Relishing each moment
At the beginning of this academic year, I informed our District Board of Trustees that this would be my final year as the president of…
Winter 2014-15 - In This Issue
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Closing the gap: New Loxahatchee Groves campus to serve growing west central area
After securing $6 million in legislative funding last year toward construction of the first building, Palm Beach State College is slated to open its fifth campus in Loxahatchee Groves…
A Strong Fabric: How business partners boost student success
If anything defines today’s college students, it’s their goal to graduate with a job, a career-track job. But a good job in a student’s field of interest…
Going for the Gold
Presidential Honors College Scholarship attracts county’s top students Manuela Ceballos graduated from Seminole Ridge Community High School last year with acceptance letters from the University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida Atlantic…
Heart’s Desire: Career Transformations at Palm Beach State
While caring for his father-in-law stricken with Alzheimer’s disease, David Kindred took his first-ever college classes at Palm Beach State. After 20 years in the electrical…
Tech Savvy
STEWART DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD Professors honored for creative use of technology to teach English When Professor Mike Sfiropoulos pauses in his classes to show short clips of…
Collaboration paves way to computer careers
Collaboration makes sense, especially when everyone has the same aim: Increase the number of well-qualified computer professionals in South Florida. Last year, the Florida Board of Governors awarded Florida Atlantic University, Broward…
New programs meet new demands
Palm Beach State College has its ear to the ground. Listening to industry, researching trends and collecting student input are some of the ways that the College…
Yolanda Griffith joins elite ranks of basketball immortality
Former Palm Beach State College basketball powerhouse and Olympic gold medalist Yolanda Griffith has sealed her legacy as one of the greatest in the sport…
Softball shortstop claims All American status
It was no surprise that Soclaina van Gurp, or “Suka” as her teammates call her, excelled in her first year on the Palm Beach State…
Cosmos host to kick off third year of STEAM initiative
When astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson – perhaps the world’s favorite science guru – reached 1 million followers on Twitter in early 2013, he commemorated the…
Panther baseball great ‘Cruz-es’ to major league success
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…
Alumni Success Stories
Charles C. Gableman A.S., A.A., Palm Beach Community College, 1989 & 1990 B.S., Florida Atlantic University Engineering was the clear career choice for Chuck Gableman…