{"id":61478,"date":"2014-09-23T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=61478"},"modified":"2022-07-29T14:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T18:23:29","slug":"game-changer-ucf-pursue-expansion-downtown-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/game-changer-ucf-pursue-expansion-downtown-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Game Changer:&#8217; Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ to Pursue Expansion in Downtown Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ will move forward with plans for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/downtown\/\">expanded downtown campus<\/a> to enhance educational opportunities for students and stimulate downtown Orlando, President John C. Hitt announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hitt described Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s plans as a \u201cgame changer\u201d for downtown. Valencia College will be a partner in the expansion, and approximately 10,000 students from the two schools could study downtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, through another bold collaboration, we explore a vision for Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ in Orlando that could energize downtown and redefine its future,\u201d Hitt told a crowd of community and business leaders Tuesday at a downtown breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Downtown are contingent upon receiving the necessary state funding and also approvals from the university\u2019s Board of Trustees and the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state\u2019s 12 public universities.<\/p>\n<p>Hitt said Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is assessing which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/academics\/\">academic programs<\/a> would benefit from moving downtown, and the university will continue conversations with staff and faculty members as part of that process.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of any such moves is not yet known. What is known is that Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ is first considering the Creative Village area of downtown Orlando, and that Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ and Valencia pledge to work closely with the Parramore community and the new K-8 school that will be built there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cValencia and Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ desire to be vital forces for improving the lives and livelihoods of the residents who live nearby,\u201d Hitt said.<\/p>\n<p><em>To view President John C. Hitt&#8217;s remarks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWM8LKeWSEc\">click here. <\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are just delighted to be a part of this exciting new project in downtown Orlando,\u201d said Sanford Shugart, president of <a href=\"https:\/\/valenciacollege.edu\/\">Valencia College<\/a>. \u201cOur results, working together in partnership &#8212; Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½, Valencia and Orange County Public Schools &#8212; have been recognized around the country. On this foundation we hope to build the future economy of Orlando and greater Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you bring the power of that collaboration together to reactivate the west side of downtown, there\u2019s no telling what we can accomplish, not just for our students and the future of the city, but for the people who live and work downtown. We\u2019ll start by engaging the people in the Parramore community to find out what programs would be transformational for their lives and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ Downtown also presents potential opportunities for new academic programs. In one example, Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ will be designing a new program for young men and women with disabilities to allow them to attend classes and participate fully in college life.<\/p>\n<p>This program \u201cwill offer an immersion in the college experience and will enable these deserving students to develop the life skills, the career tools, and the independence they need for a fulfilling future,\u201d Hitt said.<\/p>\n<p>The downtown initiative has its roots in a visit from President Hitt last year to <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.asu.edu\/downtown-phoenix\">Arizona State University\u2019s Phoenix campus<\/a>, which enrolls more than 11,500 students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhoenix city leaders told us that the campus had done more to \u2026 enliven the economy and culture, than either the new Major League Baseball stadium or the NBA arena that had been located downtown,\u201d Hitt said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon, our desire to explore a robust downtown campus for Orlando piqued the interest of state Senate President Andy Gardiner, along with Senator David Simmons and House Speaker-designate Steve Crisafulli, a Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ alumnus. Thanks to them and to the Central Florida Legislative Delegation, we received a state appropriation ($2 million) to perform a feasibility analysis that has brought us here today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When thinking of programs for which a downtown move would benefit students, Hitt said it\u2019s natural to think of digital and visual arts as complements to Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fiea.ucf.edu\/\">Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/downtown\/campus\/#communication-media-building\">Center for Emerging Media<\/a>, which are already located downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Hitt also said he believes \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wucf.org\/\">WÂ鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ TV<\/a>, with its strong community emphasis as the home of PBS in Central Florida, would thrive with a downtown location.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u201cwhen we consider the array of city, county, state, and federal government offices located downtown, it makes sense to consider how our students in public service disciplines\u201d might benefit from being closer to those offices and internship sites, Hitt said.<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ will provide updates to the campus community and the public as plans progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Â鶹ӳ»­´«Ã½ will move forward with plans for an expanded downtown campus to enhance educational opportunities for students and stimulate downtown Orlando, President John C. 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