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Advisory: Florida Tech Classes Canceled, Offices Remain Closed Wednesday, Nov. 4

All Florida Tech classes and university activities are canceled and all offices will remain closed Wednesday, Nov. 4. Campus cleanup is well underway but power remains out at multiple locations and water service is not fully restored to all necessary buildings. As a precautionary measure, it is advisable to continue to boil water before ingesting.

Only identified essential employees contacted by their supervisors should report to campus Wednesday. The shelter-in-place directive has been lifted so students may move about campus as conditions continue to improve; however, please use caution and avoid any flooded, barricaded or unsafe areas.

Dinner service in Panther Dining Hall is underway and will end at 5 pm. PDH will reopen at 9 a.m. Nov. 4.

Your safety remains our top priority, so please make smart decisions, stay alert, and follow all university instructions All normal operations, including classes, are anticipated to resume Thursday, Nov. 5. Watch official university communications channels for updates.

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ABA Instructors

James Riswick-Estelle (He/They)

ABA Online Adjunct Faculty, M.S., BCBA

James is a BCBA, Co-Instructor, and Co-Founder of Esports Behavioral Performance Coaching at Florida Institute of Technology. James earned his B.A. with Honors in Philosophy from Anglia Ruskin University in 2012 and M.S. in Applied Behavior Analysis and Organization Behavior Management from Florida Institute of Technology in 2021. James is currently working on his Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis at Florida Tech, focusing on dissemination in S.T.E.M.

James is also passionate about education, ethics, standards, and justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI), believing that positive social change starts with the self and extends through work, study, recreation, and direct action.

"...my opinion is that in the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with an effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right." -Plato, Allegory of the cave.

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