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Florida Tech Buzzing about the Great American Mosquito Crusade Sept. 17

08/28/2009

MELBOURNE, FLA.—As part of Florida Institute of Technology’s Humanities Lecture Series, Gordon Patterson, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts professor, will speak at the university on Sept. 17. The 7 p.m. presentation, “Fighting the Insect Menace: A Historian and the Great American Mosquito Crusade,” is open and free to the public. Full Article

Florida Tech Textiles of Asia Course Open to the Community

08/03/2009

MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Florida Institute of Technology Department of Humanities and Communication fall textiles class will be Textiles of Asia. The interdisciplinary course will examine the cultural context of clothing and textile production, trade and design along the historical Silk Road, from China to the Mediterranean. Full Article

Florida Tech Funk Center Benefactor Publishes Cloth and Culture

08/03/2009

MELBOURNE, FLA.—Ruth Funk, Florida Institute of Technology trustee and benefactor, has published Cloth and Culture: Couture Creations of Ruth E. Funk. A tribute to the textile arts, the volume takes readers through the couture creations Funk has made over the last 25 years. Full Article

$100,000 Grant Funds Center for Critical Language Studies

06/15/2009

MELBOURNE, FLA. — The Florida Institute of Technology Department of Humanities and Communication received a $100,000 two-year grant from the National Security Education Program, ROTC Language and Culture Project, Institute of International Education to support a Center for the Study of Critical Languages (CSCL). Full Article

Only Textiles Center in Florida Opens Aug. 29 with Coat Couture

06/09/2009

MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Institute of Technology opens its doors to the public on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. Admission is free. The center is the only textile arts center in the state of Florida. Full Article