Polk State College Invites Alumni to Coffee with Classmates Events
Polk State College is offering its alumni the chance to reconnect with a series of seven Coffee with Classmates events planned for locations throughout the county. The planned events include: Nov. 8, 7:30 to 9:30…
Polk State College Students to Perform at Fall Festival of Music
Polk State College’s music department is preparing to offer a fast-paced afternoon of performance at its Fall Festival of Music. Fall Festival of Music will be Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts…
Polk State College Health Sciences Maintains Cutting Edge
Polk State College is set to unveil a program unlike any other in the country, establishing formalized, hands-on training for nurses and technicians who participate in robot-assisted surgery. Doctors and patients are increasingly embracing less-invasive…
Polk State College to Host Jazz Great Wynton Marsalis
Polk State College will proudly host jazz phenomenon Wynton Marsalis at a March 8 event on the Winter Haven campus. Marsalis will be accompanied by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at the performance, planned…
Polk State’s FallFest Celebrates 25 Years
After 25 years of staging its popular FallFest, Polk State College knows what attendees want and love: crafts, entertainment and pumpkins. This year, the College will offer all that and more when FallFest comes to…
Friday Event: Charter High School at Polk State Celebrates New Winter Haven Home
Polk State College will unveil its newest building on the Winter Haven campus on Friday, September 30, at 9:30 a.m. at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School. The…
College Mourns Loss of Polk State’s “#1 Fan”
Words alone can not express the grief the Polk State family feels. Dean Lyle will not be forgotten, and his family and loved ones remain in our hearts… Charles (“Charlie”) Norman Lyle II (August 21,…
Local Charter School Announces Expansion at Polk State College
This week’s meeting of the Polk State College District Board of Trustees included an encouraging announcement by Bridget Fetter, principal of Polk State’s Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School. According to Fetter, the Polk County…
Polk State College Celebrates Women’s History Month in March: Nationally-Acclaimed Speakers at Both Campuses
This year’s Women’s History Month celebration at Polk State College highlights three critically-acclaimed guest speakers in addition to many fun, exciting activities for students and the community. Inspired by her own challenges and experiences, Christine…
Gospel Icon Delores “Mom” Winans Headlines Polk State College Black History Month Finale
Just weeks after hosting world-famous Maya Angelou at a sold-out, standing-room only event, Polk State College welcomes another legend to its Winter Haven campus. Delores “Mom” Winans, matriarch of Detroit’s renowned gospel-music family, will be…