Disability Awareness Month Speaker: “Disability Is Just Different”
Polk State College concluded its 2015 Disability Awareness Month activities Thursday with a presentation by Tiana Tozer, who challenged her audience to “redefine disability.” “What makes you who you are isn’t your disability, it’s what’s…
Gallery Reception: Omar Martinez
The Polk State Lakeland Art Gallery hosted a reception Oct. 27 for world-renowned artist Omar Martinez’s first solo American exhibit. Born in Santiago de Chile, Martinez has made his name with his paintings of horses.…
Three BSN Students Have Letters to the Editor Published in The Ledger
Three Polk State Nursing students recently exceeded class requirements by having their letters to the editor published in The Ledger. This fall, the students all took Professional Role Transformation, the initial course in the…
Polk State Jazz Jam: Musicians Invited to Collaborate with Local Favorites
Local talents Victoria de Lissovoy and Charlie “Topp” Hines will host a free jazz jam session for local musicians from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center. A Polk…
Joggin’ for the Noggin’ 2015
More than 300 people ran, jogged, or walked in the 3rd Annual Joggin’ for the Noggin’ 5k presented by Regal Automotive Group on Oct. 23 at the Polk State Lakeland campus. Proceeds from the event…
College Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing Welcomes Hillsborough Community College
The College Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing now has a new partner in providing training programs to Florida’s manufacturers. Hillsborough Community College has officially joined the College Alliance for Advanced Manufacturing, becoming the seventh public college in…
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Students Complete Hospice Training Program
A group of Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School students recently received certificates marking their completion of Good Shepherd Hospice’s volunteer training. But ask any of them, and they’ll tell you that a…
Polk State Environmental Science Students Learn — and Teach — During Project at Crooked Lake
If you didn’t know any better, you would have thought the group of students who recently boarded a boat on Crooked Lake were just having a fun afternoon on the water. How wrong you would…
United Way Soccer Game
As part of Polk State’s annual United Way campaign, the soccer team played a game against faculty, staff, and administrators on the Lakeland campus on Oct. 19.
Bachelor’s Degree Student and Business Owner: “I Would Not Be Who I Am Today Without Polk State”
Polk State College’s history is filled with stories of people who have changed their lives through the power of higher education. But few of those stories can compare with that of Sha’Kia Young. Hers…
