by Enrique Viveros From July 23rd to July 25th and July 30th to August 1st Pensacola State College’s S.H.O.W., Summer High School Onstage Workshop, performed a musical production for the Pensacola community. This year’s musical was based on the novel by Mary Rodgers and Disney films, Freaky Friday. Director Dr. Rodney Whatley was inspired to...
by Enrique Viveros PSC Pirates and families gathered at the Pensacola Bay Center on May 9th to have an annual commencement ceremony for the graduating classes of Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021. Over 400 students were set to graduate for the Spring 2021 semester. Attendees to graduation were required to wear a mask...
by Enrique Viveros During July, from the 1st to the 31st, PSC’s Visual Arts faculty and First City Art Center’s Gallery 1060 collaborated on an exhibition showcasing faculties’ art pieces. A reception was held on July 22nd to celebrate the gallery’s first exhibit since COVID. Gallery 1060 collaborated with PSC Visual Arts’ gallery earlier this...
On July 22nd PSC Athletics welcomed Pensacola native Patricia Gandolfo as the new head coach for the volleyball team. She will be fulfilling the position from Jennie Belarmino, the previous volleyball coach. Patricia Gandolfo is coming from being the assistant volleyball coach at the University of West Florida and the University of South Alabama in...
The Pirates CARE team hosted a virtual session with educator, editor, speaker, and writer, Tiana Faye Soto on July 21st, 2021. Jessica Johnson, the wellness case manager, introduced Tiana Soto as the second speaker of the summer series. The first speaker who kicked off the series was mental health counselor Adam-Jon Aparicio, and his session...
by Sebastian Gordon During the summer, PSC pitcher Patrick Halligan (#35) was drafted in the thirteenth round to train and play with Kansas City’s baseball team, Kansas City Royals. Halligan is currently a twenty-one-year-old 6’6 sophomore at PSC. Throughout his baseball career, Halligan has been very successful. In high school, Halligan played baseball for all...
by Sebastian Gordon Recently, a new mental health counselor joined PSC’s Wellness Services. Her name is Rachel Presley. She will be offering Mental Health Counseling on PSC’s Warrington Campus on Thursdays. “Students should expect a calm, understanding environment. People are often nervous when starting therapy. When my clients stick through it and leave therapy, they...
by Sebastian Gordon On June 19th, PSC held its first Juneteenth event. The event was held at the Student Center in Bldg. 5 and Hagler Auditorium on the main campus. It started at 9 AM and extended until 7 PM. Juneteenth is a holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of African American slaves....
by Crystal Duc In the midsts of the recent nationwide increase of new coronavirus cases ushered in by the more contagious Delta variant, Florida now leads the nation with the most COVID-19 infections. With the start of the upcoming school year looming on the horizon, Pensacola State College students, employees, and other Northwest Florida residents...
by Enrique Viveros Billie Eilish released her second studio album, Happier Than Ever, on July 30th. This fifty-six-minute and fifteen seconds album contains sixteen tracks. Leading up to the album’s release Eilish released five out of the sixteen tracks as singles. Lost Cause, NDA, My Future, Therefore I Am, and Your Power. In addition, made...
