Brevard County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census,the population was 606,612,making it the 10th-most populated county in Florida. The official county seat is located in Titusville. Brevard County comprises the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville,FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the east Florida coast and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
Titusville is a city in and the county seat of Brevard County,Florida,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 48,789. Titusville is located along the Indian River,west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center,and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore. It is a principal city of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Rollins College is a private college in Winter Park,Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several master's programs. It is Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institution.
The Florida Institute of Technology is a private research university in Melbourne,Florida. The university comprises four academic colleges:Engineering &Science,Aeronautics,Psychology &Liberal Arts,and Business. Approximately half of FIT's students are enrolled in the College of Engineering &Science. The university's 130-acre primary residential campus is near the Melbourne Orlando International Airport and the Florida Tech Research Park. The campus is located 16 miles from Patrick Space Force Base.
Gerald Wayne Clough is President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. A graduate of Georgia Tech in civil engineering,he was the first alumnus to serve as President of the Institute.
South Florida,sometimes colloquially shortened to SoFlo,is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions;the two others are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of the continental United States and the only region of the continental U.S. that includes some areas with a tropical climate.
Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a private Christian university in West Palm Beach,Florida. The university's nine colleges focus on the liberal arts with a select collection of professional studies. In 2022,its undergraduate enrollment was approximately 2,400.
The Sunshine State Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its member institutions are located in the state of Florida,which is popularly known as the Sunshine State.
Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region,but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state,including the Tampa Bay area and the Greater Orlando area,though in recent times the Tampa Bay area has often been described as its own region,with "Central Florida" becoming more synonymous with the Orlando area.
The Foosaner Art Museum,formerly the Brevard Art Museum,was located along the Indian River in the Eau Gallie Arts District,1463 Highland Avenue,Melbourne,Florida. Since opening in 1978 the Foosaner Art Museum amassed over 5,000 objects,spanning 20 centuries. These items formed the Museum's Permanent Collection,reflecting not only the Museum's interests and specialties,but also the lives of the people who lived in the community.
Maryly Van Leer Peck was an American academic and college administrator. She founded numerous programs in Guam,one of them being the Community Career College at the University of Guam. She was the first female president of a public institution of higher learning in Florida,the first female president of a Florida community college while president of Polk Community College aka Polk State College. She was one of the first female graduates of the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University and the first woman to graduate with a degree in chemical engineering. She was also the first woman to receive an M.S. and a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Florida. She also founded Society of Women Engineers chapters,and was an active board member.
George Paul "Bud" Peterson is the former president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Peterson is a graduate of Kansas State University,where he earned B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics and an M.S. in Engineering,and Texas A&M University,where he earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. On January 7,2019,Peterson announced his upcoming retirement from Georgia Tech,effective summer of 2019. His successor,Ángel Cabrera,assumed the office September 1,2019,after serving for seven years as president of George Mason University in Fairfax,Virginia. In September 2019,the University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted to name Peterson President Emeritus and Regents Professor of Mechanical Engineering for the standard three-year term. The Board of Regents also awarded him tenure.
Stephen Feldman is an American academic,and was the third president of Nova Southeastern University. He became the President of Nova Southeastern University in 1992 and was president until 1994. He was president of the Astronaut Memorial Foundation from 1999 to 2012.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 6,2012,alongside a presidential election,other elections to the House and Senate,as well as various state and local elections. The primary election was held August 14,2012. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson won reelection to a third term,defeating Republican U.S. Representative Connie Mack IV by 13%,winning 55% to 42%. Nelson defeated Mack by over 1 million votes.
The Florida Tech Panthers are the athletic teams that represent the Florida Institute of Technology,located in Melbourne,Florida,in intercollegiate athletics at the Division II level of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA),competing in the Sunshine State Conference. Sports currently offered by the program include baseball,softball,men's cross country,men's track and field,women's volleyball,men's and women's basketball,men's and women's lacrosse,men's rowing,men's and women's soccer,and men's and women's swimming.
Jedidiah Custer Bradley is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves in 2016.
Eastern Florida State College,formerly Brevard Community College,is a public college in Brevard County,Florida. It is a member of the Florida College System and has campuses in Cocoa,Melbourne,Palm Bay,and Titusville,as well as a Virtual Campus.
Gabriel Rothblatt is a technoprogressive political activist,a 2014 congressional candidate,and a writer and speaker in the futurist and transhumanist movements.
Jerome "Jerry" P. Keuper (1921-2002) was a physicist and the founder and first president of Brevard Engineering College,and served in the position from 1958 to 1986.
Susan H. Skemp is a retired American mechanical engineer,the former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,and the former executive director of the Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Florida Atlantic University.
