Polk State Business Professor Herb Nold describes this trip to Panama as an academic/trade mission — and for good reason. Nold is leading a group of three Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management students during…

For her fellow travelers, the half-mile walk to a waterfall in the Panamanian jungle was just a quick, easy hike. For Ketsia Diaz, it was a chance to prove to herself, and everyone else, that…

  Today, the jungle. While the Bachelor of Applied Science in Supervision and Management students, rested from the previous day’s adventure on the Panama Canal, headed for a tour of Panama City, another group of…

The second day of Polk State’s Panamanian adventure began with early-morning transit from the City of Knowledge to the Pacific end of the Panama Canal. The travelers boarded their ferry at 7:30 a.m. and spent…

It was an early morning for a group of Polk State business students and employees bound for Panama on Friday. Still blurry-eyed, the travelers arrived at the Orlando International Airport around 4:45 a.m., gathering at…

The Polk State College Institute for Global Initiatives is designed to provide multicultural and transnational educational opportunities and experiences for Polk State students living and working in an increasingly globally connected society. Opportunities include study abroad experiences…