Sandy Shugart



Shugart: Focus on Completion is Good, But Learning Should Be a College’s First Priority

Valencia College President Sandy Shugart was quoted in an article in Inside Higher Education about the current focus on students [...]


Valencia Boosts Local Economy by $1 Billion a Year, Study Finds

At a time when Florida’s unemployment rate is 9.4% and public funding for higher education is being cut, a new [...]


Orlando Declares Monday January 9 ‘Valencia College Day’

In honor of Valencia College winning the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the Orlando City Commission on Jan. 9 paid tribute [...]


Achieving the Dream President Congratulates Valencia on Aspen Prize

  The following statement was released by William E. Trueheart, president and CEO of Achieving the Dream Inc., a national [...]


Smoke-Free Campus Coming in 2012

Following an announcement last summer, Valencia College is moving forward with plans to go smoke-free on all its campuses by [...]


Valencia, Osceola County Join Forces with State to Attract New Colt Plant

Gov. Rick Scott and officials from Osceola County announced this week that Colt’s Manufacturing Co. LLC will build a new regional [...]


Valencia Announces Winners of Student Video Contest and Free Tuition

Five lucky students have won free tuition – after being named the winners of Valencia College’s Student Video Contest. The [...]


Construction Set to Begin on Lake Nona Campus

Valencia College held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the first building of its new Lake Nona Campus, opening opportunities for [...]


A History-Making Day

Years of hard work came to a close on Saturday for the graduating class of 2011. With 1,050 students and [...]

Valencia President Signs International Exchange Agreement

Exchange Agreement Signed with College in the Netherlands

Officials from Valencia Community College and Koning Willem I College in Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, signed an agreement this week that [...]