More than 3,000 students have declared their intentions to graduate this semester. Ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the UCF Arena.<\/p>\n
In May, Andrea Long became the university\u2019s 200,000th degree recipient when she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing.<\/p>\n
Of the more than 203,000 degrees that UCF will have awarded after Saturday\u2019s two ceremonies, President Hitt will have awarded more than 151,600.<\/p>\n
UCF has achieved extraordinary success during President Hitt\u2019s 18 years at the university. Under his leadership, enrollment has more than doubled, research funding has risen from $6.2 million to $133.3 million and the number of doctorates awarded each year has more than quadrupled.<\/p>\n
In addition, President Hitt has supported UCF\u2019s growth as a national leader and the third-largest university in the nation. U.S. News & World Report\u2019s \u201cAmerica\u2019s Best Colleges\u201d guide ranks UCF No. 5 as an \u201cUp-and-Coming\u201d national university. UCF is the only Florida university on the list.<\/p>\n
UCF\u2019s growth has also been fueled by quality students, including the fall 2009 freshman class, which averaged a 1225 on the SAT and included 55 National Merit Scholars, a total that ranks UCF among the top 50 universities in the nation. Similar numbers are expected this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 3,000 students have declared their intentions to graduate this semester. Ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the UCF Arena. In May, Andrea Long became the university\u2019s 200,000th degree recipient when she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Of the more than 203,000 degrees that UCF will have awarded…","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":14821,"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":[1],"tags":[1004,2510],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-14820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-commencement","tag-john-c-hitt"],"yoast_head":"\n