12-Week Classes at PBSC
The 12-week courses at Palm Beach State College will begin on the week of September 28th. Register today to reserve your seats in the following departments.
History of PBSC
Establishing Florida's first public two-year college in the depths of the Great Depression may have seemed like folly in 1933. Large government expenditures were out of the question. Still, civic organizations and local citizens lobbied the County Board of Public Instruction to open a two-year public college for the area's high school graduates who were unable to find employment and couldn't afford to leave home to attend a university.
County School Superintendent Joe Youngblood and Howell Watkins, principal of Palm Beach High School, consulted with the University of Florida and the Florida State Women's College (Florida State University) and based the College's curriculum on that of the two universities. Because of the Depression-era budget, teachers at Palm Beach High School volunteered to teach at the College for free.
A total of 41 students began classes on Nov. 14, 1933, at the new Palm Beach Junior College adjacent to the high school in downtown West Palm Beach. Youngblood and Watkins (the first dean of the College) founded and nurtured the fledgling institution until John I. Leonard became its first president in 1936. Leonard was affectionately known as "Mr. Junior College" because of his dedication to the students, the College and the two-year college system.
By 1948, the College had outgrown its original building and moved to Morrison Field, a retired Air Force base used in World War II, where the library was housed in a vast airplane hangar and the Officer's Club became the perfect Student Union Building. Just three years later, though, the Korean Conflict erupted, and Morrison Field was reactivated. The air base later became Palm Beach International Airport.
In 1951 Palm Beach Junior College moved yet again, to Lake Park Town Hall, where the quarters were so cramped students had to be turned away, and enrollment dropped significantly to less than 200. Chemistry class was held in the jail. The local media dubbed it "the little orphan college," but the Lake Park location is remembered fondly by its alumni for the camaraderie that existed there. Master English and Speech Professor Watson B. Duncan taught classes in the nearby church and even in the hallway.
Almost five years later the Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach County donated 114 acres in Lake Worth to the College, and the state gave PBJC $1 million for buildings. The College finally had a permanent home. Harold C. Manor, Ph.D., became president in 1958 directing extraordinary growth in enrollment, services and offerings, including many technical and vocational programs.
In 1965, the state legislature ordered that black and white two-year colleges be merged, and the mostly white Palm Beach Junior College and the all-black Roosevelt Junior College became one. Six professors and staff members from Roosevelt were transferred to PBJC, and other faculty members were transferred to the school district.
In the 1970s and 80s the College established satellite centers, then permanent locations in Belle Glade, Palm Beach Gardens and Boca Raton. Edward M. Eissey, Ph.D., president from 1978 to 1996, was the driving force behind the building boom and the name change to Palm Beach Community College in 1988.
Dennis P. Gallon, Ph.D., served as president for 18 years, beginning in 1997. Dr. Gallon expanded the College’s comprehensive mission with more workforce education programs and expanded business and industry partnerships. In 2008, the College received State Board of Education approval to offer its first baccalaureate degree, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management. Upper-level courses in this degree program began in 2009, and the College was renamed Palm Beach State College in 2010 to reflect its expanded educational offerings.
Ava L. Parker, J.D., became Palm Beach State College’s first woman president in 2015.
"Contact Us" at PBSC
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PBSC Fall 2020 Class Schedules
Greetings! This post pertains to courses being offered at PBSC for the Fall 2020 semester. Classes begin in August/September but are subject to cancellations in the event of low enrollment. For more information please see the class schedules below. Click here to start the registration process.
An afternoon with Aaron Draplin
The Super Bowl isn't the only thing that's happening this Sunday. Come and attend this free event with renowned graphic designer Aaron Draplin at the Davie Campus of Florida Atlantic University.
Drawing Supplies
Start off the year with a brand new art kit for your drawing classes at Palm Beach State College. Student financial aid accepted!
Uncovering Hidden Sales Objectives
Salespeople know or quickly learn that the key to any sale is filling their customers' needs...or at least convincing the customer that they can fulfill those needs. In order to get to that point, however, they may have to handle a series of objections, of which price is only one (though perhaps one that comes up more often than others). In order to confront these objections, they must be identified. Needless to say, not every buyer is blithely ready to volunteer the real reasons why he's unwilling to switch vendors (or reveal the magic words that will win his business).
So successful salespeople have developed detailed routines to elicit hidden objections -- the unstated but real obstacles they must overcome to win the account. You must follow their lead. After all, you can't eliminate an objection you don't even know about.
So successful salespeople have developed detailed routines to elicit hidden objections -- the unstated but real obstacles they must overcome to win the account. You must follow their lead. After all, you can't eliminate an objection you don't even know about.
SYAP 2019 Open House Event
Gather around for a day of fun at the open house event for the Summer Youth Arts Program! Meet the teachers and take a tour of the facilities!
2019 PB Parenting Camp Expo
Come and visit the Summer Youth Arts Program at the Palm Beach Parenting Camp Expo, located in the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium on Sunday, April 28, 2019. Bring your kids too!
NASA: "Hidden Figures"
Dr. Christine Mann Darden, a “hidden figure” who was featured in Margot Lee Shetterly’s 2016 book, retired from NASA Langley Research Center in 2007 after 40 years of service. As a member of NASA’s Senior Executive Service, her final assignment at Langley was as Director of the Office of Strategic Communications and Education (OSCE). Darden also previously served as Director of the Aero Performing Center Program Management Office (APCPMO), as a Senior Program Manager in NASA's High-Speed Research (HSR) Program Office, and for nearly 30 years as an internationally known researcher in high-speed aerodynamics and sonic boom minimization research. Prior to her NASA career, she taught high school mathematics.
Darden is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a Past Secretary of its Technical Committee on Aero-acoustics. She has also held membership in several honor or technical societies.
During her NASA career, Darden authored over 57 technical papers and articles, primarily in the areas of sonic boom prediction, sonic boom minimization, and supersonic wing design. She is recognized as an international expert in these areas.
Darden has been recognized with dozens of awards and honors—including two NASA Medals, the Black Engineer of the Year Outstanding Achievement in Government Award and the Women in Science & Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award. She has also received honorary doctorates from Old Dominion University, Muskingum University (John Glenn’s alma mater), and North Carolina State University.
Wanted: 3D Digital Animation Instructor
The Summer Youth Arts Program at Palm Beach State College in South Florida is seeking to hire an instructor to teach Maya and 3D Studio Max in the summer. If you have prior experience with the software programs and would like to enrich young minds, kindly submit a message expressing your interest to Laura Stevens at syap@palmbeachstate.edu or call 561-868-3909.
2019 Summer Youth Arts Program
It's back! The Summer Youth Arts Program has returned for another exciting year at Palm Beach State College in South Florida. Check out the full line of workshops and see how this program can have a positive impact on your children's future.
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