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Renee Foosaner Education Center Offers Pressed Together Printmaking for Families June 28
06/13/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology’s Renee Foosaner Education Center will present Pressed Together: A Printmaking Experience for Families, Friday, June 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. This event features a dual printmaking mini-workshop at the Foosaner Education Center, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Pressing Print.
Invasive Fish and Tarpon Student Researchers at Florida Tech Earn Guy Harvey Scholarships
06/12/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Two graduate students at Florida Institute of Technology are among eight to earn $5,000 2013 Guy Harvey Scholarship Awards for their outstanding achievement in marine science research. They are Tyler Sloan of Hanson, Mass., and Kristin Kopperud of Murray, Ky.
The Ruth Funk Center Presents Lecture on Contemporary Art Quilts July 23
06/12/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Institute of Technology will present the free lecture, “Contemporary Art Quilts: A Visual History,” by Director of University Museums Carla Funk on Tuesday, July 23.
Florida Tech and Copa Airlines Join for Flight Training
06/10/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Florida Institute of Technology College of Aeronautics (COA) announces its association with a new flight school in Panama, the Latin American Academy for Superior Aviation (ALAS), a non-profit institution sponsored by the international airline of Panama, Copa Airlines.
$750,000 in Contracts Fund Florida Tech College of Engineering to Improve Roads, Superstructures
06/10/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Paul Cosentino, Florida Institute of Technology professor of civil engineering and other Florida Tech faculty members have been awarded about $750,000 in research contracts from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for three projects.
Foosaner Art Museum Presents Matt Heister Group July 5 Free at First Friday Art Walk
06/10/2013
MELBOURNE , FLA.—The Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Institute of Technology, presents the Matt Heister Group Friday, July 5, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The concert will be during the Eau Gallie Art District's (EGAD) First Friday Art Walk.
The Matt Heister Group plays modern interpretations of jazz classics.
06/10/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Institute of Technology, will screen the 1988 self-destructing performance film of the most elaborate construction of noted kinetic artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss in Gallery VI, July 2-Sept.
Florida Tech Team Has Most Spirit, Takes Fifth Place in NASA's International Lunabotics Competition
06/03/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology’s 2013 NASA Lunabotics team took fifth place among 50 international teams from eight countries in the Fourth Annual NASA Lunabotics Mining competition at Kennedy Space Center in May. The team also earned the full complement of 15 points to come in first for the Team Spirit Award.
Ten Brevard County Graduates Win Rotary/FIT Scholarships
06/03/2013
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Ten Brevard County high school graduates were recently awarded first-year scholarships to attend the Florida Institute of Technology. The students were honored in May at a weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Indialantic at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club.