Pearl River Community College will offer a night welding class at the Hancock Center in Waveland during the fall semester.
The class will meet from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, starting Aug. 14 and ending Dec. 6.
Cost is $250 with $50 due with the application and the remaining $200 by the first day of class.
Pearl River Community College will teach electrical classes at the Jeff Davis VocTech Center during the 2017-18 academic year.
The classes will meet from 5 to 10 p.m. on Tuesday nights, beginning Sept. 5 and ending May 15. The center is at 5082 Highway 42 in Carson.
The class offers applications for NCCER credentials in core curriculum and Electrical Levels I and II. Cost is $250.
POPLARVILLE - Pearl River Community College will offer a certified nursing assistant course at the Jefferson Davis County Career and Technical Center during the fall semester.
The class will meet from 5 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Aug. 15 and ending Nov. 2.
Only 12 students will be accepted. Students must be 18 before Aug. 15 and provide their own maroon uniforms.
Cost for the course is $275 and includes a workbook and fee for the state licensing examination.
POPLARVILLE - Pearl River Community College will offer an evening welding course in Poplarville during the fall semester.
The class will meet from 4:30 to 9 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, beginning Aug. 14 and ending Nov. 15, at the welding shop in the Career Education Building on the Poplarville campus. Cost is $250.
POPLARVILLE - Season tickets are on sale for 2017-18 premier events at the Brownstone Center for the Arts at Pearl River Community College.
Premier events are held throughout the year at the Brownstone Center in Poplarville. They include:
• Guy Penrod on Sept. 25, individual tickets $25, $20;
• Illusionist Mike Super, Oct. 24, individual tickets $25, $20;
• University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble, Nov. 13, individual tickets $15, $10;
• Denver and the Mile High Orchestra Christmas, Nov. 28, individual tickets $25, $20
POPLARVILLE – Pearl River Community College student Mickie Hill is breathing a little easier today after winning the 2017 PRCC Tuition Giveaway contest, a full year of free tuition.
Hill, 20, a sophomore, will attend the Poplarville campus this fall, and live in a dormitory. She attended the Forrest County Center in Hattiesburg last year as a freshman, where she was a member of the travel club, involved in BSU activities and worked in the Student Success Center as a tutor.
POPLARVILLE - Pearl River Community College will offer a certified nursing assistant course at the Nursing Building on the Poplarville campus during the fall semester.
The class will meet from 5 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, beginning Aug. 14 and ending Nov. 8.
Only 12 students will be accepted. Students must be 18 before Aug. 14 and provide their own maroon uniforms.
Cost for the course is $275 and includes a workbook and fee for the state licensing examination.
Applications for the course can be obtained by calling Cheryl Frierson at 601 403-1113.
POPLARVILLE - The Mississippi Lions All-State Band left Pearl River Community College on Thursday, June 29, headed to Chicago for international competition.
The band prepared for 10 days at PRCC to defend its title as champions of the International Lions Parade, which rolls through downtown Chicago on Saturday, July 1.
“It’s been an incredible experience to be around the talented people here,” said sophomore trumpet player Andrew Lott of Oak Grove High School. “It makes us want to do better, to take it up another level.”
POPLARVILLE - Hundreds of friends traveled to Poplarville Wednesday, June 28, to honor Dr. William Lewis on his retirement as president of Pearl River Community College.
Lewis officially steps down on June 30 after 17 years as president of Mississippi’s oldest state-supported, two-year college.
“My season is over,” Lewis said. “It’s time for a new college president to be in place.”
POPLARVILLE – The 2016-17 school year was another banner year for student-athletes at Pearl River Community College, as 52 Wildcats were selected as Academic All-State by the MACJC.
