The Pensacola State College Alumni Association and Office of the President will host the college’s biennial Distinguished Alumni Awards Gala on Saturday, June 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio on the Pensacola campus. Carol Carlan, George Gaines, Lane Harper and Rebecca Merlin will be honored.
The annual 100 for 100 Campaign scholarship recognition ceremony at Pensacola State College honored four PSC students on Friday, March 6, in the Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio.
High school students receive a rigorous academic program in a supportive environment at PSC The Pensacola State College Charter Academy is accepting applications through March 22 for the 2026-2027 School Year Secondary Application Period. Open enrollment begins April 1 and will continue until all available seats have been filled. The public high school was established…
Business major Elisabeth Stowers has found that getting involved on campus can lead to great college memories, lasting friendships and even full-time employment. The full-time student also works full-time as an admissions specialist at Pensacola State College and serves in the PSC Student Ambassador program.
In recent years, public perceptions of AI have shifted from a futuristic concept to acceptance of its current everyday applications — from ChatGPT and Grammarly to AI-driven fraud detection systems in banking; however, the technology is not new. John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon and Alan Turing, known as the “founding fathers” of AI, were the visionary researchers who established the field of AI during a Dartmouth workshop 70 years ago in 1956.
Johnson’s photography will be on exhibit at Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille in April. With the backdrop of the sun setting over Pensacola Bay, restaurant owner and general manager Wade Beroset announced the winners of this year’s PSC Sunset Photography Contest on Wednesday, March 4, at Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille. Pensacola State College photography students Andrew Johnson and Kelena Jenkins won first-place and second-place honors, respectively.
Students from the Pensacola State College Visual Arts Department won 27 ADDY awards at AAF Pensacola’s Creative Rodeo-themed American Advertising Awards gala on Friday, Feb. 20.
In case you missed it, PSC alumnus and Expat TechWorks founder Johnny Gazoo contributed the following opinion piece to the Pensacola News Journal (published February 22), sharing his story about how a Career and Technical Education (CTE) program at PSC helped him reclaim his future.
Pensacola State College was 250 Years Proud in February with a military appreciation cookout, “A Prelude to the Revolutionary War” lunch-and-learn lecture, a flag-raising ceremony at the Century Center and Military Appreciation Day basketball games. Additionally, on Presidents’ Day, four PSC students competed in the first Florida College System Sunshine State Debate in Tallahassee.
Jessica Mahuron, a nurse with Emerald Coast Hospice, holds an RN degree and a BSN degree from Pensacola State College and has a message for nursing students: “Growth is important at any age. Don’t give up!”
The new Diesel Maintenance Technician certificate program at Pensacola State College is up and running. The inaugural class began in January, and registration is open for students wanting to start this summer. Supported by a 2024 Triumph Gulf Coast grant, the program provides technology skills training for industry certification at PSC’s Commercial Driver Training facility in Milton.
During the first lunch-and-learn lecture of the 250 Years Proud Speakers Series on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Pensacola State College, Professor Brian Rucker, Ph.D., gave a spirited talk about the sequence of events that led to the American Revolutionary War.
It has been a picture-perfect Homecoming for the PSC Pirates!
As part of a week-long celebration of school spirit, the Pensacola State College Homecoming Court for 2026 was presented between basketball games on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
The Federal Student Aid office of the U.S. Department of Education has approved Pensacola State College for the Title IV Ability to Benefit (ATB) program, enabling the institution to enroll students who do not have a traditional high school diploma or GED and provide them with grants and scholarships to attend school.
The Pensacola State College Guitar Association will present classical guitarist Leonela Alejandro for a free master class at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, and a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Ashmore Fine Arts Center on the PSC Pensacola campus.
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Pensacola State College will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16, for the Presidents’ Day state holiday
Four students from Pensacola State College will be in Tallahassee on Monday, Feb. 16, to compete in the inaugural Sunshine State Debate presented by the Florida College System.
Located at the foot of Palafox Street, Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille is a wonderful place for watching the sunset over Pensacola Bay. Golden-hour views draw business to the waterfront restaurant, and that’s what first sparked the idea of hosting a sunset photo contest for photography students at Pensacola State College.
The artistic talents of visual arts instructors at Pensacola State College are being showcased during the “Show & Tell! [4]”Annual Faculty Exhibition in the college’s Charles W. Lamar Studio through March 6.
The 250 Years Proud campaign at Pensacola State College got off to a spirited start with hands over hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance at campus flagpoles on Friday, Jan. 30, along with music and student activities celebrating our nation’s history throughout January.
Photography student Ben Word is gaining career experience in photography, videography, graphic design and more as a student worker in the Pensacola State College Marketing and Information Department.
February is National Career and Technical Education Month, hailing the value of CTE programs in preparing students for career success. Pensacola State College kicks off its celebration with the annual CTE Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Pensacola campus Student Center in Bldg. 5.
Pensacola State College will celebrate Homecoming February 16–19, and voting for the 2026 Homecoming Court has been rescheduled to begin Thursday, Feb. 5, and end Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Pensacola State College will celebrate Homecoming February 16–19, and a week of voting for the 2026 Homecoming Court begins Tuesday, Feb. 3. Students, faculty and staff at all PSC campuses and centers are encouraged to wear themed apparel during the celebration, which includes wearing logoed shirts for PSC Shirt Spirit Day on Monday, Feb.…
English and Communications Department presents Walter Spara Awards and Hurricane Review
Creative writing by Pensacola State College students, along with writing by established authors and poets from around the country, was honored and read aloud at the Celebration of Literary Arts on Thursday, Jan. 22,
Pensacola State College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree has placed No. 48 overall among all public and private institutions nationwide in the 2026 Best Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
The Florida Department of Education has designated Pensacola State College as a Collegiate Purple Star Campus for the services it provides at all sites to all active military and veterans and their families.
PSC’s Fall Commencement took place at the Pensacola Bay Center on Sunday, Dec. 14, honoring 380 degree and program completers.
To commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, PSC is launching the 250 Years Proud campaign on all campuses and centers, leading up to college-wide Independence Day celebrations in July. Student activities kick off this week with a digital scavenger hunt happening now and free cupcakes on Tuesday. Plus, pianist Mackenzie Melemed performs her Keys Across America concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Ashmore Auditorium.
Ami-Lee Wilder was a Gulf Breeze teen enrolled at Pensacola State College when her promising life ended in a car accident in 1990. While her life was cut short, her legacy continues to shape the futures of PSC students more than three decades later.
Michael Johnston, Associate Vice President, Institutional Research and Enterprise Solutions at Pensacola State College, has been invited by the Association of Institutional Research to serve a two-year appointment on the AIR Data Policy Advisory Panel.
With an enrollment of more than 1,700 active-duty military, veteran or military dependent students, Pensacola State College has made the Military Times Best for Vets Colleges list for the ninth year.
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