The Dream, The Vision, The Reality: Annual Event To Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Polk State College will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with its fourteenth annual MLK Celebration titled, “The Dream, The Vision, The Reality.” The luncheon will take place at 11:30…
Radiography Program Reaccredited By Meeting Rigorous Standards
Polk State College’s Radiography program was recently awarded reaccreditation by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) for meeting a handful of rigorous standards. The JRCERT is the only agency recognized by…
Spring Enrollment Underway, Classes Start Jan. 5
Polk State College is closed for winter break, but enrollment is still underway for the spring semester. College offices will reopen Tuesday, January 2, and classes start Friday, January 5. Students are encouraged to visit…
School Bus Driver Plans Move To Classroom With Bachelor’s Degree
Toni Montoya gets on her Polk County Public Schools bus at 5:45 a.m. each weekday to begin the first of three routes, but when she drops her last students off at 8:30 a.m., Stambaugh Middle…
Polk State’s 117th Commencement: Top 10 Grad Caps
Graduation is a time to celebrate, and what better way than creating a festive grad cap to distinguish yourself among the commencement crowd. While many spend weeks before graduation prepping their colorful caps, students also…
Polk State’s 117th Commencement: A Milestone For Students, President, And District Board Of Trustee
Polk State College’s 117th commencement ceremony was extraordinarily special, marking milestones for students, President Angela Garcia Falconetti, and District Board of Trustee Cindy Hartley Ross. Nearly 500 students flocked to the RP Funding Center –…
Graduating Polk State Student Fought For Her Health And Education
Don’t mistake the purple streaks in Heather Canterbury’s hair as merely an edgy fashion statement. After her battle with the earliest stage of colorectal cancer in the form of malignant polyps, the 30-year-old’s body doesn’t…
Polk State Joins National Distance Education Agreement
Polk State College is now a participating member of the Florida-State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (FL-SARA), part of a national collaboration that expands online learning options for students and significantly reduces the costs for institutions to…
She Started College “So Many Times,” Graduating Criminal Justice Student Wasn’t Going To Quit Again
Winsome Francis-Raghu has been in and out of college for nearly 40 years, but this week, her higher-education journey will come to a rewarding end. The 63-year-old will graduate Dec. 14 with a Bachelor of…
Graduating Polk State Student’s Journey To Bachelor’s Degree Was Filled With Obstacles
Brittany Hockman has faced many obstacles during her seven-year journey to a bachelor’s degree, from a car crash that left her with a broken back and short-term memory loss, to an infection that almost left…