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Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Lady Wildcat standout
Dawson nabs All-American honorable mention honors
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College freshman pitcher-infielder Megan Dawson of New
Orleans has received honorable mention status on the 2003 NJCAA All-American
squad for the 2003 season...more
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Groundbreaking held for
PRCC Chapel
POPLARVILLE - The
groundbreaking ceremony held today for the new Pearl River Community
College chapel officially launched the construction of the new 4,233 square-foot
building on the main campus. After 16 months of fundraising, the
school collected the $700,000 necessary to complete the project...more
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
PRCC graduation ceremony
Friday morning
POPLARVILLE - Some
140 Pearl River Community College students will graduate Friday morning
during commencement exercises on the Poplarville campus...more
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
PRCC’s Tapper signs with
Midwestern State
Wildcat QB to reunite
with former Belhaven mentor Norman Joseph at Wichita, Tex., Division II
university
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College quarterback Garrett Tapper has signed a grant-in-aid
scholarship with Midwestern State, a Division II university in Wichita
Falls, Tex...more
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
PRCC chapel groundbreaking
July 30
POPLARVILLE - Sixteen
months after launching a $700,000 fund-raising campaign to build a chapel
on its main campus, Pearl River Community College officials are ready to
break ground on the 4,233 square-foot facility...more
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Ginn calls chapel campaign
a ‘great task’
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College alumnus James R. Ginn, who recently retired as
executive vice-president of Hancock Bank, has led or participated in countless
business, civic and philanthropic initiatives...more
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
PRCC ranked 19th in NJCAA
2003 preseason football poll
Five MACJC teams grab
pollsters' attention with Rangers leading the way with a No. 3 national
preseason ranking
POPLARVILLE
Three Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC)
football teams are ranked in the NJCAA's 2003 preseason football top 25
poll...more
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Vocational-technical
conference Tuesday at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College is sponsoring its third annual district-wide Vocational-Technical
Division Conference Tuesday in the Moody Hall Auditorium on the Poplarville
campus...more
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
PRCC's orientation session
draws record numbers
POPLARVILLE - This
month's orientation and early registration for new students at Pearl River
Community College produced the largest crowd ever for the summer session,
according to school officials...more
Wednesday, July 16, 2003
PRCC names Gandy director
of recruitment
POPLARVILLE - Dr.
Barbara Taylor Gandy, a member of Pearl River Community College’s Workforce
Development staff the last seven years, has been named the new Director
of Recruitment and Orientation at PRCC...more
Wednesday, July 2, 2003
New student orientation
set July 8-11 at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Orientation
and early registration for new students planning to attend classes on the
Poplarville campus of Pearl River Community College the 2003 fall semester
is set for July 8-11 on the PRCC campus...more
Friday, June 27, 2003
PRCC offering two new
programs this year
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College will be offering two new technical rograms
next school year that school officials believe will help satisfy a demand
in the workforce...more
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Pearl River football
staff coaching in Bayou Bowl all-star game Sat.
Hatten, staff in Baytown,
Tex., this week helping out in Texas-Louisiana high school all-star game
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College head football coach Tim Hatten and three of his
assistants are in Baytown, Tex., this week for preparations for Saturday’s
first-annual Bayou Bowl all-star game, which pits graduating high school
seniors from Texas matched against Louisiana...more
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Student Center expansion
underway at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Work
is underway on Pearl River Community College’s $2.2 million renovation
and expansion to the Student Center on the Poplarville campus to keep pace
with the school’s expanding student population...more
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
PRCC chapel campaign
features two golf marathons
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College is only some $25,000 from reaching its $700,000
goal to build a chapel on its main campus and school officials hope two
Chapel Campaign Golf Marathons scheduled this summer will push the project
over the top...more
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Courage to Teach program
accepting applications
POPLARVILLE - This
fall Mississippi Courage to Teach (CTT) will begin its second wo-year
retreat program for teachers, counselors, and administrators...more
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
PRCC names Breerwood
dean of student affairs
POPLARVILLE - Adam
Breerwood, a Pearl River Community College alumnus and Bay St. Louis native,
has been named the new Dean of Student Affairs at PRCC...more
Monday, June 9, 2003
PRCC announces Dean’s
List for spring
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College has released its Dean’s List for the 2003 spring
semester. Dean’s List students must have a 3.4 grade-point average...more
Monday, June 9, 2003
PRCC announces President’s
List for spring
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College has released its President’s List for the 2003
spring semester. President’s List students must have all A’s or a 4.0 grade-point
average...more
Thursday, June 5, 2003
Three ’Cats picked in
2003 MLB draft
Royals nab Tisone in
19th round, Padres pick Catalano in 32nd, Hughes goes with Pirates in 50th
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College boasts three standout baseball players that were
selected in this week’s Major League Baseball draft...more
Friday, May 30, 2003
PRCC’s Hammill retires
after 34 years
POPLARVILLE - Dr.
Miller Hammill has spent nearly 43 years in education, 34 of them at Pearl
River Community College, and the last 28 as PRCC’s dean of student affairs...more
Thursday, May 29, 2003
PRCC offering dance classes
this summer
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College is offering summer dance classes at the school’s
Wellness Center, beginning June 3 and running through July 8...more
Thursday, May 29, 2003
PRCC OTA program graduates
5
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program
recently pinned five graduates in a ceremony in the Allied Health Center
on the Forrest County Campus...more
Thursday, May 29, 2003
PRCC Dental Hygiene program
graduates 16
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Dental Hygiene program recently pinned 16 graduates
in a ceremony in the Allied Health Center on the Forrest County Campus...more
Friday, May 16, 2003
Ginn advises PRCC graduates
to reach their potential
POPLARVILLE - Hancock
Bank executive vice-president James Ginn’s message Friday to graduates
of Pearl River Community College in M.R. White Coliseum was “be all
that you can be...more
Friday, May 16, 2003
PRCC graduates some 400
in spring commencement
POPLARVILLE - During
Pearl River Community College's 93rd commencement exercises Friday in M.R.
White Coliseum, approximately 400 students received their degrees in
ither Applied Science, Associate in Arts, or Certificates of Proficiency...more
Friday, May 16, 2003
PRCC Associate Degree
Nursing graduation pins 42
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College's Department of Associate Degree ursing recently
held its mid-year graduation and pinning ceremony with 42 graduates receiving
formal recognition...more
Friday, May 16, 2003
PRCC sets three baseball
camps during June
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College will host three different
baseball camps during June,
according to head coach Jay Artigues...more
Friday, May 16, 2003
Pearl River baseball
tryouts set May 19
POPLARVILLE
Pearl River Community College will hold tryouts for its
2004 Wildcat baseball team
Monday, May 19, beginning at 4 p.m. here in
Wildcat Stadium...more
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Itawamba whops River
14-3 to wrap up Wildcats' 2003 season at regionals
Defending champ Wildcats'
second Saturday game falls short of
berth in championship
round
FULTON
Pearl River Community College's hopes of a repeat as Region XXIII
champions ended abruptly
here Saturday in the regional tournament, as the host Itawamba Indians
pulled off a convincing 14-3 win to end the Wildcats' season at 38-13...more
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Itawamba wins 11-inning
marathon 6-5 over PRCC in Region XXIII Tourney
Defending regional champ
Wildcats now eye uphill climb to repeat
FULTON Pearl
River Community College's hopes of a repeat as Region XXIII
champions hit a big stumbling
block here Friday in the regional tournament, as the host Itawamba Indians
won an 11-inning marathon 6-5 to push the Wildcats into the losers' bracket...more
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Defending champ Pearl
River whallops Northwest 10-3 to open Region XXIII Tournament
Hughes, Gros homer to
pace 'Cats' nine-hit effort;
Butler strikes out eight
in six innings of relief
FULTON
Pearl River Community College's hopes of a repeat as Region XXIII
champions got off to a big
start here Thursday, as the Wildcats bombed the
Northwest Mississippi Rangers
10-3 in opening-round action of the regional Division II tournament here
Thursday on the Itawamba campus...more
Friday, May 9, 2003
Defending champ Pearl
River whallops Northwest 10-3 to open Region XXIII Tournament
Hughes, Gros homer to
pace 'Cats' nine-hit effort;
Butler strikes out eight
in six innings of relief
FULTON
Pearl River Community College's hopes of a repeat as Region XXIII
champions got off to a big
start here Thursday, as the Wildcats bombed the
Northwest Mississippi Rangers
10-3 in opening-round action of the regional Division II tournament here
Thursday on the Itawamba campus...more
Thursday, May 8, 2003
PRCC faculty, staff honored
at reception
POPLARVILLE – Retirees,
faculty, and staff of Pearl River Community
College were recently honored
with an appreciation dinner, hosted by the
PRCC Development Foundation
and PRCC President William Lewis...more
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Wildcats fall into MACJC
losers' bracket following 10-5 defeat to Itawamba
Nationally-ranked Indians
go up early in first-round victory;
ICC's Faulkner, PRCC's
Drake belt grand slam home runs
MERIDIAN
Pearl River Community College now eyes an uphill battle in its quest to
win the 2003 MACJC state baseball championship after Itawamba handed the
Wildcats a 10-5 loss here Thursday in first-round state tournament action...more
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
POPLARVILLE
Pearl River Community College begins its defense of its regional championship
Thursday when the third-seeded Wildcats take on the fourth-seeded Northwest
Rangers to kickoff the 2003 Region XXIII Tournament at Itawamba in Fulton...more
Monday, May 5, 2003
Wildcats bounce back
with 16-2 blow out over Holmes in MACJC Tournament
PRCC earns spot in state
semi-finals with six-inning victory over Indians;
takes on Meridian-Itawamba
winner Saturday at 4 p.m.
MERIDIAN
Pearl River Community College earned a spot in the MACJC baseball
semi-finals here Friday
with a 16-2 blow out over Holmes...more
Monday, May 5, 2003
Gulf Coast wins 10-9
marathon to send PRCC packing in State Tournament
Arch-rival Bulldogs score
game-winning run off Wildcat error
MERIDIAN Pearl
River Community College's hopes of a 2003 state baseball
championship vanished here
Saturday, as arch-rival Mississippi Gulf Coast cashed in on a 12th-inning
Wildcat error to take a 10-9 victory in the semi-finals of the MACJC State
Tournament...more
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