Polk STEM Program a Finalist for Bellwether Award
Polk State College’s entry, Growing the Stem: Implementing a Collegiate STEMProgram, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Bellwether Award. The Community College Futures Assembly, sponsored by the Institute of Higher Education at…
Foundation Raising Funds to Send Scholarobotics Students to France
Students who participated in this year’s Polk State Scholarobotics Academy have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to present their research in France — but they need help paying for it. Begun two years ago, Scholarobotics is a summer…
Second Scholarobotics Class Conducting New Research, Preparing to Present in France
If you think summer vacation is still about sleeping in, watching TV, and getting a tan, you obviously have not met the 16 students studying in Polk State’s second Scholarobotics Academy. These high-school juniors and…
Polk State’s Halverson Garners Another Teacher of the Year Award
Polk State College Professor Suzanne Ramjattan Halverson has added another teaching accolade to her list of distinctions — the 2013 Teacher of the Year award from the Polk Association of Charter Schools. Halverson received her award earlier…
Polk State Has Several Options for Kids This Summer
Polk State College has several exciting, educational options for children this summer, including two new programs that emphasize robotics and Kids at College, a popular choice for Polk County families since it began 20 years…
Scholarobotics Academy to Give High School Seniors Introduction to Robotic Surgery
For many students, summer vacation can be a time of sloth-like laziness, the days measured in naps and TV shows. Or, for participants in a new Polk State College program, it can be a time…