1 President’s Perspective Dear Florida Tech Alumni and Friends, It’s spring on the Florida Tech campus and the new semester is in full swing. We hope we’ve captured some of the excitement of these times in Florida Tech TODAY as well as provided a look at past accomplishments and new plans and priorities. First, in January, we went to the next level in TODAY the 50th Anniversary Campaign for Florida Tech with an exceptionally generous gift from the Harris Corp. Charitable Fund. Florida Institute of Technology PRESIDENT Anthony James Catanese, Ph.D., FAICP The gift means a new institute for the College of Engineering and a new SR. VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADvaNCEMENT Thomas G. Fox, Ph.D. building for that college and the College of Science. Florida Tech TODAY is published three times a year Also in this issue, we look at what a busy anniversary year this is for still by Florida Tech’s Office for Advancement and is more campus construction. New residence halls will be completed, a new distributed to over 50,000 readers. aviation center takes shape and other new structures, including an autism MANAGING EDITOR/DESIGNER Judi Tintera,
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