by Sebastian Gordon Recently, the largest measured and recorded Heritage Oak Tree in Escambia County has been placed under attack. The Development Review Committee approved it to be cut down to expand the A+ Storage facility on 6155 N. Palafox Street. The tree sits at the back of a .56 acre vacant lot recently purchased...
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Students share poetry
By Brian Smith You stand at the front of the audience, sweat building on your palms, the audience is quiet as they wait for you to build up the nerves and begin your speech. On September 24, students experienced this situation during the Poetry Reading event put on by the Pensacola State College...
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PSC’s Got Talent!
By Sarah Richards Eleven contestants participated in PSC’s Got Talent!, sponsored by Student Activities and put on by the Assistant Coordinator of Student Engagement & Leadership, Jessi Brown. Abigail Bott won first place for her rendition of “I’d Rather Be Me” (featured in the original Broadway cast of Mean Girls, sang by Barrett Wilbert Weed)....
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Improve health, wellness, with Fitt and Well Club
By Rachel Giordano Pensacola State College (PSC) offers more than just classrooms, studying and homework. It offers fitness and wellness, too, if you’re willing to have fun. The Fitt and Well Club at PSC is sponsoring a new activity called “Tuesdays at 2, Try Something New.” It gives students...
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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...
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Night Sky at PSC
By: Jennifer Brandon K-12 public school students of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are offered a glimpse into the night sky, and an opportunity to make friends with the stars at Pensacola State College (PSC). PSC’s 40-foot Planetarium and Space Theater has a high-definition full-dome video system that offers 17 different shows such as...
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Competition for your brain: PJC hosts regional math tournament
Lindsey Chavers Published: January 24, 2006 Having to do math on a weekend, with no calculators, would not even be an option for most people. But for the 400 high school and middle school students who attended the Region 1 Mu Alpha Theta math tournament at the PJC Milton Campus on Jan. 13, it was...
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Overdue renovations made to PJC Health Center
Katie Coseo Published: January 24, 2006 There are boxes stacked up against the wall that have yet to be unpacked in the lobby of the Pensacola campus clinic. But the news is that there is a lobby at all. “This used to be all outside,” RN Judy Harrington said. The clinic, run by Harrington, has...
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New Board of Trustees members possible
Ricky Di Williams Published: January 24, 2006 Governor Charlie Crist withdrew 283 gubernatorial appointments when he took office a couple of weeks ago. Four of the names on the withdrawal docket are members of PJC’s Board of Trustees; Chairwoman Dona Usry, Celeste Norris, Deidre Young, and Harry Miller Caldwell. The other five members, Vincent R....