Posts Tagged ‘Events’

By Ebony Chance
echance@valenciavoice.com
With finals slowly approaching the stress levels of the average college student begins to increase. Valencia’s Future Educators Association is here to help. They will be hosting a four day event “Fun in the Sun” starting Monday, April. 6 to Thursday, April. 9 from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. It will be held [...]

By Claudia Eslava
ceslava@valenciavoice.com
Brazilian artist Clovis Junior exhibited his work to the Valencia community on Thursday, March 19, at the Osceola campus. Junior was able to travel to the U.S. and exhibit his works on campus with the help of Valencia’s non-profit foundation.
Junior showcased his pieces to Valencia in order to present to the community a [...]

Leah Reidenbach
lreidenbach@valenciavoice.com
Chess is sometimes stereotyped as“nerdy”, but not at the Valencia west campus.
“I had no idea chess was going to become the in thing at Valencia….I just love it,” said Karen Blandeau the director of the west campus library. Almost daily one can see chess players in the library lobby practicing their chess skills.
Chess has [...]

By Collin Dever
cdever@valenciavoice.com
For the second year in a row Valencia Community College plays host to a four night Brazilian film festival highlighting the rich diversity of Brazilian cinema. On hand will be distinguished filmmakers Elisa Tolomelli and Malu de Martino.
Ms. Tolomelli was an executive producer on the film City of God which was nominated for [...]

By Kyle Beard
kbeard@valenciavoice.com
More than 50 members of the Valencia community gathered at the East Campus Performing Arts Center for a chance to hear their mentors perform on Thursday, Feb. 12.
The faculty recital is an annual event that gives students and members of the Orlando community a chance to get into the music and hear the [...]

BECOMES 1st BLACK PRESIDENT,
LEADS BIG WIN FOR DEMOCRATS
By Kyle Beard and Alex Barrett
Valencia Voice

ORLANDO — The crowd was a mixture of tears and cheers as an announcement naming the 44th President of the United States boomed from the speakers.
At approximately 11 o’clock, Sen. Barack Obama was announced the projected victor against opponent Sen. John McCain [...]

By Trey McConnell
Valencia Voice
The fifth and final stop of the 2008 AST Dew Tour, Playstation Pro, made its way to Orlando’s Amway Arena this weekend; providing not only action, but plenty of upsets within the competitions.

By Lucy Baugh
Valencia Voice
Thought provoking and highly topical debate came to Valencia’s East and West campuses last Tuesday, when two of the nation’s leading voices on the issue of same-sex marriage, Glenn T. Stanton and John F. Corvino, presented the opposing sides of the matter.

Kyle Beard, Valencia Voice

After a short introduction by West campus student [...]

By Olivia Pullinger
Valencia Voice

West Campus students came together once again on Thursday to participate in Matador Day, a celebration meant to emphasize school spirit and provide an avenue for SGA clubs to represent themselves.
Although the main draw seemed, as expected, to be the free food, Matador Day served a larger purpose for Valencia students [...]