Louisiana native and Pensacola State College alumna Carolyn Lungaro has been cooking gumbo for decades. The Spring 2022 PSC culinary management grad recently showcased her skills in the Pensacola Gumbo Cookoff held April 22. Lungaro won first place in showmanship and second place in judges voting for her Mama C’s Cajun Cookin’ Chicken and Sausage…
Khaliah Williams’ new job is an important one that will improve the lives of Escambia County’s most vulnerable and those in need. On March 20, Williams, a Pensacola State College alumna, started work as an office assistant for the UF/IFAS Extension Escambia County. She is assigned to the Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program…
Why not a Pensacola State College Homecoming? Why did we ever stop? The College is bringing back some old Pirate swagger with a Homecoming 2023 celebration complete with tailgate parties, sporting events, aerial basketball performers, a White Out Glow Dance Party, a Homecoming Court and the crowning of a Homecoming King and Queen. It will…
Pensacola State supporter and advocate Mary Hoxeng was bestowed an honorary Bachelor of Arts in Humane Letters degree from the College in October. The College’s District Board Trustees Chairman Dr. Troy Tippett and President Ed Meadows presented Hoxeng with the honorary degree and a proclamation during the Oct. 18, 2022, board meeting on the Warrington…
You don’t have to be a Pensacola State College math major to know that 50 percent off any price equals big savings. The third annual PSC/J.C. Penney “Suit-Up” event will be held 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at the JC Penney in University Town Plaza at 7171 N. Davis Highway. PSC students, administrators, faculty, staff…
A half million dollars is a bunch of money. And at Pensacola State College, one of the consistently affordable colleges in the nation, that $500,000 goes a long way. Pensacola business icon Sandy Sansing has donated over $500,000 in scholarships to more than 1,100 PSC students since starting a scholarship at the College in 2002.…
It was another reminder that their beloved Carla Williams was gone. Still, the family of the Pensacola State College Pirate legend knew they had to walk through the pain. After all, they and so many others were walking to raise awareness about the trauma and tragedy of domestic violence and raise scholarship funds in Williams’…
Bill Davis’ brisket is so good he doesn’t fancy it up with much. “Just salt and pepper” and then cook low and slow for about 13 hours. Not everything that Davis serves in his Texan B’s BBQ food truck is so simple and minimalistic. His pork has a more involved rub. His barbecue sauce? It’s…
PSC alumna Kristian Breeze During spring break 2018, Kristian Breeze and her partner took a road trip to New Mexico. One of the must-see stops for Breeze, a Pensacola State College graphic design student at the time, was the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. The museum celebrates one of the country’s most significant artists,…
The five honorees recognized at the Pensacola State College Distinguished Alumni Association Awards Gala on Saturday, June 11, have not only made the College better. They have improved their communities as well.
“This event celebrated the achievement of outstanding individuals,” said Hailey Lotz, PSC Executive Director or Development, Alumni and Athletics. “It was about our heritage and history. We gathered to recognize greatness and honor individuals who have shown dedication to a higher purpose.”