Inside and outside the classroom, Rachel Power exemplifies excellence in education. FAA photo

Melbourne, FL - Florida Tech will honor a pioneer and several achievers and activists at Homecoming 2006, Feb. 22-25. At the Homecoming Banquet, Feb 25, six people will be recognized for their university contribution and success.

The Alumni Association's highest honor, the Lifetime Service Award, will go to G. Denton Clark, a trustee emeritus and principle force at the start of Brevard Engineering College, now Florida Tech.

Outstanding Achievement Awards will go to alumni Joy Bryant and Judge Catharina Haynes. Bryant is a chief engineer at Boeing NASA Systems in Houston. In 1999 Haynes was named judge for the Texas 191st Civil District Court, located in Dallas.

The 2006 Lifetime Service Award recipient is Don Woodruff, who graduated from Florida Tech in 1986 with a degree in civil engineering.

Two 1998 graduates, Rachel Power and Travis Proctor, will accept Gold Awards as outstanding graduates of the last decade.

Power teaches advanced placement calculus and physics, and pre-calculus at Florida Air Academy in Melbourne and is math department chair. A member of NASA's Network of Educator Astronaut Teachers, she has developed curricula to excite elementary students about science and space.

For more information about Homecoming 2006 events call (Florida Institute of Technology) (321) 674-7190.