Ryan Vann’s business is the fast-growing sport of disc golf. And Vann’s business education began at Pensacola State College.
Today, Vann is the owner of Flight Factory, a disc golf store that operates both online and from its brick-and-mortar store on Tippin Avenue near the Pensacola campus. Vann is one of the prime-movers in the Pensacola disc golf scene and not only because of his Flight Factory shop.
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arlita Williams has spent two decades trying to help those who are suffering ─ people in need.
She’s worked at a women’s shelter for domestic violence survivors, as a family assessment worker visiting homes to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect, and as a behavioral health counselor and service coordinator for families in need.
Now, she’s bringing that compassion, concern and expertise to Pensacola State College where she is a new Mental Health Services Specialist ─ a position where she provides mental health counseling to students.
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.
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.
Patrice S. Whitten Scholarship and Student Constructors Scholarship announced, fundraising recaps, Rebecca Merlin spotlight, Board Member focus
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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
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…
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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…