FBLA team strikes gold
NEW PORT RICHEY – Pasco-Hernando State College’s Future Business Leaders of America won multiple awards and placed in several competitions at the State Leadership Conference on March 20 to 23 in Orlando.
PHSC’s FBLA team won key awards:
- Pasco-Hernando State College won Chapter of the Year and Gold Seal Recipient.
- West Campus Advisor Curtis Scaglione won Adviser of the Year.
- Emmalise Feliciano won the Whose Who, Rob Kelleher Scholar Award.
- Krista Knowles won the Christopher Heider Scholar.
Several students also placed in competitions:
- Emmalise Feliciano, Caleb Grossenbacher and Kiara Carlos won state of the chapter.
- Kevin Backitis placed second in computer applications and cybersecurity.
- Emmalise Feliciano placed second in future business leaders executive.
- Matthew Gerlack placed third in computer applications.
- Krista Knowles placed second in business communications.
- Isabella Vullo placed fourth in job interviews.
- Michael Widman placed second in impromptu speaking and fourth in organizational leadership and management.
“So many students in technology, business, accounting and public speaking categories do especially well, year after year,” said Curtis Scaglione, FBLA club advisor for West Campus and assistant professor for information technology programs at PHSC. “A lot of this is the hard work and dedication of our students, but a part of their journey is the amazing faculty they interact with and learn from. It’s no wonder both Misty Price and Danita have been named Katherine M. Johnson Excellence in Teaching honorees. As Dr. Pisors often reminds us, what is most important is what happens in the classroom, and we begin to see that idea and spirit spread in moments like these.”
PHSC hosting art exhibit
SPRING HILL – Pasco-Hernando State College is hosting a student-led exhibit with the theme of student identity and growth.
“The Creative Roots: Cultivating Personal Meaning” exhibit features students of Julie Lovero-Fox, an adjunct art instructor who’s been with PHSC for nearly 20 years.
Students were asked to explore and visually express how individuals shape and reshape their identities over time, influenced by their surroundings, experiences and inner desires.
Catch the exhibit from noon to 7 p.m. April 24 in the Rao Musunuru, M.D. Conference Center at Spring Hill Campus, 450 Beverly Court, Spring Hill.
Students join Phi Kappa Phi
BATON ROUGE – The following people recently were elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi:
- Tyler Tyson of Lutz, at University of Florida.
- Zoe Poulsen of Lutz, at The University of Alabama.
They are among 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.
Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10% of seniors, 7.5% of juniors and 10% of graduate students are eligible for membership.
Quick Hits
- Pasco County Schools has been recognizing assistant principals from various schools on social media in honor of Assistant Principals Week. The district is also recognizing April as Autism Awareness Month.
- Quail Hollow Elementary School was scheduled to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a celebration open to the community. Festivities included an art show, ice cream social and rock painting.
