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Valencia College Receives Grant to Train Workers for High-Skill Jobs

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Valencia College and a consortium of Florida community colleges $15 million to develop [...]


Exhibit of Faculty Artwork on Display on East Campus through December

The Anita S. Wooten Gallery at Valencia College will host the 2012 Selected Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, starting Oct. 26 [...]


Valencia-UCF Architecture Students Help Preserve Iconic Building

Students from Valencia and UCF’s 2+2 architecture program are helping the local architecture community find ways to preserve elements of [...]


Finding Your Path in Life — With the Help of a Bright Green RV

The big green RV pulled onto the lawn just past the clock tower at the Osceola Campus on Thursday morning [...]


Tortoise Expert to Lecture on the Life and Lessons We Can Learn from ‘Lonesome George’

Considered one of the rarest animals on the planet, Lonesome George was a solitary tortoise. When the Pinta Island tortoise [...]


$40K in Scholarships Will Help Mexican-American Students Realize Their Dreams

A donation from the Consulate of Mexico will help create $40,000 in scholarships for Mexican-American and international students from Mexico [...]


West Campus Wins $1.8 Million Grant to Improve Advising, Degree Completion

Valencia College’s West Campus has received a five-year grant totaling $1,884,810 to expand and improve student advising services and online [...]


DirectConnect at Valencia Wins National Excelencia Award

Valencia College’s DirectConnect to UCF program has been selected by Excelencia in Education, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, as America’s top [...]


Valencia Opens Theater Season with “Urinetown, the Musical”

Valencia College Theater will present the Tony Award-winning musical, “Urinetown, the Musical,” as the opening production of its 2012-13 theater [...]


Indiana University’s Outstanding Young Alum Award Goes to Valencia Campus President

Kathleen Plinske, president of the Osceola and Lake Nona campuses of Valencia College, is the 2012 recipient of the Indiana [...]