(Photo Credit: Ryan Seeloff) This past September I had the opportunity to go to my first American football game ever. What made it even more special was that it was also FIT’s first football game! I enjoyed the game very much and the atmosphere was amazing. Being a huge sports fan myself made it all the better. Football is the…
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Based on research by William McGuire (1961) and Perry, Cheryl et al., (1980). Psychology Science Minute written by the Psychological Association, adapted by Juanita N. Baker, Ph.D.. Have Your Children Had Their Anti-Smoking Shots? Social psychologist William McGuire asked if it might be possible to give people an “inoculation” to resist attacks on their beliefs by giving them practice at…
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(Photo credit: Clizbeats.com) Back in high school, everyone always seemed to imply that once you had chosen your major for college, your life was set and everything would be a straight shot from there. But then college comes and such sentences as “I want to be an engineer” or “I want to be a physicist” become almost laughable. “Engineer” or…
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Based on research by G. Terrence Wilson, Ph.D. and Christopher G. Fairbairn, 2002. Psychology Science Minute written by Juanita N. Baker, Ph.D.. With so much emphasis in films, advertising, and dating culture on “sexy, thin attractiveness” yet frequent advertising about fast foods that leads to weight gain, is it a wonder that many young women use extreme techniques to control…
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Have you ever heard of the Florida Tech student business incubator? If not, then you are reading a highly informative blog by a highly biased student. It is awesome—plain and simple! The Nathan M. Bisk College of Business has created this “classroom” where student desks are replaced with computer desks and sofas, boring lectures are replaced with interactive presentations and…
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The Elevator Pitch By Jessica Prior It has been a long day at the office. You are meeting friends for dinner at a restaurant in town. You step into the elevator to go to the rooftop restaurant three floors up. All of a sudden, you realize that the CEO of an organization you would love to work for is in…
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Guest Blogger: Michael Volanti, Nathan M. Bisk College of Business Student I dealt with a great amount of diversity since my last blog. The feeling of camaraderie and teamwork had disappeared during the last few weeks until the final submission. My group had a new member from Malaysia, and from the start he and I were unable to work as…
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Newly appointed Senior Fellow for ICCM is Dr. Adis Vila, JD, MBA. After immigrating to the US from Cuba with her mother at the age of 8, Dr. Vila started working at the age of 13. She held a job throughout high school, college, and law school to support herself and her mother. At the age of 27 she was…
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by Rebecca Weber In graduate school, I was given an assignment: choose a book that you think is completely out of your comfort zone, something you might not otherwise read, and read it. I chose a book called No Disrespect by Sister Souljah. For those of you who are too young to have any idea who I am talking about, she was…
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The Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability, better known as PEGASAS, is a unique research opportunity partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to do exactly what it stands for—enhance general aviation. Florida Tech, along with other key universities such as Ohio State University, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Texas A&M, and Iowa State have teamed up to tackle…
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