Three commencement ceremonies and more than 1,200 strolls across the Clemente Center stage, songs and streamer cannons, congratulations and applause marked Florida Tech’s Class of 2024 graduation on Saturday. “Florida Tech, class of 2024, the world awaits your brilliance,” retired astronaut and Florida Tech alumna Joan Higginbotham told the graduates in her keynote remarks. “Go forth and make it a better place.”
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Retired astronaut and Florida Tech alumnae Joan Higginbotham speaks to students at Florida Tech’s spring 2024 commencement.
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Two-time Florida Tech graduate Joan Higginbotham, a retired space shuttle astronaut, is presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters by President John Nicklow, left, and Provost John Kiss. Higginbotham was the commencement speaker at the university’s commencement ceremonies.
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On Saturday, Florida Tech held spring commencement for the class of 2024 that conferred more than 1,750 degrees across morning, afternoon and early evening ceremonies. More than 1,200 students from the university’s colleges of science and engineering, aviation, business and psychology and liberal arts, collected their diplomas in person.
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Florida Tech held its Class of 2024 graduation ceremonies on Saturday.
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Florida Tech President John Nicklow and First Lady Stacy Nicklow speak to colleagues at the university’s Grad Bash celebration on the eve of commencement Friday.
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Florida Tech President John Nicklow at Saturday’s Class of 2024 graduation ceremonies. The students represented 73 countries and all 50 states. “Accepting and learning from people and cultures different from what we are familiar with – that may be one of the most valuable skills we teach our students,” he said in his remarks to the graduates. “Please continue to see the value in the different, the importance of plurality, and the positive impact such a mindset will provide – in both business and life.”
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Florida Tech held its Class of 2024 graduation ceremonies on Saturday.
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Florida Tech held three graduation ceremonies Saturday for the Class of 2024.
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Florida Tech held graduation ceremonies on Saturday.
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