Polk State Really Is Polk
We really are Polk — like, officially. As part of its 2011 rebranding, Polk State College adopted the slogan, “We Are Polk” to express its deep connection with and tradition of serving Polk County. On…
Polk State Eagle Makes 6,200-Mile Trek Out West
The Polk State Eagle soared way out west this summer on the chest of Jason Selfridge. Selfridge is a program assistant in the College’s Engineering Technology degree program and Polk State Corporate College’s Advanced Manufacturing…
Aspiring Doctors Get Head Start in Polk State Scholarobotic Academy
Annika Mulaney is only a sophomore in high school, with years to go before she’ll take a seat in a university classroom and open her first medical school textbook. But this summer she’s already taking…
Polk State EMS Students Among the State’s Best on Exams
To look at it in terms of time and money, it doesn’t make much sense for Jeanette Perez to study in Polk State College’s Emergency Medical Services program. The round-trip commute from her east-Orlando home…
Police Explorers Visit Polk State
More than 60 high-school students were on Polk State’s Winter Haven campus Friday morning, learning about what the College has to offer as they pursue careers in law enforcement. The students are participants in Explorers…
Polk State Theatre Readies for “Landmark Season”
Four years ago, Paul Carbonell stood on the stage of Polk State’s Fine Arts Theatre, and saw possibilities stretching before him like the rows of multicolored seats in the cool auditorium. This was a department,…
Polk Works Announces Annual Meeting, Polk State is Title Sponsor
On Aug. 23, Polk Works will celebrate workforce achievement with its Annual Meeting and Best Places to Work Awards at The Lakeland Center from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. This year’s event will feature keynote speaker…
Polk State’s PAL to Be Temporarily Unavailable as Improvements Are Made
Polk State students will be unable to use PAL until the start of fall classes on Aug. 20 — a brief inconvenience that will allow the College to streamline and improve the PAL system. PAL,…
Dedicated Nurse Inspires New Scholarship at Polk State
A new Polk State College Foundation scholarship honors the legacy of a nurse who practiced with unfailing empathy, and will benefit those who aspire to join her profession. The Rosemary M. Odum, RN Scholarship will…
Professor’s “Literature of the Holocaust” Forever Changes Lives
Howard Kerner, like all of us, has no escape from constant reminders of cruelty in this world. Victimized children. Senseless murders. Wartime violence. They are found with every tap of the remote, click of the…
