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Press Release from Elizabeth Humphries
This is a media advisory from Gulf Coast State College. For more information, please contact the GCSC marketing department at (850) 872-3822.
- Registration for the Spring 2025 Semester is Open
Registration is open for Gulf Coast State College’s spring 2025 semester. GCSC offers flexible classes, hands-on training, and programs built for in-demand careers, setting our students up for success. Spring classes start January 6, 2025. Start your journey at gulfcoast.edu/admissions.
- Health Sciences Dual Enrollment Academy Hosts Open House this Week
Students in 8th – 12th grades and their parents or guardians are invited to join us for the Health Sciences Dual Enrollment Open House on Thursday, November 21, 2024. Find out how high school students can get a head start on the required courses (prerequisites) needed for GCSC’s health sciences and nursing programs. The open house is free to attend with free food and giveaways during the event. For more information, please visit www.gulfcoast.edu/dual-enrollment.
Open House Details:
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, CST
PC campus, Health Sciences Building
- Get Festive this Holiday with Gulf Coast’s VPA Holiday Concerts
Kick off the holiday season by joining us for GCSC’s Visual and Performing Arts Holiday Concerts on November 22 and 24, 2024. Both events are free to attend and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.gulfcoast.edu/arts.
Concert Schedule:
Jazz Band and Singing Commodores
Friday, November 22, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
PC campus – Amelia Center for the Arts
Concert Chorale and Concert Band
Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
PC campus – Amelia Center for the Arts
- College Closed for Thanksgiving
All Gulf Coast State College campuses will be closed November 28 – December 1, 2024 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
- High School Students Can Apply to GCSC for Free in December
GCSC is offering free applications December 2 – 13, 2024, to all high school seniors in Bay, Gulf, and Franklin counties. Please visit www.gulfcoast.edu/admissions to apply. Contact your school navigator or counselor for any questions.
- GCSC’s Public Safety Program Application Deadlines Approaching
Help save lives and make your community a safer place with a career in public safety! Deadlines for the Fire Academy, Emergency Medical Technician, Law Enforcement, and Corrections are approaching soon. Please visit gulfcoast.edu/publicsafety for more information about our programs.
Receive training in basic life support measures, patient assessment, cardiac arrest skills, oxygen therapy, shock prevention, bandaging, splinting, spinal immobilization, and vehicle extraction.
Deadline to apply: December 6, 2024
Receive extensive classroom and practical training as a first responder to medical emergencies, hazardous materials, tactics, ropes, entry, support, prevention, extinguishers, and other fire-related subjects.
Deadline to apply: December 16, 2024
Receive training to enforce rules and regulations and maintain security inside a jail or prison, including the supervision of inmates, searching for contraband, settling disputes between inmates, and enforcing discipline.
Deadline to apply: January 3, 2025
Receive training in firearms, basic first-aid, defensive tactics, constitutional law, and many other subjects.
Deadline to apply: January 6, 2025
- Join Us for the 17th Annual Cup Show: Form and Function
GCSC’s Visual & Performing Arts Division is hosting its Seventeenth Annual Cup Show: Form and Function. This nationally juried show provides a wide variety of approaches to contemporary ceramics through the lens of the most intimate and accessible vessel, the cup. The central theme of the exhibition is the function and concept of the drinking vessel, including its relation to history, politics, craft, technology, utility, and narrative. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Pavel Amromin at pamromin@gulfcoast.edu or (850) 872.3886.
Exhibit details:
Friday, November 15 through Friday, December 6, 2024
Gallery hours and location: Panama City Campus, Amelia Center Gallery (Room 112)
Monday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., and Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Marisa Weiman
Station Manager of The AlterNation
Marisa is the Station Manager of The AlterNation, a dynamic and student-led HD3 radio station. The station provides students with a platform to hone various skills in radio production, from content creation to broadcasting and audio editing.
