Panola College Move-In Day

 

 

The license plates read “North Carolina.” Unloading boxes from both

vehicles were new Panola College student Taylor Morgan and her family

members, Uncle Wayne Elliott, whose wife is a Panola College alumna, along

with Taylor’s grandparents Raye and Roger Watson-Smyth.

 

While Taylor’s family was unloading their cars, Evan Mandola and his family

were arranging things in his dorm room and meeting his roommates.

 

Taylor and Evan are just two of more than 200 students that moved into the

Panola College residence halls on Saturday, August 20th, embarking on the

journey of a lifetime as they begin their college experience.

 

Panola College faculty, staff and returning students were on hand to help

with Move-In Day, along with community organizations. Panola College had

almost 2,000 people on campus for this exciting day.  Among those groups

were several local churches including Still Waters Cowboy Church, New Life

Fellowship Church, First Christian Church, St. John’s Episcopal Church,

Church of Christ – Wildwood, Baptist Student Ministries, St. Williams

Catholic Church, Southside Baptist Church, Northside Christian Center,

First United Methodist Church, and Beckville United Methodist Church.

 

Other organizations included The After School Youth Enrichment Program

(AYEP), 418 Club, Ladies of Strength, ETCADA, Cricket Wireless, Verizon

Wireless, and Panola College departments School of Energy, Cosmetology,

Office Professional Technology, Computer Information Technology, Criminal

Justice, and the History Club.

 

Still Waters Cowboy Church provided free barbecue sandwich lunches, and

other volunteer organizations kept everyone’s energy level high with

cookies, cold water and snacks.

 

“This was our first Move-In Day held in our new Charles C. Matthews

Foundation Student Center,” said Dr. Greg Powell, Panola College President.

“We are so proud of our new facilities, and it was a pleasure to welcome

students and their families to our campus this fall.”