A documentary filmmaker who chronicled a Southwest Georgia lynching town’s attempt to kill a black Tampa native in 1960 will speak about the Jim Crow era then and now to highlight Social and Behavioral Sciences Week at the Downtown Center the week after Spring Break. Clennon King, son of a […]
Campus News and Events
Any news or events happening on our ten campuses.
LRMA presents Japanese performance art
To celebrate Women’s History Month, the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College’s Tarpon Springs campus invites the public to take a break at “ArtBreak” on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. This festive event includes refreshments, music, hands-on art activities, gallery guides, a behind-the-scenes museum tour, and […]
Discover your hidden YOU! Support our SPC Chapter of The Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) Fundraiser
PlanetGreen Recycle is our first fundraiser of the year. Recycle your used printer cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, etc. Please contribute by donating items found here: https://planetgreenrecycle.com/what_we_pay_plain_noSubmit.php Our goal is to partially fund members with scholarships, travel and other events for the good of the order. Send donations to Francine […]
Workforce Connections event brings local industry
The annual Workforce Connections event was held at the EpiCenter on Feb. 28. Workforce Connections, a gathering of joint-advisory committee members and local business leaders, informs SPC curriculum and provides jobs and internships for students. Read more about the event here.
More than 100 attend Keys to Manhood seminar
On Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, SPC hosted the seventh Annual Keys to Manhood Seminar at the SPC Allstate Center. The seminar was free and open to the public, and featured Dr. Koco Eaton, an orthopedic surgeon for the Tampa Bay Rays and USF faculty member. With attendees ranging from middle […]
Campus Connections Concert to feature STEM theme
St. Petersburg College’s Wind Ensembles will present an evening of free music featuring science and technology themes at this semester’s Campus Connections Concert: Community Concert Band and Community Wind Symphony. The concert will take place in downtown St. Petersburg at the Palladium, 253 5th Ave N, St. Petersburg, on Thursday, […]
CROP students participate in Engineering EXPO/learn about financial aid
College Reach-Out Program participants participated in a the USF Engineering EXPO on February 15t. Students were exposed to various engineering exhibits and interacted with USF students. The theme of the Expo was “Sea the Future”. CROP students visited exhibits such as Ping Pong Ball Explosion, Smoke Bubbles, and Exploding Gummy […]
Doing Well by Doing Good event shows benefits of volunteering
Students gathered on Feb. 27 to hear a panel of speakers from local non-profit agencies talk about how they turned their volunteer work into careers. Read more about the event on the Public Safety, Public Service, and Legal Studies blog.
CROP students shadow at SP/G Campus
The College Reach-Out Program at SPC collaborated with Student Support Services to give high school students a shadow day experience on February 21 with our St. Petersburg College Gibbs campus. The programs, under the leadership of La Crecia Wright, College Reach-Out Program Coordinator, and George Carbart, Student Support Services (SSS) […]
Rebecca Penneys to hold master class
Renowned pianist Rebecca Penneys will teach a free master class in piano on Saturday, March 9, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the SPC Music Center at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus. This event is open to the public. Read more here.
New Zealand educator and advocate to guest lecture at SPC
Susan Stevenson, executive director of the Freedom Institute of Higher Education (FIHE) in Hamilton, New Zealand, will be a guest lecturer at SPC during the week of March 25-28. Stevenson will be presenting a lecture, which will be open to the public, titled Embracing Global Cultural Differences Through Education – A Pathway […]
Pianist Sean Kennard to perform
American pianist Sean Kennard will perform The Virtuoso Pianist: Music by Chopin and Liszt at the SPC Music Center on Friday March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Kennard has won top prizes in competitions around the world, including the Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium. Pianist Richard Goode described Kennard as “an […]
Tarpon Springs Campus looking to connect with Greek college
SPC’s Tarpon Springs Campus, with the help from Tarpon Springs Mayor Chris Alahouzos, is looking to launch a Sister Schools Partnership with the University of the Aegean in Rhodes. Read more about the partnership here.
Caring for a Loved One? Caregivers Conference Is for You!
Any student or employee of St. Petersburg College who has a responsibility to care for an aging relative may benefit from attending the fifth annual Caregivers Conference at the Seminole campus on Feb. 22. The conference, titled Preparing Caregivers for the Future, is presented by the SPC Institute for Strategic […]