Melissa Dandridge, Public Relations Specialist, Pen Air Federal Credit Union Pensacola, FLA. (November 30, 2016) – On Wednesday, November 30 at 9:30 a.m. Pen Air Federal Credit Union announced the gift of $100,000 to the Pensacola State College (PSC) Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund. The gift of $100,000 parallels with the celebration of the college…
Pensacola State College received a $201,200 scholarship from the Robert H. Kahn Jr. Family Foundation on Tuesday. The gift, made in honor of the late Bobby Kahn Jr., was presented to Pensacola State President Ed Meadows during a 10:30 a.m. ceremony in the college’s District Board of Trustees board room in Building 7. A community…
Have you toured an actual Tiny House under construction? Or tried your hand at welding? Or witnessed a 3-D printer in action? If your answer is “No” to any of these adventures, save the date of Dec. 6 because Pensacola State College’s 2016 Holiday Experience promises to be a night of enlightenment. Starting at 5:30…
The old adage, “age is only a number,” is Pensacola State College graduate Mary Ann Krebs’s mantra. Krebs who earned her Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from Pensacola State in May 2014 and then a Bachelor of Science (BSN) in December 2015 started college classes at age 53. She is now 58 and pursuing a…
Pensacola State College’s Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble present a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. The Wind Ensemble performs music written exclusively by Brian Balmages, an award-winning composer, conductor, producer and performer. In 2012, he received the prestigious Albert Austin Harding Award…
Experience the beauty and majesty of Handel’s beloved oratorio, “Messiah,” performed by the Choral Society of Pensacola at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox Place. First performed in 1741, this musical meditation on the birth, passion, death and resurrection of Christ has earned a place as one of the…
Yuletide music is in the air as the Concert Chorale and Entertainers Jazz Choir at Pensacola State College present a free concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, at the Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. The public is invited and seating begins at 7 p.m. The Concert Chorale performs seasonal selections such…
More than 50 visitors turned out for Pensacola State’s Veterinary Technology program open house held Nov. 10 on the Warrington campus. Visitors had the opportunity to meet the Vet Tech program instructors and tour the college’s state-of-the-art facility in Building 3200. The event also included financial aid information, a student association exhibit and refreshments. “I…
A story about spiked punch and marijuana-laced brownies at a Mormon gathering. A single mother’s anthem about empowerment. And a composition comparing the Black Lives Matter movement to “The Hunger Games.” These social issues and more ruled the day when the winners of the 2016 Walter F. Spara Writing Competition were recognized Thursday, Nov. 17,…
Construction of the $3 million Charles W. Lamar Studio Gallery at Pensacola State College is on schedule to open this coming spring. David Barton, project manager with the Morette Company, said the 10,000-square-foot addition to the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts should be completed by March or April. The Morette Company is the…
Fifteen Pensacola State students were initiated into Alpha Gamma Eta, the college’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, on Thursday, Nov. 3. An international honor society in education, Kappa Delta Pi was founded in 1911 to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. Pensacola State initiates are: ● Allianna Davis ●…
A financial windfall has many uses for a college student. Extra cash can buy textbooks, groceries or gasoline, make a rent payment, or take care of a visit to the doctor. Pensacola State College student Karen Dennis plans to use a $600 TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) grant for summer school tuition. The 44-year-old who has…
Corsair staff members Katherine Chen and Izzie Gardner were among the best of the best at the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) National College Media Convention held recently in Washington, D.C. Gardner won a fifth place ACP National Pacemaker award for her Earth Day illustration which appeared in the Corsair’s April 2016 edition. Chen won a…
Come get a close look at tonight’s spectacular supermoon at Pensacola State College’s Planetarium, Building 21, facing Airport Boulevard. Huge telescopes will be available for public gazing from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, thanks to Escambia Amateur Astronomers Association members and the PSC student chapter. This supermoon is at perigee, its closest…
Take a star-sprinkled campus, add plenty of students and high-tech equipment, mix in some learning and laughter, then top it off with festive food and seasonal songs. Pensacola State College’s recipe for a unique way to celebrate the season is open to the public at the second annual Holiday Experience at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec.…
Winner of the 2015 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, Katherine Clark, is the guest speaker at Pensacola State College’s Book Talk at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16 at the Chadbourne Library, Building 20, on the Pensacola campus, 1000 College Blvd. The public is welcome to this free, informal event. A question and answer session…
For the second straight year, Military Times names Pensacola State College in its list of Best for Vets: Colleges 2017. This recognition is based on a comprehensive survey of veteran and military student offerings and rates of academic achievement. Out of more than 500 two-year, four-year and nontraditional schools that submitted detailed surveys, Military Times…
Pensacola State College student Christopher Porquaido has been presented the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. A petty officer third class in the U.S. Navy, Porquaido received the commendation for his service as a dental technician from April 2013 to April 2016 at the United States Naval Hospital (USNH) in Yokosuka, Japan. He enrolled in…
Dusti Sluder has been named dean of Pensacola State College’s Warrington campus. Sluder had worked as a faculty member and served in various administrative positions on the campus. She took over as dean on Sept. 1. A longtime Pensacola resident, she also earned her licensed practical nursing (LPN) and registered nursing (ADN) degrees from Pensacola…
Are you interested in a challenging and rewarding career in veterinary nursing? Do you want to learn more about local educational options? Visit Pensacola State College’s Veterinary Technology program Open House from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, on the Warrington campus, 5555 W. Hwy. 98. The public is invited to meet the program…
“Everything But the Kitchen Sink” is slated for Pensacola West Percussion Ensemble’s fall concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov.3 at Pensacola State College’s Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus. The concert is free and no tickets are required. Doors open at 7 p.m. Playing with lighters, on furniture, on break drums…
The Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival’s 2016 Invited International Artist, Diego Alonso Carbajal Mas, is giving a free presentation at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2 at Pensacola State College’s Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Building 15, on the Pensacola campus. The public is invited and plenty of parking is available from the Airport…
Hardhats aren’t needed. Just bring your visual toolbox to explore “Under Construction,” the 2016 Pensacola State College Art Faculty and Staff Exhibition that just opened at the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Building 15, on the Pensacola campus. The public is invited to visit the show through Dec. 14 and meet the artists…
Pensacola State College graphic design students are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor through their senior exhibit at the National Naval Aviation Museum, 1750 Radford Blvd., aboard NAS Pensacola Nov. 11 through Jan. 1. The museum is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The…
An unusual dose of reality was waiting for Pensacola State’s Advanced Crime Scene Class last Wednesday. PSC Instructor Shelley Dill escorted her students to the Warrington campus so that they could take the principles and techniques of setting up a crime scene that had been covered in class and apply that knowledge to a real…
More than 120 Tate High School seniors received an early taste of college life when they visited Pensacola State on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The students got a firsthand look at the college’s associate in science degree and workforce education certificate programs during the Pensacola campus tour. “My visit to the Pensacola State campus really gave…
Corsair staffers Tracey Squaire and Jennifer Tonnaer only wanted to document the devastation of a tornado that hit Century on Feb. 15. The two never imagined their story about the damage an EF-3 tornado inflicted on the north Escambia County hamlet would garner them statewide recognition. Squaire, now editor of the Corsair, and Tonnaer, a…
The Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival’s 2016 Invited International Artist, Diego Alonso Carbajal Mas, is giving a free presentation at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Pensacola State College’s Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts, Building 15, on the Pensacola campus. The public is invited and plenty of parking is available from the Airport…
Ny’Kerria Virgin always harbored an interest in the health care field. On Friday, the West Florida High senior may have just discovered her calling. “I like this. It’s the best hands-on activity I’ve done all day,” Virgin said as she was suturing a mock wound during the 20th annual Health Career Fair held at Pensacola…
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