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#StaffSpotlight: Paul Fendrick, Leading Facility Operations and Campus Improvements
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
09-25-2026
State College of Florida Nursing Team Presents Webinar
Integrating the Revised Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Model into Online Curriculum BRADENTON, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2026) — Katie Tinley, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, director of BSN curriculum and instruction at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF), and Diana Pitcher, Ph.D., DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, CCRN, an RN-BSN nursing adjunct instructor at SCF, presented the webinar “Navigating … Continued
09-22-2026
SCF Celebrates 60 Years of the Neel Performing Arts Center
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
09-14-2026
SCF to Present Inferno: SCF Music Faculty on Fire Concert
BRADENTON, Fla. (Sept. 8, 2026) — The State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) Music Program will open its Fall 2026 season with Inferno: SCF Music Faculty on Fire at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.17, at SCF Bradenton, 5840 26th St. W. The concert will be held in the Studio for the Performing Arts Recital Hall, Building … Continued
09-08-2026
State College of Florida to Hold 9/11 Memorial Ceremonies
BRADENTON, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2026) — State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) will host its 9/11 Memorial Ceremonies on Friday, Sept. 11, in remembrance of the lives lost during the attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001. The community is invited to attend. The events will be held from 8:30-9:15 … Continued
09-02-2026
#EveryonesCollege: Meet Rogelio, a Military Veteran Turned an Accounting Student and an Environmental Science Intern
Rogelio Gomez, SCF student When he was younger, Rogelio Gomez considered careers in archeology, zoology or the U.S. Army Special Forces. After growing up in the Manatee-Sarasota area, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps before pursuing higher education. Stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina, Gomez worked as an air traffic … Continued