Polk State Extends Deadline to Use Financial Aid at Bookstores
To help ease the new-semester rush, Polk State College has extended the deadline for students to use their financial aid for bookstore purchases. According to Polk State Student Financial Services Director Marcia Conliffe, the deadline…
Show Your Polk Pride on College Colors Day
Polk State fans will join the country in a nationwide celebration of school spirit on Aug. 30, which has been designated as this year’s College Colors Day. The Collegiate Licensing Company invented College Colors Day…
Polk State District Board of Trustees Has New Leadership
Hospital executive Linda Pilkington, whose support of Polk State College dates back nearly two decades, will now serve as chair of its District Board of Trustees. Pilkington was unanimously approved for the position during Monday’s…
Polk’s Voices of the People Concerts Begin Sept. 7
The second season of Polk State’s Voices of the People performing arts series begins at 7 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the College’s Winter Haven Fine Arts Theatre. Voices of the People, a joint effort…
Polk Graduate Receives Full Scholarship to Sarah Lawrence College
Tuesday was moving day for Mayra Hidalgo Salazar, and never had the sight of cardboard boxes been so sweet. That’s because the long drive Hidalgo Salazar began yesterday morning will take her to Yonkers, N.Y.,…
Polk State College Honors AT&T for Support of Robotics Program
The Polk State Foundation on Monday recognized AT&T for its $25,000 grant, which made it possible for more students to take part in a fast-growing summer robotics program at the College. “Two things go hand…
Polk State JD Alexander Center Kicks Off Campus Read on Wednesday
Polk State’s JD Alexander Center kicks off its first-ever Campus Read event — picture a really big book club — at noon on Wednesday in room JDA 202. All students, faculty and staff are invited…
Polk’s Shelton-Toney Delivers Keynote at Kissimmee Scholarship Presentation
Polk State Veterans Services Coordinator Carole Shelton-Toney received thanks from students and parents alike on Sunday, after delivering a speech in which she advised youths to follow their dreams — but also get the education that…
ELITE Program Taking Applications for Seventh Class
Polk State’s ELITE Educational Leadership Enhancement Program — an initiative that has contributed to 15 promotions and is modeled after a program that helped President Eileen Holden achieve her own success — is now taking applications…
For Polk Student, Vase Is a Lesson In Perseverance, Adaptation
To anyone else, the vase student Laura Hawkins recently presented to a Polk State administrator is precisely, and only, that — a vase. To Hawkins, Art Professor Gary Baker and Dean of Academic Affairs Martha Santiago,…
