Polk State Professors Organize to Help New Students with Transition to College Life
Being new to college is not easy. There are schedules to balance, campuses to navigate, and high expectations to meet — and it can all be frustrating, intimidating and downright scary. A program launching at…
Professor’s “Literature of the Holocaust” Forever Changes Lives
Howard Kerner, like all of us, has no escape from constant reminders of cruelty in this world. Victimized children. Senseless murders. Wartime violence. They are found with every tap of the remote, click of the…
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…
Polk State to Host Adjunct Faculty Job Fair
Polk State College will host a job fair for those interested in working as adjunct faculty members on July 14 from 9 a.m. to noon in room WST 127 on the Winter Haven campus. The…
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Faculty Grows Thanks to Substantial Gift
Polk State College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing keeps growing, this time with the addition of a second full-time faculty member funded through a $400,000 pledge from the Winter Haven Hospital Foundation. After a nationwide…
Professor Is Music Department’s “Missing Piece”
In her five-year run as an adjunct professor, Michelle Manzi resurrected the Polk State Music Department’s emphasis on female vocals and established the ever-growing women’s chorus, Dolce Fiamma. So who could blame Director John Anderson…
Polk State Professor Receives Mining Society’s Teacher of the Year Award
Polk State Professor Suzy Halverson has added another accolade to her resume. Earlier this month, she was named the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration’s (SME) 2012 Florida Teacher of the Year, a competition that…
Polk State Nursing Professors Earn National Publication
Two Polk State Nursing professors have recently had their work published, one in a professional journal, the other in a book edited by a world-renowned expert. Mavra Kear, coordinator of the College’s Bachelor of Science…
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…
Respiratory Care Clinical Education Coordinator Completes Doctorate
Tanya Bird, clinical education coordinator for Polk State’s Respiratory Care program, has completed her doctorate in Health Education from A.T. Still University. Bird will graduate with Honors, having maintained a 4.0 grade-point average during her…