Polk Has First Completers of New Career Educator Pathways Program
Polk State College’s Educator Preparation Institute has graduated the first class from a program designed to help industry experts transition to new careers as public school teachers. Last year, in partnership with Polk County Public…
Polk State Aerospace Open House Is June 17
Polk State Aerospace will host an open house event June 17 at 5:30 p.m. During the Open House, prospective students will learn about the College’s Aerospace courses and degree options, and meet with Aerospace faculty…
Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center’s “Up Close & Personal Series” to Feature Country, Gospel Caribbean; Free Concerts Start June 13
The Polk State Lake Wales Arts Center will host its Up Close & Personal Summer Concert Series beginning June 13, giving patrons the opportunity to enjoy rising talents in genres from country to gospel — and…
Polk State Bass Fishing Team Enjoys Early Success
Polk State’s Bass Fishing Team is now ranked seventh in the nation, fifth in the South, and for the first time has qualified for the 2014 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship — remarkable accomplishments considering…
“Eagle Shuffle” Energizes Student Services Retreat
Breaking News Alert: Part electric slide, part chicken dance, the “Eagle Shuffle” is the latest dance sensation sweeping Polk State’s Student Services staff. OK, so that’s how this story would begin if this were a…
Management Change at Polk Bookstores Means New Deadlines for Summer B Purchases; Buy Before June 27
A change in management at the Polk State College bookstores means a slightly shorter window for financial aid purchases. For more than a decade, the College had contracted with Westchester, Ill.-based Follett Corp. to manage…
Gateway Graduation Speaker: “I’m Going to Keep Going”
The paths they took to get there were anything but typical, but in the end, Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College High School’s first graduating class had all the traditional hallmarks of commencement. Pomp and…
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School Commencement
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School held its 2014 commencement ceremony June 3 at the Polk State Winter Haven Health Center.
Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College High School Commencement
Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College High School held its 2014 commencement ceremony June 2 at the Polk State Lakeland Technology Building. Gateway is the the College’s newest high school, having just launched in August.…
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate Grad Also an Advocate for Foster Care Children
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School student Victor Sims has just returned from Washington, D.C., where he shared with lawmakers his experiences — the good and the bad — of growing up in…
