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Internship blooms into programming career for 2020 Florida Poly grad

Editor’s note: While COVID-19 has caused Florida Polytechnic University to shift to remote instruction through the summer and reschedule our commencement ceremony, the hard work of our graduating seniors continues. This feature is part of a series of stories highlighting and honoring our 2020 graduates. One of the first times Daniel Rentfro laid his hands […]

Florida Polytechnic University leads effort to stop mobile device hackers

LAKELAND, Fla.–Students at Florida Polytechnic University may soon be at the forefront of cybersecurity education with cutting edge curriculum focused exclusively on mobile computing security. Dr. Karim Elish, assistant professor in the computer science department, has been awarded a $70,500 grant from the Florida Center for Cybersecurity to develop an evolving course on mobile security […]

Already a pilot Florida Polytechnic University freshman now a Phoenix

It’s been quite a whirlwind for Slade Rosamond. In less than a year, the Florida Polytechnic University freshman has earned his pilot’s license, received a scholarship from the Central Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA) Foundation to attend Florida Poly and started his undergraduate career. Rosamond joined about 400 other freshmen at Florida Poly as the fall […]

Boring Business Solutions makes Florida Polytechnic University a priority

If you stop by Florida Polytechnic University’s Innovation, Science and Technology Building (IST), you’re probably not going to find a manual adding machine or even an electric typewriter. You’ll be hard-pressed, though, to miss the supercomputer or 3-D printers that typify the latest in technological advances. However, the IST now holds a very strong link […]