University News

Meaningful, high-paying jobs for young people are the focus of a plan set forth on Sept. 27, 2022, by The Boeing Company and Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University.

Vince Taguba, a native of the Philippines who is studying Aeronautical Science at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, campus, always knew that he wanted to become a pilot.

As a student, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Rocio Frej Vitalle ('12) worked in the Eagle Flight Research Center, which helped land her first job modeling and simulating uncrewed flights for FAA NextGen projects.

The networking opportunities and financial assistance that Shaddi Abdala received as a Boeing Scholar at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University helped position the recent graduate right where she wants to be — in a two-year job-rotation program offered as an introduction to a full-time position at The Boeing Company.

Before Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Rebekah Francis (’21) became the first member of her family to graduate from college, the prospect of higher education seemed almost overwhelming.

As a first-generation college student, Marily Aguilar-Hernandez is pursuing some big dreams, not the least of which is becoming a commercial airline pilot.

Graduate student Kayla Taylor, mentored by professor of Humanities Dr. Ashley Lear, will present a unique study on women in astronomy, at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris this fall.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University researchers are working on technology that could make fusion power generation economically viable, thanks to a $670,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Researchers at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Space and Atmospheric Instrumentation Lab (SAIL) took part in two recent NASA sounding rocket launches — one in far-north Ny Ålesund, Norway, and another at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

The Fellowship Board of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, has selected two students from Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus to receive scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year.

To help all students at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University persist and succeed, personal attention and experiential learning opportunities are key, President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., said during his 2022 State of the University address.

Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus is partnering with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) this fall to offer a new Airline Management specialization for the existing Master of Business Administration in Aviation (MBAA) program through its College of Business.