SPC President Tonjua Williams was the keynote speaker at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic’s annual Hunger Free event on Oct. 6 at The Coliseum, where local leaders and community members gathered to bring awareness of hunger in Pinellas County. For Williams, the cause is close to her heart.
With the recent devastation caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, SPC President Tonjua Williams has decided that the college will offer in-state tuition rates to displaced students from Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Houston area.
Local leaders, students, faculty and college officials recently celebrated the groundbreaking for SPC’s new Student Success Center on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus. The state-of-the-art center will replace the 80-year-old administration center, which was demolished due to its age.
Dr. Tonjua Williams was named the 2017 Businesswoman of the Year in the Government/Nonprofit category by the Tampa Bay Business Journal (TBBJ) on Friday, Aug. 11.
The appointment of Dr. Tonjua Williams to SPC’s Presidency drew plenty of congratulations and shares on Twitter.
Tonjua Williams, Ph.D. was named President of St. Petersburg College in a unanimous decision of SPC’s Board of Trustees on May 31, 2017. Williams had previously served as Sr. Vice President of Student Services at St. Petersburg College since 2013…