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Pictured L to R: Gary Farr, Natalie Oswalt, Greg Powell, Billy Adams, and Daniel Hall
December 5, 2019 - On Monday, December 2, a representative of the Gas Compressor Association, Mr. Gary Farr from Cummins, presented Dr. Gregory Powell, President of Panola College, with a check for $17,000. This generous donation will be used to help enrich and grow Panola College’s School of Energy. The GCA has a long relationship with Panola College, wherein the Association supports the effort of the College to produce potential employees that want to make a career in Gas Compression.
“We appreciate the continued partnership with the Gas Compressor Association,” said Powell. “Their generous support over the years has helped Panola College provide a quality education through scholarships and training equipment for students in our School of Energy program.”
Don’t miss the annual Christmas in Carthage show on December 3.
November 20, 2019 - Panola College will present “Christmas in Carthage” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, December 3, at the Carthage Civic Center.
This annual celebration of all things Christmas will feature the Panola College Concert Band, Panola College Jazz Band, Panola College Chorale, the Panola Pipers, Panola Honor Choir, Bulldog Belles, dancers from Rowe Performing Arts, and other performers.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.
Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, contact Dwaine Hubbard, Panola College band director, at dhubbard@panola.edu or call 903-693-2027.
Panola College students toured the Houston Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 12,
funded by a grant from the Panola College Foundation.
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November 15, 2019 - Panola College students and faculty members visited the Houston Museum of Fine Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 12 to view special exhibits entitled “An Impressionist Autumn -- Monet to Picasso – A Very Private Collection,” “Berthe Morisot: Impressionist Original,” and “Beatriz Gonzalez: A Retrospective.”
The field trip was funded by a grant from the Panola College Foundation. Faculty members included Amanda Clements, art; Dr. Kathy Watlington, Spanish, and Haylie Amison, humanities.
Participating students included Angela Agundiz, Alyssa Light, Faith Ridgeway, Rhiannon Harber, Lari Lilly, Abigail Parrish, Kashton Etheridge, Alyssa Oliver, Samuel Brazzel, Alyssa Maize, Nadalie Woolf, Kristin Wall, Daniel Ventura, Leneve Williams and Alshanka Garner.
Other students who went on the trip included Gracelynn Morton, Polycarp Michira, Kayla Evans, Ledasha Brianyia Crownover, Kacie Caserta, Dymandique Perry, Madison Hicks, Rachel Powell, Lucero Luna, Lynda Seidel, Valerie McLaughlin, Juan Apolonio and Jessie Spence.
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!
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