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The first week of the new school year is in the books. Fifty years ago, 激情快播鈥� then Florida Technological University 鈥� held its first classes on campus. A few things have changed since then. To celebrate how much we鈥檝e grown, today鈥檚 students showed off their school pride and their personal style in the #激情快播irstDay photo booth.

A tall man in a black shirt and jeans smiles as he looks to the side and points in the distance.

Chad Brown
Major: Interdisciplinary studies
Class of 2019
“The best part of being a Knight is the unity we have,听not just on campus but in the Orlando community.”

A man holds his twin who is pointing at the camera on his back.

Austin and Blake Flynn
Major: Industrial engineering
Class of 2022
“One thing I couldn’t听live听without is my family,” Blake Flynn says.

Ava Carsley
Major: Event management
Class of 2021
“In 10 years, I want to be creating magic at Disney.”

Elizabeth Isom
Major:听Hospitality Management
Class of 2022
鈥淚 am passionate about becoming the best version of myself.鈥�

A man in a button down shirt, tie and slacks crouches down with his hand holding his chin.

Tim Le ’16
First-year medical student听
“In 10 years, I want to be constantly learning. No matter where I am in my career.”

A man wearing a grey 激情快播 shirt jumps in the air along someone in a knight costume.

Angelo Baldado
Major: Social work
Class of 2019
鈥淭hree words to describe my college experience so far are: ‘Thank you, 激情快播.’听鈥�

Gyselle Rios
Major: Health sciences
Class of 2021
“Something that used to scare me but doesn’t anymore is change.”

Kayla McCauley (and Hesston)
Major:听Biology
Class of 2019
“This year I’m looking forward to seeing what Dr. Whittaker does in his first year as president.”

A man in a light blue shirt and white shorts poses with his hand on his hip.

Jeremy Singh
Major:听Theatre
Class of 2022
鈥淢y dream is to be on Broadway.鈥�

A woman in camp pants and a black tank top whips her wavy hair up as she smiles.

Audrey Minch
Major:听Entertainment management
Class of 2018
鈥淭he last time I cried was yesterday. The day before. Last week. What can I say? I鈥檓 a crier. Everything makes me cry. Happy things, sad things, funny things. I鈥檓 an emotional person.鈥�

A woman in an ornate jacket and top, and black leggings, poses with her hands on her neck and leg as she smiles.

Courtney Marshall
Major:听Health sciences
Class of 2019
鈥淚 love being a Knight because I鈥檓 the only one in my family who is.鈥�

Jena Sykes
Major:听Computer science
Class of 2022
鈥淭he best advice I鈥檝e ever received is to act like the person I want to become.鈥�

A woman in an orange tank top and black pants holds her glasses with one hand on her hip as she smiles.

Raven Killing
Major: Interdisciplinary studies
Class of 2019
鈥淚 can鈥檛 live without the ocean.鈥�

Abby Trout
Major:听Environmental studies
Class of 2022
鈥淢y dream is to start a conservation organization.鈥�

Mariana Estrade
Major: Chemistry
Class of 2019
鈥溾€淭hree words to describe my college experience so far: tiring, exciting and fun. I鈥檝e only be here two hours.鈥�

A man in a black shirt and pants holds his hands together while wearing sunglasses and looking off to the side.

Malachi Mullings
Major:听Computer engineering
Class of 2022
鈥淚n four years, I want to accomplish my bachelor鈥檚 degree, have equity within stocks I already own and have multiple sources of revenue.鈥�

A woman in a yellow shirt and black shorts holds a tuba across her body as she smiles.

Kailey Wiles
Major:Nursing – pending
Class of 2020
“I can’t live without my Marching Knights family. I never take a moment with them for granted.”

Jasmine Fletcher听
Major: Secondary-education听
Class of 2021
“The last time I cried was two weeks ago 鈥撎齠rom laughter.”

Dilan Bosch
Major:听Biomedical sciences
Class of 2022
鈥淢y thought process in getting dressed today was I don鈥檛 have anyone to impress.鈥�

A man in a yellow shirt and black shorts crouches down while he looks to the side and smiles.

Jeremy Diaz
Major: Marketing
Class of 2019
“My dream is to retire both my parents and start my own fashion business.”

激情快播 President Dale Whittaker
鈥淥ne of the things I remember about my first day of class was walking out of the residence hall and going to my first chemistry class and being totally intimidated, but after class I met a friend.鈥�

A woman in a yellow shirt and patterned shorts smiles as she wears a bright green backpack.

Janai McDaniel
Major:听Health sciences
Class of 2022
鈥淪omething that used to scare me but doesn鈥檛 anymore is driving.鈥�

A woman in a black NASA T-shirt and ripped denim shorts stands on her tip-toes as she reaches an arm out and smiles.

Kathryn Book
Major:听Biomedical sciences
Class of 2022
“The first day of school makes me feel energized.”

A man in a white and black striped shirt points to the camera and smiles.

Marcus Sparks
Major:听Management
Class of 2018
鈥淚 wish there were less violence in the world.鈥�

A man with black and red hair touches the headphones he's wearing on his head while he purses his lips.

Juvencio Cendejas
Major: Aerospace engineering
Class of 2020
“I wish there were less bad drivers in the world.”

A woman in a white polka dot shirt and patterned pants holds up a peace sign with her fingers as she smiles.

Carmen Guida
Major: Engineering
Visiting scholar from Naples, Italy
“Something that used to scare me but doesn’t anymore is being far from home.”

A man in a white shirt and black shorts jumps into the air as he stretches his arms.

Jonathon Batista
Major:听Entertainment management
Class of 2018
鈥淭his year I am looking forward to graduating and being the first of my family to do so.鈥�

Derrick Whitcomb
Major:听Statistics
Class of 2021
鈥淭his year I鈥檓 looking forward to another undefeated season.鈥�

A man in black pants, red shirt and grey hoodie poses with headphones around his neck and his hands in his pockets.

Xavier Alexander
Major: Aerospace engineering
Class of 2022
“The best advice I ever received was to always smile because life is hard enough as it is.”

Nadia Pastrana
Major:听Communications sciences and disorders
Class of 2018
鈥淭he last book I read was听Love in the Time of Cholera.鈥�