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,…
Upward Bound Kickoff
Polk State’s Upward Bound program welcomed new participants Sept. 21, 2019, at a Kickoff on the Winter Haven campus. Upward Bound prepares high-school students for college and professional success and helps them recognize and tap into…
Polk State’s Stephanie L. Campbell Named Association of Florida Colleges VP
Stephanie L. Campbell, Polk State’s Upward Bound Program Director, recently achieved the position of Vice President for Regions and Chapters for the Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) for 2017-2018. The AFC represents the employees, presidents,…
A First for Polk: All Upward Bound Graduates Headed to College
For the first time in its history at Polk State, a program to help high school students prepare for postsecondary education has seen 100 percent of new graduates accepted to college. Upward Bound is a…