2007 – The Mori Hosseini School of Hospitality and Culinary Management , a $ 26 million , state-of-the-art training facility for Hospitality and Culinary Management programs opens its doors . 2008 - To reflect its stature as a four-year degree granting institution and its expanded mission , the college adopts a new name – Daytona State College . 2009 – The college adds seven new bachelor ’ s degrees in Elementary Education , Exceptional Student Education , and Secondary Mathematics , Biology , Earth / Space , Chemistry and Physics Education . A year later , the State Board of Education approves the college ’ s ninth four-year degree – the Bachelor of Science
Deland Campus in Engineering Technology . 2012 – The college dedicates its new Veterans Center on the Daytona Beach Campus . Comprehensive services for veterans are established on all campuses . The college would later be designated a Military Friendly School by veteran-owned Victory Media for three straight years . 2013 - U . S . News & World Report ranks Daytona State No . 2 for Best Online Bachelor ’ s Programs . The college would remain among the nation ’ s best for five years running . 2013 - State Board of Education approves Daytona State ’ s bid to offer the bachelor ’ s degree in Information Technology . 2014 - DSC celebrates 50 years as one of nation ’ s top photography schools . 2015 - Dr . Thomas LoBasso is named DSC president by the District Board of Trustees in June , after serving as interim president since January . Daytona State joins the DirectConnect to UCF partnership , opening the door for DSC AA graduates to make a smooth transition to UCF to earn their bachelor ’ s degrees . In its continuing
Wetherell Student Services Center and Administration push to make college more affordable , Daytona State becomes first in Florida , and among only a few in the nation , to reduce tuition . 2016 - The national Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology formally grants accreditation to DSC ’ s Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology ( BSET ) program through 2022 . The accreditation extends retroactively from October 2013 , benefitting prior program graduates . 2017 – May ’ s commencement marks over 100,000 certificates and degrees awarded by the college .
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Dec . 17 , 1925 - T . Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle form a company in their names at Lunken Field in Cincinnati , Ohio , with Embry as president and Riddle as general manager . The Embry- Riddle Flying School begins operating in spring 1926 . October 1939 - John Paul Riddle partners with attorney John McKay to form the Embry-Riddle Company ’ s seaplane base in Miami . Riddle enters into agreement with the University of Miami to train college students to fly under the 1939 Civilian Pilot Training Program ; he leases a hangar at Municipal Airport and expands the training fleet to 15 aircraft .
ERAU 1927 biplane
Mar . 22 , 1941 - Embry-Riddle opens the new Carlstrom Field , the first of five fields established for training pilots ( 1941-45 ) for the U . S . Army Air Corps / Army Air Forces and British Royal Air Force . November 1943 - Embry-Riddle establishes the Escola Técnica de Aviação in São Paulo , Brazil , to train Brazilian cadets in basic aircraft construction and maintenance .
October 1944 - Embry-Riddle becomes one of the first aviation schools to train veterans under the GI Bill . October 1958 - The Engineer ’ s Council for Professional Development accredits Embry-Riddle ’ s Aeronautical Engineering Technology program . 1959 - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute ( ERAI ) is established as a nonprofit corporation . 1962 - U . S . Navy Cmdr . Jack Hunt becomes Embry-Riddle ’ s first university
March 1952 president . Apr . 23-25 , 1965 - Embry-Riddle moves from Miami to Daytona Beach in what was termed “ Operation Bootstrap ,” with assistance and support from members of the Daytona Beach community . 1968-69 - The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredits Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute as a “ special purpose institution .” Jun . 9 , 1970 - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute becomes Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University . It touts a two-college structure : Aeronautical Studies and Aviation Technology . 1973 – The university ’ s College of Continuing Education begins offering its first graduate level program , an M . S . in Aviation Management , through a partnership with the Miami Education Consortium and Biscayne College . 1979 - Time magazine calls Embry-Riddle the “ Harvard of the Sky .” 1987 - The Daytona Beach Campus offers its first graduate programs : M . S . in Aeronautical Engineering , MBA – Aviation , M . S . in Aviation Management and Master of Aeronautical Science . The Prescott Campus launches the M . S . in Business Administration , M . S . in Aviation Management and the Master of Aeronautical Science . 2000 - U . S . News & World Report ranks Embry-Riddle ’ s Aerospace Engineering program No . 1 among the nation ’ s undergraduate aerospace engineering programs without a Ph . D . The program has been ranked No . 1 each year since , through 2015 . 2010 - Embry-Riddle launches its first Ph . D . programs : The Ph . D . in Engineering Physics and the Ph . D . in Aviation , which is the first of its kind in the nation . 2011 – The university ’ s Worldwide Campus establishes its first Asian center in collaboration with Singapore Aviation Academy , the training division of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore , offering a Master in Business Administration – Aviation degree . 2013 – The university creates the world ’ s first bachelor ’ s degree in commercial space operations . 2014 - Embry-Riddle opens the largest university research telescope in the state of Florida at its Daytona Beach Campus ; and the Prescott Campus launches the nation ’ s first College of Security and Intelligence . Dec . 17 , 2015 – The university celebrates the 90 th anniversary of its founding . February 2017 - The Advanced Aerodynamics Lab opens at the Embry-Riddle Research & Technology Park at the Daytona Beach Campus . March 2017 – Dr . P . Barry Butler , Ph . D . becomes the university ’ s sixth president .
Stetson University
Nov . 5 , 1883 - Henry A . DeLand and Dr . John H . Griffith inaugurate DeLand Academy in a lecture room of the First Baptist Church in DeLand . Oct . 13 , 1884 - DeLand Hall opens . The original cost of the building was $ 4,000 . The first academic building at the DeLand campus , DeLand Hall today is the oldest building in Florida in continuous use for higher education .
DeLand Hall
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