Student Life



The Latest Issue of Vitae Makes Its Online Debut

Read about the new Honors research track for students who want to study science, the colorful organizer behind Valencia’s Brazilian [...]


Engineering Graduate Lands Job, Becomes First Hired by Industry

Engineers like to say they make the world go round. Valencia senior Jacob Heck, who is finishing his senior design [...]


Valencia Drops Fee for Former Students Returning to College

Orlando, FL – Students leave college for lots of reasons: Work. Family. Bills. But if you stopped attending Valencia College [...]


Valencia Student Wins Scholarship, Transfers to University of Montana

College students routinely dream of going away to school — usually to a college that looks like a postcard from [...]


Juneteenth Music Festival Marks 150 Years Since Emancipation Proclamation Signing

Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the United States, Florida’s Juneteenth Music Festival will kickoff Thursday, [...]


Valencia Offers One-Day Sessions to Help Fill out Financial Aid Forms

Although fall classes begin in a few months, it’s not too late to apply for financial aid. But to be [...]


Curious About His Heritage, Valencia Honors Student Embarks on Genealogical Research

Cooper Smith is an anomaly in his family – a redhead in a clan full of people with black or [...]


Valencia Student Tuition to Stay the Same for Third Straight Year

Today, Valencia College trustees agreed to hold tuition for associate-degree classes at its current level for next fall. At $99.06 [...]


Valencia Honors First Bachelor’s Degree Graduates at Commencement

Kissimmee, FL – On Saturday, May 4, about 1,200 Valencia students received their associate degrees as Valencia College celebrated its [...]


Laid-Off Worker Turns Misfortune Into Opportunity, Earns Degree

In the late 1990s, Nathan Maurer was working in the clean room at Lucent Technologies, making microchips—a job that ignited [...]