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Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2017

Asked to prepare for 10 percent budget cuts, Florida’s state university and college leaders pledged to try to avoid affecting students but told the House Subcommittee on Higher Education Appropriations Friday the impacts would still be profound. “The target reductions are set at 10 percent for each entity,” Subcommittee Chairman Larry Ahern said after spelling […]

Scott PowersSeptember 22, 2016

The Florida Board of Governors has approved an ambitious five-year plan for the University of Central Florida to join the ranks of the state’s elite “preeminent research universities.” The approval Thursday means UCF has an official path to take it to enter the state’s designated realm now occupied only by the Florida’s two so-called flagship state universities, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 30, 2016

Morteza “Mori” Hosseini is the newest member of the University of Florida Board of Trustees. On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced he had appointed the Daytona Beach homebuilder to the university’s governing board. His term begins immediately and ends Jan. 6, 2021. Hosseini, who was named one of the 100 most influential Floridians by INFLUENCE […]

Scott PowersMarch 2, 2016

The Florida Board of Governors gave the University of Central Florida a critical green light Wednesday for a downtown Orlando campus focusing on workplace education. The solid but not unanimous majority means UCF has the Board of Governors’ blessing to seek $20 million from the state to build a multiuse building in downtown Orlando to […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

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The University of Central Florida has secured another $3 million in private donations – this time from Orlando-based Dr. Phillips Charities – and takes its bid for a downtown campus to the Board of Governors Wednesday still short but full of confidence. UCF President John Hitt and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined Dr. Phillips Charities […]

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 PowersFebruary 8, 2016

The University of Central Florida proposed downtown campus has its $67 million commitment from the city of Orlando, but that doesn’t mean the university has what it takes yet to get state approval. Orlando City Council voted unanimously Monday afternoon to approve a deal that would donate land, a building and infrastructure improvements toward UCF’s […]

Scott PowersFebruary 5, 2016

The Florida Board of Governors will hold a special meeting in Orlando March 2 to hear the University of Central Florida’s pitch for a downtown Orlando campus. Details, including location of the meeting, are not yet set. The university said Friday the Board of Governors arranged the meeting so UCF can seek approval for a […]

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 […]

Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2016

The University of Central Florida’s Board of Trustees approved a plan Thursday morning to restrict its proposal for a downtown Orlando campus that had money vetoed by Gov. Rick Scott last year. But the trustees did so with no guarantees of support for the $20 million in state money it needs this year. UCF is on […]

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Universities, colleges paint depressing picture of dealing with 10 percent cuts

UCF gets state approval to seek upper-tier status as ‘preeminent’ research university

Mori Hosseini appointed to University of Florida board

Board of Governors approves UCF downtown campus

UCF gets another $3 million for downtown campus, heads to Board of Governors

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

Orlando City Council OKs UCF downtown campus package

UCF arranges to pitch downtown Orlando campus at special meeting of Board of Governors

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

UCF trustees approve limiting plan for downtown Orlando campus