Faculty and Staff News - Florida Institute of Technology

Bonhomme Retires
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Ray Bonhomme says a few words
at his retirement party in April. He
began at Florida Tech in 2000.
Bonhomme continues part
time as director of the Freshman
Advising Center.
International Note
As of May 11, International
Student and Scholar Services
temporarily located to Hibiscus
Business Center, Suite 107. An additional office in the Allen
S. Henry Building offers walk-in hours 9–11 a.m. and 2–4
p.m. Call ext. 8053. The office should return to the Keuper
Building in 60-90 days.
Painting Their Gratitude
President Anthony J. Catanese presented Ed Scott with
a painting created by students at the Scott Center for Autism
Treatment in appreciation for hosting the Third Annual
Evening of Hope in April. More than 260 people and more
than $190,000 was raised through sponsorships, a live
auction and a Rolex watch raffle. The Rolex was generously
donated by Kempf’s Jewelers.
A portion of the funds raised from this year’s Evening
of Hope will go toward the creation of a resource room for
parents and teachers. It will be located on the second floor
of the Scott Center.
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May 2011 A Newsletter for the Community Vol. 12 Issue 5
Retirees Join Faculty Emeriti
At a recent gathering of faculty
emeriti, Patuxent site director
Norm Chlosta and Carol
Shehadeh, department of humanities
and communication, were
welcomed to the ranks of honored
faculty. New faculty emeritus Nat
Villaire was unable to attend.
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From the
President’s Desk
Anthony James Catanese
The annual Spring Honors Convocation is one of
my favorite awards events. In part, it makes me feel
good because of tradition. Every year, there’s Bob
Shearer playing a beautiful classical piece on the
piano and an invocation from Rev. Darice Dawson
or Fr. Doug Bailey.
I feel an almost paternal pride in seeing achieving
students with shining faces come up on stage—
often more than once—to receive well-deserved
honors. I know that so much hard work and sacrifice
has gone into developing the potential and creating
the success of each young individual.
This event and commencement are academic
rituals that truly epitomize the year and the best
efforts of all of us.
And I shake the hands of many students at both
events, of course. In fact, I saw Cristina Mazzone,
daughter of Pete Mazzone, three times. She won
a Best in Showcase Design Award at the Northrop
Grumman Student Design Showcase, picked up a
department of biological sciences top senior award
at Honors Convocation, and graduated with honors
on May 7.
Then there was Dominic Casali who took home
the Donald R. Mason Award as the outstanding
senior in the department of chemical engineering.
Then at commencement he received faculty honors
for his 4.0.
I’m always especially proud of our Faculty
Excellence Award winners as the competition is
tremendous. Because there is no such a thing as
too much acknowledgement, I want to congratulate
the recipients once again. Big cheers go to Dr.
James Brenner for the Kerry Bruce Clark Award for
Excellence in Teaching; to Dr. Marcus Hohlmann
for the Award for Excellence in Research; and to
Clayton Baum, for the Andrew W. Revay Jr. Award
for Excellence in Service.
As Vince Lombardi said, “It is time for us all to
stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one
who recognizes the challenge and does something
about it.”
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