Paris Junior College

This week, consumer finance website NerdWallet crunched some numbers from a study by the Martin Prosperity Institute and came up with a list of 126 "cities on the rise in Texas." Greenville was listed in the number nine spot.

Some of the factors contributing to the high rank, according to this post, were:

Paris Junior College will have to wait to learn its opponent in the second round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Men's National Basketball Championship in Hutchison, Kan.

That's because the Dragons earned a first-round bye by virtue of a No. 8 seed, according to information released on March 10 by the NJCAA.

Paris Junior College president Dr. Pamela Anglin submitted her resignation at a special meeting of the college's Board of Regents at a special meeting on Oct. 18. Anglin's last day at the college will be Dec. 31, 2013.

"The last ten years I have had the pleasure of working with many wonderful faculty and staff," Dr. Anglin said in a statement.

Paris Junior College will hold open soccer tryouts for the men’s and women’s teams on Saturday, July 28 at Noyes Stadium.

The Paris Junior College Board of Regents approved a tuition increase of $3 per credit hour at its March 25 meeting.

Motorists should be able to drive from Interstate 30 directly to Paris Junior College in Greenville or Greenville High School by the end of January. Director of Public Works Massoud Ebrahim said work on constructing the Monty Stratton Parkway almost done.

PARIS - Noting her numerous academic achievements and commitment to the community, Paris Junior College named the 1955 graduate this year’s honoree.

AUSTIN - A decade after Texas lawmakers deregulated tuition, college costs at state universities have risen 55 percent, according to a newspaper analysis.

In Commerce, the proposed tax rate for the new fiscal year is the same as last year, $0.82 per $100 valuation.

PARIS - An agreement reached this week in Lamar County is expected to bring in more than 300 new jobs over the next five years. 

PARIS - Paris Junior College has a soccer program, and Lance Noble has been selected to coach both men’s and women’s teams beginning July 6.

SULPHUR SPRINGS - More than 600 new employees at five Northeast Texas companies will receive training as part of a $740,000 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission.

PARIS - The Paris Junior College Board of Regents has a new President. Newly elected regent Curtis Fendley was selected to assume the duties of President of the Board.

PARIS - It’s a win-win for Paris Junior College and Texas A&M University-Commerce, after the two sides sign an articulation agreement.

AUSTIN - Two local community colleges are among 11 Texas recipients of thousands in grant dollars to purchase equipment and train students to enter the workforce.

The stage is nearly set for thousands of college seniors scheduled to graduate this weekend from Paris Junior College, Texas A&M University-Commerce and across the region. 

PARIS - Paris Junior College Board of Regents come to terms with five local banks on construction financing of the new Math and Sciences Building.

SHERMAN -  The Grayson College Board of Trustees elected Tuesday night to raise the cost per credit hour by an additional $4 for in district students and $7 for out-of-district students.

PARIS - Rafael Gonzales, a Paris Junior College radiology technology student from Wolfe City, has been accepted to the 2012 International Scholar Laureate Program (ISLP) Delegation on Medicine.

Interstate 30 and the campuses of Paris Junior College and Greenville High School may be connected by a new road before the end of the year.