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Student Spotlight: Terra Black
Veterinary technology major Terra Black has found the program at PSC both challenging and rewarding. Completing the program in May, she is prepared to pursue her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.
Pensacola State College to present 43rd Annual Pensacola Guitar Orchestra Spring Recital
Pensacola State College will present the 43rd Annual Spring Recital of the Pensacola Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Joe Stallings, on Saturday, April 11, in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium on the Pensacola campus. Admission is free.
Four PSC students earn top ranking in worldwide Business Strategic Game competition
Pensacola State College business students Kadiyah Nelson, Haley Thompson, Kevin Weaver and Tacoryal White are Industry Champions of the Business Strategy Game (BSG®).
Pensacola State College honors 2026 Academy of Teaching Excellence inductees
Six Pensacola State College faculty members were inducted into the college’s Academy of Teaching Excellence on Thursday, April 2, during a dinner held in their honor in the Molly McGuire Dining Room on the Pensacola campus.
PSC Foundation’s Community Breakfast celebrated the power of collaborative support
The Pensacola State College Foundation Board of Governors hosted the nonprofit’s annual Community Breakfast on Wednesday, March 25, in the Thomas Delaino Student Center on PSC’s Pensacola campus. Each year, the signature event brings together community leaders and friends of the college to celebrate the power of partnership and philanthropy that impacts the lives and education of PSC students.
Pensacola State College earns 2026-2027 Military Friendly® School designation and 2026-2027 Military Spouse Friendly® School designation
Pensacola State College announced today that it has earned the 2026-2027 Military Friendly® School designation, recognized as a Silver School, and the 2026-2027 Military Spouse Friendly® School designation.
Alumni Spotlight: Hong Potomski
For Hong Potomski, graduating from Pensacola State College in 2022 with an Associate of Arts in Computer Information Systems had special meaning.
All-American April offers poetry, music, a movie and a national parks bucket list
The 250 Years Proud campaign at Pensacola State College rolls into April with a colorful display of patriotic sentiment with the Poetry Across America event, the movie “Lincoln,” a discussion about America’s national parks, and digital time travel to Pensacola during the Colonial era.
PSC Alumni Association announces 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards Gala
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.
Four PSC students were awarded the Dr. Garrett T. Wiggins “Live Your Dream” Endowed Scholarship
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.
The PSC Charter Academy is accepting applications for the 2026-2027 school year
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…
Student Spotlight: Elisabeth Stowers
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.
Two new programs at PSC are addressing AI-related job growth
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.
Andrew Johnson is a two-time winner of Jaco’s PSC Sunset Photography Contest
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.
PSC visual arts students rope in honors at the 2026 Creative Rodeo ADDYs gala
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.
ICYMI: PSC alum’s opinion piece tells an impactful CTE story
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.
250 Years Proud campaign marches into spring
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.
Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Mahuron, RN, BSN
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!”
PSC’s new Diesel Maintenance Technician program leads to ASE certification
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.
250 Years Proud Speakers Series kicks off with “A Prelude to the Revolutionary War”
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!
It has been a picture-perfect Homecoming for the PSC Pirates!
PSC students Lindsey Sheets and Troy Mims are crowned Homecoming Queen and King
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.
Pensacola State College approved for Ability to Benefit student aid program
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.
Pensacola State College to present award-winning classical guitarist Leonela Alejandro
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.
PSC Homecoming to celebrate school spirit with festivities kicking off on Tuesday
In honor of America’s 250th anniversary, Pensacola State College will be closed on Monday, Feb. 16, for the Presidents’ Day state holiday