Archive for the ‘Student Life’ Category
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Gov. Scott Visits Valencia, Proposes Tax-Free Textbook Initiative
Thursday, January 29, 2015
KISSIMMEE – Gov. Rick Scott today announced a plan to eliminate sales taxes on textbook sales for college students, a measure…
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Valencia Theater to Present Groundbreaking Play on Deaths of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Orlando, FL – The Valencia College Theater will host the world premiere of a new docudrama, “Division: The Trayvon/Jordan Project” in…
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Valencia Announces Week-Long Lecture & Film Series about Justice
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Orlando, FL – Valencia College’s Peace and Justice Initiative launches its annual weeklong Conversation on Justice on Saturday, Jan. 24 from…
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Black Advisory Committee Helps Students with Monetary Awards
Friday, December 5, 2014
Last year, when Crystal Mack’s employer moved her banking job from Orlando to Atlanta, the 32-year-old single mom suddenly found herself…
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Shugart: Documentary on College Costs Ignores Obvious Solution
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Is college worth the cost? And are there any alternatives to the high-priced system that dominates American higher education? Those are…
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Valencia Honors Fallen Florida Veterans, Hosts Memorial Exhibit
Monday, November 10, 2014
ORLANDO — Before a crowd of about 100, military officials, Valencia officials and the college’s student veterans on Monday honored the…
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Valencia Brain Bowl Player Wins Tournament Singlehandedly
Friday, November 7, 2014
Team sports are just that — for teams. But when Valencia College’s Brain Bowl team went to Ocala recently to compete…
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Valencia Engineering Students Help Elementary Kids Build Solar Generators for African Orphanage
Monday, November 3, 2014
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – The library at Tildenville Elementary School is teeming with excitement and fidgety energy. At three large tables,…
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Jesus Scholar and Radio’s Three Wise Guys Tape Show at Valencia
Monday, October 27, 2014
Being a historical Jesus scholar, says former priest and Jesus historian John Dominic Crossan, is a little like being a journalist…
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Osceola High School Students Get a Taste of College at Valencia
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
KISSIMMEE – On Tuesday, 28 high-school juniors filed into Heidi Harne’s biology classroom for a quick lesson on the Ebola virus….
