Britney Hirras Published: October 12, 2005 PJC is conducting an Alumni and Friends Celebration Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22 at the Pensacola campus. The celebration is aimed at gathering PJC’s alumni, as well as potential donors, onto the campus to celebrate PJC’s 57th successful year. To commemorate the event, E.W. Hopkins, one of PJC’s first graduates in 1949, will be...
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Chorale sings way through 70 Seasons
Rachel Strehlow Published: October 12, 2005 The Choral Society of Pensacola is now in its 70th year of performing. To celebrate this great accomplishment, The Choral Society will be conducting a concert on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Cokesbury United Methodist Church. Professional singers Marcia Porter, Anne Duraski, Gerald Stoup, and Guenko Guechev will be featured in the concert. “We work...
Health Clinic available for students, employees
Lucretia M. Brown Published: October 12, 2005 Students who are feeling ill or have been injured can go to the PJC health clinic at the Ross Health and Sports Center weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to Registered Nurse Judy Harrington. At the beginning of the semester Harrington sees all the new incoming athletes and any faculty members. ...
Student’s art graces Jones Soda cans
Monica Moody Published: October 12, 2005 Greg Riegler needs a ride. He doesn’t have a car right now, so getting around to take pictures is pretty hard. On the other hand, maybe being left at home with nothing to do but drink soda would be the best thing for the PJC student. Greg had been drinking Jones Soda for quite...
Beloved PJC registrar retires
Heather Adams Published: October 12, 2005 Dr. James Callaway, PJC Registrar, is retiring at the end of the month, and everyone is sad to see him go. “Everybody likes James Callaway. I’ve never met a soul who didn’t like him, and I’ve never heard a negative word about him,” said Keith Prendergast, of the English and Communications Department. Even Callaway...
Students can claim lost items with PJC police
Moria Dailey Published: October 12, 2005 Students who have lost belongings on any PJC campus need only to go to the PJC police department to claim them. However, if students don’t do so soon, their belongings will be auctioned off to benefit student scholarships. The police have to keep items for 30 days, and after that, Florida law states that...
Wooten sets eyes on the Solar system
Trenton Willnecker Published: October 12, 2005 There is probably no one in the area more knowledgeable about our solar system than PJC’s Dr. Wayne Wooten. Wooten has taught astronomy at PJC and the University of West Florida for 31 years and is the only instructor to win Teacher of the Year awards at both schools. Wooten knew from an early...
Literary Roundtable unveils first literary magazine
Kristen Bailey Published: October 12, 2005 Complimenting their glazed doughnuts and hot coffee with jazz music and blue skies, students and faculty of PJC gathered Oct. 5 in the gazebo at a small reception celebrating the Literary Roundtable’s newly published literary magazine, Issue. Former writers and artists for the magazine, as well as newcomers to the Literary Roundtable assisted in...
SGA sponsors benefit concert
Matt Foster Published: October 12, 2005 PJC’s Student Govern-ment Association will play host to Rock for Relief, a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims, from 5 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Oct. 14, in the student center on Pensacola campus. The show is for all ages and free to the public. A Red Cross table will be set up at the...
Friday Night Swing Dancing at the American Legion
Sam Published: October 12, 2005 Every Friday night from 8:30 to midnight, the American Legion takes a step back in time to the days of flappers and speakeasies for a night of swing dancing. Friday’s swing nights serve as an introductory to the dance that has been around since the 1920s for all ages and skill levels. “There are very...