Four Human Resources professionals will facilitate a Pensacola State College workshop on Thursday, May 11. Set for 8 a.m.-noon in the Florida Power and Light Company Nonprofit Center Annex on the College’s Pensacola campus, the workshop will discuss recruiting, screening, interviewing, training, disciplining and more. The campus is at 1000 College Blvd. The Nonprofit Center…
Pensacola State College announced proposed lab fee changes for several Applied Technology and Professional Services Departments for students enrolled in the programs. The College’s District Board of Trustees will vote on the fee changes at the Tuesday, June 20 meeting at 5:30 p.m. on the Pensacola campus. If approved by the Board of Trustees, the…
Pensacola State College announced proposed lab fees for students enrolled in the Performing Arts Department programs. The College’s District Board of Trustees will vote on the fees at the Tuesday, June 20 meeting at 5:30 p.m. on the Pensacola campus. If approved by the Board of Trustees, the new fees will take effect for the…
Pensacola State College has proposed an increase to the Full Cost of Instruction Fee for students. The College Administration recommends $264 as the Full Cost of Instruction Fee. The current Full Cost of Instruction Fee is $237.50. The proposed fee averages the cost of upper-level and lower-level credit courses with average systemwide costs of $260…
Three student-athletes were awarded the inaugural Carla Williams Award at the Pensacola State College Athletics Sports Banquet held on April 26 in Hartsell Arena. Basketball players Zondrick Garrett Jr. and Douthshine Prien, along with softball player Susanna Soldi were selected for the award, which is presented to a student-athlete “who has demonstrated leadership in both…
Chip Simmons, Escambia County Sheriff Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons will be the keynote speaker at the Pensacola State College Spring graduation ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11, in the Pensacola Bay Center. Simmons earned his associate degree in criminal justice from Pensacola Junior College and was inducted into the Pensacola State College Distinguished Alumni…
Pensacola State College baseball player Andreaus Lewis II is going to Manhattan College in New York City to continue his collegiate playing career and to study business and finance. Perfect, since Manhattan is the world’s capital of business and finance. Never mind that Manhattan College isn’t actually in Manhattan – it’s in the adjacent Bronx…
Pensacola State College Charter Academy seniors presented their Capstone Projects on April 20 on the Warrington campus. Pensacola State College President Ed Meadows walked around the D.W. McMillan Auditorium on the Warrington campus, peppering PSC Charter Academy seniors with questions about careers ranging from veterinary science to creating video games to restoring old automobiles. Yes,…
Nearly 100 Pensacola State College students were honored for achievements in academics, leadership, service and volunteerism at the 2023 PSC Student Excellence Awards Ceremony on April 13 in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio at WSRE-TV. The ceremony recognized Program and Department Scholars, Scholastic Achievement (3.9 grade point average or higher) and members of…
That was fun. Let’s do it again! Pirate Fest 2023 took over the Pensacola State College Pensacola campus on April 18 for a day of wacky fun, good food and fellowship. Hundreds of PSC students, faculty, staff, alumni and family members came out for a morning and afternoon of inflatable fun that delivered everything from…
Pensacola State College’s theater production of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” received a Superior rating from the Florida College System Activities Association – Theatre Division. Raines Carr, theater director at Chipola College, was the adjudicator. Carr also recognized individual performers ─ Jolene Cintron, who played Jo March, Harley Furlong as Amy…
Little kids danced jigs to the music of McGuire’s Irish Pub Bagpipe Band. Other little ones pranced in the grass later, keeping rhythm with the joyous Italian dancers gliding across the stage. There was so much music, so much food, so much dance, and so much fun at Saturday’s inaugural Pensacola State College International Festival.…
Megan Rathmann with Brian Weaver Pensacola State College graphic design student Megan Rathmann won the coveted Anna Award at the 2023 Annual Student Art Awards Exhibition Awards Ceremony held April 13 in the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts. Graphic technology student Natalee Stuart’s linoleum print, “Meaningless Death,” won Best of Show. “We are…
April is Community College Month and we’re asking you to share your stories about Pensacola State College and how it helped to affect your life and reach your goals. For 75 years, Pensacola State College and its predecessor, Pensacola Junior College have helped build futures and change lives. PSC’s impact on our community is immense.…
It’s almost here! The first Pensacola State College International Festival is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 15, on the Pensacola campus. The festival will feature food from various cultures, from German brats to Thai food to American-style barbecue. Musical entertainers include headliner Larry Watson, McGuire’s Irish Pipe Band, the MyxTape band, and…
Lyceum Student Series: Motel Radio The last three musical performances of the Spring 2023 Pensacola State College Lyceum series are this month. New Orleans-based indie rock band Motel Radio will perform on Wednesday, April 19, while Kahlo Quartet, a Philadelphia-based chamber music group that mixes traditional classical music with Latin American influences, will perform on…
Inflatable Human Foosball 38-foot Double Lane Bungee Run Nuclear Toxic Slime Battle Zone Joust Troy Moon Pensacola State College Ask around. I’m not the brightest guy. So, when I saw that Pirate Fest 2023 was going to feature something called “Human Foosball,” I put…
PSC Recruiting Coordinator John Solet leads incoming students through a tour on Tuesday, April 11. Incoming Pensacola State College soccer players Maddie Motes and Sidney Roest have already familiarized themselves with the practice pitch on the Pensacola campus. On Tuesday, April 11, Motes and Roest learned more about the non-soccer aspects of PSC. The recent…
Johnny Gazoo Johnny Gazoo knows the difference Pensacola State College can make in a person’s life. He’s hoping his time, work and effort at PSC will help him reach his goals – one of which is to go back and sit on the side of that Central American volcano. Gazoo and his wife moved from…
Applications for Fellows Foundation scholarships are being accepted through May 1. Available to students majoring in health care fields or the ministry, the scholarships will be awarded in July for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year. The scholarships range from $1,000 to $10,000, and applicants can reapply each subsequent academic year. Medical School/Physician Assistant Students who…
PSC Coordinator of Student Engagement and Leadership Chandler White speaks with an incoming student at a Pensacola State College Resource Fair on April 11. Chandler White’s job is almost akin to that of a cheerleader coach/college mascot hybrid. His job is to recruit Pensacola State students to become more engaged with the College, exhibit school…
Larry Watson will perform at the Pensacola State College International Festival set for April 15. The New School Motown-inspired singer will perform at 3 p.m. on the festival’s main stage. Of course, there will be something Asian at the Pensacola State College International Festival on Saturday, April 15. The recently-opened Something Asian food truck will…
Khaliah Williams, from left, Dorothy Lee and Chinesa Sunday are all Pensacola State alums who work at the UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County office. Khaliah Williams’ new job is an important one that will improve the lives of Escambia County’s most vulnerable and those in need. On March 20, Williams, a Pensacola State College alumna, started…
The stellar work currently displayed in Pensacola State College’s Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts looks very professional. Yet all 100 artists featured in the exhibition are Pensacola State students. The annual PSC Student Art Awards Exhibition opened on April 3 and runs through May 5 in the Switzer Gallery. An opening reception and…
Pierre Baldwin You practice to get better. And if results mean anything, and they do, moving from second place to first is a sure sign of improvement and achievement. Pierre Baldwin practices his saxophone a lot. The PSC Marine Biology student won first place in the Jazz Pensacola Student Jazz Competition’s Collegiate Instrumental category, besting…
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