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PSC Alumni Spotlight: Mike Ensley

Mike Ensley knows more famous people than you do. It’s a fact.

But Ensley also has helped tens of thousands of Pensacola and Northwest Florida residents meet their pop culture heroes – from actors and musicians to professional wrestlers and authors.

Ensley, a Pensacola State College alumnus, is the founder and CEO of the hugely successful Pensacon comic/pop culture convention, an annual star-studded hootenanny that draws dozens and dozens of celebrities to town each year, along with tens of thousands of paying customers.

The 2022 Pensacon is from Feb. 18-20. Most Pensacon events take place at the Pensacola Bay Center, though some will take place at other venues throughout Pensacola.

Former Pensacola State basketball star Hassani Gravett finishes attention-gaining stint with NBA’s Orlando Magic

When the Orlando Magic’s roster was devastated by COVID-19 in December, the NBA team called on former Pensacola State College basketball star Hassani Gravett to help.

The Magic signed Gravett, a player for the Magic’s G League affiliate the Lakeland Magic, to two 10-day contracts. The first was signed on Dec. 17, 2021, and the second on Dec. 27, 2021. Both contracts have expired and Gravett is back with the Lakeland Magic. Still, Gravett made an impact with the NBA squad.

2021 Pirate Experience with Hall of Fame Ceremony (Live Recording)

See video highlights from the 2021 Pirate Experience and Hall of Fame induction.

It was a Pirate party at Blue Wahoos Stadium as Pensacola State faithful gathered for long-overdue shindig

Dozens of PSC fans, faculty, alumni, coaches and students, along with family members, took over a portion of the right field Winn-Dixie Party Deck on Tuesday for the PSC Alumni and Athletics Night event. It was the first PSC party at a Blue Wahoos game since 2013

Local builder establishes Student Constructors Endowed Scholarship at PSC

Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Local builder Amir Fooladi didn’t put his or his company’s name on the endowed scholarship he established to help Pensacola State College students hoping to enter the construction field. The goal of the PSC Student Constructors Endowed Scholarship isn’t to build the Fooladi name. It’s to help strengthen the College’s…

Scholarship created for Patrice Whitten, who helped cultivate hundreds of scholarships, raise millions for PSC

Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Patrice Whitten has always been a leader at Pensacola State College, even before it was Pensacola State College. As a student at then-Pensacola Junior College in the 1970s, Patrice Whitten – then Patrice Shiver – was president of the Student Government Association, recipient of the Faculty Leadership Award and a…

Pensacola State’s new Gallery Director is PSC, UWF alumnus

Published: 08-04-2021 Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Like many young artists, Jason Pinckard was inspired by cartoons, comic books and video games. As a child, he would draw all the characters he liked to watch and play on video games, from “Mega Man” to “Looney Tunes” characters. His affinity with art would continue at Pace…