Polk’s Presidential Contract in Full Compliance
A report issued yesterday by Florida’s Chief Inspector General at the request of Governor Rick Scott focused on presidential compensation within the Florida College System. The analysis included Polk State College and the 27 other…
Bartow 100 Tours Polk State Clear Springs Site
Members of the Bartow Chamber of Commerce’s Committee of 100 toured the quickly evolving site of the Polk State Clear Springs Advanced Technology Center on Friday, constituting the first large group to visit the location.…
Polk State Interns Help Plan, Stage Leadership Event for City of Lakeland
Nearly three-dozen City of Lakeland employees recently sharpened their leadership skills at an event Polk State students helped to plan and stage. Working through the College’s Internship Program, students Sumer Allen and Jiari Howard spent…
Polk State Graduates Get Jobs at Highest Rate in Florida for Second Consecutive Year
Polk State College is once again the state’s leader in preparing graduates for immediate employment. New data show that 86 percent of students in the College’s workforce-based programs secured employment within just months of graduation.…
Polk State Hosts Girls Inc. Awards, Two College Employees are Honored
There was an unmistakable Polk State theme at the 22nd Annual Girls Inc. of Winter Haven She Knows Where She’s Going awards, an event that drew nearly 250 attendees to the College’s Winter Haven Student…
Polk State’s Halverson Garners Another Teacher of the Year Award
Polk State College Professor Suzanne Ramjattan Halverson has added another teaching accolade to her list of distinctions — the 2013 Teacher of the Year award from the Polk Association of Charter Schools. Halverson received her award earlier…
At the Top of Commencement Stands, a Beaming Coach Watched His ‘Kids’ Graduate
Jeff Ellis certainly didn’t have to attend last night’s graduation. Just off his fifth season coaching Polk State’s softball team, and having just returned from its second consecutive state tournament bid, no one would have…
At 67, Graduate Set to Begin New Life Based on Love of Teaching
Tonight, at 67 years old, David Jones will cross the Polk State commencement stage and begin a new life. Behind him, he’ll leave a career based in materialism, in which everything hinged on closing the…
Oldest, Youngest Grads Separated by Decades but Share Mutual Affection for Polk State
Seated in the sea of graduates at Polk State College’s upcoming commencement this Tuesday will be Alexander Manjarres and Charles Walker, who, separated by more than 50 years, have known totally different worlds. Walker, 69,…
POLKcast: Polk State Softball alum Greta Cecchetti an Italian trailblazer [TRANSCRIPT]
00:00:00.030 –> 00:00:04.040 Huge, huge adjustment, uh, to the language, to the culture, 00:00:04.690 –> 00:00:07.400 uh, the food, even just going to Walmart. 00:00:08.130 –> 00:00:12.080 Another kinda free rock roll make,…
