We are very excited about PJC becoming

 Pensacola State College!  

           Join us in honoring Sandy Sansing, Namrata Advani and Bill Peters for receiving their Distinguished Alumni Awards from Pensacola State College. 

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L-R: Pensacola State Board of Trustee, John O'Connor, Honored Alumnus, Sandy Sansing, Pensacola State President, Dr. Ed Meadows

Sandy Sansing of Sandy Sansing BMW received the award for Pensacola State College’s Distinguished Alumni for Lifetime Achievement- Community Impact for his long history of community involvement. In addition to his successes in the automotive business, Sandy is involved with myriad of community focused activities including involvement in sponsorship of over 55 little league baseball teams in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, partnerships with WEAR-TV and local nonprofit organizations to support the "Communities Caring at Christmas” and "Cram the Van”, and he is a partner in education with six local schools. Sandy has been a valued member of the Pensacola State Foundation Board and has established the Universal Scholarship "Sansing Scholars" which he generously contributes to each year through the Foundation. Sandy has off-set the cost of college for many students to attend Pensacola State, and for this, we thank you!

L-R: Pensacola State Board of Trustee, John O'Connor, Honored Alumna, Namrata Advani, Pensacola State President, Dr. Ed Meadows

Namrata Advani who was presented the Distinguished Alumni Early Career Achievement Award. Namrata is the Art Director for Lamar Outdoor Advertising where she created and manages an internship program that partners with Pensacola State (Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts) to provide two interns a semester the opportunity to gain hands on experience in the design and advertising world. Namrata is a highly anticipated/desired guest speaker in Pensacola State College classes. Thank you for giving back, Namrata!

L-R: Pensacola State Board of Trustee, John O'Connor, Honored Alumnus, Bill Peters, Pensacola State President, Dr. Ed Meadows

Congratulations to Bill Peters who was honored as Pensacola State College’s Distinguished Alumni for Lifetime Achievement- National Impact. From being a member of the Chorus at Pensacola State to working Mission Control and Engineering for NASA for 24 years, Bill proves you can "Get There from Here”. As Chief Engineer of the Spacelab United States Microgravity Payload, Bill played an instrumental part in the life-saving Mission Control rescue efforts during the 1970 Apollo 13 mishap.

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Please send your nominations (you can nominate yourself) for these Distinguished Alumni awards.  This awards banquet is held every other year so, you have plenty of time to go out and do great things.  Just be sure to come back and share them with us!

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