Creative & Communication Arts News
TJC Speech and Debate team earns national honors
The TJC Speech and Debate team recently returned from two national competitions, bringing home an armload of awards.
TJC alumnus and employee Ethan Beam takes on new role of playwright/director
Just six years ago, Ethan Beam graduated from Tyler Junior College with a theatre degree.
TJC’s The DrumBeat student media recognized at state conference
Members of Tyler Junior College’s student media, The DrumBeat, recently attended the Texas Community College Journalism Association Conference where they were recognized as some of the top student jou
Theatre TJC season opens with Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
Theatre TJC raises the curtain on its 2024-25 season with Mary Shelley’s monster tale, “Frankenstein.”
TJC student media earns multiple journalism awards
Tyler Junior College’s student media, The DrumBeat, has proved to be a competitive force in journalism after earning more than 30 awards at the 2024 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference.
TJC Speech and Debate team earns national awards
The Tyler Junior College Speech and Debate team recently returned from the Phi Rho Pi National community college tournament in Reno, Nevada, with four national titles and several other awards.
TJC art, culinary students host benefit ‘Souper Bowl’ event Jan. 30
TJC students are combining their creative talents to host their first “Souper Bowl,” where participants get a ceramic bowl created by art students and homemade soup prepared by culinary students.
TJC’s DrumBeat Student Media wins three national Pinnacle Awards
Tyler Junior College’s student media, The DrumBeat, was among the top in the nation earning three Pinnacle awards at this year’s College Media Association (CMA) Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
TJC professor earns national award for research in dance education
When Tyler Junior College dance professor Kristi Franks was working on the thesis for her master’s degree, she hadn’t anticipated that her research would earn national recognition.
TJC student earns full-ride speech and debate scholarship to Baylor
Growing up in Paris, Texas, Isabella LoCicero couldn’t imagine the bright future that now awaits her.