Academic Issues



Social Media-Saavy Professors Bring Their Skills to the Classroom

In case you missed it, Valencia professors Josh Murdock and Amanda Kern were interviewed on WOFL Fox 35 last week [...]


Osceola Expansion Brings New UCF Bachelor’s Degrees to Campus

On Jan. 2, officials at Valencia College’s Osceola Campus will open the doors to the campus’s newest building — and [...]


UCF Awards Valencia President Honorary Doctorate

Dr. Sanford C. “Sandy” Shugart, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Central Florida at UCF’s Dec. 14 [...]


They’re All Heart: Behind the Scenes at Valencia’s Cardiovascular Technology Program

Inside the cardiac catheterization classroom at Valencia College, Professor Polly Keller spends her days trying to stump her students. The [...]


West Campus Humanities Students Go for Baroque — and Renaissance

Students in Professor John Scolaro’s Renaissance and Baroque Humanities Class know that theirs is not a typical class. But on [...]


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 [...]


$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 [...]


Valencia to Host College Night 2012

College Night 2012 will provide an opportunity for high school and college transfer students to scope out their options for [...]


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 [...]