Obama Begins “The Campaign” Adriana Dueck The Corsair Last night in his State of the Union address President Barack Obama made his first public start on the long journey of “The Campaign.” He highlighted his efficiency in foreign policy; the U.S. has ended the war in Iraq and for the first time in 10 years...
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Pensacola State College a top destination for military veterans
Drexel Cotton The Corsair Pensacola State College student Billy Williams was in the U. S. Navy for 23 years. When he retired two years ago, it was tough for him to find work. “There aren’t many jobs for what I did in the Navy. I was a boatswain’s mate,” said Williams. Williams decided the time...
College expands to South Santa Rosa County
Adora Goff The Corsair In Gulf Breeze, a new addition to Pensacola State College is opening in January of 2012. The South Santa Rosa Center is being constructed off Nantahala Beach Road in Midway. According to a press release from the college, the architectural firm of Bullock Tice Associates Inc. and Greenhut Construction Co. Inc....
Milton Campus experiences growth
Stephen Harwick The Corsair Pensacola State College’s Milton campus is expanding in great length. With a student’s first approach, Dean Anthea Amos is creating a wonderfully comfortable learning environment for the campus’ growing student body. With the constantly increasing number of high school dual enrollment students and the numbers of continuing education students on the...
PSC pilots Speaker’s Bureau program
Shauna Cook The Corsair Pensacola State College has introduced a new Speaker’s Bureau to the greater Pensacola community presenting speakers on a wide range of topics. “We began the process a couple years ago to put it together,” said Thom Botsford, head of English and Communications Department. “It took us about half a year to...
Students establish science tutoring lab on Milton campus
Stephen Harwick The Corsair Work is under way to establish a science tutoring lab at Pensacola State College’s Milton campus, thanks to the hard work of two students. Tom Hunt, pre-med/EMT major, and Robert Czikalla, pre-med/biology major, saw a big need and have spent many hours lobbying to have the learning lab established, although it...
Library sets new food policy
Drexel Gilbert The Corsair Better plan on studying – not snacking – in Pensacola State College’s Edward M. Chadbourne Library following a new policy that limits the type of food and drinks allowed in the facility. The new rules, established last summer, were necessary because many students were taking advantage of a more liberal approach...
Degree in dispute
Tim Ajmani The Corsair The fate of a former Pensacola State College professor will be decided by Nov. 14 after an arbitration hearing was held last month to appeal the termination of Robert Michael Ardis. Ardis, a tenured criminal justice professor, was suspended December 2010 without pay for presenting the college with a master’s degree...
Pensacola State College remembers 9/11
A-mila West The Corsair Sept. 11, 2001 marked the ten year anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001. This terrible day in history will never be forgotten and students and faculty at Pensacola State College express their feelings and remembrance. “I was in the 8th grade and I...
Arbitration hearing concludes for former faculty member
Tim Ajmani – The Corsair The arbitration hearing for former Pensacola State College Employee, Robert Michael Ardis, was held last week from Aug. 29-31 at the Pensacola campus. Ardis was suspended without pay in December, 2010 year amid allegations that he presented the college with a degree from a non-accredited institution that he claimed to...