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The second Sunday in May is a day dedicated to the women who brought us into the world. We spoil our mothers with cards, flowers, and, if we are lucky, a Colorado Rockies victory. I love seeing the pink-themed hats, jerseys, bats, and other equipment that adorns the players on the field each year as they celebrate the women who helped them get to where they are now. Unfortunately, in their franchise history, the Rockies have struggled on the matriarch holiday and have become a team only a moth...

Friday May 7th, 2021 11:00am (Photo Courtesy: Bentley Athletic Communications)   It’s the last weekend of the regular season and there are still a number of conference champions to be crowned and then on Sunday evening we’ll find out the 12 teams that are advancing to the NCAA Tournament. With four fewer spots up for grabs in 2021 than in 2019, and minimal non-conference play, the selection committee has some tough choices. Let’s take a look at each region and what to expect over the ne...

Jaguars News | Jacksonville Jaguars - jaguars.com In the community: The Jaguars and Florida Tech partner to provide a local high school with a new STEM Lab May 07, 2021 at 08:19 AM Copied! JACKSONVILLE - Now more than ever, we rely on technology to get us through our day-to-day life in education or at work. The Jaguars know the importance of having proper equipment to get your job done as they still use virtual meetings through Microsoft Teams. This is one...

BHCOE Announces ABAI 47th Annual Convention Symposiums and Presentations Share Article Behavioral scientists from Behavioral Health Center of Excellence to present at the virtual Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) 47th Annual Convention. ABAI’s Annual Conference plays a vital role in the research, education, and practice of behavior analysis, and I’m excited for the many contributions BHCOE team members are making this year. LOS ANGELES, C...

Mon May 3 2021 | Matt Hamilton | College PHOTO COURTESY OF SAINT ANSELM ATHLETICS With multiple conferences finished with their postseason tournaments, last week was light on action and changes in the Nike / US Lacrosse Division II Men’s Top 20. Two conferences — the Northeast 10 and the Great Lakes Valley Conference — will wrap up their seasons this coming week. Lindenwood took down Rockhurst to take the top seed in the GLVC tournament, but Indianapolis will provide a major test if the ...

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Brevard companies push to increase racial, gender diversity in engineering ranks Dave Berman, Florida Today © MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY Justin Cloud Brevard County — home to Fortune 500 defense manufacturers, NASAs Kennedy Space Center and decades of groundbreaking innovations — today lags behind the national average for diversity among top technical workers. Popular Searches According to CareerSource Brevard, 86.2% of engineers in Brevard were white in 2020, comp...

Also helping lead the drive for more diversity in engineering is Cloud, a director of project engineering at Melbourne-based L3Harris Technologies Inc. and the chair of the L3Harris Employees of African Descent employee resource group, which has more than 1,300 members. "We need to understand that diversity is a plus, not a negative," said Cloud, who worked at Lockheed Martin Corp. for 18 years before joining L3Harris 2½ years ago. He said, in engineering — at one time a profession dominate...

Mon Apr 26 2021 | Matt Hamilton | College PHOTO COURTESY OF LENOIR-RHYNE ATHLETICS Myles Moffat has 46 goals and 26 assists for Lenoir-Rhyne, the SAC tournament champion. May Madness got started a couple weeks early in the conference tournaments of Division II men’s lacrosse. The battle for NCAA tournament spots — there are only 10 spots in the field this year, down two from 2019 — is heating up as the calendar heads toward Championship Month. In the South Atlantic Conference, Lenoir-Rhyn...

Teen Tech Guru Assists Seniors The technology we use to gather information and connect with others is more important than ever in this time of pandemic, and one Florida teenager is helping seniors in his community catch up. Sam Friedman, a 17-year-old high school student in West Palm Beach, Florida, has always been the tech-savvy member of his family, helping his aunts, uncles, and grandparents with everything from phones to televisions to computers. Over time, Friedman realized that there were...