Randy Avent plans to leave at the end of the 2023-24 academic year, but then return as a faculty member after a ‘brief sabbatical.’
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Florida Poly Teams Up With Fortune 500 Company
Florida Polytechnic University is joining forces with International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. to open a Citrus Innovation Center on campus.
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New Florida Poly Building Doubles University’s Research Space
Florida Polytechnic University today debuted its $47 million Applied Research Center, a modern, 90,000-square-foot structure that more than doubles the lab and research space at the northeast Lakeland campus.
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City Ponders Impact Fee Discounts in Innovation District Near Florida Poly
The Lakeland City Commission will be asked Monday to amend the city’s impact fee structure to allow 100% discounts for high-wage “target” businesses that move into a proposed 4,484-acre “innovation district” in the northeast reaches of the city near Florida Polytechnic University. FOLLOWUP: The proposal was approved 6-0. Commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley was absent from […]
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Florida Poly Gets Funding for Applied Research Center
Florida Polytechnic University says its Applied Research Center can open on time in spring 2022 now that a $14.8 million allocation has been approved in the state budget, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports. | Also: Other Polk County projects dodged vetoes, The Ledger reports Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal
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Lakeland Colleges Encouraging But Not Requiring Covid Vaccines
Florida Southern College, Polk State College and Southeastern University are not requiring students to be vaccinated for COVID-19, but the institutions are encouraging students to receive a vaccine. Florida Polytechnic University has not yet made a decision.
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FSC Opens Accelerated MBA Program to Florida Poly Students
Florida Polytechnic University students will be able to earn their STEM bachelor’s degree and then a master’s in business from Florida Southern College in five years, thanks to a new partnership between the two institutions.
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Florida Poly Prioritizing $3 Million in Budget Cuts
Administrators at Florida Polytechnic University are grappling with how to cut $3 million from the STEM university’s budget, as requested by the Florida Board of Regents, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports. That correlates with an 8.5% reduction in state general revenues and lottery funds. Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal
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Three Lakeland Colleges Place in U.S. News 2021 Rankings
Three Lakeland institutions — Florida Southern College, Florida Polytechnic University and Southeastern University — made the cut when U.S. News and World Report released its annual college rankings earlier this month.
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Venture-Capital Fund Partners With Florida Poly
Florida Funders LLC, a Tampa-based venture-capital fund, is partnering with Florida Polytechnic University to connect potential entrepreneurs there with career opportunities, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports | Florida Funders LLC Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal