Polk State MLK Breakfast Message: Don’t Stop Working for the Dream
Polk State College hosted its Ninth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast on Tuesday, where 200 attendees honored the slain civil rights leader and reflected on how they can personally continue the legacy…
Polk State Alumnus Named Head of Walt Disney World Resort
Polk State College alumnus George Kalogridis has been named president of Walt Disney World Resort, 42 years after he was hired as a busboy for the then-fledgling amusement park. His ascent to the highest ranks…
Professor Saves Family From House Fire
What would you do if you woke up in the middle of the night and saw your neighbor’s house engulfed in flames? Would you risk your life to save the inhabitants? Well Mark Mershon, an…
Interview with Lamar Sessoms
Lamar Sessoms is a US Veteran and a very interesting student at Polk State College. He currently takes classes in Digital Media Technology and always has something interesting to say. We interviewed him during the…
Polk State Students Hit the Water With New Fishing Club
Polk State College consistently underscores the institution’s “perfect fit” with the region it serves, and the newest club at Polk certainly fits a county with well over 500 lakes perfectly. Polk State College anglers and…
Drink Red (Brandon, Mo, Dario, Katherine)
Brandon Hosegood, Mo McCourt, Dario Perez, and Katherine Lehman collaborate on this project about responsible drinking. Funny stuff. The project was done in DIG2030C Digital Video and Sound taught by Dr. Gregory Johnson at Polk…
No College (Conrad, Ashley, Tracy)
Conrad Berganza, Ashley Bramwell, and Tracy Sloan collaborate to create a short ad about college. They undertook this project as part of the final requirements in DIG2030C Digital Video and Sound at Polk State College.…
Polk State’s McLeod Leaves Legacy of Public Art
Polk State’s Ann McLeod, who even in her final days was planning for the expansion of the College’s public-art collection, died in Auburndale on Dec. 25, 2012. She was 73. McLeod retired from Polk State…
Polk State’s Thomas Receives Kellogg Institute Certification
Polk State’s Courtlann Dixon Thomas has received certification as a Developmental Education Specialist from the Kellogg Institute for the Training and Certification of Developmental Educators. The Kellogg program is the nation’s longest running advanced training…
Polk State’s Foege Appointed to Board of Tampa Bay Library Consortium
Polk State Lakeland’s Bill Foege has been appointed to the board of the Tampa Bay Library Consortium. The TBLC is a nonprofit library cooperative whose members include seven state colleges, three state university system libraries,…
