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Kyle Younkin, a U.S. Airforce veteran, senior logistics analyst at AAR Corp. and student in Florida Tech’s logistics management master’s degree program, was recently tasked with leading the Department of State Worldwide Aviation Support Services logistical response to COVID-19.

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Like toilet paper, hand sanitizer and N95 masks, optimism among most experts studying the coronavirus-ravaged economy is in short supply. So is certainty. The initial indications of what the global response to the pandemic has wrought on national, state and local economies is already unprecedented, including more than 30 million initial claims for unemployment in the United States in just…

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, people and businesses around the world have rallied to develop new and innovative ways to manufacture vital health care resources like ventilators, face masks, gloves and more. Breweries are making hand sanitizer. Vehicle manufacturers are building ventilators. And in southern Maryland, technology think tank TechPort is developing a sanitization appliance that will enable…

When Kathryn Rudloff accepted her new role as executive director of weVENTURE, the Bisk College of Business’ women’s business center, in January, she expected the usual challenges: Learning the ins and outs of the university. Building trust and rapport with her employees. Making important decisions. She did not, however, anticipate leading a new team through the unfamiliar territory of a…

Before he became the telecommunications consulting giant he is today, John Russo ’95 MBA worked on his father’s farm, planting corn, picking okra and milking cows. Then, he fried doughnuts in the Publix bakery.  While he was earning his bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Central Florida, he worked in the school’s admissions office. He worked as a…