Jessi Bost and Brett Mullis share a loving and supportive relationship that is grounded in family, partnership and service. The couple became friends while serving in the U.S. Navy, working on aircraft in Whidbey Island, Washington. They later fell in love and built a fulfilling civilian life in Englewood, Florida with their daughters, Jules, age … Continued

When Paul Fendrick took a job washing dishes in the cafeteria at what was then Manatee Community College in 1997, he couldn’t have known it would become the start of a nearly three-decade career. Today, Fendrick serves as SCF’s director of facilities management, overseeing the people and projects that keep the College’s campuses operating and … Continued

For six decades, the Neel Performing Arts Center at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) has brought students, artists and audiences together through music, theatre and the performing arts. SCF is celebrating the Neel’s 60th anniversary throughout its 2026-27 performing arts season, honoring the thousands of people who have performed, learned and gathered there since … Continued