Polk State Aerospace Program Open House is June 8
Polk State College’s Aerospace program will host an open house event on June 8 at 6 p.m. at the Polk State Airside Center, 3515 Aviation Drive in South Lakeland. At the event, Program Director Eric…
Commencement Countdown: Aspiring Hospital CEO and Airplane Dispatcher Each Refused to Let Anything Deter Them from Their Goals
Polk State College will celebrate its 112th commencement ceremony on May 7 at 6:30 p.m. at The Lakeland Center. As graduation nears, News@Polk is profiling graduates to learn more about the paths they took to…
Polk State Students to Share Their Talents During Art in Transit Week
Art in Transit week kicks off April 13, and Polk State students will be out and about, sharing their talents with bus riders across the county. Art in Transit is a weeklong program to encourage…
American Heritage Troop Visits Polk State Aerospace Program
For their first-ever field trip, members of American Heritage Girls Troop 2101 visited Polk State’s Aerospace program Monday night. The takeaway? Little girls can grow up to be anything they want to be — even…
Polk’s LaTrice Moore Receives National Award for Her Work to Promote Entrepreneurship
Polk State College’s LaTrice Moore is one of two educators in the nation who have received the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship’s (NACCE) Intuit Impact Award. Moore, entrepreneurship director and professor of business administration, received…
Within Just Weeks, Participants in New Polk State Program Can Begin Manufacturing Careers; Scholarships Available
This story published earlier this year but is being reposted to announce that scholarships are available for a class that is now forming. The scholarships are offered through the Florida TRADE grant. Twenty scholarships worth…
Polk State Airside Center Hosting Open House Oct. 23; Learn More About Medical Imaging, Coding and Transcription, and Aerospace
Polk State’s Airside Center will host an open house Oct. 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. for anyone interested in learning more about the programs housed at the location. Polk State Airside is home to…
Polk State Aerospace Student Spent Summer in Competitive JetBlue Internship Program
A Polk State Aerospace student will have to rewrite his resume after spending summer vacation as an intern with JetBlue Airways. “I can put on my resume that I worked for one of the country’s…
Polk State Students Bring Home Top-10 Finishes from National Phi Beta Lambda Conference
Members of Polk State College’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda captured a handful of top-10 finishes at the organization’s recent National Leadership Conference. Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) is the nation’s oldest…
Polk Wins Statewide Competition for Efforts to Unite Educational Institutions, Manufacturing Industry
Polk State College has garnered statewide recognition for an innovative approach to manufacturing education that brings schools and employers to the same table. Earlier this year, the MAF Center for Advanced Manufacturing Excellence, a Tallahassee-based…