Florida Polytechnic

Florida Polytechnic University, in Lakeland, has secured $5.7 million in the upcoming state budget for a new Student Achievement Center, to fund the project’s preliminary design stage. The funding was included in the 2024-25 fiscal year budget. The budget will take effect July 1. DeSantis vetoed one Florida Poly line item — $3 million for

►  Florida Polytechnic University leaders were joined by state and community officials to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Gary C. Wendt Engineering Building, a 40,000-square-foot academic facility designed to elevate the institution’s in-demand engineering programs. (Pictured above) ► Haven Coffee Roasters, in Winter Haven, was named the world’s best coffee by Australia’s Golden Bean World

► Florida Polytechnic University will begin construction on the Gary C. Wendt Engineering Building, the school’s third academic facility on campus, in the spring of 2024. (Rendering above) ► Lakeland City Commissioners voted unanimously this week to accept a $1.685 million grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to help remove algae from Lake Bonnet. 

► Bank of Central Florida was honored with the George W. Harris, Jr. Success in Large Business Award. (Pictured above) ► Florida Polytechnic University announced a new name for its research building, the Barnett Applied Research Center.  ► Berkadia announced it has secured a $53.7 million loan to acquire Lakeside Village, a 460,000-square-foot, open-air lifestyle center,

► The Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees created a 15-member presidential search selection committee that will work to find the institution’s second president following the announcement that Dr. Randy Avent will be stepping down from his role as president.  ► Florida Presbyterian, a retirement community in Lakeland, has agreed to an affiliation with Westminster