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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 [...]


Valencia Celebrates 25 Years of Student Filmmaking with Festival

Valencia College invites movie fans to celebrate 25 years of student filmmaking when the Valencia College film production technology program [...]

Chef Camilo Velasco, chef de cuisine at 1921, and #valenciagrad

Kitchen Reverential: Valencia Grad Learns His Trade from the Masters

Camilo Velasco may be one of Florida’s hot young chefs, but he did not learn to cook at his mother’s [...]