Polk Community College holds two graduation ceremonies each year- one in May and one in December.

The May grad-uation is usually held in the WHC- Health Center Gym, on the Winter Haven campus.

The December graduation will be  held at the  Lakeland Center's YoukeyTheatre,   701 West Lime St., Lakeland.

Here are more details:

• For May graduation, students need to apply to graduate in February.

Check the College Calendar for the dates and times of the up coming commencement. 

PCC President Eileen Holden awards 300 to 400 diplomas each May. In December, which includes summer graduates, about 500 to 600 students typically are eligible to walk in the commencement ceremonies.

About 70 percent of PCC's graduates receive Associate in Arts (AA) degrees, which are parallel and transferable to state universities. The remaining 30 percent of the students will receive Associate in Science (AS) degrees, which lead directly to employment.

More than half of PCC's graduates continue to live and work in Polk County.