<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/2026/from-1976-to-now-pbsc-meets-america-at-250.php" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><category>Campus &amp; Community</category><pubDate>06/22/2026 01:45:09 PM</pubDate><title>From 1976 to Now: PBSC Meets America at 250</title><intro>In 1976, as America marked its Bicentennial, students at Palm Beach Junior College (PBJC) gathered around a covered wagon that had traveled across Florida — a symbol of history, progress and opportunity. Inside classrooms, a small but forward-thinking group studied a new field called “Data Processing,” preparing for a future few could fully imagine. Nearly five decades later, that future has arrived.
									</intro><author>Staff Report</author><author-link>#</author-link><imageSrc><img src="/images/2026/Guyatcomputer.jpg" alt="A student from 1976 doing some data processing"/></imageSrc><video/><tags><tag>America 250</tag></tags></item>