decorative image of student-spotlight-2 , Pensacola State piano student Jermel Kidd hopes to impress UWF faculty at audition 2022-05-05 10:46:15

Pensacola State piano student Jermel Kidd hopes to impress UWF faculty at audition

Jermel Kidd has been practicing his classical piano chops for hours each day preparing for an audition that will propel him forward.

On Friday, May 5, Kidd, a Pensacola State College piano student, will audition for faculty from the University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music. Kidd, 38, is hoping to earn acceptance and a scholarship.

“I’ve been practicing for about eight hours a day,’’ said Kidd, a former police officer who is the music director for Transformation Church on Mobile Highway. “I play gospel and jazz. But (the audition) is all classical and it was a little out of my element. It’s been nonstop practice and study.”

decorative image of 2022-Cantonment-Rotary-Scholarship-winners-sm2 , Cantonment Rotary Club changes lives with $40,000 in scholarships to PSC students 2022-05-04 13:13:34

Cantonment Rotary Club changes lives with $40,000 in scholarships to PSC students

More than 30 Pensacola State College stellar students received a share of $40,000 in Cantonment Rotary Club scholarships on Wednesday, April 27.
The total award was the largest the Cantonment Rotary Club has given to PSC students, said Ray Asherfeld, Cantonment Rotary Club Foundation chairman. Since 1991, the Rotary Club has provided $62,253.25 in scholarships to 150 to 200 PSC students.

decorative image of student-art-honors , PSC Visual Arts Students showcase best work at 2022 Art Student Honors Exhibition 2022-04-27 11:15:42

PSC Visual Arts Students showcase best work at 2022 Art Student Honors Exhibition

Vogue magazine would be fortunate to have a cover as striking and visually compelling as the mock cover created by Pensacola State College graphic design student Aubrey Dean.
Dean’s three digital paintings that were then transformed into a mock cover and advertisements for Vogue won “Best in Show” at the 2022 PSC Art Student Honors Exhibition Award Ceremony.
The ceremony was held on April 14 in the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts. Twenty students won awards, all coming with some sort of cash, product prize or scholarship. Dean won $300 for Best in Show, which is voted on by PSC Visual Arts Department faculty.

decorative image of ycyl-recap2 , PSC’s ambitious ‘Your Community-Your Legacy’ capital campaign raises $12.6M, surpassing $11M goal 2022-04-27 14:43:26

PSC’s ambitious ‘Your Community-Your Legacy’ capital campaign raises $12.6M, surpassing $11M goal

It’s a staggering figure ─ $11 million. That was the goal of Pensacola State College’s second-in-history capital campaign. The final tally was more staggering, more tremendous ─ $12.6 million, $1.6 million over goal.
And it took 1,329 generous and visionary donors to bring that $12.6 million to PSC.
PSC President Ed Meadows toasted the donors to the College’s “Your Community-Your Legacy” Capital Campaign at a celebration on Thursday, April 20, in the Charles W. Lamar Studio Gallery.

decorative image of 164536830-e1645551775413 , PSC Charter Academy set to welcome high school students beginning Aug. 8 2022-04-26 16:14:31

PSC Charter Academy set to welcome high school students beginning Aug. 8

Principal Karen McCabe is eager to welcome up to 150 high school juniors and seniors to the new Pensacola State College Charter Academy on Aug. 8.
“There’s still a lot to do to get ready, but we’re excited,’’ said McCabe, who was selected to lead the new academy after nearly five years as director of the College’s South Santa Rosa Center.
“It’s going to be more technology-based and interactive than many other high schools and will allow these students to pursue their high school diploma and associate degree at the same time.”

decorative image of faculty-spotlight-lisa-payne , Lisa Payne to leave PSC after 43 years of service, all on Warrington campus 2022-04-21 15:08:35

Lisa Payne to leave PSC after 43 years of service, all on Warrington campus

Lisa Payne admits that sometimes she still slips up and says “PJC” instead of “PSC,’’ even though Pensacola Junior College became Pensacola State College in 2010. You can’t really blame her.

She has worked at the College for 43 years – and for more than 30 of those years, it was PJC, so it is understandable. And before she came to work at the College as a 19-year-old, she was already a student, earning a career certificate in stenography in 1979

decorative image of workday-og-theme , Registering for fall classes? Workday Student is where to enroll, receive financial aid awards and even be assigned adviser 2022-04-13 13:04:31

Registering for fall classes? Workday Student is where to enroll, receive financial aid awards and even be assigned an adviser

If you’re registering for summer classes at Pensacola State College, you’ll be going old school.
But students registering for fall classes will use – and are already using – Workday Student for everything from admissions and registration to financial aid and advising.
The Workday Student enterprise resource planning system replaces the legacy Spyglass system, which will be phased out. Students registering for summer classes will still use Spyglass, though all the information in that system is being transferred to the new Workday Student system.
The fall semester begins Aug. 15. Summer classes begin May 11.

decorative image of womens-basketball-honors , PSC’s Women’s Basketball brings in post-season honors, including Assistant Coach of the Year 2022-04-13 09:50:16

PSC’s Women’s Basketball brings in postseason honors, including Assistant Coach of the Year

Pensacola State College Woman’s Basketball Assistant Coach Rachel Barnes has been named World Exposure Report’s NJCAA Assistant Coach of the Year.

Two of the team’s star players, Tai’Sheka Porchia and Kristin Williams also received post-season honors. Porchia was named a Woman Basketball Coaches Association All-American, while Williams received an All-American Honorable Mention honor.

decorative image of norman-eoc4 , PSC Educational Opportunity Center is named for alumnus Eldon L. Norman 2022-04-14 08:34:13

PSC Educational Opportunity Center is named for alumnus Eldon L. Norman

Eldon Norman began his collegiate career at then-Pensacola Junior College in the early 1960s, earning an Associate of Arts degree in 1963.
Now, many Pensacola State College students – the College changed its name in 2010 – will start their own collegiate career at the Eldon L. Norman Educational Opportunity Center.
The Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) was renamed in Norman’s honor at a ceremony attended by relatives and PSC administrators and staff on Monday, April 11.

decorative image of te-photo-sm , Katelyn Powell graduates from PSC in May, then off to Florida State University for Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences program. 2022-04-06 12:31:09

PSC honors 2022 Academy of Teaching Excellence inductees at dinner

Six of Pensacola State College’s best educators were treated like rock stars at a dinner in their honor on Tuesday, April 5.

They were feted and toasted, and their achievements celebrated at the Academy of Teaching Excellence dinner in the Molly McGuire Culinary Arts Dining Room on the Pensacola campus.

Five instructors were inducted into the 2022 PSC Academy of Teaching Excellence:

David Alexander – Adult Education
Dr. Stephen Gottschalk – Natural Sciences
Dr. Alex Ledgerwood – English and Communications
Lauren Rogers – Natural Sciences
Dr. Brian Ward – Business

Also, Humanities and Social Sciences instructor Robert Thead was named Outstanding New Faculty Member.

decorative image of brain-ward-sm , Katelyn Powell graduates from PSC in May, then off to Florida State University for Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences program. 2022-04-06 12:30:40

Academy of Teaching Excellence inductee Dr. Brian Ward started PSC career amid cancer battle

Just three weeks into his teaching career at Pensacola State College – and his first face-to-face teaching gig anywhere – Dr. Brian Ward underwent emergency surgery for stage 3 colon cancer just a day after being diagnosed. The cancer had advanced to that extent.

The surgery was supposed to last four hours – it took eight. He was so bad off surgeons had to stop the procedure four times to regulate Ward’s blood pressure.

Eleven days later, Ward, PSC Lead Human Resources Professor and a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, was in front of his students teaching class.

That was five years ago. Today, Ward said his doctor considers his cancer “cured,’’ though it is not in remission.

decorative image of katelyn-powell-sm , Katelyn Powell graduates from PSC in May, then off to Florida State University for Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences program. 2022-04-06 12:30:22

Katelyn Powell graduates from PSC in May, then off to Florida State University for Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences program.

Pensacola State College student Katelyn Powell is taking seven classes this semester. Six are Math and Science-based classes – she plans on going to Medical School – and one is Music Appreciation.

“The Music Appreciation class is the hardest class for me,” Katelyn said. “I can’t hear something and just understand the difference between the noises. It’s been hard.”

Yikes, that’s going to hurt a stellar 3.9 grade point average, isn’t it?

decorative image of donahue-sm , Katelyn Powell graduates from PSC in May, then off to Florida State University for Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences program. 2022-04-06 12:30:52

Dr. Sueann L. Donahue Beginning Teaching Endowed Scholarship helps next generation of educators

Dr. Sueann L. Donahue is known as a teacher’s teacher. She’s retired now and in less-than-stellar health, but her passion for teaching remains.

An endowed scholarship in her name will now help the next generation of educators studying at Pensacola State College

The Dr. Sueann L. Donahue Beginning Teacher Endowed Scholarship was established in 2019. The first scholarships were awarded in spring 2021. The endowment total is $25,001.

“This was a lifetime goal for Sueann,’’ said her husband, Chuck Donahue, a former engineering technology instructor at Pensacola Junior College, which became Pensacola State College in 2010. He taught at the College from 1985 to 2002.

decorative image of student-honors , PSC Art Student Honors Exhibition reception, prize ceremony is April 14 2022-04-07 12:31:11

PSC Art Student Honors Exhibition reception, prize ceremony is April 14

The best pieces from Pensacola State College’s best art students are now on display at the Switzer Gallery in the Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts on the Pensacola campus.
The Art Student Honors Exhibition showcases 96 artworks in a variety of media, including ceramics, drawing, painting, digital design, photography and sculpture. The exhibition opened April 4 and runs through April 22.
The reception and prize ceremony for the exhibition is set for 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14. The exhibition was open to all two-year visual arts students.

decorative image of Student-Excellence-Awards-Save-the-Date-2022-2-1 , Student Excellence Awards 2022 2022-04-19 12:55:59

Student Excellence Awards 2022

CONGRATULATIONS 2022 RECIPIENTS! The annual Student Excellence Awards recognizes and honors some of Pensacola State College’s many outstanding students. Over 200 students are recognized this year for their achievements and reflect the theme of a Tradition of Excellence.  ALL FLORIDA ACADEMIC TEAM All-Florida Academic Team recipients are recognized by the Florida College System for their…

decorative image of Circle-Cycle , Circle/Cycle - A Performance by Lauren Woods 2021-12-03 12:21:47

Circle/Cycle – A Performance by Lauren Woods

Please join us December 9 at 4:30 p.m. for Circle/Cycle, A performance by Lauren Woods, with Lori Bilbrey-Vaghefi and Ava Reding. Original music by Erin Cross.  Circle dances have been a part of human culture for thousands of years. Performed as rites of passage, an invocation of change, or a mode of community ritual, the circle embodies aspects…

decorative image of bas-event , How Design Makes Us Think, Feel, and Do Things 2021-12-03 12:26:34

How Design Makes Us Think, Feel, and Do Things

PSC’s Bachelor of Applied Science senior art exhibition set for Dec. 6-10 ‘How Design Makes Us Think, Feel, and Do Things’ is the title of Pensacola State College’s 2021 Marjan Mazza Bachelor of Applied Science in Business and Management – Graphic Design Senior Exhibition. Set for Dec. 6-10, the exhibition is in the Switzer Gallery…