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Gene & Maureen Valentino / Pensacola State College
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GENE & MAUREEN VALENTINO Valen-
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tino and his wife, Maureen, have gifted property in Chumuckla appraised at $250,000 as well as an additional $20,000 to the Pensacola State College Foundation to support the PSC Entrepreneurial Program. The college will use the funds from the sale of the land to establish an endowed scholarship and program support for Business Entrepreneurship students. Last week, PSC renamed a lecture hall in Building 10 to the Gene and Maureen Valentino Lecture Hall. The college's Associate in Science Degree in Business Entrepreneurship is now the Valentino Associate in Science Degree in Business Entrepreneurship.
PENSACOLA STATE COLLEGE Pensacola State College students have a better opportunity to pursue degrees in Career and Technical Education fields because of a $726,388 grant. The Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund has provided $105,000 for CTE scholarships and about $500,000 for new, state-of-the-art equipment that will bolster various PSC CTE programs that offer training and routes to industry credentialing in high-demand fields. UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA UWF
has been named a 2020 Great College to Work For, marking its eighth appearance on the list. Conducted annually, the Great Colleges to Work For survey collects data and highlights colleges that receive top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies. This year, 221 institutions participated in the survey, and 79 received recognition.
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WILLIAM BARR A Justice Department probe commissioned by Attorney General Barr into whether former government officials under President Barack Obama improperly sought to uncover individuals' identities described in national security documents has concluded without finding any evidence of wrongdoing. Former U.S. Attorney John Bash, who conducted the investigation, resigned from the Justice Department last week. Bash ultimately found nothing that warranted charges be filed. Another political conspiracy alleged by Trump's allies debunked. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES A recent Gannett inves-
tigation uncovered the state agency failed to protect children placed in its foster care system. In a political environment where right-wing conservatives have championed fighting child abuse and pedophilia, the endangerment of children under the noses of Republican governors is disturbing. USA Today found DCF and private agencies that manage the child welfare system across Florida sent nearly 170 children to live in foster homes where the state had some evidence that abuse occurred. Caseworkers ignored or overruled DCF safety guidelines to crowd children into foster homes not equipped to handle them—almost doubling the number of foster homes caring for four or more kids between 2014 and 2018. Furthermore, DCF and the nonprofit agencies repeatedly tried to prevent USA TODAY from obtaining information about foster parents and the allegations against them by charging exorbitant fees for records.
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