Alumnus, Academic Advisor Gives Back To “Institution That Gave So Much To Me”
College is incredibly exciting, but can also be difficult to navigate. Polk State College’s academic advisors make huge differences in the lives of students every day, not only by ensuring that they enroll in the…
Collegiate High Schools To Host Info Sessions
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate and Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate high schools will host informational sessions for current sophomores interested in attending one of Polk State College’s charter schools. Polk State’s collegiate high schools…
Spring 2018 Classes Start, Registration Continues
Polk State College welcomes more than 10,000 students back to its campuses and centers for the Spring 2018 semester. “I am thrilled to embark on the New Year for the first time together and I…
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…
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…
Polk State To Celebrate 117th Commencement Ceremony
Polk State College’s 117th commencement ceremony will take place Thursday, Dec. 14, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland and it will be President Angela Garcia Falconetti’s first. Falconetti and nearly 500 graduating students are…