University News

Angie Engel began her profession in the Seattle area, connecting job candidates with major aerospace and supply chain employers, like Boeing and Amazon. Now, with more than a decade of career-counseling experience, and serving as Embry‑Riddle’s new assistant director of alumni career engagement, she is eager to give Eagle alumni a similar boost.

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) has awarded Dr. Jason Ruckert, vice president for Enrollment Management at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, the 2022 Dorothy Durkin Award for Strategic Innovation in Marketing and/or Enrollment Management.

Two Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University faculty members on Feb. 1 were named Fellows of the elite American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). They were among only 28 new AIAA Fellows nationwide to earn the distinction this year.

The Presidential Speaker Series at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University hosted its first event of the season last week, with alumnus Tom Conard (’85), the vice president for missile and weapon systems, global sales and marketing, defense space and security for The Boeing Company, as its featured speaker.

Two Embry‑Riddle students, Zoe Brand and Katrina “Kat” Ternus, have been awarded prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowships, joining 42 other talented undergraduates who were selected from among more than 800 applicants.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University has been awarded the No. 1 ranking for Best Online Bachelor’s Degree Programs in the newly released 2021 national college and university rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

Facing unprecedented challenges as the fall semester begins at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, new Student Government Association (SGA) presidents Melea Tucker, at the Prescott Campus, and Jim Myers, in Daytona Beach, Florida, know that the 2020-2021 school year will be unlike any others in years past.

Join Embry‑Riddle alumnus and Airbus Americas, Inc. Chairman and CEO C. Jeffrey (Jeff) Knittel (’80) for a free webinar event at 6 p.m. on May 13th as he discusses how Airbus business processes have adapted to the current pandemic and provides his thoughts on the state of the industry and the economic road to recovery.

Students are really well set up, coming out of this university,” former Alaska Airlines CEO William (Bill) Ayer said during a recent visit to Embry‑Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus where he identified eight leadership priorities that help foster excellent customer services.

Visiting Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University's Experimental Rocket Propulsion Lab took Mauro Atalla back to his boyhood in Brazil.

For Embry‑Riddle students hoping to score plum aviation and aerospace positions, former Airbus Americas CEO and President Barry Eccleston shared a “shopping list of exciting things to work on” during his first-ever visit to the Daytona Beach Campus on Sept. 24.