DirectConnect to UCF



Valencia, UCF Partner with Charity to Offer Scholarships for DREAMers

Orlando, FL – Thanks to a new private funding agreement with TheDream.Us, Valencia College and UCF will offer college scholarships [...]


Valencia College Featured on NPR’s Radio Program, ‘The Takeaway’

What makes Valencia so special? And how does the college manage to outperform many of its peers? That’s the question [...]


Valencia Officials Join UCF in Celebrating 10 Years of DirectConnect

Dr. Sandy Shugart and presidents of four other state colleges recently joined University of Central Florida officials to celebrate the [...]


Valencia Ranks 4th in Nation for Number of Associate Degrees

Orlando, FL – Valencia College ranks fourth in the nation for the number of associate degrees awarded to students, according [...]


Cornell or Bust: Valencia Grad Heads to Grad School to Study Public Health

Gloria Coicou sounds like your typical American success story. Last spring, she graduated magna cum laude from UCF and this [...]


Shugart Named One of the Nation’s Most Innovative College Presidents

Washington Monthly magazine has named Valencia College’s president, Dr. Sandy Shugart, one of the nation’s most innovative college presidents. Others [...]


Valencia College Featured on PBS NewsHour for Efforts to Help Low-Income Students Finish College

Valencia College is one of five cutting-edge colleges and universities that was featured in an August special  on “PBS NewsHour,” [...]


Politico Magazine Hails Valencia-UCF Partnership as a Model for the Nation

Politico Magazine hailed DirectConnect to UCF, Valencia’s partnership with the University of Central Florida, for creating “a seamless pipeline of [...]


Downtown Campus Plans Take Center Stage at Spring Convocation

Valencia students, faculty and staff were given a preview of the plans for a new UCF-Valencia campus, when leaders from [...]


UCF, Valencia Announce Plans for Proposed Downtown Campus

ORLANDO – University of Central Florida officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 23, that they are planning to create a downtown [...]