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Six enter PRCC Hall of Fame

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:55:41 +0000

Pearl River Community College has inducted six outstanding alumni into the Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame. The PRCC honorees are: entrepreneur L.D. “Brink” Brinkman of Kerrville, Texas; retired bank officer Verlene Cole of Oak Grove; former Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale of Clinton; retired petroleum geologist Floyd Furr of Picayune; businessman Mickey Hudson of Ellisville; and, [...]

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PRCC honors two supporters

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:01:14 +0000

The Pearl River Community College 2012 Distinguished Service Awards is going to Herbert Ray Nobles, a retired educator. Nobles, of Petal and South Mississippi Electric Power Association, retired as superintendent of the Petal school district in 1987, and has served as the Forrest County representative on the PRCC board of trustees since 1994. Nobles grew [...]

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Smith continues career

MBJ Staff — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:01:36 +0000

Tracy Smith continues her 20 years with Pearl River Community College with a promotion to director of college libraries. In her new job, she is in charge of the Garvin H. Johnston Library on the Poplarville campus as well as the libraries at Forrest County Center in Hattiesburg and the Hancock Center in Waveland. She succeeds [...]

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Smith continues career

MBJ Staff — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:01:19 +0000

Tracy Smith’s association with Pearl River Community College began when she was a student. She now continues her 20 years with PRCC with a promotion to director of college libraries. In her new job, she is in charge of the Garvin H. Johnston Library on the Poplarville campus as well as the libraries at Forrest [...]

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Faculty, staff honored

MBJ Staff — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:25 +0000

Pearl River Community College recently honored faculty and staff. Retirees recognized included: Dr. Stanley Hill, director of the dental hygiene program at the Forrest County Center; nursing instructor Elaine Kersh; athletic director and head basketball coach Richard Mathis; custodian Helen Jarvis; printer Kenny Russell; and, Frances P. “Pat” Hartfield. Dr. Cecil Burt, vice president for [...]

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Pearl River Community College honor alumni

MBJ Staff — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:01:21 +0000

Pearl River Community College has inducted the first honorees into the PRCC Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame. Sidney Malone of Hattiesburg, Dr. Thomas J. Malone of LaGrange, Ga., Jim McQueen of Hattiesburg, the late Henry Thomas of Hattiesburg and Jean Baughman Wessel of Huntsville, Ala., were honored. Sidney Malone attended Pearl River in 1962-64 and [...]

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PRCC welcomes new board

MBJ Staff — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:16:30 +0000

Four new members have joined the Pearl River Community College board of trustees. They are superintendents Brian Freeman of Forrest County, Alan Lumpkin of Pearl River County, Craig Robbins of Marion County and public school teacher Teresa Stafford. Freeman, Lumpkin and Robbins serve on the board as part of their duties as elected county school [...]

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PRCC board news

MBJ Staff — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:00:31 +0000

Pearl River Community College’s Board of Trustees welcomes Don Welsh of the Ceasar community, a PRCC graduate and longtime employee of the college. He succeeds Barry Harper. Welsh attended PRCC from 1964-66. He earned three degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi – a BS, MS and specialist in education. He worked for 38 years [...]

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PRCC promotes Rawls

MBJ Staff — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:00:01 +0000

Casey Rawls has been named director of recruitment and orientation at Pearl River Community College. Rawls came to PRCC in January 2010 as Title III administrative assistant. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in mass communication with a public relations emphasis from the University of [...]

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PRCC taps Barnes

MBJ Staff — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:00:55 +0000

Raymunda Barnes has been named director of Pearl River Community College’s Hancock Center. The Sun Herald reports Barnes, who has been lead instructor at the center for four years, will begin his new job July 1. Barnes received his bachelor’s degree in history from Alcorn State University. He received a master’s in education from William [...]

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