pirate Mobile.” The Vice President for Student Affairs, James Martin, understands the lack of extra time students have, and is working toward freeing up some of...
Budget cuts graduation ceremony
Ashley Thompson Effective immediately, PJC will be hosting only one collegiate graduation ceremony per year. In the past two separate ceremonies were held, one in May and another in December. This change was made in an effort to cut costs, a trend that has been increasing campus wide. “We are going through some pretty severe fiscal times, not just at...
New softball field is in use
Julie Simmons After years of planning and recent construction, Bill Hamilton, the director of athletics, is in the process of getting the new softball field finished. Phase one of the constructions is completed and the softball field is now being used for practicing. The ultimate goal is getting a score board to start hosting home games. Coach of the softball...
Lady Pirate Softball sweeps doubleheader
Corey Reese Published: February 22, 2006 The PJC Lady Pirate softball team swept a doubleheader against Meridian Junior College, winning by a combined score of 30-7. PJC won the first game 13-4 behind Amanda Leggett’s 5 innings of pitching. They won the second game 17-3 behind Alicia Burnett’s 4 innings of pitching. The only two sophomores on the roster stepped...
PJC Baseball loses 4-1
Corey Reese Published: February 22, 2006 The Pensacola Junior College Baseball team carried a 15 game winning streak into Tuesday’s game against Mississippi Gulf Coast CC. That streak ended with a 4-1 loss at home to the Bulldogs. Nate Hall drove in PJC’s only run of the game with a sacrifice fly in the first inning, scoring Jono Waugh. But...