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The Beginning
• Chartered in 1963
• 89 community leaders contributed $1million
• First classes in 1968
Governance
• Appointed Board of Trustees
• Department of Education
• Legislature and Governor
• Board of Governors
Great Strides in 40 years
• 2nd largest university in the state; over 45,000 students this year
• Ranked
among
the
7
largest
universities
in
the
nation
• Over 150,000 baccalaureate degrees since 1968
• We have more than 135,000 alumni.
• Program Quality—avg. freshmen SAT 3rd highest in the state
• Funded Research—$100 million; ranked by MIT study as 13th in nation in technology impact.
• Selected Honors—Tyler Fisher named one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars; Ericka Dunlap crowned Miss America 2004
• Economic Development - UCF operating budget over $796 million; 7,990 active employees, approximately 4500 of whom are full time Florida’s High Tech Corridor (FHTC)— currently has 151K employees. The Central Florida Research Park—one of the top ten research parks in the nation; $700 million annual payroll; 10K employees
• Over $1.7 billion annually to the Central Florida Region in 2004
• “Education and economic development go hand in hand.”
Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings
October 2, 2003
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