Editor’s Note: Katie Snyder, a Bari-Saxophone player in the PSC Wind Ensemble, was the recipient of a PSC Performing Arts Scholarship. Here, she pens a heartfelt thank you, as well as a tribute to a favorite instructor, Don Snowden, who is retiring this month as head of the PSC Performing Arts Department. Dear Mr. Snowden,…
Dear Donor, We hope you are ok! At Pensacola State College, you and your family are in our thoughts. We hope you are healthy and safe during these difficult times. We would love to hear from you and welcome your call, email and/or questions. Since you have been such a strong supporter, we want you to know how…
Troy Moon, Pensacola State College When the Legacy Worship League began singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” the older folks in the crowd began standing first, recognizing the familiar strains of the song that is referred to as “The Black National Anthem.” But soon, every person in the packed Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio…
Couple’s support of college goes beyond major $100,000 gift By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Dona and Milton Usry came from Oklahoma to Pensacola in 1986 and Pensacola State College – and Northwest Florida – found lifelong friends and supporters. The couple’s support of PSC is substantial and inspiring – and not solely because of…
Education gift bears former state Sen. John Broxson’s name By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Once known for bringing in some of the nation’s leading speakers and public figures, the Panhandle Tiger Bay Club is no more, having merged with the University of West Florida Downtown Lecture Series in early November. But the club’s legacy…
By Mary Mabins, Pensacola State College “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” — “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri Robinson Honors Program Scholars recently gifted the world to students at the Pajwenda Primary School in Uganda. For its 2019 service project, Pensacola State College’s Robinson Honors Program collected 1,326 books…
By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Penelope Burk literally wrote the book on fundraising. Actually, she’s written a few. The nationally-recognized fundraising consultant and researcher brought her decades of experience to the inaugural Nonprofit Center For Excellence and Philanthropy at Pensacola State Summit on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 on the Pensacola campus. “We’re going…
More than $12,000 was raised at the Rotary Club of Navarre Pancake Breakfast on Oct. 12, thanks in part to a slate of sponsors that included Pensacola State College’s Marjan Mazza Business and Management Program. Mazza, a member of the PSC Board of Governors, personally sponsored the PSC logo, featuring the banner for her program,…
By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College In 2018, Jan Miller – friend to the Pensacola Opera, Pace Center for Girls, Ronald McDonald House of Northwest Florida and so many other organizations – was named Philanthropist of the year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of West Florida. Her husband, Ron Miller, isn’t too shabby in…
Endowment fund principal is now more than $300,000 By Troy Moon, Pensacola State College Pensacola State students served up a wee bit of Irish food and flavor at a reception last week for family, friends and supporters of the College’s Culinary Arts Program. But the main course was two donations that will grow the Molly McGuire…