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New Student Orientation is now online, not on campus. To sign up, follow these steps: 

1. Log in to your Atlas account
2. Go to the My Atlas tab
3. Find the New Student Orientation channel
4. Click Sign Up

After you select a date to receive your orientation materials, you’ll receive an email containing an orientation packet. This email will contain helpful information about Valencia and help you prepare to register for courses.

Still have questions about New Student Orientation? Call 407-582-1507 or visit the Virtual Answer Center

Bookstore

Valencia College Campus Stores are currently operating online only. For the safety of students and employees, books and materials will be mailed to students’ home or apartment.

The bookstore has cut its usual $15 shipping fee to a flat $10 shipping fee. For assistance or customer service, please send an email to onlineorder@valenciacollege.edu

To purchase course materials, view the student detailed schedule, which is located in the Courses tab of Atlas. There, you’ll find links to purchase all of your course materials. Students who take classes at the Downtown Campus can click hereto access the Downtown Campus bookstore.

International Students

International Student Services (ISS) offices are physically closed in order to ensure the health and safety of our students, faculty, and administration. The ISS office is operating online Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students can call 407-582-5830 or 407-582-2220 or send an email to iss@valenciacollege.edu International students can also meet with an advisor using Zoom. For more details, please visit the website for current International students or view a list of International students Frequently Asked Questions.

For students applying for admission to Valencia:

Valencia prefers to receive transcripts from your high school and previous college electronically. Please request that your former school submit the transcripts electronically (many schools allow former students to request transcripts using an online form and pay a small fee of $2 to $5 for the service.) Official paper (PDF) transcripts can be sent to transcripts@valenciacollege.eduor mailed to 1800 S. Kirkman Road, Orlando, FL, 32811. Unofficial transcripts will not be processed.

Students who have earned a GED should mail their transcripts to the address above if they have a paper copy. If not, students who earned a GED should check with GED for electronic submission options.

For students who have graduated from Valencia College and are transferring:

Electronic transcripts continue to be sent to our partners (i.e. UCF, FSU, UF, USF) in the state of Florida. There may be some delays in processing paper transcripts to other colleges and universities with whom we do not have an electronic records agreement.

Students or recent graduates who have questions about Records or Graduation should email the Office of Records and Graduation at records_graduation@valenciacollege.edu from their Atlas email account.

Classes Offered On Campus

Valencia College plans to offer most classes online during the fall 2020 semester, but will reopen campuses for in-person classes that are difficult to conduct online. Those courses include some classes in culinary arts, dental hygiene, nursing, engineering and arts and entertainment.

Those programs, along with School of Public Safety and the college’s Accelerated Skills Training programs, will be taught face-to-face so students can successfully demonstrate skills needed to complete the programs. Students in those classes will be required to comply with campus regulations, such as wearing masks and practicing social distancing, as well as perform a daily health assessment before coming to campus.

Parking Permits

Because most students will be taking classes remotely, the college’s security team will not issue parking decals or hangtags for fall 2020. Students who are taking classes on campus should park in the student sections of the parking lots (where the spaces are marked with white lines). Only faculty and staff are permitted to park in the yellow-marked spaces.

Valencia students taking classes at the Downtown Campus must purchase a parking permit from UCF.  Downtown Campus permits scheduled to expire on Aug. 31, 2020, will now be honored through Dec. 31, 2020.

Valencia College ID Cards

Because the campuses will be closed and all student services will be provided online, the college’s security staff will not make student ID cards during fall term unless a student needs one for other purposes. Students who need a Valencia College ID card should call the security office at their closest campus and make an appointment to have an ID made. For assistance, contact Valencia College Security.

All Downtown Campus students must have a Downtown Campus identification card, which you can obtain after paying for classes (Please allow two business days for Valencia College to process your payment before purchasing your student ID.) You can get your Downtown Campus ID Card in the Communication and Media Building (CMB) main lobby. The ID cards can be made from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday until Sept. 8, 2020. Starting on Sept. 9, ID cards can be made from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.