Archive for the ‘Featured Story’ Category
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Valencia Honors First Bachelor’s Degree Graduates at Commencement
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Kissimmee, FL – On Saturday, May 4, about 1,200 Valencia students received their associate degrees as Valencia College celebrated its 44th…
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Laid-Off Worker Turns Misfortune Into Opportunity, Earns Degree
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
In the late 1990s, Nathan Maurer was working in the clean room at Lucent Technologies, making microchips—a job that ignited his…
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Graduate Earns Bachelor’s Degree to Improve Her Job Prospects
Monday, April 22, 2013
When Zenia Rivera graduated from a private Orlando college with an associate degree in nuclear medicine technology in 2008, she figured…
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Festival Aims to Pay Tribute to Black History Month With Films on Tuskegee Airmen, Hip-Hop
Monday, February 11, 2013
The 18th Annual Film Celebration will take place from Feb. 21 to Feb. 23 in the Performing Arts Center on Valencia’s…
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From Big Brother to Africa Activist: John Prendergast’s Unlikely Journey
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Being a Big Brother, says John Prendergast, means that you have seen every bad movie imaginable. “As a Big Brother to…
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Orlando Magic Youth Foundation Gives Valencia Fund $100,000 Check
Friday, January 25, 2013
There were lots of cheers at the Amway Center Thursday night as the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation presented 17 Central Florida…
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Osceola Expansion Brings New UCF Bachelor’s Degrees to Campus
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
On Jan. 2, officials at Valencia College’s Osceola Campus will open the doors to the campus’s newest building — and they’ll…
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UCF Awards Valencia President Honorary Doctorate
Friday, December 14, 2012
Dr. Sanford C. “Sandy” Shugart, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Central Florida at UCF’s Dec. 14 commencement…
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Finding Your Path in Life — With the Help of a Bright Green RV
Thursday, October 18, 2012
The big green RV pulled onto the lawn just past the clock tower at the Osceola Campus on Thursday morning —…
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Tortoise Expert to Lecture on the Life and Lessons We Can Learn from ‘Lonesome George’
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Considered one of the rarest animals on the planet, Lonesome George was a solitary tortoise. When the Pinta Island tortoise died…
