Pasco-Hernando State College Volume XIII, Issue I - Spring 2019 | Page 30

CREATING COMMUNITY CONNECTION
COLLEGE TRUSTEE EXPRESSES GENEROSITY
AT COMMENCEMENT
The College’s fall term event calendar was filled with community
awareness events, connecting students and community PHSC’s winter commencement held on December 11, 2018,
members to valuable community resources. In September, Porter included presentations of two $10,000 donations to the PHSC
Campus at Wiregrass Ranch recognized National Recovery Foundation provided by Rao Musunuru, M.D., member, PHSC
Month with a presentation from Pasco County Alliance for District Board of Trustees, and nationally renowned local
Substance Abuse about the opioid crisis in Pasco County. A One cardiologist. The two donations create endowed scholarships
Nation event offered conversations on voting rights for returning in honor of Judy Parker, past member, PHSC District Board
citizens and Holocaust survivor Elly Weissman Doff, shared her of Trustees, and Rhonda Dodge, Executive Assistant to the
story of hope. The Porter Campus also hosted a DUI Awareness President and District Board of Trustees, PHSC.
seminar in partnership with Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD) and Tampa Alcohol Coalition (TAC)—with a mission The PHSC Foundation funds nearly 1,000 scholarships annually
to increase awareness about the consequences of underage to deserving students. The generous support from donors like Dr.
drinking, drunk driving and drugged driving. Musunuru help make this possible.
Other community awareness events included a Post Traumatic More than 1,100 summer and fall graduates earned
Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) degrees and certificates, with 348 conferred at the two
presentation at East Campus in Dade City and a Hurricane Expo commencement ceremonies.
at North Campus in Brooksville was host to a variety of local
community agencies. Upcoming events slated for the spring
term include Human Trafficking Awareness, Heart Health Fair,
and more. Visit phsc.edu to view all College events.
Students and community members attend One Nation event at
Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel. Photo by
Duane Powell.
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PHSC Perspective
Member and Past Chair of PHSC’s District Board of Trustees, Rao
Musunuru, M.D., congratulates former PHSC Trustee Judy Parker (left),
and Rhonda Dodge (right), executive assistant to the president
and district board of trustees at the college’s winter
commencement ceremonies.