Academic Issues



Valencia Ranks 4th in Nation for Number of Associate Degrees

Orlando, FL – Valencia College ranks fourth in the nation for the number of associate degrees awarded to students, according [...]


Cornell or Bust: Valencia Grad Heads to Grad School to Study Public Health

Gloria Coicou sounds like your typical American success story. Last spring, she graduated magna cum laude from UCF and this [...]


Shugart Named One of the Nation’s Most Innovative College Presidents

Washington Monthly magazine has named Valencia College’s president, Dr. Sandy Shugart, one of the nation’s most innovative college presidents. Others [...]


Valencia College Featured on PBS NewsHour for Efforts to Help Low-Income Students Finish College

Valencia College is one of five cutting-edge colleges and universities that was featured in an August special  on “PBS NewsHour,” [...]


Summer Institute Plants the Seeds for Students Interested in STEM Majors

“Who wants to be a planet?” When Valencia College physics professor Richard Jerousek posed that question to a handful of [...]


Valencia Unveils New Degree in Biotech Lab Sciences at Lake Nona

ORLANDO – As Orlando’s biotechnology community evolves, there will be growing demand for workers in this emerging science field. To [...]


Valencia to Display Professor’s Digital Artwork in East Campus Gallery

ORLANDO – Valencia College will host an exhibition of digital artwork by digital media professor Rob McCaffrey Aug. 14 through [...]


Procrastinators: There’s Still Time to Enroll for Fall Classes at Valencia

With classes beginning on Aug. 31, it’s not too late to apply to Valencia College for the upcoming fall semester. [...]


Valencia Engineering Students Test Parachute Designs at NASA

Kiara Rodriguez and her Valencia College engineering classmates spent much of the summer on a mission – one handed to [...]


Politico Magazine Hails Valencia-UCF Partnership as a Model for the Nation

Politico Magazine hailed DirectConnect to UCF, Valencia’s partnership with the University of Central Florida, for creating “a seamless pipeline of [...]