Author: Linda Shrieves

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Elisha Gonzalez Promoted to Director of Community Affairs

Elisha Gonzalez, executive director of Take Stock in Children for Orange County, has been named the new director of community [...]


College Night Brings More Than 100 College Representatives to Campus

College Night 2014, to be held at Valencia College on Oct. 7 and 9, gives Central Florida high school and [...]


Valencia Ranks 4th in Nation for Number of Associate Degrees

For the second year in a row, Valencia College ranked fourth in the number of associate degrees awarded to students, [...]


Valencia Board Votes to Re-elect Grulich as Chair

At its July 23 meeting, the Valencia College District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to re-elect Maria Grulich as its [...]


White House Invites Women Leaders from Valencia To Summit on Working Families

Just a few months after President Barack Obama visited Valencia College to launch a new initiative focused on women’s economic [...]


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 [...]


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 [...]


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 [...]


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 [...]


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 [...]