Polk State’s Halverson Receives Pair of Teacher of the Year Honors
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Professor Suzanne Halverson has received a pair of Teacher of the Year honors, both on the county and school levels. Starting with her countywide recognition, Halverson was…
Polk State Professors Organize Science Field Experience to Bahamas
Polk State students will leave the classrooms behind this summer, fulfilling their science requirements during a first-ever field experience in the Bahamas. Polk State science professors Anthony Cornett, Logan Randolph and Natalie Whitcomb have organized…
Polk State’s Zhou to Be Published in British Mathematics Journal
Polk State Mathematics Professor Li Zhou has had another article accepted to the British journal The Mathematical Gazette. The Mathematical Gazette is a publication of The Mathematical Association. Published three times a year, its readership…
“Anna in the Tropics Audiences”: Before the Play, Get to Know Anna Karenina
Polk State Theatre will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Anna in the Tropics,” beginning Feb. 6. The play, set in 1929, interweaves the tale of Ybor City cigar workers with Leo Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina.”…
Polk State a Finalist for Bellwether Award
Polk State College has been selected from 250 applicants from across the nation as a finalist for the Community College Futures Assembly’s Bellwether Award. The Community College Futures Assembly, sponsored by the Institute of Higher…
Polk State Honored for Service-Learning Initiatives
Polk State College was recently honored for its service-learning initiatives, in which students use what they’re learning in the classroom to make an impact in their community. The College received Florida Campus Compact’s Campus-Community Partnership…
Professor Saves Family From House Fire
What would you do if you woke up in the middle of the night and saw your neighbor’s house engulfed in flames? Would you risk your life to save the inhabitants? Well Mark Mershon, an…
Polk State’s McLeod Leaves Legacy of Public Art
Polk State’s Ann McLeod, who even in her final days was planning for the expansion of the College’s public-art collection, died in Auburndale on Dec. 25, 2012. She was 73. McLeod retired from Polk State…
Polk State’s Thomas Receives Kellogg Institute Certification
Polk State’s Courtlann Dixon Thomas has received certification as a Developmental Education Specialist from the Kellogg Institute for the Training and Certification of Developmental Educators. The Kellogg program is the nation’s longest running advanced training…
Polk State’s Foege Appointed to Board of Tampa Bay Library Consortium
Polk State Lakeland’s Bill Foege has been appointed to the board of the Tampa Bay Library Consortium. The TBLC is a nonprofit library cooperative whose members include seven state colleges, three state university system libraries,…