PJC Names Leader of Promise Scholar
Paris Junior College student Cameron Copeland has been selected to receive a $1,000 scholarship from Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as a 2015 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. “PJC is honored to have our second student in as many years selected as a Leaders of Promise Scholar,” said PJC President Dr. Pamela Anglin. “The academic programs offered at PJC attract some very talented students with huge potential. Cameron is very...
New PJC-Sulphur Springs Campus Nearing Completion
Workers are busy this week putting a new surface on the parking lot at the soon-to-be new campus for the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center. The new campus is located on East Loop 301 at the former Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co. site. Construction is nearing completion on classrooms, offices, a bookstore and other facilities in the remodeled building shown above. The PJC welding program is already underway in a new building at...
PJC-Sulphur Springs Center Speech Class Communications-By-Advocacy Project
Members of the speech class at the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center are busy setting the scene with ducks, deer heads and other objects for their outdoor communications-by-advocacy project. Dr. Paul May, right, is the instructor and proposed they build an outdoor scene to help them gain ideas for subject topics. Pictured from left (front) Emilio Ramirez, Kaylee Giles and Lacey Taylor: (Back) Ashley Keeter, Eddwardo...
Leaton Ely
Memorial service for Leaton Ely, age 81, of Emory, will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, 2:00 pm, at Emory Baptist Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to service at 1:00 pm. Bro. Mark Garrett will officiate. Mr. Ely died peacefully at his residence on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2015. He was born July 25, 1934, to Otto and Alma Shipley Ely. He went to school and graduated from Rains High School. He was a basketball star player,...
PJC Honor Society Inducts Students
The Beta Zeta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college honor society at Paris Junior College, recently held induction ceremonies for twelve students at the Paris Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center. To be eligible for membership into Phi Theta Kappa, students must be enrolled in a regionally accredited institution offering an associate degree program and have a grade point average of 3.5. PTK offers $37 million in transfer...
Kelsie Adams Named PJC Homecoming Queen
During half time of the Paris Junior College men’s basketball game against Weatherford College on Saturday, Cameron Copeland and Kelsie Adams were crowned Homecoming King and Queen. Adams is a 2013 graduate of Sulphur Springs High School and the daughter of Kenneth Ray Adams and Dana Nash Adams of Sulphur Springs. She is a two-year member of the Blend Club and works as a mentor and coach for Bright Star Baseball/Basketball...
PJC Homecoming Candidate Includes Sulphur Springs Student
Final voting is underway for Paris Junior College Homecoming King and Queen, and among the candidates is Kelsie Adams, a nursing student from Sulphur Springs. PJC Homecoming begins Thursday, and the crowning will take place at halftime of the men’s basketball game on Saturday that begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Hunt Center. Top nominees for Queen include Kelsie Adams, Melissa Murray, and Kendall Vogt; for King they are Jordan Brown,...
PJC to Participate in AACC Pathways Project
Implementing guided academic and career pathways at scale – for all students – is the shared commitment of 30 colleges that will participate in the Pathways Project led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Paris Junior College is among the institutions invited, through a highly competitive national selection process, to join in and contribute to the work. “This is a huge opportunity for Paris Junior College to be...
2005 PJC Basketball Team To Be Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame
As part of the Paris Junior College 91st Homecoming, the 2005 NJCAA Men’s National Championship Team will be inducted into the PJC Athletic Hall of Fame. “These young men – players, managers and coaches – brought great attention to our College during their ascent to the junior college basketball championship in 2005,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. After entering the national tournament in Hutchison, Kansas unranked...
Tallant, VanDeaver PJC Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Steven Tallant and State Representative Gary VanDeaver have been selected to receive the coveted Paris Junior College Distinguished Alumni Award during the 2015 Homecoming festivities, November 13-14. It is such a distinct honor to have the opportunity to honor Dr. Tallant and Dr. VanDeaver,” said PJC President Dr. Pam Anglin. The two will be presented the College’s highest honor during the Distinguished Alumni Awards Luncheon,...
