Eighteen Pensacola State College graphic design and photography students won a total of 69 ADDY Awards at the 2023 Pensacola American Advertising Federation Awards Gala held Feb. 10 at the Hilton Pensacola Beach. 

Four Pensacola State College employees – Stephanie Denmark, Mikenzie Francis, Obi Kalu and Hailey Lotz ─ were selected InWeekly 2023 Rising Stars. Denmark is the Registrar. Francis is the Director of Foundation Scholarship, Institutional Development. Kalu is a TRIO EOC Specialist. Lotz is the Executive Director for Development, Alumni and Athletics.

There's still time to vote for your favorite photograph in the annual Pensacola State College Sunset Photography Contest. Five PSC students have submitted 13 photos that are now on display at Jaco's Bayfront Bar & Grille, which sponsors the contest and is a longtime supporter of the PSC Photography program. 

Children are often asked what they want to be when they grow up. But sadly, only some of us end up working in the profession we envisioned as kids.

Well, Chris Gustin did.



“In sixth grade, we were asked what we wanted to be when we grew up,” Gustin said. “I wrote 'pottery man.'''