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I’m so excited to work with you when I become your president on July 1. The past few months have reminded me that UCF is a special place because of you: our students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners who work so hard to achieve greatness. Since April, I’ve been developing plans that focus on UCF becoming the nation’s preeminent university…