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Named to the Florida Tech board in 1987, he worked closely with university leadership to dramatically advance the university by, in part, securing one of the largest gifts in its history.

The No. 2 Panthers won the Margaret McNiff Trophy for just the second time in program history, the first coming 36 years ago in 1982.

With its second consecutive Sunshine State Conference Championship April 27 at Nathan Benderson Park, No. 3 Florida Tech has now tied Barry for most conference titles with seven.

Florida Tech totaled a 19-under par 833 (278-287-268), tying an FIT school record and the SSC tournament record set by Barry University in 2014 at Lake Jovita.  

Dr. Raymond Armstrong, Dr. Richard (Dick) Baney and John (Jack) Hartley have together served on the Board for nearly a century.

The new members are Bobbie Dyer, Debbie Harvey and Alan L. Prestwood. “It is our honor to welcome these new members,” said Florida Tech President Dwayne McCay.

Bennett has a strong research funding record from industry, federal and Department of Defense sources. She has over 130 publications in books or book chapters, refereed journals, technical reports and workshops.    

Youngblood, professor and chair of the Department of Music and Drama at Texas Woman’s University, is the 2016-2018 Phi Kappa Phi Artist.

Florida Tech is only the second university in Florida to host the 30-year-old event, and will be the only one to host it twice come June 6-9, 2019.

"Success is going to be about finding your passion, walking with conviction, and being relentless and resilient when chasing after your dream," keynote speaker Huntley Lawrence said.