The qualifying period is over. For Jeff Miller’s Congressional seat, we have eight GOP candidates and only one Democrat: Bydlak, Rebekah Johansen (REP) Dosev, Cris (REP) Evers, Greg (REP) Fairchild, Gary (REP)…
Tag: Studer Community Institute
Maygarden and Sheppard to head SCI board
Jerry Maygarden, former Pensacola mayor and Florida House Majority Leader, has been elected chairman of the board for the Studer Community Institute. The board chairman supports the work of SCI and provides…
Studer: ‘If you change one child’s life, you can change a whole history’ (podcast)
“If you want to make an impact, you can’t try to make an impact on 10 things. You pick one,†Quint Studer said in an interview on News Talk 1370 WCOA’s “Pensacola…
‘How to Build a Child’s Brain’ author coming March 30
One of the best minds in early learning is coming to Pensacola. Dr. Dana Suskind is the founder and director of the Thirty Million Words initiative, a research program at the University…
Pensacola Speaks line-up: Steven Barry, Dr. Jans-Thomas, Rachel Gillette
I will open “Pensacola Speaks” with Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry. We will discuss the latest on Century and the county’s recovery from Monday’s tornado at 5:05 p.m. Around 5:20 p.m., I…
Quint Studer offers free workshop on his first day of retirement
Studer Community Institute sent out this press announcement this morning: Join Quint Studer as he kicks off his first day as a full-time volunteer for the community. Studer Community Institute and WSRE…
Podcasts: Entrepreneurs and Tenors
EntreCon Pensacola and Foo Foo Fest are two weeks away. On “Pensacola Speaks” yesterday, we had Rachael Gillette, Director of Professional Development at the Studer Community Institute, to talk about EntreCon. We…
County employees learn how to achieve excellent customer service
Thirty Escambia County employees are among 235 people attending the Studer Community Institute’s “Achieving Excellent Customer Service: Winning Customers and Keeping them Happy” workshop today. On the SCI website, the institute says…
For betterment of the city: Mayor, investigate tower lease
In a face-to-face interview with Shannon Nickinson of the Studer Community Institute, Mayor Ashton Hayward said he wants to put past mistakes behind him and move city government forward for the betterment…
Hayward fails to put Studer leases on July agenda
Mayor Ashton Hayward isn’t starting off the second half of 2015 much better than the first half. The most talked about new projects for downtown Pensacola are the University of West Florida…
A Better Way to Give debuts at council workshop
A city council workshop was held Monday to discuss the issue of homeless people in Pensacola and how they should be handled. As of right now, there are ordinances that prohibit people…
Education Town Hall tonight
As part of an ongoing series of reports on local education, the Studer Community Institute is hosting a town hall meeting that BlabTV will broadcast live tonight at 8 p.m. The Education…