Mark your calendars to reunite with alumni this fall! OctoberWest will be hosted on the Prescott Campus from Oct. 1-4. Homecoming Weekend will be on the Daytona Beach Campus from Nov. 5-7.

Go to www.ERAUalumni.org/homecoming09 for the schedules of events and to register to attend.

Are you interested in getting involved with your Alumni Association on a greater level? The Alumni Association is currently accepting nominations for the newly created Alumni Advisory Board. This Board will be made up of alumni volunteers who are interested in benefiting and supporting the University and Association. Board members will be selected by September 2009 and will serve a two-year term.

Please read the full mission of the Advisory Board and the complete by-laws before applying.

To nominate an alumnus (or yourself), complete the nomination form and submit it to Michele Berg by July 31, 2009.

Dr. John P. Johnson, president of Embry-Riddle, has been invited to speak to members of the Wings Club at their Luncheon on Tuesday, June 30.

The reception will begin at 11:45 a.m., followed by the luncheon at 12:30 p.m. It is held at the Yale Club in New York City, NY.

All Wings Club members are invited to attend. Make reservations by contacting Lea at wingsclub@aol.com or call (212) 867-1770.

On Thursday, July 30, alumni are invited to an exclusive BBQ luncheon at Oshkosh Airventure 2009. Alumni and friends will enjoy hearing from special guest speakers:

• Jack Pelton, chairman, president and CEO of Cessna

• Dr. John Johnson, University President

The cost is $10 per person (kids under 12 are free), and includes a BBQ style lunch and raffle ticket.

Find more information about this event and RSVP to attend in the eaglesNEST.

For more information about Airventure 2009, visit www.airventure.org.

The Jan. 15 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River vividly illustrated the dangers of midair collisions between birds and aircraft. But what led to the "miracle on the Hudson" happens more often than the public realizes. Bird and wildlife strikes cause more than a half-million hours of aircraft down time and cost U.S. civil aviation more than $500 million annually, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And the threat to air safety is on the rise with the expansion of many wildlife species that are hazardous to aircraft.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a leader in aviation education and safety, is launching the International Center for Aviation and Wildlife Risk Mitigation to help manage this growing hazard. The new Center, based at Embry-Riddle's Prescott, Ariz., campus, will bring together top aviation wildlife experts to share and develop new research and management solutions to reduce the dangers and serve as a resource to airports around the world. Read more.

View Graduation Photos

Graduates from the Daytona Beach, Prescott and Worldwide campuses celebrated their accomplishments at commencement ceremonies and receptions with family and friends over the past weeks. View photos from each campus's events in the eaglesNEST.