Polk State Receives $1.2 Million from U.S. Department of Labor to Provide Advanced Manufacturing Training
Polk State College has received $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide accelerated training in advanced manufacturing, helping to ease the persistent workforce shortage faced by area manufactures. “This is exciting news…
New iMacs In Our Studio
As most of you know, we converted LTB 1308 into three separate spaces–a control room, an awesome studio with a massive green screen, and a classroom. The studio is in its final stages of readiness…
Polk State’s Supply Chain Management Degree Evolves with Industry Trends
Every day, drivers zoom along Interstate 4 in Polk County, barely registering the string of warehouses on either side of the highway. They see big-box buildings, they see semi-trucks lined up outside, and they keep…
Polk State Receives $900,000 from National Science Foundation
Polk State College has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund one of its many initiatives related to STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics — education. The Arlington, Va.-based…
Polk State Debuts Revamped Digital Media Program to Align with Real-World Demands
For all the high-level thinking that went into Polk State’s revamped Digital Media Technology program, the overhaul is best described using a decidedly low-tech example: It’s the difference between teaching students to swing a hammer…
Members of Polk State College Phi Beta Lambda Compete in National Event
Members of Polk State College’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter recently traveled to the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference, bringing home with them recognition and newfound knowledge. FBLA-PBL is the nation’s…
Polk State Business Professor Presents, Publishes Research
Polk State College Business Professor Herbert Nold presented at the 12th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations in Chicago from July 6-8, 2012. Nold’s presentation was titled, “Using Knowledge Processes to Improve…
TALON Robotics Students Having Some Serious Fun
Standing outside the classroom where about a dozen high-school kids are participating in TALON Robotics, it sounds like there’s too much fun going on for serious learning to be taking place. The whizzing of wheels.…
Spots Remain for High School Technobotics Summer Program
Polk County high school students still have the opportunity to participate in a new program at Polk State College, which promises so much fun that they will hardly realize all the new things learned along…
Polk State’s Eric Roe to Participate in Clinton Global Initiative America Meeting
Polk State College’s Eric Roe will attend the second Clinton Global Initiative America meeting, where nearly 1,000 leaders from the business, government and nonprofit sectors will strategize solutions for the nation’s economic growth. Roe is…