Florida Institute of Technology

Vol. 15, Issue 1 Spring 2006

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Alumni Profile: Catharina Haynes

Faculty Profile: Carolyn Fausnaugh

Florida Tech TODAY is published three times a year by Florida Tech’s Office for Advancement and is distributed to 50,000 readers.

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(321) 674-7191, gopanthers@fit.edu

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FOUNDED
In 1958 to train professionals working in the space program at what is now Kennedy Space Center.

LOCATION
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.

OF SPECIAL NOTE
• The only independent, scientific and technological university in the Southeast

• 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

• 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

• 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

UNIVERSITY OFFICERS
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.

The Brevard County tag office is promoting the Panther License Plate.

Dear Fellow Florida Tech Alumni:

Please support the Panther License Plate Program! Prospective students should know we take pride in our great university.

I learned of the Panther License Plate Program as I am currently deployed in Iraq and I immediately contacted Ken Droscher (Executive Director of the Florida Tech Alumni Association) to express my interests in purchasing the Panther License Plate and I also asked what I could do to help. Since my current residency does not allow me to purchase the Panther Plate, I decided to send in a letter to support the efforts.

Many youths and adults contemplate the decision to attend a college at various points in their lives, the idea of them having seen a Panther License Plate plants a seed in their mind, which could ultimately sway them into attending our great university. I am sure you are aware there was much time and effort put into getting the Panther License Plate and it would take twice the effort to regain it if we lose it.

Please support the efforts and display pride in our great university!

Sincerely,
Gregory Montgomery
’ 03 M.S., ’04 M.B.A.

A Look Back In History
Dr. Harry Weber Florida Institute of Technology’s 50th anniversary is fast approaching, but our history is slipping away all too quickly. Our history survives only if it is documented for posterity. The university has formed a History Committee whose purpose, in cooperation with the Professors Emeriti, is to identify and collect memorabilia, publications, photographs, documents and other items of historic value.

HELP, LET US KNOW WHERE IT IS!
Please contact me, Professor Emeritus Dr. Harry Weber, and let me know what you have or where it is. I can be reached at hweber@fit.edu or toll free at (866) FLA-TECH. Or drop me a letter to Florida Institute of Technology, c/o Alumni House, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, Attn.
Dr. Weber.

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