Polk State College Professor Earns Two First-Place Awards at Writers’ Conference
Polk State College Professor Dr. Kathy Nicklaus recently placed first in both the poetry and fiction categories at the 26thAnnual Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference. Nicklaus won for her poem, “Something in a Stormy…
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’s Educator Preparation Institute Recognized
Polk State College’s Educator Preparation Institute is in the spotlight for its efforts to help mature workers transition into K-12 teaching careers. EPI is the subject of a story featured on the website Encore.org, which…
Lecture, Fossils to Be Offered at Polk State College Event
Will Florida one day disappear beneath rising sea waters? Or will mankind continue to flourish here indefinitely? Those questions and more will be explored at an upcoming Polk State College lecture titled “Fossil Hunting on…
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…
Trio of Classical Music Artists to Perform at Polk State College
A trio of classical music artists will convene at Polk State College to offer the public a rousing, emotional night of performance. “Philosophie Fantastique: The Color of Sound,” will take place Oct. 29 at 7…
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…
Polk State Professor Tapped to Lead State Association
The Florida Nurses Association (FNA) has just elected Dr. Mavra Kear, Ph.D., ARNP, BC, to lead the organization as its President for the next two years. Kear, a professor of nursing at Polk State College,…
