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https://newsroom.fit.edu/2015/11/06/florida-tech-seeking-performers-vendors-for-2016-international-festival/

Vendors, Performers Wanted for 2016 FIT International Festival The festival offers food and drink, unique merchandise, live entertainment and display booths representing nations and cultures from around the world.

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Halloween Fireballs Will Blaze in the Sky Through November The Taurid meteors — also called "Halloween fireballs" — are known for being extremely bright and relatively slow-moving. They will streak through the sky from Oct. 20 to Nov. 30, but will peak from Nov. 5 to Nov. 12.

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Mysterious Space Junk Will Plunge to Earth in November The sun and moon's disruptive presence appears to have kicked WT1190F onto a path that will lead the piece of space debris to self-destruct in the Earth's atmosphere

http://www.theguardian.com/science/animal-magic/2015/oct/21/galapagos-new-species-giant-tortoise?CMP=share_btn_tw

Galapagos gets a new species of giant tortoise A genetic study of giant tortoises on the Galapagos island of Santa Cruz reveals two different species

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Beavers: A Potential Missing Link in California's Water Future The industrious rodents can offer a range of benefits for California water supplies and habitats. But they're still officially considered a pest

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Boeing says its metal microlattice is the 'lightest metal ever' (Tomorrow Daily 256) - CNET Ashley discusses a new metal with walls 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, a robot that may someday become a handy helper for ISS astronauts and a biodegradable "water bottle" you can eat.

Some of the awesome trips Student Activities has planned for students this year!

http://www.fit.edu/activities/trip_series.php

Student Activities Trip Series Florida Tech Student Activities Trip Series

Download the latest issue of Florida Tech's Discovery Magazine, which has articles on the latest research being worked on here.

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Many people believe that drones are the next big thing in technology. Florida Tech now offers a minor in Unmanned Aerial Systems.


http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/10-non-murderous-drones.htm =0

10 Non-murderous Things Drones Do Every Day Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... drone? Turns out, drones are doing all kinds of harmless -- and even heroic -- things all the time. Find out how drones are changing the way we farm, fight fires and make movies.

Anyone catch The Martian over the weekend? Florida Tech professors John Deaton and Ondrej Doule can relate to the red planet’s grueling living conditions—both have spent several weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah to find out what life would be like on Mars. Read more: http://hubs.ly/H01frmc0

http://www.wired.com/2015/09/onshapes-cloud-based-cad-tool-gets-80-million-funding/?mbid=social_twitter

Onshape’s Cloud-Based CAD Tool Gets $80 Million in Funding The cloud-native company wants to redesign the CAD market.

Great way to keep up with the science world on social media

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/must-follow-twitter-acounts-for-science-nerds #.keBJORMxE

We're proud of our international student population!

Infographic: International Students at U.S. Colleges See how colleges and universities compare when it comes to admitting and funding international students.

The Evans Library has rolled out a bunch of great new features! How lucky are our students?

The library has been undergoing renovations in response to student requests:

• More Comfortable and Ergonomic Chairs
• Sit-to-Stand Desks
• More Study Rooms
• Hammock and Blankets and Pillows on the 4th Floor (in addition to anti-gravity chairs)
• Extended Hours – now open at 7:45 a.m. and open until 6 p.m. Friday & Saturday
• More wifi drops

The Applied Computer Center (ACC) – the biggest Computer Lab on Campus has moved to the third floor. The Macs and PCs have over 50 software programs loaded on them – anything a student may need to complete their coursework.

New this semester:
• Laptop Ready Tables
• Collaborative tables for Group Study or Projects
• Extra study rooms

The Library is creating a Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) which should be complete by October.

• 3D Printers
• 3D scanner
• 3D camera
• 4’ x 10’ video wall for graphical displays
• GIS work stations
• zSpace Virtual Reality/3D workstations
• Video Conferencing System

Technology Lending @ the Service Desk:
• Laptops
• iPads
• Phone chargers
• Mini projectors
• Arduino Kits, Raspberry P*s, Google Goggles, BeagleBone Black
• Wacom graphing tablet

Textbooks available on reserve shelf for in-library use.

The library offers free scanning

The Fourth floor is a Student-requested “Silent Zone.” All the books are on the fourth floor.

Most resources are now available and purchased in electronic format.

Touchscreen Room Reservation System

After Hours events on Fridays: live music, sustainable gardening workshop, a banned-books reading, African Drum Circles and a Stand-Up Comic night.

Café / Beautiful Location next to the Botanical Gardens

Confessions of a Professor: How to Get a Great Letter of Recommendation (Or Not)

Even if you aren't thinking about graduate school, you will most likely need a letter of recommendation before you leave college, whether it be for a scholarship or a study abroad program. Getting one may not be as easy as you think!

https://www.brandeis.edu/hiatt/howto/recommendations.pdf

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Beautiful launch of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket this morning! Anyone else catch the liftoff?

“I’m thrilled to be partnering with FIT in my new home state of Florida,” said Dr. Aldrin. “I am proud of my time at NASA with the Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 programs but I hope to be remembered more for my contributions to the future. FIT will play a key role in my ongoing legacy and Cycling Pathways to Occupy Mars. You ain’t seen nothing yet!”

Buzz Aldrin Space Institute Formed at Florida Tech Opening this fall at Florida Tech and led by legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the Institute will promote the settlement of Mars through research.

The ASC presents its Fall 2015 Academic Resource Workshop series, beginning Monday, August 24. These one-hour sessions present key academic skills and resources for Florida Tech students of all levels and abilities. Faculty and staff, please consider promoting them in your courses and to your advisees who you feel may benefit. Thank you!

Starting the Semester the Right Way
Monday, August 24, 6PM – 7PM – Columbia Village Meeting Room

(If Mondays aren’t your thing, we have another session this week!)
Thursday, August 27, 4PM – 5PM – Academic Support Center

Set yourself up for academic success with a power session of planning and goal setting. Bring your course syllabi, your planner, and your phone/tablet/laptop to create your semester goals and plans to achieve them. If you struggle with time management, planning priorities, or scheduling academic and personal commitments, this session can help you put a positive spin on the beginning of Fall 2015.

ASC workshops are open to all interested members of the campus community. As a reminder, students in the First Year Experience courses, ASC 1000, (University Experience) and ASC 1005 (Strategies for Success) will cover these topics in class during the semester.

Questions? Email [email protected] or stop by the Academic Support Center.

Great resource for information!

Florida Tech Career Services Florida Institute of Technology Career Services assists Florida Tech students and alumni with lookin

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Advice to the Class of 2019 | Florida Tech eCurrent Florida Tech's Convocation welcomes the Class of 2019 with some tried and true advice from Dr. Catanese.

Just a little background information on a new face that may be seen at Florida Tech in the near future.

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2015/08/06/buzz-aldrin--professor-florida-tech/31226877/

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Why is Florida Tech different? Greg Peebles explains...

“Why do we only have Sophomores & Freshmen on our Hybrid Completion Teams?”

Well, we actually may have a Junior or 2, but for the most part Our Hybrid Competition teams are Freshmen, a few Sophomores and a rare Junior. Many of the other competing Universities (there were 9 total Universities fielding 18 Teams this year) use this Competition as a Senior Design Project. Our focus is to provide new students a true design challenge as soon as they get to Florida Tech. This prepares them for more advanced work at the undergraduate level, better resume material, and greater preparation for research design as Masters and PhD students.

OK. The results are in. Of the 9 Competing Universities (Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Florida Tech, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida) First Place in the 2000’ Precision Altitude Competition went to Team ACE of Florida Tech. Maximum Altitude was won by UCF.

Congratulations to all the Florida Tech Teams who worked so hard (Our Max teams had the best designs - They just never got off the ground)!

- Greg

H. Greg Peebles III, P.E.
Director Environmental & Regulatory Compliance
Florida Institute of Technology

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Community Post: Finals Week, As Told By William Shakespeare Quotes about finals, from the bard himself.

Congratulations! !

During the NerdNation 2015 Gratitude Banquet for Alumni and Friends of Phi Theta Kappa, 18 alumni received the 2015 Alumni Award of Appreciation. See the NerdBlog for winner information at http://ow.ly/LNBkh. We our alumni! http://ow.ly/LNBkh

Not sure what type of engineering you want to study? Check out these projects!

Congratulations to all participants in today’s Northrop Grumman Engineering and Science Student Design Showcase!

Comment here if you presented a project today.

(Pictured: Roger Ballard’s virtual reality classroom program)