May 24, 2016 - On May 13, 2016, Panola College announced that 333 candidates qualified for graduation this semester. Students receiving multiple degrees or certificates include one for Associate of Arts, five for Associates of Arts in Teaching, 62 for Associate of Science, 78 for Associate of Applied Science, and 170 Certificates.
May 20, 2016 - The Panola College Workforce and Continuing Education division is offering a Paraprofessional Online class beginning on Monday, June 6, 2016 - July 1, 2016 . The cost of the class is $250.00 and preregistration is required. For more information, contact the Continuing Education office at 903-693-2067 or emailce@panola.edu.
May 20, 2016 - The Panola College Workforce and Continuing Education division is offering a Dental Assisting program June 3 – August 19, 2016, on the Carthage campus. The cost of the program is $1,799 and pre-registration is required. For more information, contact the Continuing Education office at 903-693-2067 or email ce@panola.edu.
May 16, 2016 - On Friday, May 13, 2016, Panola College conducted its 77th commencement at the Carthage Civic Center. Panola College had 333 degree and certificate candidates and 182 of those students participated in the commencement ceremony making this graduation the largest in the College’s history.
May 16, 2016 - Three Panola College Ponies basketball players have signed to play with D1 schools. Charles “Cha Cha” Tucker, Jr., will attend Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He was first team All-Region and first team All-Conference in Region XIV play.
Johnathan Wiley will play for Southern Illinois University. He earned honorable mention honors in All-Region Conference.
May 12, 2016 - The Panola Ponies depart today to the NJCAA Regional Tournament to be played in Sugarland, TX at Constellation Field, home of the Sugarland Skeeters. The Ponies qualified for the tournament as the #2 team from the Region XIV Eastern Conference and will face Alvin CC. the number 3 seed from the South Conference tomorrow at 10 a.m.
May 5, 2016 - On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Panola College held a retirement ceremony to honor three longtime employees Mr. Ernie Davis, Mrs. Kathy Pate, and Mrs. Shirley Ingram. Together these retirees accumulated 81 years of experience. Dr. Greg Powell, President of Panola College, presented each retiree with a token of appreciation and thanked them for their many years of dedicated service.
May 5, 2016 - The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board awarded a $580,000 grant to the Panola College Associate Degree Nursing program as part of a statewide program to alleviate a shortage of nurses in the future. The 84th Texas Legislature appropriated funds for the Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program as a means to assist nursing programs in filling the future need for registered nurses in the state’s workforce.
May 3, 2016 - Panola’s pitching and offense were outstanding on the weekend. Panola’s offense scored 29 runs in three games while Panola’s pitching allowed only 5 runs to cross the plate in the series. Panola is now 38-13 on the season and 18-9 in conference play.
Panola will wrap up conference play this weekend vs #18 Navarro College. Game one is scheduled for 3pm in Carthage, Game two and three are scheduled for Saturday in Corsicana for a double header starting at 2pm.