Browse past news stories for Valencia College in Orlando, FL.
- Spain's King Felipe VI visits Valencia apartment block where deadly inferno killed at least 10 in Grenfell Tower-like tragedy (2024)
Experts suggested that a type of cladding might have made the blaze spread faster. Vice-president of the Valencia College of ... - Valencia College offers new computer technology concentration this fall (2023)
Students interested in cloud computing can enroll in a new concentration at Valencia College. The concentration will start in ... - ‘Part of the plan:’ 14-year-old graduates from Valencia College with psychology degree (2022)
A Central Florida student just made history as one of the ... - Sports motivate first female president at Valencia College | Commentary (2022)
Who knew? Who knew a woman so smart that she entered a physics curriculum in ... - Community Impact Heroes: Valencia College's Joseph Battista helped many in the region get back to work (2021)
Here's how Valencia College's Joseph Battista helped the region when the pandemic ... - Valencia instructors say they’re treated as ‘afterthoughts,’ and underpaid (2021)
Adjunct instructors at Valencia College, who they say they’re treated as “afterthoughts” ... - Valencia College plans new workforce training center in west Orlando (2020)
Valencia College is preparing a new job training center in west Orlando. What do you expect ... - Man accused of following Valencia student into library found wandering on campus --again, police say (2020)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A man previously trespassed from the Valencia College Kissimmee campus after ... - Census Bureau seeks workers for 2020 survey at $19.50 an hour in Central Florida (2019)
Census Director Steven Dillingham made a recruiting swing Monday through Orange County, making pitches for help at Orlando City Hall and Valencia College. He said the ... - Hurricane Dorian has UCF, Valencia, Seminole State, Rollins, Volusia schools cancelling classes, others on alert (2019)
UCF, Seminole State College, Valencia College and Rollins College announced Thursday they have cancelled classes as Hurricane ... - Outgoing Kissimmee Police Chief lands job at Valencia College - Orlando Sentinel (2016)
A day after Kissimmee Police Chief Lee Massie steps down from the department next month, he will start his new post at Valencia College. Massie will get be paid $95,000 annua ... - 7. Valencia College - Glens Falls Post-Star (2016)
College costs: Where will you get the lowest return on a big investment? Is the risk of struggling to pay off huge student loans worth the reward? The subject was rec ... - 8 Valencia College students killed at Pulse honored during vigil - FOX 13 News, Tampa Bay (2016)
ORLANDO (FOX 13) - A candlelit unity walkway, lined with framed photos of the Pulse nightclub massacre victims, was the centerpiece of a special vigil held by Valencia College's ... - Valencia College Mourns 7 Students Killed In Orlando Nightclub Shooting - NPR (2016)
Seven of the 49 victims of the Orlando shooting were students at Valencia College. Steve Inskeep talks to Joseph Torres, the president of the student government asso ... - Orlando United Vigil at Valencia College East Campus: Photo Gallery - KnightNews.com (2016)
The Valencia College community gathered together to pay respects to the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings on Wednesday, June 15th at the Performing Arts Center ... - Who Is Cory James Connell? The Valencia College Graduate Hoped To Become A Firefighter - Romper (2016)
On Sunday, June 12, a gunman opened fire on the patrons of Pulse, a popular LGBT Orlando nightclub. 49 victims were killed, and another 53 were injured. Among those lost was Cory James Connell, who was celebrating ... - Valencia College finds seven of its students among Orlando dead - Inside Higher Ed (2016)
On Tuesday, as the 49 victims were identified and their family members notified, Valencia College shared horrific news: seven of its students were among those killed. The college said that with “great respect to the victims' families and friends, who ...Valencia College Mourns 7 Of Its Students Killed In ... - Seven Valencia College Students Among the Victims in Pulse Shootings - Valencia News (2016)
Joyce Romano, Valencia College's vice president for student affairs, shared this message with Valencia students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, June 14. Working with information from federal and local authorities, Valencia ha ... - Valencia College stages 2 Graham Farrow plays - Orlando Sentinel (2016)
Valencia College stages "Rattlesnakes" and "Talk About the Passion" by British playwright Graham Farrow. WHAT: Valencia College Theater will open on Friday ... - Valencia College breaks ground on new campus - Orlando Business Journal (blog) (2016)
The Ledger"High schools in Poinciana have among the lowest college-going rates in the county," said Kathleen Plinske, president of Valencia's Osceola, Lake Nona and Poinciana campuses. "This is not because of lack of talent, but simply because of lack of access.Valencia C ... - Valencia College plans groundbreaking ceremony for Poinciana campus - Orlando Sentinel (2016)
The 65,000-square-foot facility will hold about 2,500 degree-seeking students and 1,000 others who want job training, according to the college. For Poinciana students, ... - Valencia College to Host Panel on Foster Kids - Orlando Advacate (blog) (2016)
And from 1 to 3 p.m., there will be a panel discussion featuring representatives from: the Faine House of Orlando; Community Based Care of Central Florida; Va ... - Valencia College Presents Annual Spring Dance Concert This Weekend - Broadway World (2016)
Valencia College will hold its Annual Spring Dance Concert today and tomorrow, March 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. in Valencia's East Campus Performing Arts Center. The concert, ... - Gov. Rick Scott OKs money for new Valencia College campus - Orlando Business Journal (blog) (2016)
Looks like Valencia College's request for state money to help build its new campus in Poinciana made it passed Gov. Rick Scott's veto pen. The list of spending requests Scott plans to ve ... - Osceola OKs land transfer for new Valencia College campus - Orlando Business Journal (blog) (2016)
County commissioners last week approved the transfer of real property to the district board of trustees of Valencia College. The property is located within Mac Overstreet Regional ... - Civil liberties groups support students in Valencia College lawsuit over transvaginal ultrasounds - Orlando Weekly (blog) (2016)
Several civil liberties groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting three female sonography students who are appealing a federal district judge's decision to dismis ... - Corporate giving to Orlando Science Center, Bok Tower Gardens, Valencia College - Orlando Sentinel (2016)
Grant recipients included the Orlando Science Center, Orange and Seminole County Public Education Foundations, Valencia College, United Arts of Central Florida, the Orl ... - Valencia College joins partnership to launch School of Public Safety - Osceola News-Gazette (2014)
The School of Public Safety will combine Valencia College's current education and training programs for law-enforcement officers, corrections officers and firefighters, with p ... - Valencia College approves new public safety school - Orlando Sentinel (2014)
Orlando Business JournalThese trainings will all be part of the new School of Public School that Valencia College officials approved this week. The new school is replacing what was previously known as the Criminal ...
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