
Taking Flight: Polk State Reports to the Community

This weekend Polk State will release its annual Report to the Community — the theme of which this year is “Taking Flight.” Get your advance peek here at news@polk! View the Report Online Download the…

Wise & Witty Women and Many Magnificent Men Entertains Audiences on Both Campuses

It’s time again for Wise & Witty Women and Many Magnificent Men time at Polk State College. The event, now in its sixth year, has become a community favorite. It took place on the Winter Haven…

A Philosophy Club at Polk State? Yes, and It’s Growing by the Day

It’s a Tuesday afternoon and a dozen students are fully engaged in a debate over the meanings of “fate” and “chance.” They invoke the theories of Plato, Buddha and Immanuel Kant. Voices are raised. One…

Polk State College Presents Women’s History Month Event, “Sex(ism), Identity and Intimacy”

In recognition of Women’s History Month, Polk State College will present a multimedia presentation by internationally acclaimed speaker and author Dr. Gail Dines. Dines is a professor of sociology and women’s studies at Wheelock College…

Polk State Celebrates LEED-Certified Lakeland Student Center

Polk State College will celebrate its first LEED-certified building, the Lakeland Student Center, with a plaque presentation during Monday’s meeting of the District Board of Trustees.

USF to Continue to Share Space at Polk State Lakeland Campus

In a budget deal worked out Monday, USF will continue to share space on the Lakeland campus while an independent polytechnic university is built along Interstate 4. At the end of a five-year “Teach Out,”…

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High Student a National Merit Finalist

A Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School student has been named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Joseph Germany, 18, is a resident of Lakeland who plans to study English and pre-law at…

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School Student to Compete at FBLA State Leadership Conference

Less than six months into its existence, the Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School FBLA chapter will be represented at an upcoming state conference. Brionne Riles, 18, a resident of Lakeland, recently placed third in the…

Bomb Threat Leads to Evacuation of Lakeland Campus

The threat was resolved in about two hours. No bomb was found. Read more of the story at The Ledger.

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School Students Help Middle-School Students Learn Computers

Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School Students helped guide sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students at Gause Academy through a Computer Exploration Lab. The experience ended up being a great learning opportunity for the high-school students,…