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Scott PowersMarch 29, 2018

Dale Whittaker has been affirmed by the Florida Board of Governors as the next president of the University of Central Florida. Whittaker, who currently serves as UCF’s provost and executive vice president, will become the university’s fifth president on July 1. He will succeed UCF President John Hitt, who is retiring from the presidency on […]

Scott PowersMarch 9, 2018

Saying that University of Central Florida Provost Dale Whittaker not only represents keeping the school on its trajectory but also is the best candidate, the school’s board of trustees unanimously voted Friday to nominate him as the next UCF president. Whittaker, provost and executive vice president at UCF for the past three and a half […]

Scott PowersMarch 5, 2018

University of Central Florida Provost and Executive Vice President Dale Whittaker gets his turn in the hot seat Tuesday morning in the university’s search for its next president, set to be concluded Friday. Whittaker, who has been with UCF for four years, joins three other finalists in the hunt to succeed retiring President John Hitt, […]

Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2018

The University of Central Florida Presidential Search Committee on Thursday narrowed a list of more than 40 applicants for the school’s presidency to eight semifinalists including the university’s current Provost and Executive Vice President Dale Whittaker and four candidates whose applications were not previously released. Whittaker, the number-two executive at UCF since 2014, is joined […]

Scott PowersFebruary 15, 2018

As the University of Central Florida presidential search committee meets Thursday to draw up a list of finalists, six new candidate names emerged, including a research vice president of the University of Oklahoma and provost at the University of Rochester, but no Florida political figures. The UCF search to find a successor to President John […]

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Dale Whittaker affirmed as next UCF president

UCF Provost Dale Whittaker picked as next president

UCF presidential search concludes this week

UCF presidential search narrows to eight candidates including Provost Dale Whittaker

UCF late candidates include executives from Rochester, Oklahoma, no political figures