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This Takes the Cake: Valencia Chef Named Nation’s Top Culinary Educator

When life gives you lemons, most folks make lemonade. Chef Jenn Denlinger is more likely to make lemon curd. Or [...]


Valencia College and Addition Financial Unveil New Valencia College-Branded Debit Card

To help students and alumni showcase their school pride, Addition Financial has unveiled a new co-branded Valencia College debit card. [...]


Valencia College to Begin Awarding Emergency Grants from CARES Act

Valencia College has opened applications for emergency aid grants provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or [...]


CARES Act Emergency Grants Will Soon be Available to Students

Valencia College has received $27.6 million in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, of which [...]


Valencia College’s Distinguished Grad Finalists

Editor’s note: We’ve assembled profiles of some of the finalists for the Valencia College Alumni Association Mary Smedley Collier Distinguished [...]


Osceola Honors Student Named Distinguished Graduate for 2019-2020

2019-2020 Distinguished Graduate, Tamyia Paul As a senior at Osceola High School in Kissimmee, Tamyia Paul toured colleges and universities throughout [...]


Coronavirus Update from Valencia College

As cases of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) continue to spread around the globe, Valencia College is closely monitoring the evolving situation [...]


Brain Bowl Squad Wins Ninth College Quiz Bowl National Championship

In the mostly male, mostly white world of college quiz bowl, Sheina Senat stands out. Not just because she’s a [...]


Preserving the Past: Professor Archives Photos of Orlando’s African-American Community

On a sunny February afternoon, Valencia College professor Mark McMeley is seated at a desk perusing photographs in an old [...]


Science Writer Susan Freinkel to Discuss the Perils of the Plastic Age

ORLANDO – Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century [...]