Student Life



Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco to Speak at Winter Park Writers Festival

Orlando, FL – Award-winning poet Richard Blanco – the first Latino and first gay poet to be chosen to read [...]


Osceola Campus to Host Second Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival

Kissimmee, FL – The student government association of Valencia College’s Osceola Campus, in partnership with the Osceola Star newspaper and [...]


Valencia’s Osceola Campus to Hold 9/11 Ceremony, Huge Flag Display

Kissimmee, FL – To honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Valencia College’s Osceola Campus will hold [...]


After facing his obstacles, Valencia grad leaves for Columbia University

Archie Brechin dreams of becoming a college professor. It is, he says with a chuckle, the family business. His mother [...]


Valencia’s Summer Dance Concert Set for July 15-16

Orlando, FL – Valencia College will hold its annual Valencia Dance Summer Repertory Concert on July 15 and 16 at [...]


Seven Valencia College Students Among the Victims in Pulse Shootings

Joyce Romano, Valencia College’s vice president for student affairs, shared this message with Valencia students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, [...]


Valencia Celebrates Poinciana Campus with Groundbreaking Ceremony

With the early phases of construction already underway, Valencia College held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $27 million campus [...]


New Construction Program Is Changing Lives — One Job at a Time

Before Aaron Person signed up for a class in basic construction, he had little experience in the field – except [...]


Engineering Students Show Off Their Genius with Rube Goldberg Machines

ORLANDO — The scene in West Campus’s engineering building looked a little like the set from “Sanford and Son” collided [...]


Valencia Panel Discussion: How Can Our Community Help Foster Youth?

Orlando, FL – Across the nation, communities are beginning to recognize the challenges that foster children face as they “age [...]