The art gallery at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth campus will host an exhibition showcasing student artwork beginning May 3.
An opening reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. May 5, and the works will be on display until June 2. There will be awards granted to select pieces within the show, and the winners will be announced during the reception. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. … Continue reading Exhibit to feature art across the spectrum
From Contact magazine, Winter 2014-15
Lake Worth’s Arnoldi Anthony “Tony” Cruz says baseball has been his whole life since he first began playing 23 years ago at age 5.
Just eight years ago he was playing baseball for then Palm Beach Community College, where he was a First-Team All-Conference Player. From there, his boyhood dream came true, when he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals organization. After four years of hard work at the minor league level, … Continue reading Panther baseball great ‘Cruz-es’ to major league success
On the final day of the 2014 legislative session, Florida’s lawmakers have passed HB 851, providing a waiver of out-of-state tuition fees for public higher education for students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes.
The bill, which Gov. Rick Scott has publicly supported, is similar to previous ones which several colleges in the Florida College System have pushed for since 2002. To qualify, students must have attended a secondary school in this state for three consecutive years immediately before graduating from a Florida high school, … Continue reading College praises legislation benefiting immigrant students
