Kitchen Reverential: Valencia Grad Learns His Trade from the Masters
Camilo Velasco may be one of Florida’s hot young chefs, but he did not learn to cook at his mother’s [...]
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Valencia Grad Angel Sanchez Continues to Break Barriers
When Angel Sanchez graduated from Valencia College in 2014 – and led his fellow graduates in a rousing chant of [...]
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Valencia College to Open New Careers in Industry & Technology Building at Osceola Campus
KISSIMMEE — Valencia College will unveil the newest addition to its Osceola Campus on Jan. 6, 2020, when the new [...]
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Her Friends Suggested She Try Engineering; Now She’s Working on Her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Lietsel Richardson is, at the age of 26, working on her doctorate in biomedical engineering. But if it hadn’t been [...]
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The Power of Persistence: Valencia Grad Pursues Path to Dental School
As a high-school student, Ashlee Brown was required to give regular presentations on a possible career. While other students flitted [...]
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Downtown Center for Accelerated Training Holds First Open House
In August 2019, Valencia College opened the Center for Accelerated Training in downtown Orlando, with a mission to move people [...]
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Energy from the Excess: West Campus Launches Food Waste Recycling
Americans throw away more than $180 billion worth of food every year – and most of the uneaten food ends [...]
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Valencia College, UCF to Open Joint Downtown Campus on Aug. 26
ORLANDO – Two years after breaking ground for a new campus, Valencia College and the University of Central Florida will [...]
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Overcoming Adversity: Welding Graduate Cements Solid Career
Chris Rivera struggled in high school. Not in his classes, actually, but in one small arena that would spoil his [...]
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DirectConnect to UCF Award Recognizes Collaboration Between Institutions
DirectConnect to UCF recently awarded the first Joyce Romano Partnership Excellence Award to an innovative collaboration between Valencia College’s Learning [...]
