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Procrastinate? It’s Not Too Late to Apply for Fall Classes at Valencia

With classes beginning on Aug. 25, now is the time for new students to apply to Valencia College to be [...]


Students Discover Volunteering Provides a ‘Taste’ of the Real World

Valencia’s culinary and hospitality students do more than spend time in Valencia’s kitchens and classrooms. Here in Orlando, one of [...]


Valencia Launches Innovative Program to Teach App Development

Everybody wants to create a million-dollar “app” – an app that will be so indispensable that people will pay for [...]


Valencia Grad Overcomes Hardship, Transfers to Amherst College

ORLANDO — For more than three years, Al Williams has worn a medallion around his neck – to serve as [...]


Valencia Trains Unemployed Workers for High-Tech Manufacturing Jobs

When Marty Smith looks for employees to work at the largely-automated commercial bakery that he runs in South Orlando, he’s [...]


Orlando Sentinel Focuses on Valencia’s Proposed Poinciana Campus

On Thursday, June 25, the Orlando Sentinel featured a front-page story about Valencia’s plans for a campus in Poinciana. Click [...]


Valencia Ranked #1 Out of 27 U.S. Schools for Overall Satisfaction Among International Students

Orlando, FL – While Central Floridians make up the majority of students at Valencia College, a recent survey showed that [...]


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 [...]


Summer Dance Concert at Valencia Set for July 11-12

Orlando, FL – Valencia College will hold its 14th annual Valencia Dance Summer Repertory Concert on July 11 and 12 [...]


Valencia College Wins Prestigious Climate Leadership Award

Orlando, FL – Valencia College has won a 2014 Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature, a national nonprofit that works [...]