PSC Visual Arts Students
Receive Honors and $23,590 in
Scholarships and Awards
Pensacola State College’s Visual Arts
Department awarded ribbons, plaques and
$23,590 in scholarships and prizes to students
at the 51st Annual Art Student Honors
Ceremony recently.
Photography major Michael Suhor won
the fi rst-ever Best of Show ribbon for his
work, “Time, Light, and Life,” a fi lm-based
medium that transitioned from a positive to
negative to positive image as its light source
changed.
“Creating this piece required a lot of
steps and a lot of work. I feel honored – and
surprised – to get the Best of Show award for
it,” Suhor said.
Judges Choice Awards were presented for:
Print making, drawing, painting –
Nestor Taylor, fi rst; Daniela de Castro
Sucre, second; Stephanie Rosemore, third
Photography – Sally Dupre, fi rst; Nick
Bridges, second; Michael Suhor, third
Jewelry, 3-D, sculpture, glass – Frederick
Lane, fi rst; Cookie Kichler, second;
Dorothy Mozelle, third
Graphic design – Hannah Peltier, fi rst;
Sarah Goolsby, second; Kyle Wilkins, third
Renee Bates received the Visual Arts
Department Scholar award for having the
highest GPA.
Clover Student Art Purchase Awards went
to Renee Bates ($200), Kristian Breeze ($150)
and Catherine Scully ($150). Works by these
students were purchased to remain with
Pensacola State’s permanent art collection.
For more information, contact PSC
Marketing Director Sheila Nichols at
850-484-1428.
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City of Pensacola Awarded
Brownfi eld Grant
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward along
with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) have announced the selection
of the City of Pensacola as one of fi ve
communities in the State of Florida to receive
funding for brownfi eld site revitalization.
The brownfi eld cleanup grant is for local
governments to redevelop vacant and unused
properties, transforming communities
and local economies. The $200,000 grant
will be used for the 35-acre submerged
area of Pensacola Bay which historically
housed commercial piers, an industrial
repair dry dock for commercial ships, and a
railroad freight terminal. It contains more
than 500 creosote-treated poles and is also
contaminated with toxic hydrocarbons. Grant
fund will also be used to support community
outreach activities.
“These grants leverage considerable
infrastructure and other investments,
improving local economies and creating an
environment where jobs can grow,” said EPA
Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Among the local entities that applied for
the grant, the City was the sole recipient.
The award marks the fi rst time that EPA
has approved a grant for the cleanup of
submerged land in its Southeast region.
Lyter Offi cially Sworn in as Chief of
Police
Former Assistant Chief of Police, Tommi
Lyter was sworn in Friday by the Honorable
Amy P. Broderson after 27 years of law
enforcement experience. The swearing-in
ceremony was held at Olive Baptist Church
with many community and city leaders in
attendance.
Tommi Lyter was appointed Chief of Police
by Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward III on
May 11, 2017. He was named Acting Chief
of the Pensacola Police Department on May
6, 2017, one day after the previous Chief of
Police, David Alexander III, retired.
“Tommi has consistently been a
professional both on and off duty,” said
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward. “He is
the prime example of how a strong drive for
success, dedication to your job, and treating
all those around you with the utmost respect,
will lead you to achieve your goals,” Hayward
said. “Pensacola is blessed to have one of the
fi nest, most professional, and most dedicated
police departments in America and I am
proud to see Chief Lyter take the helm.”
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