Polk State College to continue all classes online through summer 2020
Polk State College will continue all classes online through the Summer 2020 Semester to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The College suspended instruction on March 16 and will resume all classes, including dual enrollment…
Polk State College faculty and staff come together and get creative to continue instruction online through COVID-19
As Polk State College moves to an online learning environment for the remainder of the 2020 Spring Semester to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, faculty and staff have partnered and are taking innovative approaches…
Important updates and resources for moving to online classes at Polk State College
Polk State College is dedicated to fostering a healthy learning environment and is prepared to resume instruction online on Monday, March 30, for the remainder of the 2020 Spring Semester to help prevent the spread…
Polk State Aerospace student lands UPS Airlines internship and scholarship
If someone told Ismael Jimenez-Barreto three years ago that he would be interning with one of the largest cargo airlines in the world, he would have doubted them. He was an aeronautical university dropout working…
Polk State College supports Governor’s Last Mile College Completion Program
Polk State College is proud to support Governor Ron DeSantis’s Last Mile Completion Program, which aims to provide scholarships for students who left college before reaching graduation, and who are motivated to complete the “last…
Polk State feels like home for new registrar
For Susan Desbrow, assuming the registrar’s position at Polk State College feels like home, although she’s not a Polk County native. “It is very much a family environment here at Polk State,” said Desbrow, who…
Enrollment for FASTRACK 2 and 12-week sessions still underway at Polk State
Spring 2020 is in full swing at Polk State College, and there is still time for students to enroll in FASTRACK 2 and 12-week sessions this semester. The 12-week session will begin Feb. 3. The…
Dual enrollment provides academic, cost-saving opportunities to Polk State students
Polk State serves nearly 3,000 students each year through its dual-enrollment, early-admission, and collegiate high school programs, providing a variety of accelerated-learning and cost-saving opportunities for students and their families. Dual-enrollment and early-admission options allow…
Establishing Leaders in Teacher Education students from Ridge Community High get the Polk State College experience
Students in the Establishing Leaders in Teacher Education (ELITE) Program received a firsthand look at their future college campus and the resources already available to them at Polk State College, although they are sophomores at…
Polk State wins Chancellor’s Best Practice Award for First-Year Experience and Guided Pathways
For the second consecutive year, Polk State College received a Chancellor’s Best Practice Award from the Florida College System – this time for its First-Year Experience and Guided Pathways programs focused on ensuring students persist…