Michael Coleman at the piano.

Pensacola State College adjunct music instructor Michael Coleman wowed judges in Vienna with his piano composition “Room 857.”

But he might have put a little scare into a PSC public safety officer or two back in the day when he was composing the moody, sometimes jarring piece in Room 857 of Building 8 – Ashmore Fine Arts Center, a building which has a reputation of being a little spooky.

Listen to "Room 857" here.

From left, Charlie Sherrill, Jimmy Stapleton, Carla Downs, Laura Hill, Mikenzie Francis, Robbie Rawls, Courtney Reed, Sophie Knott and Andrea Krieger.

SouthState Bank strives to help and support the residents and the communities it serves.

Furthering that commitment, SouthState Bank’s donated $2,500 to Pensacola State College Foundation’s Nonprofit Center for Excellence and Philanthropy on Thursday, July 14.

The Nonprofit Center strengthens nonprofit and philanthropic organizations by providing education, training and management to support and help expand the organizations’ influence.

Mitzie Sowell, PSC Health Sciences Department Head, center, speaks with Lilly Berg, right, and her mother Cate Berg at the Warrington campus Open House held Tuesday, July 19. The Bergs are from Huntsville, Alabama.

It’s more than a five-hour drive from Huntsville, Alabama – Rocket City, USA – to Pensacola State College’s Warrington campus, a small but serene and welcoming site nestling the Jones Swamp Wetland Preserve and Nature Trail.

But the drive was worth it for Huntsville resident Lily Berg and her mother, Cate Berg, who made the trip to attend the PSC Pirate Open House at the Warrington campus on Tuesday, July 19. (Lily even won a swanky PSC beach towel for making the longest journey to attend the Open House).

Guests JP Whibss and Rachael Whibbs peruse the culinary selection at this year's Garde Manger.

April Huffman has been a Pensacola State College Culinary Program student for three years. She’s received scholarships since her second semester. If she didn’t, Huffman admits she probably wouldn’t still be a student.

Huffman was one the talented PSC students who prepared scrumptious and elegantly-presented small dishes for friends and supporters of the College at the annual Garde Manger Celebration held Wednesday, July 20, in the Pensacola campus Delaino Student Center.

Garde Manger is an annual celebration when the College gives thanks to those who help fund scholarships, support faculty professional development and contribute financial support and services for infrastructure.

Pace High graduate Anna Catherine Morgan, left, and Bruno DeSilva of Gulf Breeze High School are the leads for PSC’s 31^st Summer High School Onstage Workshop’s production of “All Shook Up.”

The cultural flame lit by Elvis Presley has never been extinguished, even 45 years after his death. Still, that flame hasn’t burned this bright for years.

A new generation has discovered the music of the heralded “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” largely due to the new acclaimed Baz Luhrmann film, “Elvis.” Some talented members of this young generation will perform some of Presley’s best-known music in the jukebox musical, “All Shook Up,’’ which is the 2022 PSC Summer High School Onstage Workshop Production, July 22-24 and July 29-31 in the Ashmore Auditorium on the Pensacola campus.