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Janie Pointer (right) presents a check to Jessica Pace for the Panola College Foundation’s Sustainer Group.
November 7, 2019 - On Tuesday, November 5, 2019, Janie Pointer of Luminant presented the Panola College Foundation with a $1,000 check towards their sustainer program. Jessica Pace, Director of Institutional Advancement was on hand to accept the check on behalf of the Foundation.
“We value the generosity and support of Luminant’s commitment as a sustaining member of the Foundation,” said Pace. “The Foundation’s sustainer program is comprised of companies and individuals who want to ensure that the College remains affordable, accessible, and a quality institution of higher education.”
November 6, 2019 - Panola College students who have children under the age of 12 are eligible to participate in a new Angel Tree program this Christmas season.
“We understand that paying for college often creates a financial burden on students, and we don’t want their children to miss out on having Christmas gifts,” said Kelly Reed-Hirsch, Dean of Health Sciences.
The project’s goal is to provide “something they want, something they need, and something to read” for children under age 12.
To participate, Panola College students should fill out an application form at https://form.jotform.com/PanolaMain/panola-college-angel-tree-registrat.
The form asks for the child’s first name, gender, clothing and shoe sizes, and a toy wish or other needs such as diapers or formula.
College students who don’t have children may use the form to request items from the “Comfort Closet,” which provides food, toiletries, basic needs items, towels, blankets, etc.
The form will be available through November 17. Faculty, staff, students and community members may select angels from November 18 through December 9. Angel Trees will be available in the Charles C. Matthews Foundation Student Center in Carthage, and in the Marshall Mall and Shelby Regional Training Center locations.
Tax-deductible online donations to the project may be made at https://www.panola.edu/feedtheneed When making an online donation, indicate in the notes line that the donation is in support of the Angel Tree Project.
For more information, contact Reed-Hirsch at 903-694-4022 or Whitney McBee at 903-693-2000.
“If you are a Panola College student – whether you’re full-time, part-time, or online – at any of our campuses, you are eligible to submit an application to be considered,” said Reed-Hirsch.
Daniel Hall, Jim Permenter, and Panola College Energy students, stand in front of the donated compressors with Joni Rice, HR Business Partner for Estis Compression, and Alicia Leslie, HR Generalist for McClung Energy Services LLC.
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November 5, 2019 - Last week, Panola College was proud to receive two Arial JGS compressors which were donated by McClung Energy Services LLC and Estis Compression both out of Kilgore, Texas. The equipment will reside at the Panola College Shelby Regional Training Center and will be used in the Petroleum Technology and Natural Gas Compression programs.
Daniel Hall, School of Energy Chair, and Jim Permenter, School of Energy professor were on hand to accept the donation. “Equipment, such as these compressors, enables us to train our students on the exact equipment they will encounter out in the field allowing them to become more proficient employees after graduation,” said Daniel Hall. “We appreciate McClung Energy Services and Estis Compression’s support of our students and our program.
Pictured are (from left): Jim Permenter, Steven Myers, Gary Hale, and Daniel Hall stand in front of one of the two donated compressors.
November 5, 2019 - Panola College School of Energy Chair, Daniel Hall and Jim Permenter, School of Energy professor, met with J-W Power representatives, Steven Myers, Area Supervisor, and Gary Hale, District Manager to accept a donation of two Arial JGS compressors. The equipment will reside at the Panola College Shelby Regional Training Center and will be used in the Petroleum Technology and Natural Gas Compression programs.
“We are thankful for the partnership with J-W Power, said Daniel Hall. “This equipment allows us to provide high quality training for our students and better prepares them to enter the workforce after completing their degree.”
November 4, 2019 — The Panola College Fillies and the Tyler Junior College Apaches have gotten quite familiar with each other lately, playing three times in the last 11 days.
Each team took a hard-fought 3-2 win on their home court, setting up the rubber-match Sunday.
However, there was a little more significance to this match.
It was for a bid to the NJCAA National Tournament.
The Fillies took the first set 25-20, only to see the Apaches bounce back to tie it with a 25-22 win. Panola took another 25-20 win in the third, then battled the home team point-for-point down the stretch for a 29-27 win and their fourth trip to the national tournament.
This will be the fourth time the Fillies have qualified for the national tournament, which is in Hutchinson, Kansas, Nov. 21-23.
Top-ranked Navarro College won the Region XIV Tournament on Saturday night, but the Fillies (29-7) got the other bid allotted to the conference.
The 18th-ranked Fillies were the third seed and beat Blinn College to open the tournament, then lost to TJC, 3-2. They beat Laredo 3-1 on Saturday, then beat Lee College 3-0 on Sunday to get its second shot at TJC.
"God is so good," said coach Nicole Thorn, who previously coached PC when it made its first trip to the national tournament in 2009. "We won this because we believed in us when no one else did. We knew we'd be here and win it and that's all that matters.
"This region is tough and every game is a battle and every game's a fight. It says a lot about the determination of our kids for them to win this."
The other two appearances at the national tournament were in 2016 and 2017.
Panola Watchman - J. Scott Russell
Stats from all five games combined listed below.
- Mikayla Ware: 93 kills, 7 blocks, 2 aces, 10 assists, 94 digs
- Hannah Floyd: 2 aces, 4 assists, 95 digs
- Erin Perez: 5 aces, 5 assists, 69 digs
- Carol Melo: 6 kills, 3 digs
- Riley Seegers: 8 kills, 9 blocks, 4 aces
- Nina Hauff: 47 digs
- Mylena Testoni: 50 kills, 5 blocks, 10 digs
- McKenzie Dimery: 3 aces, 9 digs
- Maria Idjilov: 17 kills, 7 blocks, 6 aces, 217 assists, 36 digs
- Ashton Brown: 19 kills, 20 blocks
- April Brown: 13 kills, 2 blocks
- Nyah Walker: 60 kills, 15 blocks
Maria Idjilov received Setter of Year from Region XIV. Mikayla Ware received First Team All-Conference, Maria Idjilov received Second Team All-Conference & Hannah Floyd, Nyah Walker, and Mylena Testoni received Honorable Mention.
The NJCAA National Tournament will take place in Hutchinson, Kansas on November 21-23. Go !
October 31, 2019 - On November 21, 2019 from 5:00 -7:00 pm, Panola College Shelby Regional Training Center will host a recruiting event for community members to learn more about potential adjunct (part-time) instructor positions. Teaching disciplines may include art, mathematics, science, government, nursing, sociology, history, music, speech, English, philosophy, geography, ESL, developmental English and reading, and more. This event will be come and go with snacks and a door prize drawing. Interested individuals are encouraged to bring their resume and transcript to the event. For more information or to email your resume directly, please email Panola College Director of Shelby County Operations, Cancee Lester at clester@panola.edu.
October 29, 2019 - The Panola Fillies Volleyball team tied for second with TVCC in conference play but finished third going into the Region XIV tournament due to their head-to-head loss to them earlier in the year.
The tournament is a psuedo double-elimination tournament with national bids going to the winner of the winner's and consolation brackets. The Fillies will take on the Blinn Buccaneers in the first round at 3:00 PM on Friday, November 1st at Wagstaff Gymnasium. Please come out and support the Fillies as they fight for a spot to the National Tournament! Click the following link for the Region XIV bracket which will be updated daily - 2019 NJCAA Region XIV Volleyball Championship Tournament page (Bracket at the bottom).
Go Fillies!
October 28, 2019 - The Fillies finish 7-2 in conference and 25-7 overall on the season after winning a tough 5-set match against TJC (16-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23, 15-11).
It was sophomore night and a great environment to play in, especially with our Fillies battling back to win after being down 2-1. Mikayla Ware led the offense with an impressive season high 23 kills, followed by Mylena Testoni with 17 and Nyah Walker added 13. Maria Idjilov also had a season high of 52 assists. Defensively, Erin Perez tied Hannah Floyd's season record of 24 digs, followed by Floyd with 17, and Ware chipped in 14. April Brown came up big at the net with seven block assists, followed by Mikayla Ware with five, while Idjilov and Walker added two apiece, respectively.
Thank you to the fans and family members who came out to support our team and we hope to see you at the tournament. The Fillies return to action November 1st-3rd at TJC for the Region XIV Regional Tournament. We will post bracket info on our website and social media sites as soon as they are posted, so stay tuned!
Panola College sophomores on the Fillies Volleyball team were honored Wednesday before the match against TJC. (Photo courtesy Kraig Cain Photography)
October 25, 2019 - Seven Fillies Volleyball sophomores were honored on Wednesday, October 23, in the Arthur Johnson Gymnasium at Panola College.
“We honor our seven sophomores and their families for the heart, dedication, and time they have devoted to Panola College and our volleyball team,” said Don Clinton, Athletic Director. As he introduced the sophomores, they walked out to center court, escorted by friends and family.
Manager, Mily Luna, from Joaquin, is a graduate from Joaquin High School. Luna has taken over the managerial aspects of our program and has done an amazing job. She consistently puts others before her and for that we are forever grateful. Luna currently has a 3.75 GPA and will graduate in the spring from Panola with an Associate degree in Mathematics. Luna is escorted by her parents, Rosa and Juan Luna.
The second sophomore is April Brown, a middle blocker from Tyler, graduate of Robert E. Lee High School and transfer from Texas Southern University. Brown has appeared in 29 matches this season and 64 sets, tallying 107 kills and contributing 1.67 kills/set with a .343 hitting efficiency. Her career high of 12 kills came this season against Lee College. Brown will graduate this spring with an Associate degree in Kinesiology and plans to play at the next level. She is escorted by her God-parents, Christie and Stan Cook.
The third sophomore honored is McKenzie Dimery, an outside hitter/defensive specialist from College Station, and a graduate of A & M Consolidated High School. As a freshman, Dimery appeared in 31 matches, recorded 27 total kills and 76 total digs. As a sophomore, she has appeared in 56 sets with a total of 82 digs, averaging 1.46 digs/set with her career high of 10 digs coming against Cedar Valley this year. After her spring graduation from Panola College, Dimery plans to continue her playing career and education at a university where she will pursue a Kinesiology degree with hopes of becoming a physical therapist. She is escorted by her dad, Thirman Dimery.
The fourth sophomore quad-captain is Hannah Floyd, a libero/defensive specialist from League City and a graduate of Clear Springs High School. As a freshman, Floyd played in 32 matches and 85 sets, totaling 243 digs and averaging 2.86 digs/set. In 2018, she had a career high 32 digs twice, with the first one coming against Polk State and the second one against Missouri-West Plains. In 2019, Floyd’s role has increased stepping into the Libero position playing in 31 matches, 104 sets with 396 total digs on the year. She leads the team with 40 total aces and is averaging 3.81 digs/set. Floyd is majoring in business with dreams of owning her own company one day. She plans to continue her playing career and education at a university to be decided after graduation from Panola this December. She is escorted by her parents Rhonda and Chris Floyd and younger brother, Drew.
The fifth sophomore quad-captain is Masha Idjilov, a setter from the Republic of Moldova and a transfer from the College of Central Florida. Idjilov instantly made her presence known on the Fillies volleyball court, appearing in 31 matches and 104 sets. She helped anchor the Fillies’ offense, tallying 1084 total assists and averaging 10.42 assists/game while also picking up 82 digs, averaging 1.73 digs/set on the year. Her career high of 48 assists came in the 4-set win over Brookhaven last month. Idjilov is currently ranked 8th in the nation in assists/set and 3rd in the nation in total assists. Idjilov will graduate in the spring with an Associate in Liberal Arts and plans to finish her degree and playing career at a university after Panola. She is escorted by her home away from home parents, Rhonda and Chris Floyd.
The sixth sophomore quad-captain is Riley Seegers, from Beckville, and a graduate of Beckville High School. As a freshman, Seegers played in 24 matches and 48 sets contributing 45 kills with a hitting efficiency of .238 and 31 blocks on the year. As a sophomore, she has thrived in the role of being the heart and soul of the team as you can see in her effort and her play. Seegers has played in 31 matches and 74 sets, contributing 75 kills, 40 digs and 51 total blocks on the year. After graduating from Panola in December, Seegers plans to continue her education at Texas State University and major in Respiratory Care. She is the proud daughter of the late Eric Seegers. She is escorted by her mom Jaime Seegers and her brother, Jesse Sipes.
The seventh sophomore is quad-captain Mikayla Ware. Ware is an outside hitter from San Antonio and graduate of Clark High School. Ware emerged as a prominent player for the Fillies mid-way through her freshman year, going from a reserved role to finishing the year 3rd on the team in total kills with 219. She also picked up 297 digs, 14 blocks, 21 aces and 21 assists and was named Honorable-Mention All-Conference for Region XIV. This year, she has been a consistent force on the outside for the Fillies, leading the team in total kills, kills per set, and points earned with 395, 3.80 and 442.5 respectively. Ware has notched 17 double-double performances in kills and digs this season, with her season-high of 21 kills and 11 digs coming against Blinn College. After spring graduation from PC, Ware plans to continue playing at a university while completing her education degree in Nursing. She is escorted by her mom, Tanya Aleman, grandparents Mary-Ellen and Jerry Rodriguez and her dad, Anthony Ware.
“We applaud this outstanding group of sophomores and the accomplishments they have achieved as a team as we wish them the best of luck the rest of this year and beyond,” Coach Thorn said.
Rowdy Murray and Michael Deshotels make sure a little cowboy has a successful ride on the bull.
October 25, 2019 - Special Education Students from Carthage and Beckville spent the morning of Wednesday, October 23 roping, riding, racing and rolling in the dirt at the Panola College Rodeo Olympics.
“This is a great community project for our rodeo team to be involved with,” said Don Clinton, Panola College Vice President of Student Success and Athletic Director. “We had 66 school kids participate today. It means a lot to our team to get to work with these kids and see the smiles on their faces.”
The College has sponsored the Rodeo Olympics for eight years, and Brandi Holloway is the volunteer coordinator. She said the rodeo team was inspired to work with the kids who might not have ever had a chance to “go in the dirt.”
Tanzi Stafford leads a little cowgirl for a ride on a gentle horse.
“At the Rodeo Olympics, they get to know a horse, pet a horse, ride on a real horse. They get to barrel race and throw a rope. They love it, and the rodeo team members love it, too. The rodeo kids didn’t realize how those children would pull on their heart strings like they do. They introduce them to the horse, help them into the saddle and walk them around the arena. They give them stick horses and show them how to ride around the barrels like they’re barrel racing,” she said.
Daylon Swearingen helps a little cowboy learn how to ride a bull.
Still Waters Cowboy Church hosted the event at the church arena on Highway 315. This year, University Health contacted Holloway and volunteered to set up a tent to provide Gatorade, water and a first aid station. Volunteers from University Health included Shelbea Comer, Emergency Room director; Kevin Jones, ER charge nurse; Daphne Philo, pharmacy supervisor; Sherry Wilson, admitting supervisor, and Sherrie Mims, lab.
Comer and Holloway are former Panola College employees who have a heart for children and the Panola College Rodeo Team.
“We plan for this all year,” Holloway said. “Seeing the college rodeo team members work with these kids warms my heart. It’s a lot of work to put it together, but all those smiling faces makes it all worthwhile.”
Little cowgirl makes great time riding her pony in the barrel races.
Garrett Golliher, Rowdy Murray and Michael Deshotels watch as a little cowboy has a great ride.
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