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Orange Earns Florida Tech Graduate Student Award in Physics-Space Sciences
05/21/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—At Florida Institute of Technology’s annual Honors Convocation held recently, Brice Orange, who earned a master’s degree in space sciences at Florida Tech in May 2010 and is working on a doctoral degree in astrophysics, received the John E.
Physics Student Earns American Geophysical Union Award
05/18/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Burcu Kosar, a doctoral student in physics at Florida Institute of technology, has earned an Outstanding Student Paper Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for her presentation at the organization’ s annual fall meeting in San Francisco, Calif.
Florida Tech Offers Free Evening at the Observatory for Transit of Venus June 5
05/18/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—An Evening at the Observatory will offer the rare opportunity to witness the transit of Venus across the disk of the Sun at the rooftop F.W. Olin Observatory on June 5 at 6 p.m. Florida Institute of Technology’s Department of Physics and Space Sciences will host this free event, which is open to the public.
Biological Sciences Professor Earns $257,000 NSF Grant to Study Coral Diseases
05/18/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Robert van Woesik, Florida Institute of Technology professor of biological sciences, has been awarded a $257,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for research into the potential contagiousness of coral diseases. His project will develop quantitative approaches to assess the clustering of infectious and non-infectious coral diseases, which are decimating the corals.
05/17/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology has partnered with Brevard Public Schools (BPS) to successfully earn a grant of $1,609,514 over two-and-a-half years from the Florida Department of Education to implement a new teacher preparation program based on the UTeach model.
Florida Tech Master's Students Win National Weather Forecasting Awards
05/16/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Robert James and Tony McGee, students in Florida Institute of Technology’s Department of Marine and Environmental Systems, College of Engineering, won awards for excellent weather forecasting in the annual WxChallenge, national collegiate weather forecasting competition.
FIT Stands Out in First Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Class
05/16/2012
Catanese, Stottler and Wakefield inducted Friday night
COCOA BEACH, Fla. (Athletics News) – Florida Tech President Anthony J. Catanese, former head men’s soccer coach Rick Stottler and former baseball player Tim Wakefield were inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Friday night at the Cocoa Beach Country Club.
Florida Tech Student Receives SOBAC Fellowship
05/14/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Holly Sweat, a doctoral student in oceanography at Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Marine and Environmental Systems (DMES), was recently awarded a fellowship from the Save Our Bay, Air and Canals/Waterways (SOBAC) Endowed Fellowship Fund.
Phi Kappa Phi at Florida Tech Initiates Campus Community Members
05/14/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—In April, Florida Institute of Technology held its fourth initiation ceremonies for the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. A chapter was approved for the university in fall 2008.
Student inductees numbered 182. The following faculty and staff members were also inducted: Karin Sue Almasi, Mfon Colleen Boyce, John H.
Aces for Autism Tennis Skills Day and Exhibition Support Scott Center June 23
05/11/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Third Annual Aces for Autism Tennis Clinic is set for Saturday, June 23, at the Kiwi Tennis Club to support Florida Institute of Technology’s Scott Center for Autism Treatment’s Social Skills Program. The event occurs during the Florida Beer Company Pro Tennis Tournament, a USTA men’s tennis event, June 15-24, which also benefits The Scott Center.
Fundraising for Your Business Is Technically Speaking Luncheon Lecture Topic May 24
05/11/2012
MELBOURNE, Fla.—The Women’s Business Center (WBC) at Florida Institute of Technology and the Technological Research Development Authority (TRDA) continue the Technically Speaking Luncheon Lecture Series in May with a program on “Fundraising for Your Business.
AAUW Presents Academic Award to Florida Tech Senior
05/08/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The American Association of University Women (AAUW), Melbourne Branch, recently presented the organization’s Academic Award for Excellence for Women to Teresa Esposito. She is physics major with a minor in biology at Florida Institute of Technology.
Foosaner Art Museum Features Florida Artists in Permanent Collection June 1-July 8
05/08/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA. – The Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Institute of Technology, presents Florida Artists from the Permanent Collection June 1 – July 8. Organized from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition will include works by important national and regional artists and community favorites.
Florida Tech Physics Student Presents at Washington D.C. Posters on the Hill Event
05/08/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Judson Ben Locke, Florida Institute of Technology December 2011 graduate in physics, presented his undergraduate research on "Nuclear Terrorism Prevention with Particle Physics Technology" in the U.S. House of Representatives building on April 24.
Winner Drawn in $6,325 Rolex Watch Raffle to Benefit The Scott Center
05/07/2012
Raffle Raises $25,000
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Fred Williams of Melbourne, Fla., won the $6,325 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II watch donated by Kempf’s Jewelers in Indialantic. The raffle raised $25,000 for Florida Institute of Technology’s Scott Center for Autism Treatment.
Students Earn Awards for Papers at Florida Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting
05/07/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA. —Six Florida Tech students earned top awards and two earned honorable mentions for their papers at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Florida Academy of Sciences, held recently at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Florida Tech Awarded Division II President's Award for Academic Excellence
05/04/2012
Only 24 Division II institutions received the prestigious award
INDIANAPOLIS (Athletics News) – Florida Tech was one of only 24 institutions among 300 schools selected to receive the first Division II Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence.
Florida Tech Students Honored for Excellence in Chemistry
05/04/2012
One Recipient is Grant Resident
MELBOURNE, FLA.—At the University’s recent Spring Honors Convocation, two students received the Florida Institute of Technology Dr. J. Clayton Baum Chemistry Award. They were Melissa Mitchell and Ross Russell.
Florida Tech Student Janelle Branch Earns Chemical Engineering Award
05/03/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—At Florida Institute of Technology’s recent Honors Convocation, Janelle Branch earned the 2012 Donald R. Mason Award. It is presented annually to the outstanding senior in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Branch, who holds a near-perfect grade point average, will graduate May 5.
Florida Tech Freshman Earns Faculty Senate Scholarship
05/03/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Jake Wortman, of Marblehead, Mass., received the Faculty Senate Scholarship at Florida Institute of Technology’s recent Honors Convocation. The scholarship recognizes student excellence in a first-year student. Wortman is a freshman in the Department of Physics and Space Sciences.
Marc Middleton to Make Florida Tech Commencement Address May 18
05/03/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Orlando-area TV celebrity Marc Middleton will deliver the annual commencement address for Florida Institute of Technology’s Orlando graduate center in Baldwin Park on May 18. About 40 students will graduate with master’s degrees in a commencement ceremony that evening.
Florida Tech Team Takes Top Prize in Rocketry Competition
05/03/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—In mid-April, the Florida Institute of Technology Student Rocket Society's hybrid rocket teams took home the top prize award and had the single highest point total of all the teams who flew in the 2011-2012 Florida Space Grant Consortium/Northeast Florida Association of Rocketry's competition flights.
Evening of Hope Raises $190,000 to Support The Scott Center for Autism Treatment
05/02/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—About 250 people attended An Evening of Hope IV, which brought in $190,000 to support The Scott Center for Autism Treatment at Florida Institute of Technology. The event was held recently at the Melbourne home of Florida Tech Board of Trustee member Joe Flammio, a center benefactor.
Florida Tech Presents Free Workshop on Applied Behavior Analysis May 16
05/02/2012
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Scott Center for Autism Treatment at Florida Institute of Technology presents the free workshop, What is ABA and How Can it Help My Child? May 16, 6:30-8 p.m. It will be held in the seminar room of the center. The presenter will by Florida Tech Associate Professor Jose Martinez-Diaz, chair of the Behavior Analysis Program.