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| HATTIESBURG - Tuesday’s
ribbon-cutting ceremony at Pearl River Community College’s Forrest County
Center marked a new day for the Hattiesburg campus, which is located on
U.S. 49 South. Taking part in the ceremony were from left: Dr. Cecil Burt,
Dean of the Forrest County Center, District 1 Supervisor David Allen, District
3 Supervisor Lynn Cartlidge, PRCC President William Lewis, District 5 Supervisor
Billy Hudson, District 4 Supervisor Roderick Woullard, PRCC Board of Trustee
member H.R. Nobles, District 2 Supervisor Charles Marshall, and PRCC Board
of Trustees members Kay Clay, Charles Speed and M.L. "Sonny" Knight. |
Monday, July 31, 2006
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...more
Monday, July 31, 2006
Registration for PRCC
classes in Hancock County set Thursday (Aug. 10)
WAVELAND - Registration
for fall semester classes in Hancock County will be held from 10 a.m. until
6 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 10) at the Hancock Center on U.S. 90...more
Monday, July 31, 2006
PRCC offers night classes
in Picayune this fall
POPLARVILLE - Registration
for Pearl River Community College academic night and weekend classes will
be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 17-18, in the Admissions
Office in the Ted Alexander Administration Building...more
Thursday, July 27, 2006
PRCC offering computer
skills training
COLUMBIA—Pearl River
Community College is offering several computer skills training classes,
starting this fall at the Workforce Education’s Computer Lab in downtown
Columbia...more
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Expansion marks growth
at Forrest County Center
HATTIESBURG - Pearl
River Community College’s Forrest County Center, long associated primarily
with technical education, is emerging as a comprehensive academic campus...more
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Accreditation re-affirmed
at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College received notice recently from the Commission on
Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that its accreditation
has been reaffirmed...more
Friday, July 14, 2006
Picayune firm donates
$100,000 to PRCC for workforce training
POPLARVILLE - Workforce
Education at Pearl River Community College received a huge shot in the
arm recently thanks to a $100,000 donation from Huey Stockstill Inc. of
Picayune...more
Friday, July 14, 2006
PRCC’s Hancock alumni
chapter hosting fish fry
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College’s Hancock County Alumni Chapter is hosting its
6th annual Fish Fry from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, at the American
Legion Hall No. 139...more
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
PRCC ribbon cutting set
for Tuesday
HATTIESBURG - A
ribbon cutting marking the opening of Pearl River Community College’s new
12,000 square-foot library/classroom facility at the Forrest County Center
on Highway 49 South in Hattiesburg is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday (July
18)...more
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Five Wildcats named to
NJCAA’s 2006 preseason All-American list
Sixty-eight other MACJC
football standouts honored
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College will open its 2006 football season Aug. 31 as the
NJCAA’s No. 1-ranked team, while boasting five preseason All-American selections...more
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Wildcats NJCAA’s preseason
No. 1 for second straight year
POPLARVILLE — Pearl
River Community College will open its 2006 football season Aug. 31 as the
NJCAA’s No. 1-ranked team, according to the association’s recently-released
preseason poll, marking the second straight year the Wildcats have received
the prestigious ranking...more
Friday, June 30, 2006
New student orientation
set July 11-14 at PRCC
POPLARVILLE - Orientation
and early registration for new students planning to attend classes on the
Poplarville campus of Pearl River Community College the 2006 fall semester
is set for July 11-14 on the PRCC campus...more
PRCC board adopts $41.5 million
budget
POPLARVILLE - The
Pearl River Community College Board of Trustees approved a budget of $41.5
million, which includes a seven percent raise for faculty and staff, for
the 2006-07 academic year Thursday during the regular June meeting on the
Poplarville campus...more
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
PRCC’s Donna Wilson retiring
this month
POPLARVILLE - As
Director of the Development Foundation/Alumni Association at Pearl River
Community College for the past 19 years, Donna Wilson has seen some major
accomplishments...more
Monday, June 5, 2006
PRCC ‘Bridge to College
Program’ this summer
POPLARVILLE - Pearl
River Community College’s Student Support Services is currently signing
up students for its ‘Bridge to College’ START program for prospective students
planning to attend PRCC this fall...more
Thursday, June 1, 2006
PRCC Class of 2006
During Pearl River
Community College’s 96th commencement exercises this May in the Forrest
County Multi Purpose Center in Hattiesburg, some 550 students were awarded
their degrees in either Associate in Arts, Applied Science or Certificates
of Proficiency. It was the first time a PRCC graduation has been
held off the main campus. In the past, separate graduation services
were held for career-technical graduates and academic graduates on the
same day in M.R. White Coliseum on the PRCC main campus. But since White
Coliseum was heavily damaged by Katrina, graduation was moved to Hattiesburg
and combined into one ceremony...more
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