2000 The Sandra and Grover Robinson III Honors Program begins with 42 Robinson Scholars.

2001 WSRE-TV becomes the second broadcaster in Florida to air a digital signal.

2002 Stunning Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts opens on Pensacola campus as a major cultural resource for the college and community.

2004 Category 3 Hurricane Ivan wreaks havoc in September, causing more than $10 million in damage to PJC’s three campuses, Downtown Center and NAS Center. PJC faculty and staff work tirelessly to reopen for classes in less than three weeks after the storm.

2005 State-of-the-art Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio opens on Pensacola campus.

2006 The Mary Ekdahl Smart Center for Patient Simulation Training & Research opens on the Warrington campus. The 12,000 square foot facility includes an emergency room, a 10-bed lab, ­ simulation labs, a birthing suite, debriefing rooms and custom recording systems that can broadcast live or from archives.

2007 Harvard Center for Medical Simulation faculty holds three-day workshop at Mary Ekdahl Smart Center on the Warrington campus.

2008 PJC opens Small Business Incubator at the Downtown Center.

PJC continues to provide top-quality education, offering more than 100 ­ programs and areas of ­ concentration that lead to ­ associate’s degrees, ­ certificates and diplomas. About 1,300 ­ faculty and staff work together to serve more than 26,000 ­ students each year.