PHSC welcomes board members
NEW PORT RICHEY – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Toni Zetzsche and the reappointment of Gino Collura and Marilyn Pearson-Adams to the Pasco-Hernando State College District Board of Trustees.
Zetzsche will serve as a Pasco County representative. She is the chief communications and community engagement officer for Pasco County Schools. She is a member of the Greater Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Council for Exceptional Children, and the Pasco County Commission on the Status of Women.
Collura is the founder of Big Guava Management. He serves on the Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises Board of Directors and is an advisory board member for the University of South Florida College of Education, the Saint Leo University College of Arts and Sciences and Heroes Adapt. Collura has served on PHSC’s board since 2024.
Pearson-Adams is the owner and broker of Century 21 Alliance Realty in Spring Hill. She is a member of the National, Florida and Hernando County Associations of Realtors and was inducted into the National Association of Realtors Hall of Fame in 2020. Pearson-Adams has served on the board since 2014.
College students can apply for scholarship
TAMPA – Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer invites college students to apply for a scholarship provided by the Florida Supervisors of Elections.
The FSE is offering three $1,200 scholarships to eligible Florida residents who are accepted or enrolled as full-time students in a senior college or university in Florida. Students must also be at least a junior in college, or have enough credits for enrollment as a junior prior to the application date.
Hillsborough County residents must apply through the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office by March 6. Students must be either a political science, public/business administration or journalism/mass communication major. Visit VoteHillsborough.gov/Scholarship or email to learn requirements and how to apply.
Howard joins Victory High Schools
TAMPA – Victory High Schools welcomed Amelia Howard to its team.
Howard will be providing individual and group therapy at the Tampa School.
She is a licensed mental health counselor, qualified supervisor, addictions professional and founder of Soul Purpose Counseling & Consulting PLLC.
She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-informed care, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. She has worked in community-based, nonprofit, managed care and private practice settings.
Her background includes work with the University of South Florida, Metropolitan Ministries and Phoenix House.
Quick Hits
- Denisa Varda, of Lutz, graduated this fall from Troy University in Troy, Alabama.
- Elanah Hardeen, of Odessa, made the president’s list at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia. Students must earn a 4.0 grade point average or better.
- Odessa residents Jillian Abarca, Nicholas DelNegro and Gennaro Scarfogliero made the dean’s list at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia. They earned a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
- Lutz residents Blake Boles and Dylan Heck made the dean’s list at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York. They earned a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
- Riley Hall, of Wesley Chapel, made the president’s list at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Riley is a senior in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Evelyn Randall, of Dade City, made the dean’s honor list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. Evelyn is studying in the School of Human Ecology.