This week’s Shout-outs go to: Liz Mott, Senior Administrative Services Specialist Liz is recognized for providing exceptional customer service on the Perkins and Rapid credentialing grant, offering her administrative expertise and additional support as needed to the programs she supports. She is always looking out to ensure processes and timelines are met,
Awards and Recognitions
At SPC, we are proud of our honors, awards, highlights and mentions in the press bestowed on those associated with the college.
SPC professor publishes book on healthy eating
St. Petersburg College Adjunct Professor Dr. Anya Szigeti believes that one’s body is a temple, so it should be given only the best offerings, and no amount of exercise can overrule bad eating. In her new book, You Can’t Outrun Your Fork, Szigeti addresses proper dietary choices and why they
Cisco honors CCIT professor
St. Petersburg College Professor Dr. Laura Malave, College of Computer Information and Technology Chair, recently became one of only three instructors in the United States to be given the Cybersecurity Champion Award by Cisco. This award recognizes instructors who have reached an impressive number of students and received the warmest
Vote for the Student Success Center
SPC’s new Student Success Center is a nominee for the AIA Tampa Bay 2020 Honor and Design Awards in the People’s Choice category. Let’s win it! Each year, the area’s top architecture firms submit their projects for the award, and Wannemacher Jensen submitted the Student Success Center. Please take a
SPC professor writes and produces play
At a time when Broadway and most theatres are closed, St. Petersburg College Professor Elizabeth Indianos’ play, No Know Nothing, was performed on stage in early October on the Leepa Rattner Museum Stage at SPC’s Tarpon Springs Campus via Impossible Theatre. Audiences were limited to 8-10 members and were socially
Staff Spotlight
This week’s shoutouts go to: Lori Keegan, Materials Management SpecialistLori is recognized for always going out of her way to ensure everything is in order for requests of materials and services, including additional follow up when needed. Lori is a pleasure to work with and provides outstanding customer service. Kimberly Comeau, Manager, PeopleSoft
SPC Director named as 40 Under 40 honoree
SPC’s Director of Recruitment Services Reggie Reed was recently named as one of Tampa Bay’s 40 Under 40 by Tampa Bay Business Journal. The list recognizes locals who have achieved success in their careers and demonstrate a commitment to making Tampa Bay a better place. Reggie is noted for being
SPC grads named Outstanding Emerging Teachers
Pinellas County Schools’ Emerging Teacher of the Year program brings recognition to exemplary teachers in their second or third years of teaching who have demonstrated excellence through representation of the district’s core values. From the Outstanding Emerging Teachers serving in the Pinellas County Schools, two will be selected as the
Cooper wins again!
Theater Director Scott Cooper won the Best Set Design award at the 2020 Theater Tampa Bay Awards last week! Cooper’s winning design was for the set of Morningside, which was performed at Tampa’s Stageworks Theater in February. Read more about Cooper and how his students benefit from his set design
SPC Theater snags Best of the Bay recognition
The St. Petersburg College Theater Department, led by Professor Scott Cooper, was recognized by Creative Loafing in this year’s Best of the Bay competition. The department’s rendition of The Laramie Project, which was performed last October, took second place in the Best Theater Production category. Congratulations to the Theater Department
Comeback Plan video lauded
St. Petersburg College’s COVID-19 Comeback Plan video has been recognized as outstanding by the Disaster Resilient Universities (DRU) Network at the University of Oregon. The DRU Network assists colleges and universities nationwide by providing practitioners a multidisciplinary online platform to leverage their diverse knowledge, expertise and skills on emergency management issues. The
Staff Spotlight
This week’s Shout-outs go to: Robert Samay, Facilities Specialist Robert is recognized for his enthusiasm and positive attitude at HEC. We are short staff in our Facilities department at HEC, and Rob always goes above and beyond to help. He always has a cheerful attitude. Great job, Robert! Elizabeth Rickerman, Senior Administrative Services Specialist
Staff Shoutouts
This week’s Shoutouts go to: Michelle Farren, Administrative Services SpecialistMichelle is recognized for being an amazing, diligent and efficient member of #SPCTeamEMS! She handles all the EMS PSAV classes for both EMT and paramedic, payroll, purchasing, student advising, course creation and she is the cornerstone for all EMS students who have temporarily
Annual scholarship contributions create lasting legacy
When Dell Lunceford watched the Goodwill collection truck drive away with furniture and odds and ends from his late parents’ home, he was saddened to think that was the end of their story. “Here were a couple of people who raised a couple of good kids,” Lunceford said, referring to