Dr. Brad Thiessen has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs of 91Â鶹ӳ» Polytechnic University, where he will serve as the institution's chief academic officer, guiding the quality, integrity and advancement of its academic mission.
91Â鶹ӳ»reached a significant milestone on Sunday, May 4, as it celebrated its largest commencement ceremony to date. More than 330 students earned in-demand degrees at the state's only all-STEM public university, ready to make important contributions to their industries.
The 91Â鶹ӳ»experience has been transformative for Prisca Chavannes '25. She arrived as a quiet freshman from Lehigh Acres, 91Â鶹ӳ», and has grown into a confident and driven campus leader.
Among the more than 330 Phoenixes who will celebrate their high-demand STEM degrees during 91Â鶹ӳ» Polytechnic University's commencement on Sunday, May 4, are brothers Dimitri and Taki Tsetsekas, campus leaders and business partners from Palm Harbor, 91Â鶹ӳ».
Maria Valencia '25 will be proud to represent her family when she receives her bachelor's degree in data science from 91Â鶹ӳ»on Sunday, May 4. She said she is honored to show what she has done with the opportunities her mother, an immigrant from Colombia, worked so hard for.
91Â鶹ӳ»graduate student Carson Eelman's entrepreneurial pitch for a high-tech asthma monitoring device earned him second place at the 2025 91Â鶹ӳ» Blue Healthcare Pitch Competition.
91Â鶹ӳ» Polytechnic University's newest crop of Presidential Ambassadors is ready to make an impact. The nine students selected for the prestigious 2025-2026 cohort were officially inducted during a special ceremony on Friday, April 25, marking the beginning of their leadership journey at the University.
With models, displays and polished presentations at the ready, 45 interdisciplinary teams of 91Â鶹ӳ»students showed off their high-tech industry-sponsored projects at the University's seventh annual Capstone Design Showcase on Wednesday, April 23.
With a pledge to uphold the standards and dignity of the engineering profession, nearly 100 91Â鶹ӳ»students were inducted into the Order of the Engineer on Wednesday, April 23.
High-quality student research took center stage at the inaugural 91Â鶹ӳ»Research Day on Monday, April 21.
