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Embry–Riddle's Daytona Beach campus is the larger of two residential campuses that form Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University. The campus serves as the academic and administrative headquarters of the university and also is home to the headquarters of the worldwide campus. Academics at the Daytona Beach campus are organized into four colleges.
Embry–Riddle Worldwide campus was established in 1970 and became a network of more than 130 learning locations, including military bases. The largest worldwide location is Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Asia campus in Singapore. [7] [41] Embry–Riddle Worldwide also provides a virtual "online campus".
Embry-Riddle moved to Daytona Beach, Florida in 1965 and was renamed Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1970. Embry-Riddle opened its second campus in Prescott, Arizona in 1978. [ 2 ] Embry-Riddle purchased the former campus of Prescott College , which closed abruptly in 1974 from financial hardship.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida offers aviation programs at Portland International Airport. [28] Emporia State University in Kansas offers a Master of Library Science program on the Portland State University campus. [29] Jessup University in California offers degrees at the former Multnomah University campus in Portland. [30]
John P. Johnson is an American academic who became the fifth president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2006. He formerly served as interim president since 2005 and served as Provost and Chief Academic Officer since 2003. He retired from Embry-Riddle on May 31, 2015 and was named President Emeritus by the Board of Trustees. [1]
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University is the only accredited aviation-oriented university in the world. [1] The university offers bachelor's and master's degrees at two residential campuses and through Embry–Riddle Worldwide. Associate degrees and non-degree programs are also offered by Embry–Riddle Worldwide.
A jury has awarded $4 million to the family of Alex Bello-Ortiz, an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student and Air Force cadet who died in 2020.
John Paul Riddle (May 19, 1901 – April 6, 1989) was an American pilot and aviation pioneer, best known for training Allied air crews in WW2 and co-founding what later became Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU).