Panola College
From left: Kelly Reed-Hirsch, Cancee Lester, and Dr. Billy Adams
August 8, 2017 - Shelby Regional Training Center hosted a welcome reception for Cancee Lester, Dr. Billy Adams, and Kelly Reed-Hirsch which was well attended by members of the community, City of Center Mayor David Chadwick, Shelby County Judge Allison Harbison, Chamber of Commerce, and Center ISD employees on Tuesday, August 8, 2017.
Cancee Lester took over the position of Director of Shelby County Operations on July 5, 2017 where she is responsible for the overall direction and administration of the programs and services provided by the College in Center, Texas.
“We are pleased to have Mrs. Lester join the Panola College team full-time. The partnership between Shelby County and Panola College is important and longstanding,” said Dr. Greg Powell, President of Panola College. “I know Mrs. Lester will continue to ensure that the educational and training needs of our Shelby County students and businesses are met.”
Dr. Billy Adams assumed the Vice President of Instruction position on July 5, 2017. "We are delighted to have Dr. Adams join our team," said Dr. Powell. "Adams has extensive leadership experience in the areas within higher education instruction and will be a great benefit to Panola College."
Panola College was also pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Kelly Reed-Hirsch as the Dean of Health Sciences and she assumed the position on July 1, 2017. "With her previous leadership roles and her extensive background in the health science field, we are confident that Ms. Kelly Reed-Hirsch will be an outstanding leader for Panola College in the coming years," stated Dr. Powell.
Together, they will work closely consulting on courses and procedures in the academic and technical areas of the Shelby County Operations of Panola College.
August 3, 2017 - Cooper Clinton of Carthage, Texas has signed to Rodeo at Panola College next year. Cooper is a 4-time state qualifier in Breakaway roping, Barrels, and Goat Tying.
She will be joining the Panola College Rodeo Women's team which finished 4th in the Southern Region last year behind National Champion Sam Houston State University, 8th place Nationally - Texas A&M University, and McNeese State University.
July 31, 2017 - Carthage, TX – The Panola College men’s basketball team and Head Coach Grant McMillan are set to announce their 2017 recruiting class. After the most successful season in school history, the Ponies needed to replace eight sophomores and one redshirt freshman. This past season Panola posted a 26-9 record, won the North Division in Region 14, was regional runner-ups, and qualified for the national tournament for the first time since 1979.
“Recruiting never stops for us. As a staff we have to identify players we want to recruit early in the process. We believe in the way we do things and think our success the past two seasons has helped us recruit nationally.” Head Coach Grant McMillan mentioned. “We graduated a group of players who represented Panola the right way. With that said, we are bringing in a special group of players. Mix them with the talent have returning and we can have continued success.” He added.
Returning players for Panola include: Christian Hammett, TJ Killings, and Marlon Taylor. Local product, Hammett averaged three points a game last year. TJ Killings appeared in every game as a freshman. He averaged 7.3 points per game and had a season high 19 points against Bossier Parish. Marlon Taylor started 17 games as a freshman. He averaged 10.7 points and recorded 9 double-doubles throughout the season.
2017 recruits include:
Jaronde Boyd – FR – 5’9” – Michigan City, Indiana – Michigan City High School
Jarande Boyd is part of the winningest class in Michigan City High School history. The point guard averaged 11 points and 6 assists a game his senior year. Boyd was All-Area and named Blue Chips Camp MVP. The knockdown shooter led his team to the areas #1 ranking.
Jeffrey Boyd – FR – 6’4” – Chicago, Illinois – Homewood Flossmoor High School
A two year starter for Homewood Flossmoor High School, Jeffrey Boyd gained the reputation as one of the best shooters in the state. Not in relation to fellow signee Jaronde Boyd, Jeffrey was Recognized on the Chicago Sun times all area team. Was the MVP of the Illinois Coaches Association all-star game and made the Daily Southtown all-area team.
Nathan Brooks – FR – 6’7” – Farmington Mills, Michigan – North Farmington High School
Nathan spent his senior year at North Farmington High School where he anchored the front court. Brooks averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds a game and was named to the all-area squad. Prior to North Farmington, Brooks starred at Stratford Academy in Macon Georgia where we was an all-state performer. The high-flyer made multiple appearances in Michigan’s top plays of the week his senior year.
Tylan Dean – FR – 6’0” – Ruston, Louisiana – Lincoln Prep High School
Tylan is finishing up his senior year at Lincoln Prep High School. His team finished up 29-6 and made it to the Elite 8 of the state tournament. Tylan was a two time LSWA 1st team all-state member, three time Louisiana sportswriter association all-state player, three time all-district player and was the district MVP this past season. He scored over 2000 points in his high school career.
Shandon Goldman – SO – 6’9” – Evansville, Arkansas – Arkansas Little-Rock – Lincoln High School
“Biggie” finished up his freshman year at Arkansas Little-Rock. He appeared in 5 fives this past season. In high school, Biggie was a three-time all-conference player. He was all-state his senior year and made the state tournament all-star team his senior year. After high school he did a prep year at Tennessee Prep where he nearly averaged a double-double.
Jibril Harris – FR – 6’8” – East Chicago, Indiana – East Chicago Central High School
Jibril finished up his senior year at East Chicago Central High School where he led the Cardinals to a sectional championship. This past season he averaged 14.7 points and 10.7 rebounds a game. Jibril made the NWI time’s all-area team and was honorable mention all-state for the Indiana Coaches Association. He was a double-digit scorer for the SYF Players on the grass root circuit.
Alex Holcombe – SO – 6’9” – Houston, Texas – Texas A&M CC – Fort Bend Marshall High School
Alex just finished up his freshman season at Corpus. He appeared in 23 games as a freshman this past season, averaging double-digit minutes per game. In high school, Alex was an all-conference and all district player. Known as an elite level defender, Alex almost averaged 5 blocks a game.
Raymone Lampkin – FR – 6’11” – New Orleans, Louisiana – Helen Cox High School
Raymone averaged 11 points and 12 rebounds a game during his junior year for perennial power Helen Cox High School. Lampkin finished his career at TAGG Prep where he took on a national schedule. He increased both his scoring and rebounding output while at TAGG.
Jeremy Roscoe – RFR – 6’3” – Chicago Illinois – Southern Illinois – Uplift High School
Jeremy sat out last season at Southern Illinois University. Roscoe was a 1st team all-state player for Uplift High School in Chicago. He was a key part in his teams state championship his senior year. He averaged just over 13 points a game. After his senior year he did a prep year at Victory Rock in Florida. At Victory Rock, Roscoe became one of the nation’s leading scorers on the circuit averaging over 18 points per game.
Juwan Williams – RSO – 6’4” – Richmond, Texas – Weber State – Fort Bend Travis High School
Juwan sat out last season after playing his freshman year at Weber State. While at Weber, Williams appeared in 20 games, averaged 3.3 points a game and recorded three double-digit scoring games. One of Texas top high school recruits, Juwan starred at Fort Bend Travis High School. He averaged 14 points and 6 rebounds a game his senior year. Williams was also part of the 2013, 5A state championship team.
Exhibition drawn from photographs by Rolling Stone Magazine’s first photographer, Baron Wolman.
July 28, 2017 - Backstage Pass: Baron Wolman and the Early Years of Rolling Stone opens September 1, 2017 at the Allison Gallery of the M.P. Baker Library, Panola College
Immortalized by writers, filmmakers, and musicians from Stephen King to Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, the cover of Rolling Stone magazine has embodied generations of popular culture. For artists, the cover is a coveted career achievement, and for many readers, it represents a fantasy realm of the rock-n-roll lifestyle. The exhibition Backstage Pass: Baron Wolman and the Early Years of Rolling Stone explores how the lens of one artist’s camera captured and helped define one of the most important eras in rock-n-roll history. The exhibition opens September 1, 2017 at the Allison Gallery of the M.P. Baker Library, Panola College where it will be on view through October 20, 2017.
In the 1960s and 70s, Rolling Stone provided a national voice to the counter-culture movement, and gave readers unprecedented access to musicians before the days of personal branding. As Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone from 1967 to 1970, Baron Wolman pioneered a new genre of iconic rock photography. Backstage Pass gives viewers an opportunity to experience how the photographers and editors of Rolling Stone guided the creation of the “rock star” persona, from concert, to cover, to icon.
Through the exhibition’s 35 framed photographs, contact sheets, and original Rolling Stone magazine covers, Backstage Pass presents an intimate view of a crucial period of cultural transformation in American history. Visitors will go “backstage” to see how photographic coverage of events such as Woodstock and The Day on the Green have contributed to our collective cultural memory.
Feeding the heightened political and cultural climate of the time, featured artists Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, and Frank Zappa came to represent generational ideals through music, words, and visual imagery. Taking an unobtrusive approach with his subjects, Wolman’s techniques resulted in photographs and eventually magazine covers that capture a rawness and emotion of the artists and a generation. Together, Backstage Pass encourages our understanding of how images become iconic symbols of American history.
The exhibit will be on display in the Fay Allison Gallery from September 1, 2017-October 20, 2017 from 7:30 am to 9:00 pm Monday-Thursday, 7:30 am to 12:30 pm on Fridays and 4 – 9 pm on Sundays. There is no charge to see the exhibit. For additional information please call 903-693-2091 or email cferguson@panola.edu
Backstage Pass is curated by Ben Ahlvers, gallery director at the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kansas. The exhibition is toured by ExhibitsUSA, a national program of Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA), which sends more than 25 exhibitions on tour to more than 100 communities across the country every year. M-AAA is the oldest nonprofit regional arts organization in the United States. More information is available at www.maaa.org and www.eusa.org.
July 20, 2017 - Panola College Workforce and Continuing Education is offering an array of healthcare training opportunities this fall. Beginning in late August, we will have the Nurse Aide program on our Carthage, Marshall and Center campuses. On our Carthage campus, the Phlebotomy, Medication Aide, Dental Assisting and Pharmacy Technician programs will begin in September with EKG Technician beginning in October. The above healthcare programs take three to six months to complete and prepare the student to take a certification exam.
Additionally, on our Carthage campus, Panola College is offering a Massage Therapy program which will prepare the student for certification as a Massage Therapist. It begins in late August with the program taking approximately one year to complete.
All program dates, times and cost vary with pre-registration required. Please contact the Continuing Education office at 903-693-2067 or email ce@panola.edu for more information.
Submitted by Donna Yates
July 19, 2017 Carthage, TX (Flyer) – The Panola College men’s basketball staff is hosting a skills camp for area youth and high school students next week. Camp will be held in the Arthur Johnson Gymnasium on the campus of Panola College.
Camp will be held from July 24-26th. Youth camp, grades 4-8, will be from 9:00 AM to Noon and high school camp, grades 9-12, will be from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Camp will consist of fundamentals, competition, and overall athleticism.
The cost of the camp is $60 and no pre-registration is required. If you have any questions you can contact Assistant Coach Adam Blaylock through email ablaylock@panola.edu or at 903-693-1147.
July 18, 2017 - The Panola College Workforce and Continuing Education division is offering a Driver’s Education Course on the Carthage campus beginning Tuesday, September 5, 2017 and ending October 2, 2017. The class will meet Monday through Thursday from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Preregistration is required. For more information, contact the Continuing Education office at 903-693-2067 or email ce@panola.edu.
Submitted by Donna Yates
July 17, 2017 - On July 13, Center High School seniors descended on Panola College to experience Camp College 2017. Camp College is a camp between Center High School and Panola College that gives their students the opportunity to learn about and prepare for their college career.
Twenty-three students lived in campus housing for a night, ate in the Panola dining hall and learned about student activities and organizations. Panola College gave tours of the campus and talked about different programs of study available. Students also learned about the admissions process, financial aid and scholarship opportunities, library services and eLearning.
Center High School held additional sessions for students about essay writing, resume writing and overall preparation for college needed during their senior year. Panola College has worked with Center High School since 2014 to offer this unique experience to their incoming seniors.
July 17, 2017 - Panola College has once again been named a great college to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Panola College has held this honor for six consecutive years.
The results, released today in The Chronicle’s tenth annual report on The Academic Workplace, are based on a survey of 232 colleges and universities.
Only 79 of the institutions that applied for the program achieved “Great College to Work For” recognition. Results are reported for small, medium, and large institutions, with Panola College included among the small universities with 2,999 students or fewer.
Panola College was also placed on the Honor Roll as a stand out college in its size category for winning honors in 10 categories this year. These categories included: Collaborative Governance; Compensation & Benefits; Confidence in Senior Leadership; Facilities, Workspace & Security; Job Satisfaction; Professional/Career Development Programs; Respect and Appreciation; Supervisor/Department Chair Relationship; Teaching Environment (Faculty Only); Work/Life Balance.
“Panola College is honored to receive this recognition again for the sixth consecutive year,” said Dr. Greg Powell, President of Panola College. “To continue to receive this award is a direct reflection of our remarkable Board of Trustees, the faculty, staff, and administration.”
“Ten years in, the Great Colleges to Work For distinction is well-known by academic jobseekers as a sign that an institution’s employees are valued and given opportunities for growth even when they face financial constraints,” said Liz McMillen, editor of The Chronicle. “Any college or university that’s on the list is showing that they emphasize one of their most valuable assets: their faculty and staff.”
The survey results are based on a two-part assessment process: an institutional audit that captured demographics and workplace policies, and a survey administered to faculty, administrators, and professional support staff. The primary factor in deciding whether an institution received recognition was the employee feedback.
To administer the survey and analyze the results, The Chronicle worked with ModernThink LLC, a strategic human capital consulting firm that has conducted numerous “Best Places to Work” programs, surveying hundreds of thousands of employees nationwide.
“It’s easier to be a great workplace during good times, but it’s when times are tough that the commitment to workplace quality really gets tested,” said Richard K. Boyer, principal and managing partner, ModernThink LLC. “And those institutions that measure up during times of economic hardship reinforce their already strong cultures and put even more distance between them and their peer institutions for whom they compete for talent.”
Great Colleges to Work For is one of the largest and most comprehensive workplace study in higher education.
About The Chronicle of Higher Education:
The Chronicle of Higher Education is dedicated to serving the higher-education community with insights, understanding, and intellectual engagement. Academic leaders and professionals from around the world trust The Chronicle’s analysis and in-depth exploration to make informed decisions.
About ModernThink LLC:
As a research and consulting leader in workplace issues, ModernThink has supported a wide variety of “Best Place to Work” initiatives. Through these programs, the firm has gained substantial survey and industry expertise, including specific insight into higher education. ModernThink knows what it takes to build a great place to work and shares that know-how with its clients. The ModernThink team of organizational development experts is dedicated to helping colleges follow through and capitalize on feedback from employees and benchmark data from peers to drive meaningful change at their institutions. Learn more at http://www.modernthink.com.
July 6, 2017 - The Panola College Workforce and Continuing Education division is offering a Massage Therapy program, on the Carthage campus, beginning Monday, August 28, 2017. The class will meet Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Preregistration is required. For more information, contact the Continuing Education office at 903-693-2067 or email ce@panola.edu.
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