{"id":77422,"date":"2017-05-10T09:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T13:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=77422"},"modified":"2019-06-17T11:57:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T15:57:08","slug":"central-florida-celebrates-downtown-campus-groundbreaking-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/central-florida-celebrates-downtown-campus-groundbreaking-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida Celebrates Downtown Campus Groundbreaking Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders from across Central Florida are expected at the highly anticipated groundbreaking ceremony for the UCF Downtown campus from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 11.<\/p>\n<p>The UCF community is invited to attend the festivities at the UCF Center for Emerging Media, 500 W. 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