Polk State Lakeland Collegiate Student Selected for Phi Theta Kappa Academic Team
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School senior Terrence Nealy will this year represent Polk State College on the Phi Theta Kappa All-Florida Academic Team. Nealy will attend the 2012 Phi Theta Kappa All-Florida Academic Team…
Summer Registration Begins April 10 at Polk State College
Registration for summer classes at Polk State starts April 10; summer classes begin May 9. Students currently enrolled at the College may register for the summer term online through the College’s Passport. Prospective new students should…
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…