In tonight’s agenda packet for Budget Subcommittee on Higher Education was some information on Florida Polytechnic creation legislation (pdf) Here’s the pertinent page offered without commentary: Florida...

Bullying is all over the media these days. Here are some mind-boggling facts about bullying: • About 160,000 kids miss school every day out of fear of being bullied. • About 282,000 students are reportedly attacked...

Their days as a “community college” long behind them, Polk State College has adopted a new attitude. Now the school’s sports teams will reflect that change. This morning PSC President Dr. Eileen Holden...

In September, we published the news that Lakelander Laura Hagerty was a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist. Polk County Schools announced Wednesday Hagerty and five other Polk students are now Finalists. Hagerty is the...

In today’s guest column, Florida Southern’s Dean of the School of Education Dr. Tracey Tedder explains a bit about dyslexia and how FSC is teaching dyslexic children at the Roberts Academy. As parents, our...

Tuesday from 10 – 11:30 am, students at the Kathleen High-based Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) will live-link to the International Space Station (ISS) astronauts. The school is one of five nationwide to get...

by Sara Rosinsky On Thursday, December 16, Lakeland Montessori Middle School held its first annual Celebration of Peace. The event, held at the Polk Museum of Art, began with seated dinner planned, prepared, and served by...

The “grueling” search to replace former Southeastern University President Dr. Mark Rutland has come to an end. The private, Christian university announced today that Dr. Kent Ingle will serve as the next...

Laura HagertyHarrison School For The Arts student Laura Hagerty was named a 2011 National Merit Scholarship semifinalist yesterday by the National Merit Scholarship program. Hagerty was joined by four students at the Bartow...

Florida Southern College will be host this fall to the Law School Caravan, which features representatives from 39 law schools from around the nation. The Law School Caravan will be at FSC 4-6 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Honeyman...

Southeastern University’s 4th Annual National Leadership Forum, which was held in March, can be seen for free online Sept. 9-10. The university will present this special webcast to those who pre-register at...

Florida Southern College’s campus is ninth on The Princeton Review’s “Most Beautiful Campus” list in the 2011 edition of its annual college guidebook. The Princeton Review’s “Most Beautiful Campus” list, one of...

Random humor, impressions and crazy faces make Jamie Burns laugh, and if she has her way, one day she’ll be on the set of Saturday Night Live making America laugh. Burns, a 21-year-old Southeastern University theater...

They’re at it again. Southeastern University will break another graduation record May 1 when 388 students receive their degrees during the 10 a.m. Spring Commencement at Without Walls Central. Forty nine students will...