Gabe Bullaro, CEO of HCA Florida West Hospital, knows what the institution is investing in with a $50,000 grant to establish a Nurse Explorer Boot Camp on Pensacola State College’s Warrington campus.



It’s an investment in our community and the health of the residents. It’s a job growth investment to bring more young talent into nursing and health care fields.

It also is an investment in the College’s mission to educate, train and ready nurses for immediate entry into the workforce. 

Pensacola State College’s online RN to BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) Program continues to be ranked among the best in the Florida College System, the state and nation by U.S. News and World Report.

In the publication’s “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs 2023 Edition,” the program was ranked third among FCS institutions, 10th among all Florida colleges and universities and 74th in the United States.

The 2021 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Concert Artist Competition Grand Prize winner, Bokyung Byun, will bring her refined musicianship to Pensacola State College next month.

Presented by the College’s Guitar Association, Byun’s performance is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus.

Admission is $11 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, and non-PSC students and $7 for PSC employees. The performance is free for current PSC students and Friends of the Performing Arts members. Tickets are available online.

The 2023 Pensacola State College Finger Style Acoustic Guitar Competition is set for 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 18, in Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium.

The competition is open to all acoustic guitarists who are 18 years old or younger on the date of the competition. Ashmore Auditorium is Building 8 on the Pensacola campus at 1000 College Blvd. There is no application fee.

The first-place winner will receive a $600 cash prize. The second-place winner will be awarded $450. The third-place winner will receive $300.

The competition is closed to the public. Winners will be announced at the Bokyung Byun concert set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Ashmore Fine Arts Auditorium.

If you know contemporary poetry, then you’ll recognize some of the writers in the 2023 literary anthology “Hurricane Review.”

An annual publication of the Pensacola State College English and Communications Department, the 20th edition of the “Hurricane Review” features 26 local, national and international writers whose works were chosen from numerous submissions.