Kristin Martin Published: October 29, 2008 An increasing number of students are using their laptop computers during classes for typing in-class notes and connecting to the Internet. “It’s really grown,” said John Atkins, economics professor, about the use of laptops in his classes over the past few years. He said about 20 percent of students in each of his classes...
Students can submit short films in December festival at the Ashmore Auditorium
Ansley Zecckine Published: October 29, 2008 Students and employees of Pensacola Junior College may soon have the chance to go public with their film-making skills as the Theatre Department pushes in a new direction. It all started last fall when Lance Brannon, PJC’s theatre light designer, produced a short film and asked Rodney Whatley, program director of the Theatre Department,...
PJC focuses on environmental sustainability
Sarah Thompson Published: October 29, 2008 Sustainability is a word heard often at PJC this semester, as the college kicks off a two-year, district-wide project related to environmental and economic sustainability. With the assistance of a task force and a website, instructors have developed a number of activities in many different subjects. Mike Will, PJC instructor and task force co-chair,...
PJC Board of Trustees meets on Warrington campus
Katie Coseo Published: October 29, 2008 PJC Board of Trustees, along with PJC president, Dr. Ed Meadows, were called into session at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the McMillan Auditorium on the Warrington campus. Dr. Gonzalez, interim vice president for instructional affairs, presented two articulation agreements for board approval – with the University of West Florida and with the...
Are people really seeing Florida panthers?
Terry Strickland One windy morning, on a remote trail in Point Washington State Forest in Northwest Florida, Anita Page saw something remarkable. As she rode her mountain bike down the forest path, she caught more than a glimpse of a creature so extraordinarily rare, she said it had to be a Florida panther. “I rounded a curve and there was...
Hope for the Starving (and Broke) Student
Two minutes till Chem. class and there I was… racing out of the food court parking lot. Half hazardly, I choked down veggie stir-fry while simultaneously avoiding both whiplash and chopstick puncture wounds. Ahh…college, a time when both schedules and budgets are tight; but what does this mean for your dining arrangements? There’s a reason for the phrase “starving college...
The Genius of Stupidity
There we stood…much like we had for the past hour and a half. The buzz of fluorescent lights and the suppressed smell of acetone hung thickly in the air. I’d fallen victim yet again to one of femininity’s many painfully lengthy beauty rituals- the cosmetic run. My own cosmetic habits are admittedly quite minimalistic; I’d merely been dragged along as...
PJC BOARD APPROVES MOVE TO ADD BACCALAUREATE DEGREES
From Staff Reports November 14, 2008 PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Pensacola Junior College Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to pursue the offering of baccalaureate degrees. “This is an expansion of our mission that will allow us to serve our community better, especially in some areas of critical workforce shortage,” said Board of Trustee Chair Vincent Andry. PJC is a...
Michelle Obama encourages early voting in Pensacola
Kristin Martin Published: Monday, October 27, 2008 Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, spoke at an “Early Vote for Change” rally around noon on Oct. 11 at the Pensacola Civic Center, and encouraged a crowd of about 6,500 people to vote early and for Barack Obama. “We want you to march over, vote early...
Walking tour this Saturday
From Staff Reports Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 The Jared Sparks Historical Society of PJC will have a walking tour of Downtown this Saturday October 18, 2008 from 10 AM to 12 noon. We will meet at Palafox and Wright Streets SE corner. All are welcome as the tour is free. See where Andrew Jackson received East and West Florida...