Metallica Partners with Valencia College to Provide Short-Term Job Training in Construction Trades
Valencia College has been selected as one of 15 colleges in the country to receive a $100,000 grant from the [...]
News Releases
Osceola Honors Student Wins Prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
Jennifer Tolliver decided at a very early age that she wanted to go to college – in part because her [...]
Events
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 [...]
Valencia Today
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 [...]
Valencia Stories
After Six Months of Training, Mechatronics Grad Reboots His Career — and Looks Ahead
When opportunity knocks, it pays to open the door. That lesson isn’t lost on Seann Burks, who left the Navy [...]
About Valencia
Her Friends Suggested She Try Engineering; Now She’s Working on Her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
Lietsel Richardson is, at the age of 26, working on her doctorate in biomedical engineering. But if it hadn’t been [...]
About Valencia
Downtown Center for Accelerated Training Holds First Open House
In August 2019, Valencia College opened the Center for Accelerated Training in downtown Orlando, with a mission to move people [...]
About Valencia
Valencia College, UCF to Open Joint Downtown Campus on Aug. 26
ORLANDO – Two years after breaking ground for a new campus, Valencia College and the University of Central Florida will [...]
About Valencia
Overcoming Adversity: Welding Graduate Cements Solid Career
Chris Rivera struggled in high school. Not in his classes, actually, but in one small arena that would spoil his [...]
Valencia Stories
From Brazil to Legal Briefs, Paula Souza Celebrates the American Dream
Three years ago, Paula Souza was at a crossroads — and occasionally wondered if she’d made a mistake. After all, [...]
