Author: Linda Shrieves

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Valencia will participate in job fair for advanced manufacturing

Valencia will sponsor a job fair in April as part of the Florida TRADE Consortium’s initiative to put 1,000 students [...]


Valencia Hosts Event to Launch School of Public Safety

Valencia College will hold a public unveiling for its new School of Public Safety on Thursday, April 2 from 3-5 [...]


Downtown Campus Plans Take Center Stage at Spring Convocation

Valencia students, faculty and staff were given a preview of the plans for a new UCF-Valencia campus, when leaders from [...]


Orlando Sentinel looks at how Valencia is making a difference at struggling elementary school

About 200 fourth and fifth graders from Central Avenue Elementary arrived at Valencia’s Osceola Campus on February 14 for a [...]


Valencia’s Vitae Magazine Debuts on New Website

With the release of the fall issue of Vitae, the award-winning magazine of Valencia College, comes the launch of a [...]


Call for Student Selfie Videos

Excelencia in Education, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that advocates for Hispanics, recognized Valencia College’s DirectConnect to UCF program in 2012.  [...]


Florida’s Fallen Veterans Remembered in Photo Exhibit

Valencia College will host the traveling photo exhibit, “Remembering Our Fallen,” for a week in November in celebration of Veteran’s [...]


Valencia Wins $2.5 Million Federal Grant to Expand Training in High-Tech Manufacturing

Valencia College will be training even more students for high-paying jobs thanks to a $2,499,902 grant from the U.S. Department [...]


Valencia Marks Hispanic Heritage Month with Film, Food and Discussions

Valencia College proudly celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with events on multiple campuses. On September 23, the Osceola Campus will hold [...]


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 [...]