{"id":80586,"date":"2018-01-22T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T23:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=80586"},"modified":"2021-06-14T10:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:25:30","slug":"provosts-update-new-colleges-schools-will-chart-bold-future-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/provosts-update-new-colleges-schools-will-chart-bold-future-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost\u2019s Update: New Colleges, Schools Will Chart Bold Future for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½"},"content":{"rendered":"
As we like to say at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½: If there\u2019s a better way, we should do it. We know that successful 21st-century institutions must evolve as rapidly as the environment around them.<\/p>\n
Embracing change is in Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s DNA.<\/p>\n
In August, I charged academic leaders, faculty and staff to make recommendations that reimagine how we leverage our collective strengths in key areas where Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ excels, among them health care, urban innovation, education, communication and new media.<\/p>\n
The task forces focused on two areas: academic health sciences at Lake Nona and urban innovation at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Downtown. Both of these locations are experiencing rapid growth and investment from the university and community.<\/p>\n
Based upon the task forces\u2019 recommendations, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ will create an Academic Health Sciences Center (AHSC) at Lake Nona and a new college and new interdisciplinary, inter-college school that will anchor\u00a0Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Downtown<\/a>.<\/p>\n I see these changes as opportunities for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ to be a national leader in inventing 21st-century higher education and best preparing our students for the world after graduation.<\/p>\n Academic Health Sciences Center<\/strong><\/p>\n The AHSC will bring together related academic, clinical and research programs and services to grow our research, education, patient care and community engagement.<\/p>\n The task force unanimously recommended\u00a0a new organizational structure for AHSC<\/a>\u00a0that includes the College of Medicine and College of Nursing and creates a new College of Health Professions and Sciences.<\/p>\n This new college will include programs and their affiliated centers or institutes currently in the College of Health and Public Affairs and the College of Education and Human Performance. These existing programs are:<\/p>\n \u2022 School of Social Work<\/p>\n \u2022 Sports and Exercise Science (to be renamed Kinesiology)<\/p>\n \u2022 Physical Therapy<\/p>\n \u2022 Athletic Training<\/p>\n \u2022 Communication Sciences and Disorders<\/p>\n The task force recommended creating a new School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy and School of Communication Sciences and Disorders.<\/p>\n We also will create a new department of Population Health Sciences in the College of Medicine<\/a> that incorporates its current Division of Population Health Sciences and the Health Sciences program, currently in the College of Health and Public Affairs.<\/p>\n Eventually all of these programs will relocate to Lake Nona.<\/p>\n Lastly, Student Health Services will report to the Academic Health Sciences Center, with a dotted-line report to Student Development and Enrollment Services. This change will enhance services for students and expand faculty practice opportunities.<\/p>\n Urban Innovation and Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ Downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n I enthusiastically supported the task force\u2019s recommendation to create\u00a0a new college of urban innovation and education\u00a0focused on the pillars of thriving 21st-century cities, such as civic engagement and governing, safety and justice, and health and well-being \u2014 all of which are grounded in transformative education.<\/p>\n