Vol.
13, Issue 2 Fall
2004
| Feature
Stories |
| Message
from the President |
| Mailbag |
| On
Campus |
| Advancement |
| Alumni
News |
| Alumni
Profile: Chris Kelly |
| Faculty
Profile: Juanita Baker |
| Faculty
Briefs |
| Research
Highlights |
| Athletics |
| Class
Notes |
| Calendar |
| Archived
Issues |
| Staff |
Florida
Tech TODAY is published three times
a year by Florida Tech’s Office
of Advancement and is distributed
to 55,000 readers.
Florida Tech, Office of University Communications, 328 W. Hibiscus Blvd., Melbourne,
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FL 32901-6975, hrosskam@fit.edu
Ken Droscher
Office of Alumni Affairs,
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Welcome
to the new Florida Tech TODAY Magazine.
As this first edition is launched, the
editorial staff welcomes and invites your
letters to the editor.
I joined the Alumni Board January 1, 2002, and since that time have seen most
of the goals of the five-year plan we drew up that year achieved. Few are as
impressive as the publication of this magnificent magazine for our alumni.
It's hard to believe that Florida Tech has been without a dedicated alumni
periodical for almost 50 years.
My hat's off to Presidents Ken Revay,
Bob Arnold and George Poidomani and Alumni
Director Ken Droscher, each of whom played
an important part in getting this
essential goal achieved!
Joan Bixby |
In 1958 to train professionals working
in the space program at what is now
Kennedy Space Center.
In Melbourne, Fla. on 130 subtropical
acres, including a picturesque
botanical garden. The campus
is 5 minutes from
the Indian River, 10 minutes from
the Atlantic Ocean and 50 minutes
from Kennedy Space Center.
• The only independent, scientific and
technological university in the Southeast
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Located in Florida’s High Tech
Corridor, home to more than 5,000 high-tech
companies and the nation’s
5th largest high-tech workforce
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Classified by the Carnegie Foundation
as a Doctoral Research Intensive University,
a classifiction separating it from
institutions that only offer degrees
at the bachelor’s or master’s
level
• One of just five Florida schools selected
in Barron's
Best Buys in College Education
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For the 15th consecutive year, U.S.
News & World Report has ranked
Florida Tech among the nation’s
best doctoral universities and among
the top 7% of America’s colleges
and universities
• Named one of the top
14 technical institutions in
engineering in the Fiske Guide
to Colleges
Chairman, Board of Trustees Allen
S. Henry, Ph.D.
President Anthony James Catanese,
Ph.D., FAICP
Provost and Chief Academic
Officer T. Dwayne McCay, Ph.D.
Sr. Vice President for Advancement
Thomas G. Fox, Ph.D.
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Congratulations to the alumni and university
team that developed and launched
our new alumni magazine. This has been a long-term goal of our Alumni Association.
As Florida Tech approaches its 50th anniversary, this magazine will reach
out to thousands of readers worldwide
to inform and educate on the accomplishments,
research, and educational and athletics programs conducted by our dedicated
students, faculty and alumni. I look forward to reading every issue.
Ken Revay ’82
Member, Florida Tech
Board of Trustees |
I am really pleased and excited about
the new alumni magazine. Three
years of detailed planning and
endless meetings brought us to
this
new level in communications.
As the immediate past president of the
Alumni Association, I know the magazine
will increase the association’s exposure to our students, staff and
faculty, the at-large community and, most importantly, our alumni.
I
congratulate Ken Droscher, the Alumni House staff, the university personnel
in the communications and publications departments, and Dr. Catanese for
the dedication, belief in the magazine concept and hard work resulting
in the first issue. I look forward to future issues. Congratulations!
Bob
Arnold ’82 M.S.
IPP, FTAA |
| Students
sought new outlets for their creative energies
in the late 1960s. In 1969, the College
Players drama society formed. The Players’ first
production, If a Man Answers, premiered
in May 1969. Pictured here is the cast
of College Players’ 1974
production of M*A*S*H. (Photo courtesy
of Ad Astra.) © Arcadia Publishing |
Tell us what you’d
like to see and give
us your responses to the articles that
you’ve read in the magazine. We’d
love to
hear from you. Send your comments to
jowilson@fit.edu.
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