LEAP Youth Expo Provides Students With Career Information
Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas is hosting this year’s LEAP Youth Career Expo on Friday October 20th from 9:00 – 12:00 at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The event is for local 8th grade students. The event aims to help them understand the types of career pathways available in the local community, as they begin to make career related coursework decisions for high school, according to Bart Spivey, Business Development Project...
Career and Technology Education at SSHS Recognized During February Board Meeting
February is Career and Technical Education Month and in Sulphur Springs High School, the programs continue to grow and to achieve according to reports by students from the various organizations under the CTE umbrella. Students representing Business Professionals of America, Family Career and Community Leaders of America, Health Occupations Students of America, and Future Farmers of America addressed the SSISD Board of Trustees Monday...
2 Como-Pickton FCCLA Members Earn Silver Medals, 1 Serves As Volunteer At National Meet
Last week, three members of the Como-Pickton High School Family Career and Community Leaders of America Chapter participated in the 2021 National FCCLA Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Como-Pickton FCCLA members Chelsey Osborne, Logan Langley and Presley Cummins at the 2021 National FCCLA Convention. Chelsey Osborne and Logan Langley competed at the national conference and came home with silver medals. They completed a...
Paris Junior College Presidential Search Committee Recommends Three Finalists
The Paris Junior College Board of Regents met Thursday, March 7 and received the formal recommendations from the PJC Presidential Search Committee of three finalists for the next President of the College. “We accepted the report of the Paris Junior College Presidential Search Committee as authorized by a previous vote of the Regents,” said PJC Board of Regents President Curtis Fendley. “We are extremely pleased with...
Aspen Institute Names Paris Junior College as a Top 150 U.S. Community Colleges
October 31, 2023 – The Aspen Institute Names Paris Junior College as a Top 150 U.S. Community Colleges Eligible for the 2025 Aspen Prize WASHINGTON D.C., October 31, 2023 – Today, the Aspen Institute named Paris Junior College as one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance among...
Governor Abbott Announces Over $6.5 Million In Workforce Grants
Governor Greg Abbott today announced over $6.5 million in Texas Talent Connection grants awarded to 21 workforce skills training and job placement programs in communities across the state. “Thanks to our young, skilled, diverse, and growing workforce, Texas is the best state for business,” said Governor Abbott. “Meeting the needs of Texas employers by providing a continuing pipeline of workers with in-demand skills is...
26 Graduates Ranked In Top 10% of SSHS Senior Class of 2023 Recognized at Honors Breakfast
The top 10% of Sulphur Springs High School Senior Class of 2023 was recognized Tuesday morning, May 16, 2023, at a special honors breakfast at 7 A.M. at Hopkins County Civic Center. The invocation was given before the breakfast prepared by the SSHS Culinary Arts Department, served by SSHS staff. Former Superintendent Michael Lamb offered thanks to Alliance Bank, long time sponsor of the event which has become a...
Paris Junior College Announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni
Paris Junior College Public Information Services PJC announces 2022 Distinguished Alumni Paris Junior College will celebrate its 98th Homecoming Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5, and a major weekend highlight is the Distinguished Alumni Award Luncheon planned for Saturday, Nov. 5. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor bestowed on alumni and friends by the College, and Paris native Dr. J. Craig Stephens and PJC alumnus...
Employers Wanted
Employers are invited to join the LEAP Expo October 27 and 28th, 2022. It will be held at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The Learning Endorsements and Professions (LEAP) Expo provides area 8th grade students with the opportunity to speak with local professionals and gain a better understanding of career pathways. The LEAP Expo features local employers from a wide variety of industries, non-profits, education and training providers,...
A&M-Commerce Offers Technology Management BAAS for Working Professionals
COMMERCE, TX—The Department of Engineering and Technology at Texas A&M University-Commerce has launched a new Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) in Technology Management degree program. The new fully online program is designed to prepare working professionals for managerial careers in technical fields. Brent Donham, Ph.D., who serves as dean of the College of Science and Engineering at A&M-Commerce, said there is a...
