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Renamed Valencia College in 2011. With four campuses and two centers in the Orlando area, Valencia College is now the third largest of Florida's 28 community colleges, teaching more than 59,000 students a year. The school opened as Valencia Junior College in 1967. In 1971, it changed its name to Valencia Community College and moved to its first permanent location, the 180-acre West Campus located on South Kirkman Road.
Renamed Valencia College in 2011. With four campuses and two centers in the Orlando area, Valencia College is now the third largest of Florida's 28 community colleges, teaching more than 59,000 students a year. The school opened as Valencia Junior College in 1967. In 1971, it changed its name to Valencia Community College and moved to its first permanent location, the 180-acre West Campus located on South Kirkman Road.
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Juneteenth celebration recounts harsh history lessons
Local students learned important lessons about black history Saturday as they celebrated the Juneteenth holiday at Valencia College's West Campus. Juneteenth has its origins in Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865, slaves first learned that they had...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Juneteenth, Colleges and Universities, Armed Forces, Abraham Lincoln
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All-Scholar-Athlete team
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Danielle Leavitt Sr., Lake Highland Sports: Volleyball, tennis The Buzz: Valedictorian with 4.0 unweighted GPA made FHSAA all-academic team and plans to major in human regenerative and developmental biology at Harvard....
Tags: Engineering, Tennis, Technology, Sports, Biology
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Valencia College drops $35 application fee if former students attend new event
Sentinel School ZoneIf you dropped out of Valencia College more than two years ago and you're considering going back, the school has a deal for you. Valencia is dropping the $35 application fee that these former students would need to pay to be readmitted -- if they attend...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, Education
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Freebie Friday: Free stuff to do in Orlando
Events SEA TURTLE FESTIVAL: activities that involve cleaning up the beach for the nesting sea turtles, local artists' depictions of the local wildlife: 8 a.m. today, 10 a.m. Saturday; Canaveral National Seashore, 212 S. Washington Ave., Titusville;...Tags: Lake Mary, Daytona State College, Libraries, Maitland, Colleges and Universities
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Where to find food trucks in and near Orlando June 16-22
Mount Dora Food Truck Bazaar: 5:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 20; 400 N. Alexander St., Mount Dora; thedailycity.com •REGULAR EVENTS The Lunch Spot: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; 257 S. Lake Destiny Drive, Orlando Food Truck Fat Tuesday:...
Tags: Lake Mary, Maitland, Edgewood, Ford, Windermere
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B-Side Artists are back at Third Thursday Gallery Hop in Orlando
Downtown Orlando's big monthly art night is next week. The Third Thursday art crawl, 6-9 p.m., brings crowds to the city's urban core to see new art in galleries, bars and on the sidewalk.. CityArts Factory (29 S. Orange Ave.) remains the hub, having...
Tags: Crealde School of Art, Downtown Orlando, Artists, Colleges and Universities, Arts and Culture
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Tori Amos inspires Orlando author
As anyone who has attended a Tori Amos concert can tell you, the experience for her fans is closer to a spiritual one than anything resembling mere pop-star adulation. "Whenever I was experiencing anything in life, I always turned to her," says Adrienne...
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Orlando Police recognize citizens for stepping up to help fight crime
While Orlando police Sgt. Kevin Roberson struggled to arrest a violent traffic offender, he heard two pops, looked down between his legs and saw the man's hand fumbling with a revolver. From inside her Baldwin Park home, retired Florida Highway Patrol...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Culture, Human Interest, Lake Eola, Florida Highway Patrol
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She fought cystic fibrosis with hope, courage
Katherine "Katie" Robinson was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 9 months old. But as she grew up, often visiting hospitals with extended stays, it didn't stop her from living a full life. The disease causes serious respiratory problems. But...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Lung Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis, Diseases and Illnesses
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Great university took root in downtown offices over drugstore
The landmark Orlando building that began as the city's First National Bank has long been associated with Valencia College, but in the 1960s, another great educational institution took root there. Launching with one employee — its first...
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Lake-Sumter State not planning tuition increase for 2013-14
Lake-Sumter State College trustees don't plan to raise tuition for the coming school year, a college spokeswoman said. The college is proposing to freeze tuition for lower-division courses — those that can be applied to an associate degree —...
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Stun-gun threat, thrown Icee lead to arrest after 'The Purge,' cops say
Two people were arrested early Friday after threatening a woman with a stun gun during a shoving match that turned into a food fight in an Oviedo movie theater, police say. Casey Gibson and Meg Frank, both of Sanford, went to see a movie at the Regal...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Movies, Weaponry, Police Arrests
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