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Valencia Engineering Students Test Parachute Designs at NASA

Kiara Rodriguez and her Valencia College engineering classmates spent much of the summer on a mission – one handed to [...]


Valencia Trustees OK Plan to Lease Training Center in Kissimmee

KISSIMMEE – Valencia College trustees today signed off on terms of a lease agreement that would allow the college to [...]


Two Valencia Honors Students Win Prestigious National Scholarship

Two Valencia College honors students have been named winners of one of the most prestigious scholarships in the nation – [...]


Valencia Named Semifinalist for College and Career Readiness Award

Orlando, FL – Valencia College has been named a national semifinalist for the ACT’s third National College and Career Readiness [...]


Valencia’s Computer Programming Team Scores Big Win — Again

For the third straight year, Valencia College’s computer programming students won the team programming competition at the Fifth Annual Intercollegiate [...]


Valencia Hosts Event to Launch School of Public Safety

Valencia College will hold a public unveiling for its new School of Public Safety on Thursday, April 2 from 3-5 [...]


Building a Better Future: Construction Industry Veteran Earns Two Degrees

When the economy hit the skids in 2007, the small engineering firm where Brian Blackwell worked downsized — a lot. [...]


Valencia Celebrates Film Program with 20th Annual Film Festival

ORLANDO – Valencia College will celebrate more than two decades of filmmaking for two weekends in February, when it holds [...]


From Orlando to Silicon Valley: The Tale of One Graphic Design Graduate

Matt Ma is chasing the American dream. He’s living in Silicon Valley, working for one of the nation’s biggest companies, [...]


One Graduate’s Story: How I Changed Majors and Found My Passion

James Bustraan was cruising through his classes, on his way to majoring in accounting, when a math professor stopped him [...]