4-day program held on Pensacola State’s Warrington campus After four days of learning to perform simulated venipunctures, assess vital signs and perform a head-to-toe assessment on simulated patients and create fake vomit (or emesis) from household items, Choctaw High rising senior Kayden Sutton is even more determined to become a registered nurse. The 18-year-old was…
Nine Pensacola State College performing arts students have been named to the Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) 2022-2023 All-Academic Team. Ezra Baker, Tabari Daniels-Butcher, Haileigh Furlong, Sienna Hudak, Daelan Moreland, Owen Raley, Tristen Rodriguez, Hudson Laws Savage and Francisco Segovia were honored for academic excellence, leadership and community service. To be selected for the…
Meet Tilden Whitfield, an academic advisor/life skills coach for TRIO Veterans Student Support Services. Whitfield, 30, has worked in postsecondary education and recently joined the Pensacola State College Family. In his position, Whitfield helps military veterans who are first-generation college students with career choices, degree plans, class schedules, applying for financial aid, and even transferring to a four-year college institution.
Preparation for the Fall 2023 term is in full swing at Pensacola State College. Registrations are ongoing and New Student Orientation sessions will continue this month. Upcoming New Student Orientation sessions are set for: 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, on the Warrington campus Student Center, Building 3600. CPR training also will be held from noon-4:30…
Say hello to Corey Lofton, Pensacola State College’s Director of Nursing. Lofton has worked in health care for numerous years – from direct care to hospital administration. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Lofton works on the Warrington campus. He joined the Pensacola State family in 2022.
Pensacola State College, PSC Charter Academy and WSRE-TV participated in the “Watson Family Foundation’s Second Annual Juneteenth: A Family Reunion for the Culture” held Saturday, June 17, in Museum Park in downtown Pensacola. On hand for the event were PSC administrators and faculty members – Director of Community and Special Initiatives Rameca Vincent-Leary, Business Department…
The young and young-at-heart all turned out for Pensacola State College’s annual Juneteenth observance on Sunday, June 18. More than 150 attendees helped the College celebrate Juneteenth ─ the newest federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans. “This was a phenomenal celebration with some amazing talent in the room,” said PSC Professor Tonie Anderson-Steele, event organizer and Milton campus dean and counselor.
The delegation visited United States from May 28 through June 9 under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The International Visitor Leadership Program On Demand Division and the WHA/EAP/NEA Branch arranged the national program. Gulf Coast Diplomacy Council organized the local program. A delegation of nine educators from Bahrain visited…
The Cantonment Rotary Club awarded scholarships to 16 Pensacola State College students at a luncheon held on June 14 at St. Luke United Methodist Church. Sixteen Pensacola State College stellar students received $22,000 in Cantonment Rotary Club scholarships on Wednesday, June 14. Sienna Hudak performs at Cantonment Rotary Scholarship luncheon Since 1991, the Rotary Club…
Pensacola State College President Ed Meadows, right, and Northwest Florida State College President Devin Stephenson shake hands after signing an articulation agreement that will give some NWFSC graduates an expedited path into PSC’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity. NWFSC grads can receive expedited admission into Pensacola State BAS in cybersecurity program Pensacola State College…
About 200 health sciences students on Pensacola State College’s Warrington campus feasted on Chick-fil-A sandwiches on May 23 during the Summer Semester Kickoff and Student Clubs Sign Up Day. Sixty-two students opt-in to sign up for different student organizations. “Even though it was raining off and on, there was still an amazing turnout,” said Chandler…
Ryann Makenzie Salter, center, is pictured with PSC President Ed Meadows and Chelsea Weaver, Gallery Coordinator for the Visual Arts Department, at the unveiling of Salter’s photo, “Sunset on the Line.” The framed image is on display in Barfield Administration Building’s second-floor foyer. ‘Sunset on the Line’ hangs in Barfield Administration Building A golden hour…
Pensacola State students and employees enjoyed nearly 500 pounds of crawfish when the College hosted the Crawfish Cookout on May 24 in the Building 5 Gazebo on the Pensacola campus. Cub’s Crawfish supplied the expertly-seasoned Gulf Coast delicacy, sausage, potatoes and corn. The Summer Semester kick-off included Cajun music, good friends and cornhole.
“Education is everything. Education is how you build your potential to become the person that you can be,” retired U.S. Navy Capt. Timothy “Lucky” Kinsella told members of Pensacola State College Charter Academy’s inaugural graduating class. Seventeen graduates were honored at the commencement ceremony held May 18 in McMillan Auditorium on the Warrington campus. Kinsella,…
Dr. Michael S. Payne, PSC Academic Department Head, Business Meet Dr. Michael S. Payne, the new Department Head for Pensacola State College’s Business Department. A veteran of both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, Dr. Payne has worked in higher education for more than 20 years – having started his collegiate career at the…
PLI Class of 2023 – The 2023 Pensacola State College President’s Leadership Institute members were recognized on May 17 at Atlas Oyster House in Pensacola. PSC President Ed Meadows congratulated the graduates on completing the program, where administrators, faculty and staffers spend nine months learning about the College and postsecondary education in Florida. Twenty-three Pensacola…
The Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, June 12, 2023. The meeting was initially set for Tuesday, June 20, 2023. However, due to the new date, the Board of Trustees will vote on changing or enacting the following: Student Accident Insurance and Student Professional Liability Insurance fees, Applied…
Escambia County Sherriff Chip Simmons, a Pensacola State College alum, told graduates to think about where they started, where they are, and where they’re going. About 450 of the 1,032 eligible for spring graduation attended the 2023 Spring Commencement ceremony held Thursday, May 11, at the Pensacola Bay Center. But for some listening to Simmons’s…
Luther Scott Luther Scott’s Airline Chicken is probably better than the mass-produced meal or snack you had on your last flight. Scott, a Pensacola State College culinary arts student, won a silver medal at the SkillsUSA Florida 2023 State Leadership and Skills Conference held April 10-13 in Jacksonville. At the competition, Scott had to create…
Maria Garcia spent 22 years in the United States Air Force, rising to Senior Master Sergeant. Now, she is a physical therapist. Sarah Brunner gave birth to her second child on Feb. 20 ─ deep into the final stretch of intense studies. Now she is a veterinary technology graduate. Shelbey Odom was an academic standout…
Andrea Krieger Honoring the Public Trust will be the topic Pensacola State College Nonprofit Center for Excellence workshop on Thursday, June 1. Set for 8 a.m.-noon in the Florida Power and Light Company Nonprofit Center Annex on the College’s Pensacola campus, Andrea Krieger, PSC executive director of Institutional Development, is the workshop trainer. The campus…
Mother, Breanne Duby with daughter, Morgan Duby “I’m going to cry.” You couldn’t blame Breanne Duby for getting a little emotional. Moments earlier, the 39-year-old mother received her nursing pin on Thursday, May 4, at the 2023 Pensacola State College Department of Health Sciences Spring Pinning Ceremony. Her oldest daughter, Morgan Duby, 20, also was…
Pensacola State College’s 33rd annual Kids College summer camp has new programs and opportunities for children ages 6 through 12, including a chance for some kids to live the PSC “Pirate Life” for a week. A gymnastics camp will be offered for children ages 4 and 5. The 2023 PSC Kids College runs May 24…
Imer Hernandez-Gomez Some routes to achievement are longer than others. For Pensacola State College Adult Education graduate Imer Hernandez-Gomez, the journey started when he left his native Honduras four years ago for the United States to better himself. He is one of 36 PSC Adult Education students who earned a GED during the spring semester.…
Students enjoy Finals Week breakfast, lunch, games, Star Wars trivia and warm weather. During finals week ─ May 1-4 ─ at Pensacola State College, Student Engagement and Leadership made sure that no one took an exam on an empty stomach. Finals Week activities began on Monday with a Pancake Breakfast hosted by PSC’s Baptist Campus…
Carolyn Lungaro, Mama C’s Cajun Cookin’ Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Louisiana native and Pensacola State College alumna Carolyn Lungaro has been cooking gumbo for decades. The Spring 2022 PSC culinary management grad recently showcased her skills in the Pensacola Gumbo Cookoff held April 22. Lungaro won first place in showmanship and second place in judges…
One of the world’s most time-honored sports and one of the nation’s fastest-growing sports are coming to Pensacola State College. The College and the United States Tennis Association will offer a six-week adult tennis clinic for intermediate players that begins Friday, May 12, at the tennis complex on the Pensacola campus. Pensacola State recently received…
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…
Joanna Hrycuna arranges ornamental metal garden flowers while her husband Gary Hrycuna rakes up their spot at the UF/IFAS and PSC Milton Campus Spring Festival of Flowers. The Mobile, Ala., couple travel selling their wares across the south. Their two-person company is called the Lazy Scroll. The Spring Festival of Flowers takes place Friday through…
There will be a lot of local flavor on the inaugural Pensacola State College women’s soccer team, which begins its first season of play in August. The first four players signed to the Pirates team are all high school and club standouts from Santa Rosa County. PSC’s first soccer coach, Mark Yepishin, promises more local…
Pensacola State College’s Cybersecurity Program has passed the first hurdle in earning a National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity designation from the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA is the U.S. intelligence agency responsible for global data and intelligence collection and processing. The National Centers of Academic Excellence have validated the College’s Associate of…
Six Pensacola State College faculty members are the 2023 Academy of Teaching Excellence inductees. Awarded annually to outstanding classroom instructors who demonstrate sustained teaching excellence, the inductees and their departments are: Instructor Lauren Baugus, English and Communications Assistant Professor Dr. Kate Cavanaugh, Natural Sciences Adjunct Faculty Tabitha Epperson-Graham, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Don Lee,…
Edmund Berrigan Edmund Berrigan was born with poetry in his blood. His father, Ted Berrigan, was a well-known and respected “late-Beat” poet and writer. According to the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation, his mother, Alice Notley, has become “one of America’s greatest living poets.” Notley spoke at Pensacola State College in 2019 as part of the Lyceum…
Pensacola State College and ST Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opening a new Aviation Maintenance Training Academy at the Pensacola International Airport. The announcement was made during the Feb. 27 grand opening of ST Engineering’s Hangar 2. The proposed academy would be open to adult learners and dual-enrolled high school students…
Albaraa Basfar Dr. Albaraa Basfar will travel back to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, this May, where he will receive his doctorate and be recognized as the Distinguished Ph.D. Student in the university’s Education Studies program. “I’ve very honored,’’ said Basfar, Pensacola State College Research Analyst in the Office of Institutional Research. “It was a…
Christy Myers, regional representative for Steinway with Benjamin Rollings, winner of the Top Piano Teacher Award from Steinway & Sons. Benjamin Rollings was a talented and accomplished piano student, earning scholarships and graduation distinctions throughout his musical studies, which began at age 6. As a teacher, Rollings is just as accomplished. Rollings is a Pensacola…
McGuire’s Irish Pub Pipe Band Filipino pancit, African drummers, Polynesian Hula Dancing, Irish bagpipe tunes and a Japanese bonsai exhibit will be among the many offerings at the 2023 Pensacola State College International Festival. Set for 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, April 15, the festival will transform the College’s Pensacola campus into a bazaar of…
Pensacola State College has been named a 2023-2024 Gold Military Friendly® School by Viqtory Media. This is the 14th year the College has received the accolade and the second consecutive year earning the gold designation. Pensacola State is one of 250 schools to receive the gold status for leading practices, outcomes, and effective programs that…
2023 AAMES Wiggins Scholarship Recipients, from left front row, Dr. Tonie Anderson-Steele, Taliesha McClain, Devina Hall, Dr. Rameca Vincent Leary, Katisha Williams and Teala Reguindin. From left back row, Onesimus Gordon, Taelen Stovall, Penelope McCants, Aria Hilliard, Chandra Walker and Dr. Ed Meadows Teala Reguindin recently graduated from Pensacola State College’s nationally-acclaimed Nursing Program as…
The prize winners and competition officials for the Pensacola State College 2023 Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition are, from left, Jason Sisko, adjudicator; Derrick Javier, adjudicator and competition sponsor representative for Minds on Music; First-place winner Donald Hinchman; Second-place winner Laws Savage; Third-place winner Simon Joos; Bokyung Byun, Guest Artist and adjudicator; Jim DeStafney, competition…
Pensacola State College Performing Arts Department is bringing the beloved classic “Little Women” to the Ashmore Auditorium this week, with performances running Thursday through Sunday.
It’s playwright Kate Hamill’s retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War era landmark novel, “Little Women,” published in two parts in the 1860s.
Yet the war between two of the four March sisters – Jo and Amy – is focused here.
A steady stream of returning Pensacola State College students moved through Building 21 n the Pensacola campus on March 1 to register for summer and fall 2023 semesters. March 1 was the first day of Priority Registration, which runs through March 31. Returning students who register for classes during Priority Registration will be eligible to…
Pensacola State announces proposed fee increases for the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council’s Certified Production Technician (MSSC-CPT) Exams for students enrolled in the College’s Advanced Manufacturing-AS programs.
The one-time Online Candidate Post-Secondary and Industry Registration for the MSSC-CPT Exam is proposed to increase to $65. Students currently pay a $60 fee. On Jan. 12, the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council announced the Online Candidate Post-Secondary and Industry Registration fee will increase to $65 – effective July 1, 2023.
Pensacola State announced proposed fee changes for 21 Course Lab Fees for students enrolled in the College’s Health Science programs. The College’s District Board of Trustees will vote on the fee changes at the Tuesday, April 18, meeting set for 5:30 p.m. on the Milton campus. If approved by the Board of Trustees, the…
Penny Taylor, PSC TRIO-Student Support Services Retention Specialist. The free hot dogs and hamburgers are gone. However, Pensacola State College’s TRIO programs still offer free student trips, academic advisors, free tutoring, and so much more all year. TRIO programs nationwide celebrated a legacy of student service on Feb. 28. Pensacola State’s TRIO Day celebration on…
Chasity Brooks and PSC Photography Professor Kristen Regan. Chasity Brooks was named the 2023 Pensacola State College Sunset Photography Contest winner during a short ceremony at Jaco’s Bayfront Bar & Grille on March 1. A grandmother and PSC photography student, Brooks was one of five students whose work was featured throughout February at the popular…
Members are, from left, Isaac Railing, Israel Railing, Laws Savage, Peg Barrett, Dawson Calugar, Sienna Hudak, Patrick Kinnell, Connor Bond and Rory Swanson. Pensacola State College will present the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Joe Stallings, in its 40th Anniversary Spring Recital on Saturday, April 1. The recital is set for 7:30…
Two nontraditional Pensacola State students helped bring back a long-gone tradition at the College.
Nursing students Jocelyn Gebhard and Derek Olford were crowned 2023 Homecoming Queen and King by PSC President Ed Meadows during halftime of the women’s basketball game against Northwest Florida State College on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
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