Meeting Challenges Head On: Valencia Grad Overcomes Learning Disabilities to Earn Degree
Commencement is a celebration for all of our graduating students, but it’s an especially sweet occasion for students like Mariana [...]
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Trading the Classroom for Circuits, She’s Launching a New Career
The first thing you notice about Selena Chaves is her joyful attitude and helpful demeanor. That, coupled with a drive [...]
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Two Paths, A Shared Dream: Culinary Students Create Gingerbread Version of U.S. Capitol
Molly Donahue and Faith Weber both loved baking as kids, when they worked alongside their mothers to bake cookies and [...]
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Chasing His Dream: Deaf Student Earns CDL License to Become Valencia’s First Hearing-Impaired Trucking Grad
Driving a big rig was an idea Stuart Randles had always toyed with, a dream that had been percolating in [...]
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Down But Not Out, Valencia Grad Battles Challenges to Earn Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity
As a young girl growing up in Fort Myers, Manvella Pope got her kicks from taking things apart. Cassette players, [...]
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Medical School for Two: Valencia Grads Marry, Attending Medical School Together at Rutgers
For two students in medical school, Marco Santos Teles and Isabel Silva seem remarkably calm. Maybe this married couple – [...]
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Creative Thinker: Valencia Student Wins International Competition
When Salma Sanchez arrived in the U.S. at age 15, she had never taken an art class. Sure, she’d been [...]
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Arts Dual Enrollment Student Earns Trip to the Big Apple – and Brings Home a Jimmy Award
If anyone asks Jackson Chase to write an essay about his summer vacation, what a story he can tell. Jackson, [...]
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Non-traditional student starts college at 37, now heading to Yale University
While many think college is no longer an option for them after a certain age, Miranda Rublaitus never gave up [...]
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Two Valencia Students Named Jack Kent Cooke Scholars, Win Life-Changing Scholarships
Two Valencia College students have been named recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly [...]
