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TJC's Independent Student Media Since 1927

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TJC's Independent Student Media Since 1927

The DrumBeat

The drive for excellence: Insight from an Apache golfer

The drive for excellence: Insight from an Apache golfer

Baleigh Davis February 21, 2025

Francisco Perez is a sophomore business major on the Apache Golf team. His passion for the game started young in Los Mochis, Mexico, with him swinging his first golf club at three years old. Here, he...

Talk to the hand: A Q&A with an ASL major

Talk to the hand: A Q&A with an ASL major

Victoria Olivares February 21, 2025

Sarah Sundholm is a freshman sign language interpreting major at TJC. In her first semester she was intimidated going into the program, “I was scared I was gonna get burnt out,” Sundholm said. “But...

Lifelong Learner

Lifelong Learner

Lance Clements October 18, 2024

Department Chair shares insight, advice for students Jamie Bitzenhofer is the department chair and professor of government and economics at TJC. Here, she discusses her career and educational...

Establishing a successful future for students

Establishing a successful future for students

Victoria Olivares October 7, 2024

The Apache Next Steps Center Q: What is the Apache Next Steps Center?  A: It's a four-year grant that's allowed us to develop the Apache Next Steps Center and various supports that are available...

40 years and counting

40 years and counting

Nathan Hill October 7, 2024

David Crawford talks about his career and experiences David "Doc" Crawford has been an instructor since 1975 and has been a playwright just a year before. He started his career at TJC and after finishing...

Eppich's Expeditions

Eppich’s Expeditions

Jett Vaughn October 7, 2024

Discoveries in many "Uncharted" territories From raiding burials to getting burials raided, Dr. Keith Eppich, a history/anthropology professor, shares the same characteristics as Nathan Drake...

Dr. Andrea Hathcote discusses her journey through research, teaching

Dr. Andrea Hathcote discusses her journey through research, teaching

Taylor Thompson February 16, 2024

Dr. Andrea Hathcote is a professor at TJC who teaches Introduction to Special Populations, Learning Framework, Honors Learning Framework, and Honors Capstone. She has been teaching for fifteen years....

Shurrell Wiebe showcases dancers on her wall. She started her dance journey at 2-years-old.

TJC professor shares her journey of dance and teaching

Liberty Koerbel February 16, 2024

Shurrell Wiebe is the TJC Academy Pre-Professional Program Director and dance professor. She has taught full-time at TJC for nine years. In her first year at TJC, she was the artistic director for the...

A sit down with Kara Wofford, TJC's new freshman president

A sit down with Kara Wofford, TJC’s new freshman president

Garrett Snyder October 4, 2022

Student Senate’s freshman election came to a close on Sept.21, electing Kara Wofford as TJC’s new freshman president. In high school, Wofford was a member of the 4H student leadership organization,...

'Savoring the Seasons': An interview with best-selling author Traci Borum

‘Savoring the Seasons’: An interview with best-selling author Traci Borum

Asia Johnson October 4, 2022

Photo courtesy of Traci Borum "Savoring the Seasons" is the latest book by TJC professor and author Traci Borum. The book has themes of overcoming one's own insecurity to find happiness. A best-selling...

Celebrating one year as Student Life Specialist with Juan Lesser

Celebrating one year as Student Life Specialist with Juan Lesser

Madi Grimaldo September 30, 2022

Juan Lesser is the Tyler Junior College student life specialist, Student Senate adviser and the Hispanic Student Organization adviser. Lesser recently celebrated his one-year anniversary on Sept....

Andrea working on her charcoal self portrait

Q&A with Andrea Davis student artist at TJC

thedrumbeat April 20, 2022

Story and Photo By Issac Belota  Multimedia Journalist Q:  How did you get interested in art? A:  I have been artistic my entire life ever since I think it was third grade....

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