University of Central Florida



DirectConnect to UCF Award Recognizes Collaboration Between Institutions

DirectConnect to UCF recently awarded the first Joyce Romano Partnership Excellence Award to an innovative collaboration between Valencia College’s Learning [...]


Valencia Grad Celebrates Award, Decades-Long Career in Teaching

In an effort to illustrate Valencia’s impact in Central Florida, we have spent the year of 2017 – Valencia’s 50th [...]


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 [...]


Turning Challenges Into Triumphs: One Graduate’s Story

Hampton Hovey marked a happy occasion last week – one that some doubters thought would never come. He graduated from [...]


Summer Institute Plants the Seeds for Students Interested in STEM Majors

“Who wants to be a planet?” When Valencia College physics professor Richard Jerousek posed that question to a handful of [...]


Valencia, UCF Officials Dedicate New Building at Osceola Campus

  Kissimmee, FL — Valencia College officials, along with officials from the University of Central Florida, dedicated the newest building [...]


Two New Trustees Join Valencia’s Governing Board

Guillermo Hansen, of Kissimmee, has published the El Osceola Star newspaper since 1992 and has been member of the Osceola [...]