
Heartland Consortium Students Visit Clear Springs

Instead of sleeping late or playing video games — the sort of weekend things kids their age usually do — 100 students from the Heartland Educational Consortium spent Saturday visiting Polk State’s newest center and learning about…
Polk State Hosting LEGO Competition
Polk State Winter Haven will host the Central Florida Regional FIRST LEGO League Tornado Tournament. The event will take place on Feb. 1 at the Polk State Winter Haven Health Center, 999 Ave. H N.E.…

Polk State Collegiate High Schools to Host Information Sessions in February

Polk State’s collegiate high schools will host information sessions for prospective students in February. Students at Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School in Winter Haven and Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School fulfill…

Class Reunion: For 1967 Grad, Life Changed When He Went to Polk

Fifty years ago, Carl Caldwell was working at a citrus packing plant in Dundee. At the end of his shift, or before his feet touched the floor in the morning, or over dinner, he would…

Polk Nursing Student Published in First-Of-Its-Kind Textbook

A Polk State student’s work is included in a recently published textbook by two leading nursing theorists. Tamara King, a Lakeland resident studying toward her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, is among the contributors to…

Polk’s Newest Vice President: “Education Makes the Difference”

Sitting behind the desk in his new corner office, on just the second day of his job as vice president of student services, Reggie Webb thinks about what his life might have been. He grew…

Next Voices of the People Concert to Feature Works of Italian Artists

Polk State College’s Voices of the People performing arts series will have an Italian flair when it continues this weekend at the Polk State College Lake Wales Arts Center. Aus Italien: A Celebration of Italian…

College Exploring New Four-Year Degrees, Needs Students to Take Survey

Polk State College is exploring the addition of bachelor’s degrees in Accounting, Early Childhood Education, and Elementary Education. Students who are interested in these degrees are asked to take the survey found here. The College…

Polk State Planning Spring Break Trip to Stonehenge

Polk State College is offering students a Spring Break opportunity far from the typical sun-sand-sleep routine. As part of its expanding selection of study-abroad opportunities, the College is organizing a trip to Stonehenge, the mysterious…

Polk State Mourning Loss of Longtime Art Professor Gary Baker; Celebration of Life Planned

Just weeks after honoring him for nearly four decades of service, Polk State College is mourning the loss of Art Professor Gary Baker, who died earlier this week at age 66. Baker worked at Polk…