Gabrielle Leesman

Finding the best study spaces on campus is a goal for many students. Without a good place to work, it’s easy to get distracted and not accomplish all of the work you set out to finish. Yet many students will flock to the same spots, making these spaces loud, hot and crowded. So instead of finding yourself joining in with the…

Diversity makes Florida Tech unique. No matter what clubs you join or which classes you go to, you meet students from different countries, states and backgrounds. In fact in 2015, Florida Tech was number-one in the United States for the most diverse undergraduate population. Diversity goes beyond just the physical and geographical. It can be religious, sexual orientation, age, gender and…

Many students like myself have succumbed to the freshman fifteen over the year, but it is not a hopeless cause. Here are five tips that will help you prevent, or lose that “Freshman 15” that really plagues students of any age. 1.0  Join a Fitness Class The Clemente Center offers a variety of fitness classes every semester. They even post the…

It’s one thing to see a university on a day when it is normal operations. It is another thing all together to see a school respond to emergency situations, especially hurricanes. Take a trip through the week of Hurricane Matthew at Florida Tech. One Week Before About a week ago, I first started hearing warnings about Hurricane Matthew. I have this…

Over the course of my many years at Florida Tech, I have been given the opportunities to use a variety of computer tools. These tools include computer programming languages, simulation tools, and CAD modelling. This semester I am taking Software Engineering 1 with Dr. Bond. In this class I am learning a new programming language named Python. Recently we were given…

Florida Tech provides you with a variety of opportunities to be a part of a team and to work on projects. However, there is one large project that will typically define the end of an engineering undergraduate degree: student design. Student design projects bring together groups of individuals to unite them around one goal. For some this is their first…

Transformers is an art exhibit that blends the textile art of five different artists with popular topics in social and global sciences. This new exhibit is now on display at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts until December 17, 2016. Representing Global Deterioration When you first enter the exhibit, you are immediately drawn into the mind and works of Julie Peppito.  Peppito’s creations are…

Florida Tech’s Student Activities hosted a trip for students to experience SeaWorld on April 16. The trip was a part of the Student Activities Trip Series. Three buses worth of students went to explore the theme park, view the animals and conservation efforts that SeaWorld makes present throughout the park. Walking through the park, SeaWorld’s efforts in animal rescue and planet conservation are…

When you go running, do you go with your phone? It’s becoming more and more common to run with different apps and music, but does it really help? I got to work on a group project in the class Research Methods with Dr. Adrian Peter this semester, which let us look into the mystery behind these questions. It all started out with finding…

Walking into the Clemente Center on April 6 right at noon, I saw a lot of people at what was called the KEEN Engineering Challenge. Almost every Wednesday at noon, students can come in groups or alone to participate in these challenges, but usually they compete in teams of three. The teams are told what the challenge is, complete the…