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Northwest Florida State College’s Collegiate High School Student, Sean Arbuckle, selected to receive Phi Theta Kappa’s 2023 Hites Transfer Scholarship

June 8, 2023

NICEVILLE, Fla.– Northwest Florida State College’s very own Collegiate High School Student, Sean Arbuckle, has been selected to receive Phi Theta Kappa’s 2023 Hites Transfer Scholarship. Arbuckle is one of only fifteen students to receive this scholarship and was up against more than 2,700 applicants. This is the Phi Theta Kappa Society’s most prestigious and largest scholarship offering… View Article

Thank you to Roadside Assistance & Towing out of Niceville!

March 8, 2023

Thank you to Roadside Assistance & Towing out of Niceville for continuing to donate vehicles to our Fire Academies so that they may further their training in extricating patients from vehicles that have been involved in motor vehicle accidents. We appreciate the continued support from Roadside and all of the other local businesses in the… View Article

Fall 2022 President’s List and Dean’s List

February 24, 2023

Northwest Florida State College has recognized the superior academic achievement of students who completed the Fall 2022 semester by naming them to the President’s List and Dean’s List. The President’s List includes students with nine or more credits in the semester who earned a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0 in college-level courses. The Dean’s List… View Article

Northwest Florida State College Joins AWS Academy to Equip Students with In-Demand Cloud Computing Skills

December 7, 2022

NICEVILLE, Fla.– Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) is pleased to announce its participation in AWS Academy, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) program that provides higher education institutions with a ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum. NWFSC’s AWS Academy Cloud Foundations is intended for students who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts to include AWS core… View Article

Northwest Florida State College Announces its Fall 2022 Commencement Keynote Speaker

November 22, 2022

  NICEVILLE, Fla.- Northwest Florida State College is pleased to announce its Fall 2022 Commencement keynote speaker, Mel Ponder. Since November 2020, Mel has served as an Okaloosa County Commissioner for District 5.  He is also the association executive for the Emerald Coast Association of Realtors and the founder and president of Business Empowered (BE).  Mel had… View Article

16 Raider Athletes Join the Florida College System Activities Association’s 2021-2022 All-Academic Team

November 10, 2022

NICEVILLE, Fla.- Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) is pleased to announce that 16 Raider athletes have been named as members of the Florida College System Activities Association’s (FCSAA) 2021-2022 All-Academic Team. The FCSAA is a statewide non-profit corporation that regulates, coordinates, and promotes intercollegiate activities in athletics, brain bowls, forensics, model united nations, music, student governments,… View Article

Three CHS Students Selected as National Merit Semifinalists

October 5, 2022

NICEVILLE, Fla.- Last month, the National Merit Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of over 16,000 high school students who have been selected as semifinalists in the 68th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Among those chosen were NWFSC Collegiate High School students Aiden Black, Alana Davis, and Serapia Silva. The NMSC is a non-profit organization that honors… View Article

Northwest Florida State College Awarded $2.2 Million Grant

September 22, 2022

NICEVILLE, Fla.– The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) a $2,245,280 grant as part of its Title III Part A Strengthening Institutions Program. The Strengthening Institutions Program helps eligible higher-education institutions expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen their academic quality, institutional management,… View Article

Gov. Ron DeSantis Grants Northwest Florida State College $1.5 Million for the Expansion of its CDL Program

September 15, 2022

NICEVILLE, Fla.– Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) this morning to announce a $1.5 million Job Growth Grant for the expansion of the College’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Program. NWFSC introduced its CDL program last September after receiving a $413,836 grant through the CARES Act Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Rapid Credentialing Program…. View Article