This is the way it’s supposed to be. This is the grand plan fulfilled.

Sixteen Pensacola State College student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent on Friday, April 29, committing to play and study at colleges and universities that range from NAIA schools to Division 1 programs.

PSC Graphic Arts students, from left, Danny Nguyen, Jacey Lynn Bowden, Lindsi Hicks at the 2022 ADDY Awards ceremony in Orlando. 

Nursing is a noble and honorable profession ─ but it’s not for everyone. Even nurses will tell you that.

Danny Nguyen started at Pensacola State College as a nursing student, but it just wasn’t a good fit. Instead, he enrolled in the College’s Visual Arts Program and has blossomed as a graphic design artist.

In fact, Nguyen won a Gold Award and two Silver Awards at the American Advertising Federation District 4 Awards competition held April 22 in Orlando. District 4 includes colleges and universities in Florida and the Caribbean.

Jermel Kidd has been practicing his classical piano chops for hours each day preparing for an audition that will propel him forward.

On Friday, May 5, Kidd, a Pensacola State College piano student, will audition for faculty from the University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music. Kidd, 38, is hoping to earn acceptance and a scholarship.

“I’ve been practicing for about eight hours a day,’’ said Kidd, a former police officer who is music director for Transformation Church on Mobile Highway.

2022 Cantonment Rotary Scholarship recipients.

More than 30 Pensacola State College stellar students received a share of $40,000 in Cantonment Rotary Club scholarships on Wednesday, April 27.

The total award was the largest the Cantonment Rotary Club has given to PSC students, said Ray Asherfeld, Cantonment Rotary Club Foundation chairman. Since 1991, the Rotary Club has provided $62,253.25 in scholarships to 150 to 200 PSC students.