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Osceola Campus President Named a Finalist to Orlando’s 40 Under 40

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Plinske, president of Valencia’s Osceola and Lake Nona campuses. She’s a finalist for the Orlando Business [...]


Wanted: Singers and Musicians for Valencia’s Musical Ensembles

If you can play an instrument or sing, Valencia is looking for you. Valencia students don’t have to major in [...]


Valencia Wins $100,000 Grant From Walmart Foundation

Valencia College has been named one of 15 community colleges across the country to win a $100,000 Walmart PRESS for [...]


Second Lady Jill Biden Visits Valencia

Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Lady of the United States, visited Valencia College’s West Campus on Thursday for a round-table [...]


Wanted: New, Original Plays by Florida Playwrights

The Valencia College East Campus theater program is accepting plays from Florida playwrights for its annual Florida Playwrights Competition, which [...]


Cyber League Championship Will Help Train Future ‘Cyber-warriors’

The Orlando Magic may be out of the NBA playoffs, but Orlando’s hosting a different kind of championship on Sunday, [...]


Photography Exhibit Opens June 15 at Valencia’s Anita S. Wooten Gallery

“Sights of Construction,” a series of photographs that look both ancient and contemporary, will be on display at Valencia College’s [...]


Valencia to Freeze Student Tuition for the Fall

During a visit to Tallahassee last February, Valencia President Sanford Shugart told lawmakers it would be a mistake to raise [...]


What’s the Future Hold? A Lot of Amazing Changes, Says Physicist

Predicting the future is difficult — but not impossible, says Dr. Michio Kaku. It helps, the renowned physicist told a [...]


Valencia Boosts Local Economy by $1 Billion a Year, Study Finds

At a time when Florida’s unemployment rate is 9.4% and public funding for higher education is being cut, a new [...]