The President\u2019s Partnership Reception, an annual event to honor the philanthropic support provided by UCF\u2019s corporate partners, was held Wednesday evening at The Burnett House, the President\u2019s home on campus. Key donors to the university were recognized and a special partnership award was presented to the Orlando Magic, represented by its President and CEO, Alex Martins, \u201901.<\/p>\n
\u201cUCF and the Orlando Magic have been partners for more than 20 years, dating back to their first donation to the Golden Knights Club,\u201d said President John C. Hitt. \u201cMost recently, they were the first to step forward to help us secure the new UCF Downtown campus.\u201d The Orlando Magic\u2019s $1.5 million pledge will support a new academic building that will be the centerpiece of the downtown campus.<\/p>\n
Caryn Grant, a student in the DeVos Sport Business Management program, spoke of her academic journey beginning as a sports journalist and now serving local sports-based organizations through the DeVos program. \u201cOn a daily basis, I am moved by the mosaic of backgrounds and career goals expressed by my classmates, with the common factor being our desire to make a difference through the power of sport<\/em>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She thanked the Orlando Magic for giving annually to help fund many of the initiatives within the program. \u201cDonors like the Orlando Magic give more than just dollars to the university,\u201d she said. \u201cThey give time, experience, opportunity and inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The President\u2019s Partnership Reception, an annual event to honor the philanthropic support provided by UCF\u2019s corporate partners, was held Wednesday evening at The Burnett House, the President\u2019s home on campus. Key donors to the university were recognized and a special partnership award was presented to the Orlando Magic, represented by its President and CEO, Alex Martins, \u201901. \u201cUCF and the…","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":72717,"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":[5],"tags":[166,3703,4886],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-72716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-alex-martins","tag-philanthropy","tag-ucf-foundation"],"yoast_head":"\n