Pensacola State College Staff Profile

Tilden Whitfield, Academic Advisor for Veterans Student Support Services

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.

Employment History

• Admissions Officer at South College
• Success Coach/Program Coordinator at the University of West Florida

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Social Science with a minor in Special Education

Family

Married to Thapelo Ncube Whitfield, Ph.D.

Favorite Quote

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can,” Arthur Ashe