Pocahontas

BRTC Student Affairs hosted drop-ins in Pocahontas and Paragould for the grand opening of the eSports areas. In Paragould, the area is located inside the new Coffee Shop featuring Starbucks coffee.In Pocahontas, the arena and practice room are located in Farmers and Merchants Lounge near the new Coffee Shop featuring Starbucks coffee inside the Richard Gaines Technology Center.Both rooms feature Lenovo Legion gaming computers specifically built for online and local gaming. Students…

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BRTC science instructor Justin Stewart used the BRTC fire tower to engage students in practical experiments and demonstrate Italian scientist Galileo Galilei’s terminal velocity, the four forces of flight, and the three laws of motion equations.Utilizing the BRTC fire tower on the Pocahontas campus, Instructor Stewart and his students dropped various objects from the three exterior platforms to obtain measurements. They discussed how to use time to calculate the actual acceleration of…

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AgHeritage Farm Credit Services (AFCS) is pleased to announce the hiring of Heather Adams and Kristyn Hibbard as Customer Specialists in the company’s Pocahontas office.“We are excited to have Heather and Kristyn working with us and hope all employees will help them feel welcome,” said Bo Tretenburg, VP of Lending and Branch Manager.Adams graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a degree in Business Administration. Prior to joining AgHeritage she worked…

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