Polk State welcomes freshmen at 2023 First Flight
Polk State College welcomed more than 800 first-time-in-college students to the 2023-2024 Academic Year during two First Flight Freshmen Welcome events on the Winter Haven and Lakeland campuses. Students had the opportunity to meet with…
Polk State’s First-Year Experience fosters friendship & mentorship
Polk State College’s First-Year Experience is a comprehensive onboarding program that provides first-time-in-college students with robust resources including success coaching and career exploration, and for Associate in Arts students specifically, the First-Year Seminar course. For…
PASSPORT is fully operational
Polk State College’s PASSPORT site is restored and fully operational. Students should be able to register, view financial statements, and complete electronic payments online through the PASSPORT portal. Access to the online application to the…
Polk State First Flight Freshmen Welcome goes virtual with upbeat, informative kick off to the academic year
Polk State’s incoming freshmen received a virtual welcome to the College that did not lack the energy or information of traditional First Flight Freshmen Welcome events held as part of the First Year Experience (FYE)…
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development awards four Polk State employees for excellence
The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development’s (NISOD) Excellence Awards is an annual opportunity to recognize faculty, staff, and administrators for their extraordinary work at colleges across the country. Polk State College’s 2020 honorees,…
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…
POLKcast: Flying through the First Year Experience with Cate Igo
Polk State’s First Year Experience (FYE) Program helps students transition to college and figure out what they are called to do academically and professionally. In this episode of POLKcast, Director of Academic Success Initiatives Cate…
Eagles soar at First Flight
Incoming Polk State freshmen started the fall semester by taking part in First Flight convocations Aug. 9 and 16, 2019, on the Winter Haven and Lakeland campuses.