{"id":1384,"date":"2009-04-15T14:20:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T18:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2019-09-23T10:58:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T14:58:45","slug":"new-valenciaucf-building-to-open-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-valenciaucf-building-to-open-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"New Valencia\/UCF Building to Open This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF currently offers four undergraduate degrees on Valencia\u2019s West Campus &#8212; Applied Science, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/management-bsba\/\">Business Administration,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/interdisciplinary-studies-ba\/\">Interdisciplinary Studies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/psychology-bs\/\">Psychology<\/a>, plus the junior year of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/electrical-engineering-bsee\/\">Electrical Engineering<\/a> &#8212; and intends to expand its courses and programs with the increased classroom space.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia students make up the largest number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/transfer\/\">UCF\u2019s transfer students<\/a>, accounting for more than 40 percent of transfer students to the university.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006, UCF has guaranteed access to all Valencia graduates through <a title=\"DirectConnect to UCF\" href=\"https:\/\/directconnect.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DirectConnect to UCF<\/a>, the most productive community college-university partnership in the country. The program also offers graduates of Seminole, Lake-Sumter and Brevard community colleges assured admission to the university. UCF and its community college partners share academic programs, advising and financial aid resources to provide a seamless transition to the university.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 19,000 Valencia students are currently enrolled in DirectConnect to UCF.<\/p>\n<p>When completed, the building is also expected to obtain the <a href=\"https:\/\/oeis.ucf.edu\/leedbuildings\">Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)<\/a> silver certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF currently offers four undergraduate degrees on Valencia\u2019s West Campus &#8212; Applied Science, Business Administration, Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology, plus the junior year of Electrical Engineering &#8212; and intends to expand its courses and programs with the increased classroom space. 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