Wellness Adjunct Inducted into Hall of Fame
Keith Bonney, a wellness adjunct at the College, is being inducted into the Cowley College Athletic Hall of Fame. Bonney was a two-time All-American quarterback while at Cowley. Read more at Tiger Sports News.
Dr. Eric Roe Co-Authors Paper on Modern Apprenticeships
Dr. Eric Roe, director of the Banner Center for Advanced Manufacturing at Polk State’s Corporate College, co-authored “21st Century Apprenticeship Models: A National Council for Continuing Education & Training White Paper.” The paper features development…
Math Professor Li Zhou to Be Published in The College Mathematics Journal
Mathematics Professor Li Zhou will be published in The College Mathematics Journal later this year. His paper, “Viviani Polytopes and Fermat Points,” explains that if a room has the shape of an equilateral triangle, then…
ELITE Participants Introduced at DBOT Meeting
The new ELITE Ambassadors were introduced at the January District Board of Trustees meeting. They include Carol Toney, Jennifer Fiorenza, Carlos Parra, Simmi Johnson and Claudy Fenelon. The Ambassadors will be embarking upon their Legislative…
Polk State Professor Shares Insight on Recent Unemployment Data
Gordon Kettle tells The Ledger that while layoffs slowed in 2011, hiring remained “anemic.” He predicts the county’s unemployment rate will drop slightly this year. Kettle was also quoted in the Los Angeles Times about the importance of…
Polk State College Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Faculty Member Earns Ph.D.
Call her Doctor Sarah Hoiland-Brucato. Brucato, a faculty member at Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School, recently finished her doctorate in sociology at The New School for Social Research in New York. Congrats,…
Polk State Business Administration Professor Published
Dr. Herb Nold’s article “Linking Knowledge Processes with Firm Performance: Organizational Culture” has been published in the Journal of Intellectual Capital. Read an abstract of the paper here. Dr. Nold has previously been published in…
Polk State Faculty Senate President Brings Varied Professional Experiences to Post
With the new year comes new leadership for Polk State College’s Faculty Senate, as mathematics professor Dodie Cowan begins her one-year term as president beginning Jan. 1. Cowan’s fellow faculty members elected her in late…
Polk State College Professor to Discuss Upcoming Tour of Emerald Isle
Polk State College’s International Circle will host an information session about Ireland, Scotland and Wales at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, in room LLC 2205 on the College’s Lakeland campus, 3425 Winter Lake Road.…
Professor Robin Richmond Receives Master’s Degree
Months of sleep deprivation finally paid off for Professor Robin Richmond, academic fieldwork coordinator for the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. She graduated with honors from the University of South Florida in December, earning her master’s…