June 23, 2011 - Polk State College has recently announced the “Who’s Who” honorees for the 2010-2011 academic year. Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges is a highly-regarded national recognition of top-performing college students. Students earn this distinction of scholastic achievement through the nominations of faculty and staff.

Each year, this outstanding group of students is awarded selection to Who’s Who Among Students through the presentation of an award certificate and a listing in the annual publication Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges.

Students listed exemplify the leaders of today’s college students. For more than seventy-six years, Who’s Who Among Students has honored these students nominated by their own colleges for their scholastic and community accomplishments.

The following students represent Polk State College in the 2010-2011 listing of Who Who’s Among Students in American Universities & Colleges: Raylee Arndt (Winter Haven), Justin Bean (Lakeland), Molly Billue (Oakland), Mario Blackwood (Winter Haven), Kaira Bowens (Haines City), Jerry Breithaupt (Winter Haven), Rainna Crenshaw (Tampa), Eli Crews (Lakeland), Philip Daniels (Auburndale), Ashleigh Eldridge (Winter Haven), Derek Faulkner (Lake Alfred), Catherine Floyd (Orlando), Darwin Frederic (Lakeland), Leslie Fullerton (Lake Alfred), Robert Griffin (Orlando), Ashley Hinson (Saint Cloud), Souann Louis (Winter Haven), Amanda Magnuson (Winter Haven), Sarah Mahammad (Winter Haven), Erin Martin (Bartow), Jacklyn Massey (Winter Haven), Jill Maykut (Oviedo), Beau McCall (Plant City), Marissia Nichols (Haines City), Ashley Palmer (Sarasota), Jolyne Perceval (Winter Haven), Denise Pounds (Lakeland), Amber Reveron (Auburndale), Leanna Reyes (Winter Haven), Casmore Shaw (Kissimmee), Elizabeth Sluski (Lakeland), Amanda Solis (Orlando), Nathan Tigue (Brooksville).

According to Dr. Ken Ross, Vice President for Academic and Student Services at Polk State, “We are very proud of the achievements of these students. We aspire to excellence in all that we do, and these men and women are an outstanding example.”

Polk State College was founded in 1964 and has campuses in Winter Haven and Lakeland, as well as academic centers in Lake Wales and Lakeland’s Airside Center. The College awards associate’s and bachelor’s degrees, as well as a variety of workforce training certificates.