{"id":45521,"date":"2013-02-04T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=45521"},"modified":"2019-02-28T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:35:19","slug":"faculty-staff-campaign-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/faculty-staff-campaign-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty & Staff Campaign in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lights! Camera! Action!<\/em><\/p>\n

The annual Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Faculty & Staff giving campaign, believe<\/em>, kicked off on Friday at a celebration held at the Morgridge International Reading Center. Attendees were given the red carpet treatment as they posed with Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s celebrity mascot, Knightro, and munched on movie-themed refreshments.<\/p>\n

Dr. Hitt welcomed faculty and staff and thanked everyone for their continued dedication and support. \u201cWhether this is your first campaign or your seventh, I hope you will join Martha and me to advance the strong tradition of giving at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s campaign reach an all-time high level of participation and support and Dr. Hitt noted that \u201cbreaking records is nothing new for us at Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½.\u201d He expressed confidence that new records would be broken this year as he announced a 2013 campaign goal of $1 million.<\/p>\n

The Faculty and Staff Campaign runs through the month of February. For more information, or to give a gift online, please visit: believe.ucffund.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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