On Thursday, October 29, UCF and Valencia Community College will host the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new University Center located on Valencia\u2019s West Campus.<\/p>\n
The 100,000-square foot University Center opened its doors to 775 UCF students in August. The $23 million shared facility has more than 40 classrooms, a state-of-the-art testing center, computer labs, study rooms, faculty and staff offices and a caf\u00e9. The new facility enables UCF to expand it bachelor\u2019s and graduate degree offerings in West Orlando.<\/p>\n
Since 2006, UCF has guaranteed admission to all Valencia graduates through DirectConnect to UCF, the most productive community college\/university partnership in the nation. Nearly 27,000 Valencia students are currently participating in DirectConnect to UCF.<\/p>\n
The dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony are open to the public. The event will be held at the University Center (Building 11) and begins at 9 a.m. followed by tours of the facility.<\/p>\n
For more information, call 407.582.5500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, October 29, UCF and Valencia Community College will host the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new University Center located on Valencia\u2019s West Campus. The 100,000-square foot University Center opened its doors to 775 UCF students in August. The $23 million shared facility has more than 40 classrooms, a state-of-the-art testing center, computer labs, study rooms, faculty…","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1325,3930,4931],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-7104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-directconnect-to-ucf","tag-regional-campuses","tag-ucf-valencia-west"],"yoast_head":"\n