News and Updates
2019
2018
2/1/2018 - New Criminal Justice Field Learning Track
New Criminal Justice Field Learning Track Offers Incumbent Workers Educational Opportunity
Incumbent workers in Law Enforcement and Corrections will soon have a new way to earn
college credit for their workplace activities.
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2/1/2018 - CTE Camps Offer Students A Glimpse Of The Future
Students from Osceola County High Schools got the chance to see future educational
and career options at 'camps' held at Valencia College's Osceola, Poinciana, and Lake
Nona Campuses, as well as at the Advanced Manufacturing Training Center in Kissimmee.
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1/1/2018 - Poinciana Joins VTC Project
Valencia College's newest campus, in Poinciana, is now part of the Video Teleconferencing
Classroom (VTC) project. The Poinciana Campus opened in August 2017.
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1/1/2018 - Residential Property Management AS Receives Regional Accreditation
Valencia College's Residential Property Management A.S. degree officially received
its regional accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission
on Colleges (SACSCOC) on January 24, 2018.
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2017
12/1/2017 - Planning Begins for Service Technician Certification
On December 14, 2017, members of the apartment, hospitality, and construction industries
met to help Valencia College start planning its new Service Technician program.
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11/1/2017 - New Way to Schedule Events Debuts at Osceola Campus
In December 1, 2017, requests to schedule rooms at the Osceola Campus moved over to
a new system, Ad Astra Scheduler.
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10/1/2017 - New Spanish Language Documents Help Ease College Transition
Bienvenido a Valencia! Welcome to Valencia! As part of our ongoing efforts to make
college more accessible to Spanish-speaking students, Spanish language versions of
many of our enrollment documents are now available at the Osceola, Lake Nona, and
Poinciana Campuses.
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10/1/2017 - Advanced Manufacturing Students Learn About Valencia Opportunities
Advanced Manufacturing Students Learn About Valencia Opportunities
In an effort to more effectively promote credit transfer opportunities for people
who hold industry certifications, members of the Title V Osceola Grant team traveled
to the Advanced Manufacturing Training Center (AMTC) in October 2017 to talk to students.
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8/28/2017 - Students Move In To RPM Classes
Valencia College opened a new door of opportunity for students on August 28, 2017
with the start of classes in the Residential Property Management A.S. degree program.
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8/15/2017 - Residential Property Management Program Prepares for Students
Valencia College's Residential Property Management AS Degree program, the development
of which was funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Title V Osceola Grant,
has taken several steps forward to prepare to welcome students for the first time
this fall.
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8/1/2017 - New RPM Degree Takes Advantage of Community Partnerships
As Residential Property Management students filed into classrooms for the first time
this fall, program developers took advantage of the strong community partnerships
that helped to develop the degree to market it.
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7/21/2017 - Ad Astra Configuration Underway
A project is underway to implement software that will help the Osceola Campus, and
ultimately all Valencia campuses, to increase capacity for students through better
space utilization.
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7/10/2017 - Hospitality Partners Help Guide Program Growth
As we search for new ways to expand our Hospitality program at Valencia College,
the Osceola Campus reached out to area partners in the Hospitality industry to look
for new ways to reach out to potential students.
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7/10/2017 - Residential Property Management Advisory Council Holds Inaugural Meeting
On July 10, 2017, the Advisory Council for Valencia College's New Residential Property
Management A.S. degree held its inaugural meeting.
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6/14/2017 - Next Stop: Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain
Valencia Moves Forward With Exploring Transportation, Logistics, and Distribution
Programs.
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6/1/2017 - New Property Management A.S. Degree Finds a Home in Osceola County
Valencia College's new A.S. Degree program in Residential Property Management will
soon be ready to start accepting students for the Fall 2017 semester.
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1/1/2017 - Articulation Opportunities Abound for Osceola Students
Through the work of the Title V Osceola grant, we are pleased to announce the creation
of several new articulation agreements with our community partner, TECO, the Technical
Education Center Osceola.
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1/1/2017 - Changes to Supervision A.S. Degree Will Help Students
Valencia College is making it easier for students to transfer credits from certificate
programs into our Supervision for Management and Industry A.S. Degree program.
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2016
12/1/2016 - TECO Students Gain New Student Experience
The partnership between Valencia College and TECO is growing even stronger as TECO
students engage in Valencia's New Student Experience (NSE) class.
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7/1/2016 - Future Teachers Academy Creates Community Partnership
Building partnerships across our community is an important part of the Title V Osceola
grant and one new program is doing just that in a big way.
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6/1/2016 - New Classroom Equipment Provides Opportunities
In addition to the Blackboard Collaborate project, the Title V Osceola grant has partnered
with Valencia's Office of Instructional Technology (OIT) and our East Campus to pilot
a new way to help Osceola Campus students gain access to A.S. Degree programs on other
campuses.
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