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AACC Spotlights Osceola Campus President for Increasing College Attendance Among At-Risk Students

The work of Dr. Kathleen Plinske, president of Valencia’s Osceola and Lake Nona campuses, was featured on June 10 in [...]
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About Valencia
Vitae Magazine: Uncommon Scholars, the American Idol-Effect on the Study of Opera, and How Small Businesses are Benefitting from Student ‘Consultants’

The latest edition of Vitae, the magazine of  Valencia College, is now online: Vitae Magazine – 2014 Spring/Summer In this [...]
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Events
Spring Concert Series Comes to Valencia

Looking for free entertainment? Check out the lineup of free but incredibly fine concerts coming up at Valencia College. Faculty [...]
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About Valencia
President Obama Visits Valencia to Address Economy, Leveling the Playing Field for Women

President Barack Obama spoke to a lively crowd of 300 students, staff and invited guests at Valencia College’s West Campus [...]
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About Valencia
City of Orlando Honors West Campus President and Other ‘Women of Distinction’

Falecia Williams, president of Valencia’s West Campus, along with four other recipients, were honored recently at a ceremony at Orlando [...]
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Elisha Gonzalez
Valencia Today
Take Stock in Children Director Makes List of Most Influential Hispanics

Elisha González, executive director, Orange County Take Stock in Children, was named one of the 25 Influentials of Central Florida [...]
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About Valencia
Valencia Receives Funding from Chevy for Going Green

Valencia College is one of two schools in the nation—and the only community college—to be selected by Chevy for a [...]
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About Valencia
Orlando Magic Youth Fund Gives Valencia’s Take Stock in Children $35,000

Take Stock in Children of Orange County received $35,000 to help disadvantaged and at-risk youth be successful in school and [...]
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About Valencia
‘Project Residency’ Color Run Raises Awareness of Tuition Disparity

Valencia’s Osceola Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a spectacular “Color Run” event on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to [...]
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About Valencia
Prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award Cites Valencia’s Innovation in International Education

Valencia College received an honorable mention in the “Internationalizing the Community College” category for the progress it has made in [...]
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