St. Petersburg College remained a community of care during a global pandemic, while quickly transitioning thousands of students into a thriving, online collegiate experience, SPC President Dr. Tonjua Williams said during a Greater Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon last…
This month, St. Petersburg College celebrated its 142nd commencement ceremony virtually and campus grad walks. For the Spring 2021 term, the college awarded 2,168 degrees and certificates. The youngest graduate was 17 years old, the oldest was 76 years old…
Higher education has traditionally been the fuel that mobilizes communities toward a hopeful future. Community colleges in particular have been historically rooted in the need to remove social and economic barriers to post-secondary education in underserved regions. They are uniquely designed to offer affordable opportunities for students seeking pathways to stable employment.
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is known to be the voice of America’s community colleges. They represent and advocate for nearly 1,200 associate-degree granting institutions and their students, whose combined enrollment tops over 12 million students—almost half of…
St. Petersburg’s community leaders kicked off Community College Month by welcoming SPC President Dr. Tonjua Williams to the downtown family. The college hosted a ribbon cutting on April 5 to celebrate the relocation of its headquarters. It was previously in…
St. Petersburg College is an inclusive community, where we value and respect the lives of people of all ethnicities, races and religions. Let’s ask ourselves what we can do to bring about effective change and support our AAPI community and other communities that are underrepresented and facing oppression.
“It’s been a long time coming.” A phrase often used over the past year. Especially as our community strived to overcome one of the most challenging years with the global pandemic and much more. In an effort to bring the…
Over the last year, a lot has changed in our world, community and at St. Petersburg College.
SPC was able to plan a socially-distanced celebration for recent graduates that President Williams and college leadership participated in.
As a community cornerstone, St. Petersburg College is working to ensure that the learning environment provided for students is an equitable one. One effort on the college’s behalf was an in-depth examination of its own culture. It was had at…