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Polk State’s First-Year Experience fosters friendship & mentorship
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Polk State College’s First-Year Experience is a comprehensive onboarding program that provides first-time-in-college students with robust resources including success coaching and career exploration, and for Associate in Arts students specifically, the First-Year Seminar course. For…
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Polk State First Flight Freshmen Welcome goes virtual with upbeat, informative kick off to the academic year
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Polk State’s incoming freshmen received a virtual welcome to the College that did not lack the energy or information of traditional First Flight Freshmen Welcome events held as part of the First Year Experience (FYE)…
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Polk State wins Chancellor’s Best Practice Award for First-Year Experience and Guided Pathways
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For the second consecutive year, Polk State College received a Chancellor’s Best Practice Award from the Florida College System – this time for its First-Year Experience and Guided Pathways programs focused on ensuring students persist…