Pamlico
Community College is in coastal Pamlico County, NC.
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Friday, September 5 -College to Close at Noon - Open as a Storm Shelter at 4:00 PM
Pamlico Community College will close at noon today, Friday, September 5. The Johnson Building will open as a public shelter for those seeking refuge from the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna. The storm is expected to make landfall in South Carolina in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday and track northward through the central part of Eastern North Carolina. Hurricane force winds are not expected in this area but can not be ruled out.
PCC Records Record Enrollment
Jamie Gibbs, Dean of Student Services at Pamlico Community College, announced today, September 4, 2008, that the college has the highest fall enrollment on record, 471 students. In his communique Gibbs thanked the entire college staff for their efforts in the fall registration.
Pamlico Community College Prepares for Possible Visit by Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna
College officials are keeping a very close watch on updated forecasts regarding the possible visit by Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna. Please stay tuned to this website and Campus Cruiser for information about the status of cancelled classes, safety advice, or the possiblility that the campus might be activated as a shelter.
Indications are that this area could receive tropical storm conditions as early as Friday night, September 5.
Two Courses Begin September 9
Two new courses will begin September 9, one of particular importance to school teachers.
According to instructor Stephanie Edwards, the Effective Teacher Training class is designed to give strategies formanaging an effective classroom. Students will engage in discussion and group activities to enhance their understanding of classroom management, classroom and school-wide procedures and routines, and lesson design. Upon completion, students will be prepared to implement effective teaching strategies beginning with the first day of school.
This course is required for all North Carolina teachers, and most counties' substitute teaching staff. Lecture-discussions, lesson plan development that includes multi-sensory activities and time and behavior management skills focus the course content. This class is also recommended for teaching assistants and child-care workers.
Two different sessions of this class will be held. The first session taught on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:00 - 9:00, begins September 9 and ends October 9. The second class will be taught at the same times, October 21 - November 20.
American Sign Language covers the basic vocabulary, finger spelling, correct facial and body movement as used by the Deaf community. Deaf culture and Deaf issues are also included. This class will meet Tuesday evenings, 6:00 - 8:00, September 9 - December 2. The instructor is Jane Hinckley.
To learn more, contact Misty Rasmussen, 252-249-1851 x 3019, mrasmussen@pamlicocc.edu.
PCC Initiates Occupational Training in Marine Technology
A plan by Pamlico Community College to initiate a Continuing Education program of study in marine technology is now very timely as a number of area residents have been affected by regional manufacturing lay-offs. Bill Sternberg, a veteran marine mechanics instructor from Florida, has been tapped to begin this series of courses beginning September 16.
To register for this class and learn more, contact Misty Rasmussen, mrassmussen@pamlicocc.edu, 252-249-1851 x 3019. Click here for the details in the words of Bill Sternberg. Scroll down the page for the story.
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