Author: Linda Shrieves

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Metallica Partners with Valencia College to Provide Short-Term Job Training in Construction Trades

Valencia College has been selected as one of 15 colleges in the country to receive a $100,000 grant from the [...]


Valencia College to Begin Awarding Emergency Grants from CARES Act

Valencia College has opened applications for emergency aid grants provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or [...]


CARES Act Emergency Grants Will Soon be Available to Students

Valencia College has received $27.6 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, of which [...]


Downtown Center for Accelerated Training Holds First Open House

In August 2019, Valencia College opened the Center for Accelerated Training in downtown Orlando, with a mission to move people [...]


DirectConnect to UCF Award Recognizes Collaboration Between Institutions

DirectConnect to UCF recently awarded the first Joyce Romano Partnership Excellence Award to an innovative collaboration between Valencia College’s Learning [...]


Valencia receives $1 million for students who fled 2017 hurricanes

Valencia College has received $1,220,638 in federal funds to support Puerto Rican and U.S. Virgin Island students who came to Valencia [...]


Valencia Wins Lighting the Way Award from SunTrust Foundation

Recognized for its philanthropic contributions to Central Florida, Valencia College was awarded a 2018 Lighting the Way Award and $75,000 [...]


$2.3M State Grant Will Help Valencia Expand Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Training

Valencia College will receive a $2,320,000, five-year grant aimed at increasing economic mobility for low-income citizens while strengthening the talent pipeline [...]


Valencia Launches Construction Training Program at Site of Future Downtown Campus

With more than $9 billion worth of construction projects planned for the Central Florida area over the next few years, [...]


Valencia, UCF Surprise Two Displaced Students from Puerto Rico with Scholarships

Two Puerto Rican high school students who came to Orlando to escape the destruction from Hurricane Maria were surprised yesterday with scholarships [...]