Archive for the ‘Student Life’ Category
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Pop the Champagne and Pass the Dictionaries! Brain Bowl Team Wins 7th National Championship
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Pop the champagne and pass the encyclopedias! Valencia College’s brainiacs have done it again! The college’s Brain Bowl team has won its…
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Valencia’s Peace & Justice Institute To Explore Hot-Button Issues All Week
Monday, January 30, 2017
Orlando, FL – Valencia College’s Peace and Justice Initiative launches its annual weeklong Conversation on Justice on Monday, Jan. 30 and…
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West Campus Honors Students Create a Mural to Memorialize Pulse Victims
Monday, December 12, 2016
Orlando, FL – To pay tribute to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Valencia College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa,…
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One Valencia Story: The Life-Changing Power of Positive Professors
Thursday, December 8, 2016
When Melodie Cros came to Valencia at age 21, she had one goal in mind — to dive into a career…
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Culinary Student Wins a Whopping Surprise, a Visit from the Today Show
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Valencia culinary student Sasha Sincic has always loved brussels sprouts. But, to get family members to share her passion for the…
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Inspired by NASA Experience, Valencia Student Zeroes in on Aerospace Engineering Major
Monday, November 7, 2016
When Jontavius Jacobs graduated from Harmony High School in Osceola County, he knew he wanted to become an engineer – but…
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Achieving the Dream: Retiree Returns to College, Earns His Degree at Age 68
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
May 8, 2016 was a major milestone for William Mobijohn. It was the day the Vietnam veteran graduated from Valencia College…
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Psst, We Heard It Through the Grapevine — It’s 1967 Again for Valencia College’s Studio Band
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Students in Valencia College’s music department will play music from 1967 – in celebration of the year Valencia was founded –…
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Valencia Presents Tony-Winning Rock Musical ‘Spring Awakening’
Monday, October 10, 2016
Orlando, FL – The Valencia College Theater will present the Tony Award-winning rock musical, “Spring Awakening,” in the college’s Performing Arts…
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Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco to Speak at Winter Park Writers Festival
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Orlando, FL – Award-winning poet Richard Blanco – the first Latino and first gay poet to be chosen to read at…
