PJC Adult Education Holds Recognition Ceremony
Near the end of the spring semester at Paris Junior College, the PJC Adult Education program held a graduation ceremony for all those successfully achieving their Certificates of High School Equivalency during the preceding 12 months. Keynote speaker for the ceremony was Jill Jones. She received her GED certificate this April after being out of school for 17 years. Jones encouraged those attending to pursue their goals, and thanked...
PJC Regents Make Additions to Core Curriculum
by Paul Bailey In order to smooth the transfer path for students planning to go on to a bachelor’s degree, the Paris Junior College Board of Regents made a few additions to the core curriculum. The State of Texas approves a basic core curriculum and 42 hours of any of those classes are guaranteed to transfer to any public university in the state. From that core, colleges select which classes to offer. The regents added some math,...
Enjoying An End-of-School Tradition at Miller Grove ISD…With Lots of History and Pride
When Enola Gay arrived in front of the Miller Grove school, she parked her car and simply followed her nose as well as a steady flow of people heading toward the new school cafeteria. Most of the third-grade class were already enjoying their lunch tray of Hopkins County stew, cheese and crackers, and the older classes would be filing in soon for a decades-long tradition at the country school…the End of School Stew. It’s...
PJC Graduates 371 Students
by Paul Bailey A beautiful evening greeted graduates, their families and friends at Noyes Stadium on May 11 during the 93rd spring graduation ceremony of Paris Junior College. Out of 371 students graduating with a certificate or associate degree, more than 200 students chose to participate in the ceremony. PJC Student Government Association President Johnathan Stevenson gave the opening invocation, and freshman music major Cyan...
PJC Announces Candidates for Distringuished Service Award
A big part of the 2018 Spring graduation ceremony at Paris Junior College is the announcement of the Distinguished Service Award. This Friday evening one of five outstanding students will be selected at 7:00 p.m. in Noyes Stadium. Those nominated include Aaron Beaulaurier of Spokane, Wash., Ryleigh Davidson of Blossom, Alexis Montero of Royse City, Tyler Myers of Houston, and Chelsey Walker of Shreveport, La. The Distinguished Service...
PJC Regents Approve Slight Increase for Board Rates for 2018-2019 Academic Year
At their meeting this week, the Paris Junior College Regents kept rates for residence hall rooms unchanged and approved a slight increase for board rates for the 2018-2019 academic year starting with the fall semester. Hatcher and Thompson Residence Hall rates continue to be $650 per semester and rooms in the South Campus Residence Hall $850 per semester. The 19-meal plan will go from $1,650 per semester to $1,675 per semester,...
TxDOT Hosts May 7th Rural Transportation Improvement Program for 2019-2022
PARIS – The Texas Department of Transportation will host a meeting May 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the McLemore Student Center at Paris Junior College to share the details of its Rural Transportation Improvement Program for 2019-2022. Interested citizens are invited to attend, review the plan and share their input with TxDOT officials representing the nine-county Paris District in Northeast Texas. The Paris District consists of Delta,...
Student’s career path boosted by PJC summer scholarship
Spencer Godwin of Blossom, a senior at Prairiland High School, is receiving a boost in his pursuit of a career in surgery technology, thanks to a summer scholarship program offered by Paris Junior College. The scholarship, available to all eligible graduating high school seniors in the PJC service area, covers tuition for one class in either the Summer I or Summer II semester. “I’ve been taking English and Texas Government (as dual...
Wildcat Center Back Diosdado Signs with PJC
Wildcats senior center back defender Brandon Diosdado announced Wednesday (April 18) that he will play college soccer at Paris Junior College next season. Diosdado made the announcement in front of his family and lots of Wildcats and Lady Cats’ soccer players at the Multipurpose Buiding on the high school campus. Diosdado said when he returned from a visit to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor recently, the PJC head coach sent...
PJC Announces Fall 2017 President’s and Dean’s List Honorees
Paris Junior College is pleased to announce that 182 students were named to the President’s and Dean’s lists for academic achievement during the fall 2017 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average, (straight A’s) on a minimum of 15 semester hours. Those on the dean’s list must have a minimum of a 3.5 grade point average for at least 15 semester hours and have no grade lower than a...
