Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 332897 224980987 2008-07-11T08:26:43Z SJP 2716074 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/213.3.65.117|213.3.65.117]] to last version by Farside6 (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{Infobox University |name = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |image_name = Embry-riddle_color_logo.gif |motto = Leading the World in Aviation and Aerospace Education since 1926.<ref name=vsm>{{cite book | title = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Visual Standards Manual | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[March 22]], [[2007]] | pages = 9 | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/vsm/vsmnew.pdf }} </ref> |established = In 1926 as the '''Embry-Riddle Flying School''', part of the '''Embry-Riddle Company'''. <ref name=erstory>{{cite web | title =Embry-Riddle - The Embry-Riddle Story | publisher =Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url =http://www.erau.edu/er/abouterau/story.html | accessdate =2007-07-01 }}</ref> |type = [[Private university|Private]] |president = [[John P. Johnson]] |city = [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]] |state = [[Florida]] |country = [[United States|USA]] |enrollment = 34,603<ref name=facts>{{cite web | title =Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Facts and Figures | publisher =Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url =http://www.erau.edu/er/abouterau/factsandfigures.html | accessdate =2007-07-01 }}</ref><ref name=irweb> {{cite web | title =Office of Institutional Research | publisher =Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url =http://irweb.erau.edu/ | accessdate =2007-12-09 }} </ref> |faculty = 2,797<ref name=facts /><ref name=irweb /> |mascot = Eagles |free_label = Athletics |free = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] |website = [http://www.erau.edu erau.edu] |colors = Blue and Gold {{colorbox|#003893}}{{colorbox|#FFC61E}} |endowment = $52 Million [[USD]]<ref name=usnews>{{cite news | title =US News, America's Best Colleges 2008, | publisher =[[U.S. News & World Report]] | date =[[August 19]], [[2007]] | url =http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1479_brief.php | accessdate =2007-08-17 }}</ref> |<!logo = [[Image:3DLogo01B-200.jpg|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] > }} '''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University''' ('''ERAU''') is a [[private university|private]], [[coeducation]]al [[university]] with a history dating from the early days of aviation. Students are enrolled in one of two residential campuses located in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]] and [[Prescott, Arizona]] or in Embry-Riddle Worldwide, composed of over 130 non-residential campuses and online programs. The residential campuses provide education in a traditional setting while Embry-Riddle Worldwide serves civilian and military working adults. Embry-Riddle began in 1925 as the '''Embry-Riddle Company''', an aircraft dealer and airmail provider, founded by [[Talton Higbee Embry]] and [[John Paul Riddle]] in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. Embry-Riddle was eventually incorporated into what is now [[American Airlines]], before reforming during the buildup to [[World War II]] in [[Miami, Florida]] as the '''Embry-Riddle School of Aviation''', and later, the '''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute'''. Embry-Riddle moved to Daytona Beach, Florida in 1965 and was renamed Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1970. The Prescott, Arizona campus opened in 1978. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the only [[School accreditation|accredited]], aviation-oriented university in the world.<ref name=fastfacts>{{cite web | title = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Fast Facts | publisher = [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/abouterau/fastfacts.html | accessdate = 2008-06-19}} </ref> Utilizing a fleet of over 90 aircraft, the university serves culturally diverse students primarily motivated toward careers in aviation and aerospace. The university offers [[bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and [[master's degree|master's]] degrees at the residential campuses and through Embry-Riddle Worldwide. [[associate's degree|Associate's]] degrees and non-degree programs are also offered by Embry-Riddle Worldwide. ==History== ===Early days=== Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University began on [[December 17]], [[1925]], exactly 22 years after the [[Wright Brothers]]' first flight, when [[Talton Higbee Embry]] and [[John Paul Riddle]] formed the Embry-Riddle Company at [[Lunken Airport]] in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. The company was financed by Embry, a wealthy aviation enthusiast who served as company president. Riddle was named general manager, and the two began to sell [[Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio|Waco Aircraft]] in Cincinnati. In spring of 1926 (the date shown on the university seal), the Embry-Riddle Company opened the '''Embry-Riddle Flying School'''. On [[December 17]], [[1927]], the Embry-Riddle Company established Cincinnati's first regular air mail service, from Cincinnati to [[Chicago]].<ref name=ERStoryCh1>{{cite book | last =Craft | first =Stephen | title =Embry-Riddle and American Aviation | url =http://www.erau.edu/er/abouterau/erauandeaf.pdf}} </ref> The school grew rapidly in 1928 and 1929, until the Embry-Riddle Company (now the '''Embry-Riddle Aviation Corporation''') was merged with the [[Aviation Corporation|Aviation Corporation (AVCO)]] of [[Delaware]]. AVCO phased out the Embry-Riddle Flying School in the fall of 1930. Shortly after, AVCO became American Airways (the predecessor of [[American Airlines]]), and the Embry-Riddle Company was gone.<ref name=ERStoryCh1 /> [[Image:Aviationbldg1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The Fritz Hotel in Miami, Florida. The building was occupied by Embry-Riddle prior to moving to Daytona Beach, Florida.]] In 1939, Riddle was ready to get back into the business of training pilots. He contacted Embry, who had no interest in reentering a partnership with Riddle. Riddle, now living in [[Miami]], [[Florida]] , found a partner in John G. McKay and his wife Isabel. Keeping the Embry-Riddle name, they reestablished the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation, partnering with the [[University of Miami]] to provide flight training under the [[Civilian Pilot Training Program]], increasing the number of pilots immediately preceding [[World War II]]. The Embry-Riddle School of Aviation expanded rapidly, and soon moved to the former Fritz Hotel.<ref name=ERStoryCh2>{{cite book | last =Craft | first =Stephen | title =Embry-Riddle in a World at War | url =http://www.erau.edu/er/abouterau/er-worldwar.pdf}} </ref> Riddle and McKay also formed the Riddle Aeronautical Institute at [[Arcadia, Florida|Carlstrom Field]] in early 1941 for the purpose of training pilots for the [[United States Army Air Corps]]. A separate division of Embry-Riddle provided technical training in maintenance and metal work. Following [[Pearl Harbor]], Embry-Riddle and its various divisions expanded rapidly to train professionals during the war, and the Carlstrom Field facility trained pilots for the [[Royal Air Force]], while nearby Dorr Field prepared pilots for advanced training with the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]].<ref name=ERStoryCh2 /> Embry-Riddle quickly exhausted the market for flight training. In 1944, McKay purchased Riddle's share of Embry-Riddle.<ref name=ERStoryCh2 /> ===Development into a university=== Following the end of World War II, the McKays continued the business of training pilots. After John McKay's death in 1951, his wife Isabel McKay led the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute. The school endured financial hardship but continued to operate in its Miami home. Isabel McKay suffered a stroke in 1961 and in 1963 sold the school. That same year, Jack R. Hunt was named the first president of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute.<ref name=mckay>{{cite news | last = Douglas | first = Rebecca | title = The McKay Factor | publisher = LIFT Magazine (ERAU) | date = [[April 9]], [[2007]] | url = http://givingto.erau.edu/pdfs/lift/spring07/mckays07.pdf | accessdate = 2007-04-10 }}</ref> ERAI continued the training of pilots and mechanics in Miami until April 1965, when Hunt moved the campus to its current home in [[Daytona Beach]], [[Florida]].<ref name=erstory /> Embry-Riddle's move from Miami was accomplished by a group of Daytona Beach civic leaders known as the Committee of 100.<ref>{{cite press release | title =Embry-Riddle to dedicate Jack R. Hunt Aviator Park | publisher =Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date =[[January 23]], [[2003]] | url =http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2003/hunt.html | accessdate =2007-07-01 }}</ref> The school was packed into trucks and moved nearly overnight. Known as "Operation Bootstrap", the move was accomplished with the help of the [[Daytona Beach News-Journal]], which supplied the trucks. The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute was [[School accreditation|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] in 1968,<ref>{{cite web | title =Commission on Colleges | publisher =[[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] | url =http://www.sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=28880 | accessdate =2007-07-01 }} </ref> and was renamed Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1970.<ref name=logistics>{{cite journal | last = Linville | first = Ray P. | title = Embry-Riddle offers aviation and aerospace education | journal = Logistics Spectrum | volume = 33 | issue = 1 | pages = 32 (2 pages) | location = Huntsville | date = January/March 1999 | accessdate = 2008-06-20}} </ref> Hunt headed a large expansion of Embry-Riddle, including the purchase of a second campus in [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]], [[Arizona]] in 1978.<ref name=barrons>{{cite web | title = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Profile | publisher = Barron's Profiles of American Colleges | date = 2006 | url = http://www.enotes.com/american-colleges/embry-riddle-aeronautical-university-az/ | accessdate = 2008-06-21}} </ref> Embry-Riddle purchased the former campus of [[Prescott College]], which closed abruptly in 1974 from financial hardship.<ref>{{cite web | title =Yavapai Heritage Roundup | url =http://www.sharlot.org/roundup/artifacts/ERAU.shtml | accessdate =2007-07-01 }} </ref> Hunt served as president until his death [[January 7]], [[1984]].<ref>{{cite news | coauthors =[[Associated Press]] | title = Jack Hunt Dies at 65; Flew Atlantic in Blimp | publisher =[[The New York Times]] | date =[[January 9]], [[1984]] | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E2DC1038F93AA35752C0A962948260 | accessdate = }}</ref> Hunt was followed by [[Kenneth L. Tallman|Lt. General Kenneth L. Tallman]], who in his five years as president, formed Embry-Riddle's first graduate program. Tallman also added undergraduate degrees in Engineering Physics and Electrical Engineering.<ref name=logistics /> Current president [[John P. Johnson]] credits Tallman with moving ERAU from a technical school to a university.<ref>{{cite news | last =Mettin | first =Jonathan | title =Former President Tallman dies at 80 | publisher =[[The Avion Newspaper]] | date =[[March 14]], [[2006]] | url =http://www.avionnewspaper.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=2eba343b-4f62-4af9-8937-7f01faf183e0 | accessdate =2007-07-01 }}</ref> Embry-Riddle's third president was Dr. Steven M. Sliwa, who ran the university from 1991 until 1998. Sliwa oversaw the largest expansion in Embry-Riddle's history, developing new majors and a capital expansion in excess of $100 [[million]].<ref name=erstory /> This includes the ICI Center (fieldhouse), Lehman Engineering and Technology Center, Capt. Willie Miller Instructional Center and Student Village on the Daytona Beach campus. Sliwa was followed by Dr. George H. Ebbs, who was president until November 2005. Ebbs expanded the university into several affiliate programs, and was president during the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks federal investigators thought that the school may have trained at least one of the aircraft hijackers. However, after a short investigation, ERAU was fully exonerated from any involvement in the flight training of the terrorists. Although a former student shared the same name as one of the hijackers, that former student was still alive and had no connections to [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Viglucci | first = Andres | coauthors = Garcia, Manny | title = Hijack plotters used S. Florida as a cradle for conspiracy | publisher = [[The Miami Herald]] | date = [[September 15]], [[2001]] | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20011019090410/www.miami.com/herald/special/news/worldtrade/digdocs/046328.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Ebbs | first = George | title = Open letter from President George Ebbs | publisher = [[The Avion Newspaper]] | date = [[October 8]], [[2001]] | url = http://www.avionnewspaper.com/media/storage/paper798/news/2006/09/05/0/Oct-8.2001.Open.Letter.To.Students.From.Pres.George.Ebbs-2266554.shtml | accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Reflections of Sept. 11 | publisher = [[The Avion Newspaper]] | date = September, 2006 | url = http://www.avionnewspaper.com/sept11 | accessdate =2006-12-29 }}</ref> [[Image:RiddleTornado.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Embry-Riddle aircraft destroyed by the Christmas Day tornado.]]During his tenure as president, Ebbs expanded Embry-Riddle into non-traditional university projects, such as Embry-Riddle's Commercial Airline Pilot Training program (CAPT program), which was sold in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | title =CAPT History | url =http://captprogram.org/cms/CAPT-History.cfm | accessdate =2008-06-21 }}</ref> Ebbs also entered the university into a five-year contract with The [[United States Air Force Academy]] for Embry-Riddle to provide flight training for its cadets in 2002.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Embry-Riddle Wins Contract to Train Air Force Pilots | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[August 13]], [[2002]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2002/airforce.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25}}</ref> Embry-Riddle's fifth president is [[John P. Johnson|Dr. John P. Johnson]]. Johnson was previously University [[Provost (education)|Provost]] and Interim President. He was selected after a national search by the [[Board of Trustees]] on [[August 8]], [[2006]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Harper | first = Mark | title = ERAU selects own for president | publisher = [[Daytona Beach News-Journal]] | date = [[August 9]], [[2006]] | url = http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/NJ/lib00062%2C1136BC7F43CAB400.html | accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref> ===Christmas Day tornado=== {{see|Tornadoes of 2006#December_25}} On [[December 25]], [[2006]] at approximately 1:45 p.m. an [[Fujita scale|F2]] [[tornado]] touched down in Daytona Beach, causing major damage to the Embry-Riddle campus. Several university buildings were damaged, and both the main administration building (Spruance Hall) and the aircraft fleet maintenance hangar were destroyed. Approximately 50 aircraft were damaged or destroyed. Damage was estimated at $50 million.<ref>{{cite news | title = Storms cause damage throughout Volusia County | publisher = [[Daytona Beach News-Journal]] | date = [[December 25]], [[2006]] | url = http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/breakingnews/xmasstorm.htm | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Brown | first = Anthony | title = A Whirlwind Recovery | publisher = LIFT Magazine (ERAU) | date = [[April 9]], [[2007]] | url = http://givingto.erau.edu/pdfs/lift/spring07/tornados07.pdf | accessdate = 2007-04-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Christmas Tornadoes Destroy Homes, Leave Thousands Without Power | publisher = Local6.com | date = [[December 25]], [[2006]] | url = http://www.local6.com/weather/10606224/detail.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Haug | first = Jim | title = ERAU president thankful damage not more severe | publisher = [[Daytona Beach News-Journal]] | date = [[December 26]], [[2006]] | url = http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD03122606.htm | accessdate = 2006-12-26 }}</ref> As a result of the tornado, the beginning of the spring semester was delayed from [[January 10]], [[2007]] until [[January 16]], [[2007]]. Also as a result of the tornado, the planned upgrade of the [[Cessna 172]] aircraft fleet to [[glass cockpit]] instruments was accelerated. ==Organization== Embry-Riddle is organized into two residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona, and the worldwide campus. Embry-Riddle Worldwide consists of over 130 distance learning centers (many at community colleges and military bases), Worldwide Online (which offers degrees through internet classes), and the Center for Professional Education (which offers continuing education credits and non-degree programs). Dr. [[John P. Johnson]] is the university president. Dr. Richard H. Heist serves as [[Provost (education)|provost]] and chief academic officer, and directly oversees the [[Dean (education)|deans]] of each college. Each campus is led by a [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]], and is organized into colleges and departments. University-wide departments are headed by vice-presidents.<ref>{{cite web | title = Organizational Chart | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President's Office | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/president/organization/orgchart.html | accessdate = 2007-08-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Organizational Chart | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Chancellor's Office (Daytona Beach) | url = http://www.erau.edu/db/chancellor/orgchart.html | accessdate = 2007-08-13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Academic Organizations (Colleges and Departments) | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/academicorgs/index.html | accessdate = 2007-08-13 }}</ref> The university offers [[bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and [[master's degree|master's]] degrees at the residential campuses and through Embry-Riddle Worldwide. [[associate's degree|Associate's]] degrees and non-degree programs are also offered by Embry-Riddle Worldwide. ==Daytona Beach, Florida campus== {{main|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach}} [[Image:ERAU WrightFlyer.jpg|thumb|350px|right|The Wright Flyer statue is the centerpiece of the Daytona Beach campus. The Jack. R. Hunt Memorial Library is visible in the background.]] Embry-Riddle's largest residential campus and academic headquarters is located in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]]. The {{convert|185|acre|km2|sing=on}} site has been the home to Embry-Riddle since it moved from Miami in 1965. Built adjacent to the [[Daytona Beach International Airport]], the campus has easy access for flight training. The main campus consists of an aviation complex, academic quad and residence halls surrounding the student center and Jack R. Hunt Aviator Park. Athletic facilities are located at the east end of campus, anchored by the ICI Center. Total spring 2008 enrollment at the Daytona Beach campus is 4,562; 4186 undergraduate and 376 graduate students.<ref name=irweb /> Aeronautical science ([[flight training]]) and [[aerospace engineering]] are the two most popular degrees at the Daytona Beach campus. Daytona Beach's aerospace engineering degree program ranks number one in the ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' college rankings of aerospace engineering degree schools without a [[Ph.D.]] program.<ref name=usnews>{{cite news | title =US News, America's Best Colleges 2008, | publisher =[[U.S. News & World Report]] | date =[[August 19]], [[2007]] | url =http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_1479_brief.php | accessdate =2007-08-17 }}</ref> Embry-Riddle has received this honor every year since the category was introduced in 2001.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Embry-Riddle Keeps Top Spot in U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Rankings | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[August 18]], [[2005]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2005/usnews.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref> Embry-Riddle's Daytona Beach campus has one of the most extensive [[ROTC]] programs in the nation, and the nation's largest Air Force ROTC program.<ref>{{cite press release | title = AFA Association Honors Embry-Riddle President | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[July 1]], [[2005]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2005/afa.html | accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref> The ROTC program frequently wins national competitions.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Air Force ROTC Detachment Named Best in Nation | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[August 9]], [[1999]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/1999/afrotc1.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title = Daytona Beach Air Force ROTC Detachment Named Top Unit in Nation | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[October 30]], [[2002]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2002/afrotc.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title = Air Force ROTC Programs Thrive at Embry-Riddle's Residential Campuses | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[June 29]], [[2001]] | url = http://www.erau.edu/er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2001/afrotc.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref> The [[engineering physics]] program at the Daytona Beach campus is currently the largest undergraduate engineering physics program in the country and the only one specializing in aerospace.<ref>{{cite web | title = Engineering Physics Program | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url = http://www.erau.edu/db/degrees/b-engineeringphys.html | accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref> The Daytona Beach campus sponsors 16 intercollegiate sports. The Eagles are members of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] Region XIV and compete in the [[Florida Sun Conference]]. Embry-Riddle's athletics are directed by basketball head-coach Steve Ridder. On [[October 2]], [[2006]], Ridder was named NAIA National Athletic Director of the Year.<ref>{{cite press release | title = ERAU's Ridder named NAIA Athletics Director of the Year | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | date = [[October 3]], [[2006]] | url = http://daytona.embryriddlesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11500&ATCLID=622795 | accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref> Ridder led the school to its only national title in any sport in 2000, in basketball. ==Prescott, Arizona campus== [[Image:ERAU Prescott Bldg.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Academic Complex One is the newest academic building on campus]] {{main|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott}} Embry-Riddle opened its second and smallest residential campus in 1978 at [[Prescott, Arizona]]. The {{convert|539|acre|km2|sing=on}} campus is located among Arizona's [[Bradshaw Mountains]] approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} from Prescott's airport, [[Ernest A. Love Field]]. The campus is a mix of old buildings from when the campus was home to [[Prescott College]] and modern facilities built by Embry-Riddle. Recent construction projects include a new library, dining hall, ROTC facility and chapel. Total spring 2008 student enrollment at the Prescott campus was 1,546 students, including 30 graduate students.<ref name=irweb /> The Prescott campus has the only Global Security and Intelligence Studies program in the country.<ref>{{cite web | title = B.S. Degree in Global Security and Intelligence Studies | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url = http://www.erau.edu/pr/degrees/b-gsis.html | accessdate = 2007-07-21 }}</ref> This degree program focuses on important global issues such as terrorism, information warfare, transportation security, illicit trafficking networks, corporate security, population dislocations, natural disasters, widespread epidemics, international crime and homeland security. The Prescott campus is home to the Golden Eagles Flight Team, which competes in the [[National Intercollegiate Flying Association]]. Prescott's Golden Eagles Flight Team has won the regional championship each year for the past 22 years, and also won the national championship in 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = Golden Eagles Flight Team | publisher = Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | url = http://www.erau.edu/pr/flight/flightteam/index.html | accessdate = 2007-03-21 }}</ref> ==Worldwide campus== {{main|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide}} Embry-Riddle Worldwide consists of over 130 distance learning centers (many at community colleges and military bases), Worldwide Online (which offers degrees through internet classes), and the Center for Professional Education (which offers continuing education credits and non-degree programs). In the 2006-2007 school year over 27,000 students were enrolled in the worldwide campus.<ref name=irweb /> ==Notable alumni== {{mainarticle|List of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumni}} Embry-Riddle Alumni include six astronauts, a former U.S. Congressman, and a former White House Fellow.<ref name=fastfacts /> <!--NEED CITATION One-sixth of bachelor degrees in aerospace/aeronautical engineering in the United States are granted by Embry-Riddle. -->Approximately 25 percent of commercial airline pilots have graduated from Embry-Riddle.<ref>{{cite paper | title = Minutes of Committee on Education | version = 45th Legislature First Regular Session | publisher = [[Arizona State Senate]] | date = [[January 25]], [[2001]] | url = http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/1r/comm_min/senate/0125%20education.doc.htm | accessdate =2007-07-01 }}</ref> ==See also== {{Commons|Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University}} * [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach]] * [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott]] * [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide]] * [[Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida]] * [[List of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumni]] * [[List of aerospace engineering schools]] ==References== <!--See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags--> <div class="references-small">{{reflist|2}}</div> ==External links== * [http://www.erau.edu/ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University] * [http://embryriddlesports.com/ Embry-Riddle Athletics] {{Geolinks-US-streetscale|29.18857|-81.04871}} {{Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida}} [[Category:Multi-sport clubs]] [[Category:Florida Sun Conference]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Arizona]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Florida]] [[Category:Air traffic controller schools]] [[Category:Association of Independent Technological Universities]] [[Category:Aviation schools]] [[Category:Prescott, Arizona]] [[Category:Volusia County, Florida]] [[no:Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] [[zh:安柏瑞德航空大學]]