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Phil AmmannJuly 29, 2016

While the new University of Central Florida downtown Orlando campus has yet to open, school leaders are already making plans for expansion. Rachel Williams of the Orlando Business Journal reports the UCF board of trustees voted July 28 to approve a new five-year capital improvement plan — including a project called “UCF Downtown campus building […]

Scott PowersFebruary 29, 2016

The University of Central Florida announced Monday it has attracted another $2.5 million in private donations toward its proposed downtown campus but the university remains $7 million short of its pledge for the project. The university had pledged to the state it would raise $20 million toward the $60 million proposed downtown campus before asking […]

Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

University of Central Florida President John Hitt and several of the school’s other leaders are putting their money where their hopes are. The university announced that Hitt and his wife Martha, several current and former members of the Board of Trustees and others at the school have combined to donate about $1 million this month […]

Tag: downtown Orlando campus

Before downtown Orlando campus even opens, UCF plans major expansion

UCF gathers another $2.5 million toward downtown campus pledge, but still short

John Hitt, UCF trustees putting own money into downtown campus fund