NEWS RELEASE

Orlando Campus Moves to New Location

Daytona Beach, Fla., December 22, 2009

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide's Orlando Campus hosted an open house, career fair and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 6 to celebrate the opening of its new location in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

The open house, which began at 3 p.m., included booths and representatives from Embry-Riddle Worldwide Admissions, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the Kennedy Space Center, and Flight Attendant Express. At 3:30 p.m., guests moved outside to participate in the ribbon cutting in front of the building. Bill McCollum, Florida attorney general, Marty Smith, executive vice president of the Worldwide Campus, and Glenn Carter, director of academic support at the Orlando campus each spoke at the beginning of the ceremony.

Elaine Larsen, driver of the Embry-Riddle jet dragster, also attended the event. Guests were invited to meet Larsen and check out the jet dragster, which was on display.

Other notable guests were:

• Phil Anderson, City Commissioner Winter Park
• Patricia Bates, Mayor of Altamonte Springs
• Eveline Bennett, City of Altamonte Springs Community Events Manager
• Tina Calderone, Ed.D., Community Relations Liaison Lake Mary-Oviedo-Winter Springs
• Lee Constantine, State Senator
• Rochelle Croskey, Community Redevelopment Agency Director
• Michael Deal, Deputy Chief of Police Altamonte Springs
• Bill Hampton, Executive Director of Enrollment Services for Embry-Riddle's Worldwide Campus
• Tom Henkel, Associate Dean of Academic Support for Embry-Riddle Worldwide's Eastern Region
• Gardner Hussey, Altamonte Springs City Commissioner
• Tricia Johnson, Progress Energy Community Relations Manager
• Bob Jost, Assistant Vice President and Chief Business Officer for Embry-Riddle's Worldwide Campus
• Jo Ann Lucarelli, Lake Mary City Commissioner
• Henry Marshall, Department of Homeland Security FLETC Orlando on behalf of the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C.
• Dr. McGee, Seminole State College staff
• Troy L. McNichols, Deputy Campaign Manager for Operations Bill McCollum
• Missy Mercado, Director of Events at the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce
• John Newstreet, Senator Lemieux's Office
• Scott Plakon, State Representative
• James Riggs, Altamonte Springs Police Training Coordinator
• Sharon Sears, Executive Director Seminole County Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Leah Shoats, Radio Disney Orlando
• Robert "Bob" Tunis, Economic Development Director City of Sanford

The Altamonte Springs location, at the CenterPointe One Office Park, will allow the campus to grow into the 21st Century. The 9,292 square foot site includes six classrooms, each equipped with state-of-the-art technology to meet the growing needs of nontraditional students in the Orlando area. This will allow for multiple media options for teaching - either from a projector or flat screen TV. The faculty members can now plug into the wall panel in and use a computer to show programs either from a disc or from the Internet.

The spacious facility can also accommodate events, with a conference/training room that can accommodate 97 people. This will allow for various Worldwide Campus events to be held at the facility. The new location also offers multiple transportation options for staff and students.

The Orlando Campus proudly offers undergraduate degree programs in Aviation Business Administration, Aviation Maintenance, Professional Aeronautics, and Technical Management. Graduate degree programs are available in Aeronautical Science, Business Administration in Aviation, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Management, and Technical Management. They also offer undergraduate and graduate nondegree certificate programs.

The Orlando Campus will be a strong addition to the Altamonte Springs community, and will continue delivering its quality Embry-Riddle education to the Central Florida's nontraditional students.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master's and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.