Embry-Riddle's Campus at Daytona Beach, Florida
The Daytona Beach campus is located adjacent to the Daytona Beach International Airport. The high- technology industry in the Orlando area, as well as nearby Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center, provide the university with an outstanding support base.
The Campus:
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The campus offers
state-of-the-art facilities, including the
75,000-square-foot College of Aviation building. The Gill Robb
Wilson Aviation Technology Center houses classrooms, a weather
room, and dispatch headquarters.
The Lindbergh Center houses modern classroom
facilities and houses the writing and computer information systems
laboratories. The computer science complex provides hands-on
experience with mainframe and personal computers.
The John Paul Riddle Student Center is home to the
campus visit office (where campus tours begin); a full-service
cafeteria (the Food Court) and the Landing Strip snack bar; the
campus bookstore; the mailroom with U.S. postal, UPS, and FedEx services, student activities offices;
student employment; the parking office; safety communications
office; information center; records and registration offices;
admissions offices, international student services; and conference
rooms. In Doolittle Hall Annex, academically
focused Student Academic Support Center helps students make the
transition from high school to college more easily.
Canaveral Hall is home to student financial
services, the cashier's office, and financial Aid. Canaveral is
also home to the Eagle Card center. Daytona Beach campus students
(faculty and staff also) can get free Eagle Cards which serve as
identification cards, access cards, and debit cards for many campus
services and venues including dining services, flight payments, and
vending and laundry machines.
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The Jack R. Hunt
Memorial Library is a 48,000-square-foot facility with a
seating capacity of 800. The building holds more than 90,000 books,
as well as periodicals, documents, newspapers, microfilm, media
programs, and a historical aviation collection with materials
dating from 1909 to the present. Complete service is provided seven
days a week throughout the academic term, with extended hours
during final examinations. A computer link is maintained with the
Southeastern Library Network, which connects thousands of libraries
worldwide for shared cataloging and reciprocal borrowing of
documents, reports, conference proceedings, journal articles,
doctoral dissertations, and many other kinds of information.
Additional facilities include a multi-function
auditorium and instructional media center, the ICI Center fieldhouse and fully-equipped fitness
center; many athletic fields; an olympic-size outdoor swimming
pool; tennis, basketball, and raquetball courts; and an interfaith
chapel.
The Daytona Beach Area:
Daytona Beach has something
for everyone- the adventure of a city and the warmth, charm, and
friendly atmosphere of a small town. One of Florida's primary
tourist destinations, Daytona Beach is located on the central east
coast of Florida and is known as the World's Most Famous
Beach. The area's many lakes and rivers along with the
ocean offer an endless variety of recreational activities, such as
freshwater and saltwater fishing, sport fishing tournaments,
sailing, surfing, snorkeling, and swimming.
During the winter, you can always head for one of the nearby
springs, where temperatures remain in the low 70s all year round.
Swimmers and snorkelers can spend their time shoulder-to-shoulder
with the bluegills, the tilapia, and the manatees that swim up the
St. Johns River every winter. The springs, which are fed with a
flow of millions of gallons of water a day, also offer some of the
best inner tubing in the area. the ocean fronts 23 miles of beaches
in the greater Daytona Beach area
Winters are mild and summers are warm in Daytona Beach thanks to
its location on the Atlantic Ocean and the Halifax River, an
estuary which flows between the beachside and the mainland. The
area's average temperature year-round is 70.5 degrees.
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Arts and
Nature:
Theater-goers and music buffs turn to events sponsored by such
groups as Seaside Music Theater and the biannual Florida
International Festival. For the art enthusiast, scheduled exhibits
are planned throughout the year at the Museum of Arts and Sciences;
Daytona Beach Community College and its Southeast Museum of
Photography; Art League of Daytona Beach, and other area museums
and galleries. For nature lovers, popular destinations include the
Museum of Arts and Science and its Planetarium; the Marine Science
Center in Ponce Inlet; and the Tomoka Basin GeoPark.
Ocean Center:
The Ocean Center is a 225,000-square-foot multipurpose facility
which accommodates trade shows, sports events, concerts, meetings,
expositions, and banquets. It is located on the beachside across
from the Adam's Mark hotel and the OceanWalk entertainment and
dining complex.
Parks and Recreation:
Take advantage of pristine Florida parks along the coast and in the
Central Florida area. These include Canaveral National Seashore,
DeLeon Springs State Park, Blue Spring State Park, Hontoon Island
State Park, Washington Oaks State Gardens, and Matanzas Inlet.
Canoe in one of several rivers and creeks or hike along the Florida
Trail. A new water park, Adventure Landing, recently opened next to
the Adam's Mark hotel in Daytona Beach.
Speedway and Racing:
A variety of racing events are held throughout the year at the
world-famous Daytona International Speedway. Speed weeks in
February climax with the famed Daytona 500 auto race. Bike Week in
March features the Daytona Beach 200 Motorcycle Classic. The
Daytona USA attraction offers a unique
inside look at the racing world.
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Important Information:
Housing:
Campus housing is primarily for undergraduates, with limited
availability for graduate students. We suggest that grad students
seek off-campus housing. Off-campus housing is near the same cost
as living on campus. You may expect to pay from $500 to $700 per
month for an apartment. Normally it is not difficult to secure
housing in the area. There are many apartments within a short
distance of the university.
Airport:
The Daytona Beach International Airport serves the area with the
airlines Continental, Delta Connection, and Vintage Air.
Buses and transportation:
Votran (Volusia County Transit) provides regularly scheduled
transportation to the campus, bus stations, motel/hotel areas,
beaches, hospitals, shopping areas, and major business areas.
Interstate Greyhound Bus Lines also serve the area.
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