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Vote for Dollars for Scholars Thrift Store on WEDU's Be More Awards WEDU's Be More People's Choice Poll opens Friday, Nov. 13. Described as the Emmy Awards of the non profit world, this online poll gives you the opportunity to help us spread the word about the Dollars for Scholars Thrift Store. The new thrift store, located on St. Petersburg College's Health Education Center, has raised more than $30,000 for student scholarships from the sale of donated items since they opened their doors in June. In January, $25,000 of it will be awarded to needy students at St. Petersburg College. Get the details of how to cast your votes at WEDU.org and vote between Nov. 13 and Dec. 18 for Dollars for Scholars for the People's Choice Award and Michelle Piccione for the Volunteer Award. Invite your firends and family to cast their vote too. For more information about the Dollars for Scholars Thrift Store, read the recent article in the St. Petersburg Times: Thrift shop at SPC generates jobs, scholarships Regular thrift store hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For holiday shopping, the store will stay open on Fridays until 7 p.m. starting Nov. 27. Use your green to buy green and help fund an SPC scholarship Order your tree or wreath online by Thanksgiving and help Dollars for Scholars Thrift store raise money for student scholarships. Ordering online is easy. Visit www.DutchmanTreeFarms.com and enter our promotion code: DFSSPFL and pick which item(s) you want to buy. Orders will be processed and shipped directly to your home. A portion of the sale will be donated to the Dollars for Scholars Thrift Store. For more information, contact Michelle Piccione at 727-341-3620. New entrepreneurship series kicks off Nov. 19 The Silverberg Entrepreneurial Incubator and SPC College of Technology and Management are sponsoring a five-lecture series on entrepreneurship. The first lecture, Entrepreneurship, the Art of Creating Enterprises, is Thursday, Nov. 19, 7-8:30 p.m., at the SPC EpiCenter. Seating is limited. RSVP to Judy Steeg at 727-791-2743. SPC braces for large influx of veterans As the country celebrates Veterans Day Nov. 11, St. Petersburg College is readying to meet the needs of hundreds of veterans expected to enroll when they return from active duty in the Middle East, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The influx is the largest since the end of World War II and may turn out to be the biggest in U.S. history. SPC already has 885 students enrolled under veterans benefits, and many more are expected to take advantage of new veterans’ educational benefits in the coming months and years. Read more » 2009 Apollo Award winner receives state award
Melinda Thackrah, SPC’s 2009 Apollo Award winner, has won the LeRoy Collins Distinguished Community College Award, presented by the Florida Association of Community Colleges. Thackrah, who was nominated by St. Petersburg College in the category of Against All Odds, will be honored at the 2009 FACC President’s Banquet on Nov. 19 in Orlando. Thackrah came to the college after recovering from a motorcycle accident that led to an 11-week stay at Bayfront Medical Center and one year of rehabilitation. The accident also marked the end of her career as a welder and fabricator. Upon the recommendation of a counselor, Thackrah decided to explore the opportunities offered at SPC. After taking the college placement test, she was invited to enroll in the Honors Interdisciplinary Studies program. “That brought me back to life,” Thackrah said. Once at the college, she became active in Phi Theta Kappa (becoming a member of the Phi Theta Kappa All-Florida Academic Team) and was elected president of the Honors College Student Consortium. Eventually she received the 2008 SPC Honors College Scholar of the Year award. On a whim, Thackrah decided to take a ceramics course. She wasn’t sure if she could succeed in the class because she didn’t have full use of her left hand, but she tried anyway. Her instructors were impressed with her work. “They said, ‘Wow, just think what you could do with two good hands,’” Thackrah said. After taking Ceramics II, her instructors suggested she apply to different summer arts programs. Although she was accepted into two arts programs, she only attended one – the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. She now attends New College of Florida in Sarasota. “I dropped out of school in the 11th grade and was accepted into one of the pre-eminent liberal arts colleges in the country,” Thackrah said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do that without St. Petersburg College and the open-door policy of community colleges. “I often have said that my family and friends helped me survive the accident, but SPC gave me back my life.”
Florida International Museum at St. Petersburg College presents two major exhibitions that explore the art and traditions in contemporary quiltmaking, featuring more than 100 nationally recognized artists and a selection of the best of Pinellas County quilts. Visit the FIM Web site for a preview » UPC sponsors information sessions The University Partnership Center will host an information session Thursday, Nov. 12, 4 to 7 p.m., to describe the more than 100 degree programs it offers together with 16 accredited colleges and universities. The session will be in the lobby of the University Partnership Center building on the Seminole Campus. Program advisors will be on hand to answer questions. Scholarship house ground breaking Nov. 20 SPC and its Foundation, in conjunction with the Educational Foundation of the Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. (BPW), and Business and Professional Women St. Petersburg/Pinellas, will celebrate the ground breaking for the Helen K. Leslie BPW Scholarship House at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at 7001 Burlington Ave. N. (near the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus’ Wellness Center). Named for an SPC Foundation board member who is a BPW past national president and local businesswoman, this two-story, 5,000-square-foot facility will house 17 female students who have demonstrated a financial need and a history of academic and community leadership. The furnished house will include bedrooms, a bathroom for every four women, a communal kitchen and living area and a laundry room. Susan Reiter, Vice President of Facilities Planning & Institutional Services, said the house would offer the first on-campus student housing at SPC. “We are completing phase one development and expect construction to begin after the first of the year,” Reiter said. “Our goal is to have the house completed by August of 2010.” The facility will be the fourth BPW scholarship house in the state. Other such facilities are at Florida State University, Florida Atlantic University and the University of Central Florida. For more information about the scholarship house or to donate to BPW scholarship houses in Florida, visit www.educationfoundationbpwfl.org. Lifelong Learning hosts Boater Safety course Lifelong Learning will hold a state of Florida-approved Boater Safety Class on Nov. 14 at the Seminole Campus, in portable building 604. This one-day, eight-hour classroom and hands-on course meets the requirements for certification of youthful operators of a vessel with 10 HP motors or larger and is a mandatory education class for boating violators. This course also is a great refresher for any boater and may be used for a boater insurance discount credit. Topics include boat types, safety equipment, navigation rules, local charts, waterway markings, knot tying and personal watercraft operation. The course includes an exam and a certificate of completion, which allows the boating violator's immediate resumption of their water activities. Tuition for the class is $35, which includes classroom instruction, hands-on experience, text, certificate of completion, registration with the state of Florida, and a boater ID card. For information or to register, call SPC’s Lifelong Learning department at 727-341-3184. Need your SPC transcripts? Once you complete the form, click "Save" at the bottom of the screen. You will receive a confirmation message that your request was submitted. Update your information with our online tools | |
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