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…
County Commissioners Transfer Land for Polk State Center for Public Safety
Polk State College now officially has the site for its planned Center for Public Safety. On Tuesday, the Polk County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the transfer of 10 acres, located off State Road…
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 Kenneth C. Thompson Institute of Public Safety Belongs to Elite Group
For five years now, Polk State’s Kenneth C. Thompson Institute of Public Safety has belonged to an elite group of law-enforcement training academies — those that have made meticulous improvements and passed rigorous inspections, all…
First International Exchange Students Still Reveling in Adventures Abroad
Polk State College’s first group of international exchange students has recently returned from France, bringing with them new perspectives, experiences and memories sure to last a lifetime. “In one word, it was awesome,” said student…
Polk State Alumni Help Unravel Decades-Old Mummy Mystery
In the decades since it was unearthed, a hulking mummy stored at a museum in Lima, Peru, had perplexed scientists and researchers, taunting them with questions about what could be contained within its nearly 200-pound bundle.…
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.…
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…