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Summer Institute Plants the Seeds for Students Interested in STEM Majors
“Who wants to be a planet?” When Valencia College physics professor Richard Jerousek posed that question to a handful of incoming freshmen – to see who wanted to ride a hovercraft and pretend to orbit...
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Cornell or Bust: Valencia Grad Heads to Grad School to Study Public Health
Gloria Coicou sounds like your typical American success story. Last spring, she graduated magna cum laude from UCF and this fall will start classes at to Cornell University – one of the nation’s Ivy...
View ArticleUpdate: Erika Weakens, So It’s Back to School Next Week
Noon Sunday Update: With Erika downgraded from a tropical storm, Valencia College will be open next week and fall classes will start as planned. The college will continue to monitor all tropical...
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Valencia College’s Engineering Society Wins Statewide Awards… Again
[caption id="attachment_13118" align="alignright" width="300"] Sean Brooks (right) accepts award for Valencia's chapter of the Florida Engineering Society.[/caption] Valencia College's student chapter...
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Fueled by a Near Tragedy, Valencia Student Finds His Life’s Purpose
Manny Rivera was 21, a young father with an infant son, when he experienced the worst day of his life. He and his wife, Kailey, were going out to dinner with family members on a September evening....
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Turning Challenges Into Triumphs: One Graduate’s Story
Hampton Hovey marked a happy occasion last week – one that some doubters thought would never come. He graduated from Valencia College – and was handed his associate in arts degree by Dr. Sandy Shugart,...
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To Fargo and Beyond! Engineering Grad Lands Job at Microsoft
One of the first things Varsha Sujanani will do to prepare for her new job as a Microsoft engineer is go clothes-shopping. Not for business suits. Instead, she'll be shopping for boots, thermal...
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Valencia College Featured on NPR’s Radio Program, ‘The Takeaway’
What makes Valencia so special? And how does the college manage to outperform many of its peers? That’s the question that National Public Radio’s John Hockenberry posed to Dr. Sandy Shugart on a recent...
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From Lifeguard to Cyber Safeguard: One Man’s Path to Digital Forensics
Geovanny Perez has always wanted to protect others. That’s why he worked as a lifeguard at Disney resort hotel for several years – and why he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2010. And that's why the...
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Valencia College y UCF se Unen a TheDream.Us Para Abrirle Puertas a los DREAMers
Orlando, FL – Gracias a un reciente acuerdo sobre fondos privados con TheDream.Us, Valencia College y UCF ofrecerán becas a través del programa DirectConnect to UCF a estudiantes que sean elegibles...
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Students: What You Should Know About the Zika Virus
On Feb. 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a public health issue of international concern, a designation the agency has only issued three times in its history. And...
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Best of Student Artwork Goes on Display at Valencia’s East Campus
Come see the best artwork that Valencia students produced this year when Valencia opens the 2016 Valencia Digital Media, Graphic Design and Fine Art Student Exhibition in the Anita S. Wooten Gallery on...
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Valencia’s Graduation Set For May 8; Teen Mom is Distinguished Grad
Orlando, FL – On Sunday, May 8, more than 1,600 Valencia College students will receive their associate degrees when Valencia College holds its 47th spring commencement ceremonies at the University of...
View ArticleValencia Presents “Errors of Comedy,” a One-Act Play Festival on April 22-23
Orlando, FL – Valencia College Theater will present “Errors of Comedy,” a one-act play festival, on April 22 and April 23 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Orlando’s Loch Haven Park. Now in its...
View ArticleValencia Panel Discussion: How Can Our Community Help Foster Youth?
Orlando, FL – Across the nation, communities are beginning to recognize the challenges that foster children face as they “age out” of the foster care system. Since 2014, more than 400,000 American...
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Engineering Students Show Off Their Genius with Rube Goldberg Machines
ORLANDO -- The scene in West Campus’s engineering building looked a little like the set from “Sanford and Son” collided with TV's “Myth Busters.” Scattered all over Building 11 were piles of supplies –...
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New Construction Program Is Changing Lives — One Job at a Time
Before Aaron Person signed up for a class in basic construction, he had little experience in the field – except for chores he’d helped his dad with at home. “I’d done mostly patchwork around the house,...
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Valencia Celebrates Poinciana Campus with Groundbreaking Ceremony
With the early phases of construction already underway, Valencia College held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $27 million campus in Poinciana on Thursday, May 19. The Poinciana Campus will open up...
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Seven Valencia College Students Among the Victims in Pulse Shootings
Joyce Romano, Valencia College's vice president for student affairs, shared this message with Valencia students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, June 14. Working with information from federal and local...
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Valencia’s Summer Dance Concert Set for July 15-16
Orlando, FL – Valencia College will hold its annual Valencia Dance Summer Repertory Concert on July 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Valencia’s East Campus. Doors open at 7:30 p.m....
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