Polk State Lake Wales Campus temporarily closed due to down chiller
The Polk State JD Alexander Center in Lake Wales is temporarily closed due to a down chiller. The College’s Facilities Team is working diligently to implement a solution. The closure impacts access to advising, tutoring,…
Canvas sign on now uses Polk State credentials
Polk State College students and faculty will now use their College-issued email credentials to access Canvas. Instead of having a separate login to access Canvas, students and faculty will now use the same login used…
POLKcast: Polk State Baseball alum becomes Survivor star
A former two-way player and member of Head Coach Al Corbeil’s first Polk State Baseball team, Chris Noble went on to achieve stardom on the reality television series, Survivor. Noble later worked as a model…
Polk State Gateway’s top graduates earn AAs in high school
In just three years of high school, Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School’s Madison Dolyak and Gabrielle Anderson leave with Associate in Arts degrees and at the top of their graduating class.…
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School valedictorian, salutatorian accelerate their educational journeys
Polk State College Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School recently celebrated its 2023 graduating class with valedictorian Jacob Baltazar and salutatorian Layla Unzueta. Both students completed their Polk State Associate in Arts degrees before they…
Passport will be unavailable 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. May 21
Polk State College’s Passport system will be unavailable as it undergoes an upgrade from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 21. Passport is the primary database for all student academic and financial…
Polk State College celebrates 128th commencement photo gallery
Polk State College hosted its 128th commencement ceremonies on May 4, 2023, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland. The ceremonies included remarks by Distinguished Alumnus Bo Boyte and District Board of Trustees’ Immediate Past…
Polk State Lakeland Collegiate valedictorian and salutatorian take similar paths to top of class
For Polk State Lakeland Collegiate High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian, the path to graduation was similar, but their future plans are significantly different. Just three-thousandths of a point in grade-point average (GPA) separated valedictorian Kriti…
Polk State celebrates Florida’s No. 1 ranking for education by U.S. News & World Report
Polk State College is celebrating the latest U.S. News & World Report which ranks states by education, with Florida at the No. 1 spot. The ranking methodology uses a variety of metrics to measure the…
Women of NIA: Participants expect to see more women in leadership positions
Although women make up just 12% of law enforcement officers and just 3% of law enforcement supervisors, the three female participants from the first National Public Safety Innovation Academy (NIA) cohort are confident that those…
