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TJC's Independent Student Media Since 1927

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TJC's Independent Student Media Since 1927

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Geology professor creates online resources to help students

Geology professor creates online resources to help students

Marie Salazar April 19, 2021

By Marie Salazar Social Media Editor Photo courtesy of Charles Thornton As students scramble to ensure they obtain just the right amount of funds to scrape through their college years, Geology Professor...

Hosanna Wong: Finding purpose in poetry

Hosanna Wong: Finding purpose in poetry

Jessica King March 23, 2021

By Jessica King Staff Writer Photo Courtesy of hosannawong.com Her suitcases, packed. She would leave everything behind in pursuit of her "yes" to tell the story of Jesus in an art form she realized...

TJC professor honored in historical journal

TJC professor honored in historical journal

Andrea Valdez March 23, 2021

By Andrea Valdez Broadcast News Director Photo by Andrea Valdez Tyler Junior College history professor Stephen Stine has taught at TJC since 1998. He attended Texas Tech University, the University of...

Amanda Storer: An exploration of therapy, education

Amanda Storer: An exploration of therapy, education

Jessica King March 23, 2021

By Jessica King Staff Writer At East Texas Children’s Therapy Clinic, the atmosphere resembles a play ground more than a medical center. Young patients scoot around the hallways, play super heroes,...

English professor composes joyful novels, inspires students to do the same

English professor composes joyful novels, inspires students to do the same

Jessica King March 4, 2021

By Jessica King Staff Writer Traci Borum, English professor at Tyler Junior College and women’s fiction author, encourages many students to dive deeper into their creative calling as writers and poets...

Local Jeep Club Transports Hospital Workers During Snowstorm

Local Jeep Club Transports Hospital Workers During Snowstorm

thedrumbeat March 4, 2021

By Ashley Wilkinson Images Courtesy by Amanda Heichelheim A man hobbles out of the hospital using one hand to wheel along his oxygen tank and the other to grip his discharge papers. As soon as the doors...

Records coordinator accounts for hard work, growth

Records coordinator accounts for hard work, growth

Mary Mone November 25, 2020

By Mary Mone Online Editor Photos by Chris Swann Always on a mission, Melissa Allen, the records coordinator for the School of Humanities, Communications, and Fine Arts at Tyler Junior College, seeks...

Department chair changes students’ lives for more than 20 years with mathematics

Department chair changes students’ lives for more than 20 years with mathematics

Sorayda Rivera November 9, 2020

By Sorayda Rivera Student Life Editor Photo by Sorayda Rivera On a shelf of a small corner office, a hand painted mug and a note from a former student sit casually. The note is written on a small...

On-campus athlete thrives during COVID-19 semester

On-campus athlete thrives during COVID-19 semester

Jessica King October 12, 2020

By Jessica King Staff Writer COVID-19 has forced students to adapt to a challenging new way of living, both on and off-campus. For Skylar Parker, a freshman striker for Tyler Junior College’s...

Facilities director builds solid future

Facilities director builds solid future

Mary Mone September 28, 2020

By Mary Mone Online Editor Photos by Chris Swann Always fascinated by challenges, Mark Gartman has traveled all over the United States and into Monterrey, Mexico, in search of renovations to...

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