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Warriors’ spirit fuels PSC community
By Paulina Mendez To the returning Pensacola State College (PSC) military veteran students and their families, welcome back to another exciting and rewarding 2018-2019 school year. Once again, we look forward, as we walk toward achieving our educational goals. Starting in this issue and in future Corsair publications, we are introducing a military veterans column…
Author Jeff Klinkenberg recommends books for every Floridian
By Rachel Giordano WSRE welcomed best-selling author, Jeff Klinkenberg, to the Amos Performance Studio on Aug 28th as part of The Great American Read, presented by the WSRE Public Square Speakers Series event. Klinkenberg has written about Florida culture for nearly four decades for the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) and has four…
Building 1 prepares for deconstruction, resurrection
By Sarah Richards Pensacola State College (PSC) will be changing with the tearing down of Building 1 (also known as The Baars Building, or the math building); the reconstruction is expected to be completed October 2019. Everything but the two-story part of Building 1 will be demolished. This plan resulted in the relocation of the…
Healthcare students awarded scholarships
By Sarah Richards Pensacola State College (PSC) students Wei Anderson and Jessica Helloms-Poindester, and several other students majoring in the healthcare programs, were awarded scholarships on August 29th, for their study and service, courtesy of the Florida College System Chancellor and the Florida College System Foundation, Florida Blue, Helios Education First Generation scholars and Dream…
Banning books silences stories
“HOP POP We like to hop. We like to hop on top of Pop. STOP You must not hop on Pop.” When you read those sentences and rhymes, do you think they promote the idea of children abusing their fathers? When you read Harry Potter, do you feel the need to change your religious views…
Writing Lab relocates to Building 4
By Rachel Giordano and Taylor Rooney The Writing Lab has a new home. Fear not, for the Writing Lab has only moved to room 448 in building 4. There have been talks about building 1, which is the oldest building at Pensacola State College (PSC), being torn down sometime in the future. Although no one…
Bill Hamilton Steps into Hall of Fame
By Jaylen Boyd The FCSAA Hall of Fame inducts Pensacola State College (PSC) Bill Hamilton. Hamilton is the eighth PSC administrator/faculty member to be recognized by the organization. He is from Lake City, Florida, and is getting his bachelor’s degree from Huntingdon College. From his beginning as an assistant at Chipola State to a proud Pirate…
Going platinum: PSC celebrates 70th anniversary
By Sarah Richards Pensacola State College (PSC) celebrated its 70th anniversary September 13th with a week-long series of fortunate events. These included a Bill Clover tribute, a WSRE in-studio anniversary show, meet-and-greets with PSC athletes and coaches, cake cuttings, and the opportunity to have your picture taken with the PSC pirate in the student union.…