*Panola College Foundation Awards Grants to Faculty & Staff*

 

 

On Thursday, August 11 Panola College faculty returned to campus excited by

a new year and new buildings. The Panola County Chamber of Commerce

welcomed faculty and staff with donuts, coffee and their own enthusiasm for

the new semester.

 

After a brief welcome, Mrs. Brenda Giles, 2016-2017 Chair of the Panola

College Foundation, mentioned that the first faculty and staff grants were

given by the Foundation in 2011. Giles stated that since that time the

Foundation has awarded 49 total grants totaling more than $140,000.

 

“It is with the support and generosity of the faculty, staff, and others

within the community that the Foundation is able to award grants to the

faculty and staff each year to Panola College,” said Giles. “It is my

pleasure this morning to announce the eleven recipients of Foundation

grants totaling more than $35,000.00, the largest in the Foundation’s

history.”

 

This year’s grant recipients include:

 

·         Jennifer Coon with the business department was awarded

$250              to purchase 10 monopoly board games to teach students

finance management.

 

·         Cristie Ferguson               with the Library was awarded $650

for the Russell Lee Photograph Exhibit.

 

·         Bobbie Smith and Paula Fultz in Cosmetology received $4,000 for a

student field trip to Armstrong McCall hair show.

 

·         Corey Johnson and the environmental biology department received

$5,658 for Labquest hardware & equipment

 

·         Emily Zabcik and Jennifer Coon teamed up together to write a

grant for the math and business departments to purchase a mobile computer

lab, which includes 24 computers & mobile cart in the amount of $14,000.

 

·         Ann Boland in the art department received $1,500 towards two

student field trips to art museums.

 

·         Karen King and the drama department received $1,688 for an

inventory database for costumes, sets, props, scripts, etc.

 

·         Julie Green with Occupational Therapy Assistant program received

$966 towards student field trip to Perot Museum.

 

·         Reanna Hart received $1,079 equipment for CPR/AED/First Aid

courses through the Continuing Education and Workforce Department.

 

·         Reanna Hart was also awarded $2,347 towards equipment for CNA

courses - bed, manikin, stethoscope, & blood pressure cuffs

 

·         Melissa Walters               with the Associate Degree nursing

department received $2,992              for medication and blood products

for sim lab.

 

“I would also like to express my gratitude to all those who have shown

their support to the Panola College Foundation throughout the last year,”

said Jessica Pace, Director of Institutional Advancement at Panola College.

It is only through the community’s continued support and generosity that

the Foundation continues to provide these grants each year.”