Continuing Education



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 [...]


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 [...]


Vitae Magazine: Uncommon Scholars, the American Idol-Effect on the Study of Opera, and How Small Businesses are Benefitting from Student ‘Consultants’

The latest edition of Vitae, the magazine of  Valencia College, is now online: Vitae Magazine – 2014 Spring/Summer In this [...]


Valencia’s Fire Institute Celebrates First Graduating Class

ORLANDO — Thirty-three students made history on Friday, April 4, when they became the first fire-fighting graduates of the Central [...]


President Obama Visits Valencia to Address Economy, Leveling the Playing Field for Women

President Barack Obama spoke to a lively crowd of 300 students, staff and invited guests at Valencia College’s West Campus [...]


Prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award Cites Valencia’s Innovation in International Education

Valencia College received an honorable mention in the “Internationalizing the Community College” category for the progress it has made in [...]


Valencia Mag: Real (vs. ‘Fake’) Sign Language Interpreting, a Space for Disruptive Thinking, Focusing in on Science and more

If you watched the Nelson Mandela memorial, you’ve seen what can happen when sign language translation goes awry. By contrast, [...]


Garman Named Director of New Collaborative Design Center

Marifrances “Gert” Garman has joined Valencia College as director of its Collaborative Design Center, located on the college’s west Orlando [...]


Valencia Professor Named One of Nation’s Top Innovators

Orlando, FL – Dr. James May, who teaches English as a Second Language at Valencia College, has been named one [...]


Vets, Unemployed Adults Training for High-Tech Manufacturing Jobs

Orlando, FL – Although the economy appears to be stuck in the doldrums and the state’s unemployment rate continues to [...]