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Valencia’s Wins National Award for Outstanding STEM Education

ORLANDO – Valencia College’s Network Engineering Technology program has been named a winner of the inaugural Siemens-Aspen Community College STEM [...]


Valencia, UCF Surprise Two Displaced Students from Puerto Rico with Scholarships

Two Puerto Rican high school students who came to Orlando to escape the destruction from Hurricane Maria were surprised yesterday with scholarships [...]


Watch: A Look into Valencia’s New Film and Sound Building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-dpSltpBY Orlando, FL – Valencia’s $13.5 million Film Production and Sound Technology Building opened for classes on Aug. 28. The [...]


Valencia College to Offer New Degree in Residential Property Management

Kissimmee, FL – To serve a growing region with a burgeoning number of apartment and condominium communities, Valencia College will [...]


Becoming Movers & Shakers: First Class Graduates from Heavy Equipment Construction Course

Kissimmee, FL — Michael Formenta spent the last four years working as a sign spinner — and made the most [...]


New campus, buildings, programs await Valencia students this fall

With classes beginning on August 28, now is the time for new students to apply to Valencia College to be [...]


Ask an Alumn: Orange County Commissioner Betsy VanderLey

Last December, Orange County swore in two newly-elected commissioners to its governing board, and as it turns out, they are [...]


Taking a Turn for the Better: Inmates Graduate from Valencia’s Construction Training Program

The tears started flowing early at the recent graduation ceremony at the Orange County Jail. The inmates were smiling, wearing [...]


Education Transforms Life of ‘Non-Traditional’ Student

We recently learned of Angela Murphy’s Valencia story at the Seneff Honors College Evening of Distinction. In 2012 – in [...]


Valencia to Host Roundtables with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos

In her first solo speaking event outside of Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will visit Valencia College [...]