Daily Archives: June 25, 2024

PSC student wins $1,000 Watson Family Foundation scholarship

Lakisha Ball Scholarship winners                             Lakisha Ball writes essay on local civil rights icon Pensacola State student Lakisha Ball won the Watson Family Foundation Juneteenth Scholarship. Ball, a nontraditional student majoring in business management, wrote a 462-word essay on the Rev. H.K.…

Pensacola State College hosts 3rd annual Juneteenth celebration

Pensacola State College observed Juneteenth a few days early on June 16. However, the fourth annual event attracted a large crowd to celebrate the holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. PSC Professor Tonie Anderson-Steele, event organizer and Milton campus counselor, was bittersweet about the celebration. “The celebration attracted PSC employees as well as…