The U.S. Department of Education has released its annual college scorecard. Virginia College-Pensacola campus didn’t fare too well. It has the highest average annual cost ($18,211) and the lowest salary after attending…
Tag: Northwest Florida State College
UWF, state colleges partner to recruit more math and science teachers
Press release: Educators, business leaders and public officials have collaborated across counties in recent years to address what many have called a critical shortage of technical workers. Now, a coalition of Northwest…
Richburg challenges firing
The president of Northwest Florida State College, Bob Richburg, is challenging his firing—claiming that the board committed a breach of contract when it fired Richburg on April 28. Richburg has been charged…
College board meets to discuss status of Richburg
The Board of Trustees of Northwest Florida State College meets today to discuss the status of its college president, Bob Richburg. Richburg was recently indicted by a Tallahassee grand jury. He has…
Crist: College should return $6M
According to Miami Herald, Gov. Charlie Crist wants Northwest Florida State College to return $6 million in taxpayer money for an airport project at the core of criminal charges against the college…
NWFSC president violated Sunshine Law
The daily newspaper is reporting that a Leon County grand jury is convening to investigate possible Sunshine Law violations by Rep. Ray Sansom, former Speaker of the Florida House. I think the…
Trustees respond to Attorney General
The Board of Trustees of Northwest Florida State College have sent a letter to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum on its March 2008 meeting with State Rep. Ray Sansom in Tallahassee. In…
Richburg/Sansom meeting not public
The St. Pete Times reports today the March 2008 “public” meeting between State Rep. Ray Sansom and Northwest Florida State College president Bob Richburg and his board was held at a private,…
Sansom resigns from college
Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom has resigned from his vice president position at Northwest Florida State College. This is the statement that he read to the House: ” Members, before we get…
Sansom BFF with new boss
The Miami Herald reports that Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom took direction from his new boss, Northwest Florida State College president Bob Richburg. Sansom’s mission deliver a $122.5 wish list to the…
Sansom bumper stickers
Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom deserves a bumper sticker to honor his special relationship with Northwest Florida State College. Here are a few suggestions: Got state funds? Got job! Honk, if you…
NWFSC loves Sansom, not Gaetz
“I have never been invited to a meeting of the Northwest Florida State College board of directors in my life.”—my favorite from today’s Daily News article on a special meeting the Board…
Sansom still in trouble
St. Pete Times reports this morning that Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom did more than help his new employer, Northwest Florida State College. Sansom also got his friend and campaign contributor, Jay…
Few more facts about Sansom’s college job
The St. Petersburg Times has been reporting more details on House Speaker Ray Sansom’s new job at Northwest Florida State College. Sansom will be paid $110,000 — nearly $25,000 more than his…
Call for Sansom to resign
Florida Democrats are calling for Ray Sansom to resign either from Northwest Florida State College or the Florida House speaker. Press release: Today Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman called on Speaker…
St. Pete Times on Ray Sansom
Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom isn’t getting off easy when it comes to new VP job at Northwest Florida State College. The St. Petersburg Times reports that the school had snagged $25.5-million,…
Common Cause questions Sansom hiring
The Daily News reports that Common Cause Florida, a political watchdog group, see House Speaker Ray Sansom’s new $110,000-a-year job at Northwest Florida State College as potential conflict of interest. “There’s a…
BTW…
Northwest Florida State College, formerly Okaloosa-Walton Community College, has the Bo Johnson Fitness Center. What building will Ray Sansom have named after him?
Press release: Sansom takes new job
Press Release from Northwest Florida State College: NICEVILLE–Ray Sansom, an Okaloosa County native who attended Okaloosa-Walton Junior College as a student in the 1980’s, will be returning officially to the school —…
From It Smells Dept: Speaker Sansom gets college vp job
Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom is the VP of Planning and Development for Northwest Florida State College. The job pays $110,000 per year. Duties: 1) Oversight of the college foundation 2) Development…