{"id":45521,"date":"2013-02-04T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T18:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=45521"},"modified":"2019-02-28T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:35:19","slug":"faculty-staff-campaign-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/faculty-staff-campaign-in-the-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &amp; Staff Campaign in the Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Lights! Camera! Action!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The annual UCF Faculty &amp; Staff giving campaign, <em>believe<\/em>, kicked off on Friday at a celebration held at the Morgridge International Reading Center. Attendees were given the red carpet treatment as they posed with UCF\u2019s celebrity mascot, Knightro, and munched on movie-themed refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hitt welcomed faculty and staff and thanked everyone for their continued dedication and support. \u201cWhether this is your first campaign or your seventh, I hope you will join Martha and me to advance the strong tradition of giving at UCF,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s campaign reach an all-time high level of participation and support and Dr. Hitt noted that \u201cbreaking records is nothing new for us at UCF.\u201d He expressed confidence that new records would be broken this year as he announced a 2013 campaign goal of $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Faculty and Staff Campaign runs through the month of February. For more information, or to give a gift online, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucffoundation.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\">believe.ucffund.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lights! Camera! Action! The annual UCF Faculty &amp; Staff giving campaign, believe, kicked off on Friday at a celebration held at the Morgridge International Reading Center. Attendees were given the red carpet treatment as they posed with UCF\u2019s celebrity mascot, Knightro, and munched on movie-themed refreshments. 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