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The Pearl River Community College
Singers pose in front of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Bromley
Parish Church, in Bromley, England in the southern suburbs of London. The
church was originally built in the 1500's and all but the bell tower was
leveled by bombs during World War II. The Singers include from left: Front
row - Becky Barber of Oloh, Leslie Carlisle of Lumberton, LeaAnn Aultman
of Hattiesburg, Lauren Hamilton of Purvis, Angela Silcio of Carriere, Nicole
Gwaltney of Hattiesburg, DJ Williams of Lumberton, Lauren McLeod of Lucedale,
Leigh Ann McMahon of Purvis, Rebecca Spencer of Carriere, and Janet Kennedy,
choir director for Poplarville High School. Back Row- Conductor Mark
Malone, Pianist Hope Drummond
of Carriere, PRCC alumnus Adam Disbrow of Columbia, Kent Lucas of Columbia,
Alex Wagner of Columbia, Keith Dewease of Purvis, Brian Flanner of Purvis,
Brandon Kirk of Poplarville, Josh Lumpkin of Picayune, Mark Holcomb of
Lumberton, and Nick Perniciaro of Bay St. Louis.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Nationally-ranked Wildcats
open 2004 season Thursday against Itawamba
Defending state champions
face formidable foe in Indians
POPLARVILLE — Eleven
NJCAA preseason All-Americans will hit the field Thursday when nationally-ranked
Pearl River begins its defense of its first MACJC state football championship
in over a quarter of a century Thursday when Itawamba’s Indians visit Dobie
Holden Stadium both teams’ 2004 season opener...more
Monday, August 30, 2004
Hinds bombs scoreless
Pearl River with season-opening soccer sweep
Defending state-region
champion Wildcats shut out 3-0,
Lady ’Cats blitzed by
defending women’s champs 6-0
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College officially opened its 2004 women’s and men’s soccer
seasons here Saturday under new head coach Patrick Hayes, but visiting
Hinds wasn’t a very gracious visitor as the Eagles and Lady Eagles blanked
the hosts 3-0 and 6-0...more
Monday, August 30, 2004
PRCC hosting national
disc golf tournament
POPLARVILLE - Some
120 disc golf players are expected to compete in the 2004 Southern National
Championships at Pearl River Community College’s Wildcat Trace course over
the Labor Day weekend...more
Friday, August 27, 2004
PRCC football games to
air live on world-wide Web
POPLARVILLE - For
the first time in school history, live radio broadcasts of Pearl River
Community College football games this season can be heard on the world
wide Web, via the PRCC web site...more
Friday, August 27, 2004
Fall enrollment at PRCC
reaches record levels
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College officials announced today that the 2004 fall semester
enrollment is the largest in the school’s 94-year history...more
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Prentiss’ McGowan to
suit up in Prentiss alum’s No. 18 in 2003
PRCC DB cited by coaching
staff with Juan Mariner honor
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River sophomore defensive back Julian McGowan of Prentiss has been selected
by the Wildcat coaching staff to wear a special jersey during the 2004
season...more
Monday, August 23, 2004
Meet the Wildcats set
for Thursday
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College’s annual “Meet the Wildcats Night” is set for 6:30
p.m. Thursday (Aug. 26) in Dobie Holden Stadium...more
Friday, August 20, 2004
Late registration continues
through Tuesday at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Late
registration for the fall semester continues Monday and Tuesday at Pearl
River Community College...more
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Hughes inks with Devil
Rays
Former Wildcat slugger
opts for MLB over Ole Miss
POPLARVILLE — Former
Pearl River Community College All-American slugger Rhyne Hughes of Picayune
High signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tuesday.
Hughes, who signed with
the Ole Miss Rebels in January, was selected in the eighth round of the
2004 Major League Baseball Draft by Tampa Bay in June. He led the nation
in home runs with 18 this past season and was the 225th overall pick in
the first round of the MLB annual draft...more
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
PRCC names Jessica Olson
tennis coach
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College has named Jessica F. Olson its new men’s and women’s
tennis coach, replacing longtime coach Camille Soulier, who resigned last
spring to focus on her teaching responsibilities at the school...more
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Repeat fever abounds
for Wildcat soccer
Hayes optimistic about
Wildcats’ and Lady Wildcats’ chances in 2004
POPLARVILLE
New coaching blood sets the stage for Pearl River Community College women’s
and men’s soccer in 2004, as Patrick Hayes takes over the two programs
which have seen only one mentor in their five-year existence...more
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Miller, Mooney new recruiters
at Pearl River CC
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College graduates Jessica Lindsey Miller and Candace Brooke
Mooney are the new recruiters at PRCC...more
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Richard Mathis named
new PRCC AD
POPLARVILLE - Veteran
basketball coach Richard Mathis has been named the new athletic director
at Pearl River Community College...more
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
PRCC fall registration
begins next week
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College officially kicks off a new school year next week
when faculty and professional staff members return to campus.
Registration
activities begin this week, starting Wednesday in Hancock County with student
registration from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Coast Inn and Suites at the corner
of U.S. 90 and Highway 603...more
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
PRCC Surgical Tech graduates
18
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Surgical Technology program recently pinned 18
graduates in a ceremony in the Allied Health Center on the Forrest County
Campus...more
Friday, August 6, 2004
Reserved football tickets
on sale now at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Reserved
season football tickets are now on sale at Pearl River Community College...more
Thursday, August 5, 2004
PRCC Medical Lab graduates
6
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Medical Laboratory Technology program recently
pinned six graduates in a ceremony in the Allied Health Center on the Forrest
County Campus...more
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
State champ Wildcats
kick off preseason practice Monday
Wildcats enter season
at No. 5 in NJCAA preseason poll
POPLARVILLE — Nationally-ranked
Pearl River Community College officially begins its defense of its 2003
MACJC state football crown — its first in over a quarter of a century —
this Monday some 70 Wildcat prospects arrive on campus for the start up
of 2004 preseason drills.
Tuesday, August 3, 2004
PRCC graduates 130 in
summer commencement
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College graduated 130 career-technical students this July
at its summer commencement held in M.R. White Coliseum. Approximately
800 friends and family watched as the graduates received their degrees
in Applied Science and Certificates of Proficiency...more
Thursday, July 29, 2004
PRCC offering EMT training
classes
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Workforce Development
Center is offering two Emergency
Medical Technician classes in September
in the new Lowery A. Woodall
Advanced Technology Center...more
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
PRCC’s Brackins cops
first-team honors on NJCAA preseason All-American list
Carter, Coleman, Smith,
and Steube grab honorable mention status
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River wide receiver Larry Brackins has been named to
the NJCAA’s 2004 preseason
All-American first team offense, while four other Wildcat players from
last year’s MACJC championship squad have earned honorable mention accolades...more
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Charles Speed new MACJC
Trustees president
POPLARVILLE - Charles
Speed calls his 40 years of service as a member of the Pearl River Community
College Board of Trustees “one of the most satisfying things I have ever
done in my life...more
Monday, July 26, 2004
PRCC graduation ceremony
Friday morning
POPLARVILLE - Some
120 Pearl River Community College students will graduate Friday morning
during commencement exercises on the Poplarville campus...more
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Olivia Bender’s death
shocks PRCC family
Miss Levy stands in front
of the Olivia Bender Cafeteria. Pearl River Community
College named the cafeteria in her honor in 2000.
POPLARVILLE - Olivia
“Levy” Bender, 75, a cafeteria worker at Pearl River Community College
for 55 years, died Monday morning at Forrest General Hospital...more
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Career-technical conference
July 27 at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College is sponsoring its fourth annual istrict-wide Career-Technical
Division Conference on Tuesday, July 27, in the Olivia Bender Cafeteria
on the Poplarville campus...more
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
PRCC's Kendrick cops
highest Juco honor
Ole Miss-bound All-American
chosen NJCAA Male Athlete of the Year
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College football All-American Larry
Kendrick can now add the
NJCAA highest award to his long list of accolades. The wide receiver-defensive
back has been named the NJCAA David Rowlands Male Student Athlete
of the Year for the 2003-2004 school year, marking the third time
an athlete from the Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
league has won the award which was started in 1992-1993...more
Friday, July 16, 2004
PRCC names Hayes men’s,
women’s soccer coach
POPLARVILLE - Patrick
Edward Hayes, an Ocean Springs native, is the new head soccer coach for
the men’s and women’s teams at Pearl River Community College...more
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
MACJC grid champ Pearl
River enters fall
ranked No. 5 in NJCAA
preseason poll
Six state teams attract
attention of 2004 pollsters led by perennial
powerhouse Northwest
ranked at No. 2
POPLARVILLE — The
defending MACJC state champ Pearl River Wildcats will
enter the 2004 season with
a No. 5 national ranking after finishing
fourth in last year’s final
NJCAA poll...more
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
MACJC grid champ Pearl
River enters fall ranked
No. 5 in NJCAA preseason
poll
Six state teams attract
attention of 2004 pollsters led by perennial
powerhouse Northwest
ranked at No. 2
POPLARVILLE — The
defending MACJC state champ Pearl River Wildcats will
enter the 2004 season with
a No. 5 national ranking after finishing fourth in last year’s final NJCAA
poll...more
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
PRCC Workforce Development
hosts computer camp
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Workforce Development
Center recently conducted
a computer camp for children, ages 8-10...more
Thursday, July 1, 2004
PRCC Radiological Tech
program graduates 15
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Medical Radiological Technology program recently
pinned 15 graduates in a ceremony in the Allied Health Center on the Forrest
County Campus...more
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
New student orientation
set July 20-23 at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Orientation
and early registration for new students planning to attend classes on the
Poplarville campus of Pearl River Community College the 2004 fall semester
is set for July 20-23 on the PRCC campus...more
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Pearl River’s Hughes,
Riser, and Royals cop All-MACJC,
All-Region first-team
honors
Wildcats’ Artigues 2003
MACJC ‘Coach of the Year;’ Hartel, Butler,
Lovdahl earn All-State
second-team accolades
POPLARVILLE — Three
members of Pearl River Community College’s 2004 state championship baseball
team have been named to the All-MACJC and All-Region 23 first-team honors,
while three others copped All-State second-team accolades...more
Thursday, June 24, 2004
PRCC OTA program graduates
13
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant program
recently pinned 13 graduates in a ceremony in the Allied Health Center
on the Forrest County Campus...more
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
PRCC hosting Adult Education
conference
HATTIESBURG - More
than 300 educators will be on hand this week for the 2004 Summer Adult
Education Regional Conference, hosted by Pearl River Community College,
on Thursday and Friday at the Lake Terrace Convention Center...more
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Becky Askew new district
governor for Rotary Clubs
POPLARVILLE - Dr.
Becky Askew, chief planning officer at Pearl River Community College, is
excited as she prepares to begin her role as District Governor of District
6840 for Rotary International for the club year 2004-05...more
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Hughes’ summer baseball
action includes trip to China
Pearl River All-American,
Devil Ray draft pick
heads into wooden bat
league in Duluth, Minn.
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College slugger Rhyne Hughes didn’t
have much time to relish
his “hometown hero” status after being drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
and earning NJCAA All-American honors in a span of less than a week...more
Monday, June 21, 2004
Pearl River Singers perform
European concert
POPLARVILLE - The
Pearl River Community College Singers recently made their
third European Concert trip
to the United Kingdom. Conducted by Director of Choral Music, Dr. Mark
Malone, the Concert Choir presented recitals last month in three of the
four countries that make up the United Kingdom...more
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Lady ’Cats ink Goula’s
Prisock
POPLARVILLE — Pascagoula
High School standout softball pitcher Heather
Prisock has signed on with
the Pearl River Community College Lady Wildcats for the 2005 season...more
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
PRCC’s Hughes grabs first-team
NJCAA All-American honors
POPLARVILLE — MACJC
state champion Pearl River Community College slugger
Rhyne Hughes has been named
an NJCAA Division II first-team All-American for the 2004 season as an
outfielder...more
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Devil Rays draft PRCC
slugger Rhyne Hughes in eighth round
Wildcats Royals, Rodriguez,
Bass also picked in MLB draft
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College slugger Rhyne Hughes of Picayune High was selected
in the eighth round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays...more
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
PRCC soccer coach Breerwood
steps down
POPLARVILLE - Dr.
Adam Breerwood is stepping down as men’s and women’s
soccer coach at Pearl River
Community College to devote full time to his position as Dean of Student
Affairs at the two-year college...more
Thursday, June 4, 2004
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
Thursday, June 4, 2004
Pearl River Community
College Dean’s list
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College has released its Dean’s lists for the 2004 Spring
Semester. Students making the Dean’s list achieved a 3.4 GPA or higher...more
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
State champ Warriors’
Hogue inks with state champ Wildcats
POPLARVILLE — Grant
Hogue, center fielder for the MHSAA 5A state champion Oak Grove Warriors,
has signed a grant-in-aid scholarship with MACJC state champion Pearl River
Community College for the 2005 season...more
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Pearl River Community
College President’s list
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College has released its President’s list for the 2004
Spring Semester. Students making the President’s list achieved a 4.0 grade-point-average...more
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