“FAU gave me the tools to launch my own career and now I am fortunate that I can give back to others. The Adams Center for Entrepreneurship in FAU's Barry Kaye College of Business, with its hands-on, solutions-based approach, cultivates the remarkable minds of the future.”
Scott Adams ’87
Entrepreneur, Founder of the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship and
FAU Trustee
• FAU True Blue Society member
• FAU National Alumni Association member
“I began my career in law enforcement in 1983 as a patrol officer. My steady progress as I moved up in rank from sergeant to lieutenant to captain, culminated in 2004 when I became the city of West Palm Beach's first female and first African American chief of police. FAU laid the academic foundation for everything I have ever done. The community owes much to FAU. Its fine faculty and programs are preparing future generations of professionals.”
Dr. Delsa Bush ’91
Chief of Police, West Palm Beach, Fla.
“I began studying the piano in my native South Korea at a very young age. Today as a recipient of the Helen B. Alter Memorial Scholarship, I am able to continue to grow as a musician. The fine professors who are mentoring me during my time at FAU will help me achieve my dream of one day becoming a soloist, chamber music accompanist and opera coach.”
Jung Min Woo
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters School of the Arts
Piano Performance major
“One of FAU's greatest initiatives is its mission to make our world a more sustainable place. FAU's Boca Raton campus is striving to become home to one of the first Platinum LEED certified buildings. A directive from the College of Engineering and Computer Science has partnered FAU with the construction team from James A. Cummings, Inc. the resulting building complex will stand as a symbol of a greener future.”
Ray de la Feuilliez Jr. ’69, ’74
Vice President of Business Development, Marketing and Human Resources
James A. Cummings, Inc.
“My work as a protein engineer centers on the development of new treatments for chronic conditions that normally target the senior adult population. The National Institutes of Health recently awarded me a five-year renewal grant for $2.6 million for a project that is aimed at developing and evaluating a novel approach for osteoarthritis treatment. I am proud to see how much FAU has grown as a research university of national and international excellence.”
Dr. Keith Brew
Schmidt Senior Fellow and Distinguished Professor and Chair of Basic Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science
“Transforming today's often fragmented models of health care delivery, faculty and students from the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing are committed to creating humanistic and healing environments in hospitals, nursing homes and community health centers throughout our service area in South Florida. The College of Nursing is home to more than 1,300 students future nurses who are being educated in the art and science of caring.”
Dr. Marlaine Smith
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and the Helen K. Persson Eminent Scholar, FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing