Monday, March 27, 2006
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FLORIDA CENTRAL (UCF) SE CONVIERTE EN ESCUELA DE MEDICINA
UN CALUROSO ABRAZO A TODOS
EN UNA NOTICIA DE MUCHO IMPACTO PARA LA REGION, UNA DE LAS PRINCIPALES UNIVERSIDADES DE LA REGION ANUNCIO QUE SE CONVIRTIO ESTA SEMANA PASADA EN UNA ALTERNATIVA PARA AQUELLOS ESTUDIANTES QUE DESEAN HACER UNA CARRERA EN LA MEDICINA.
LA UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE LA FLORIDA (UCF) ES UNA D LAS UNVERSIDADES MAS PRETIGIOSAS DE LA FLORIDA Y ESTA UBICADA EN LA ZONA DE ORLANDO FLORIDA.
"ESTA UNIVERSIDAD ES MUY RIGUROSA, CON EXCELENTES PROFESORES Y CON UNA DEMANDA DE REGISTRO GRANDISIMA, SEGUN NOS COMENTA TATIANA UNA ESTUDIANTE DE MERCADEO, QUE ESTUDIA DESDE EL 2003 EN ESTE RECINTO UNIVERSITARIO."
A CONTINUACION EL TEXTO DE LA NOTICIA
TALLAHASSEE -- University of Central Florida won approval Thursday for a new medical college that community leaders predicted will put Orlando on the map in biomedical research and become the region's next great economic engine.
The vote by Florida's Board of Governors sets UCF on a $200 million trajectory to open a new south Orlando campus as early as 2008. But the school still needs the support of state legislators, some of whom question the need for new medical schools.
Supporters said the medical school, planned for 50 acres not far from Orlando International Airport, will launch new industries keyed to medical research and generate thousands of high-paying jobs. UCF officials estimate the new college, by itself, will add $1.4 billion annually to the state's economy in 10 years.
"It ranks up there with decisions made in the past, like the 1963 founding of the university, the decision of the Air Force to sell the airport to the city for $1 and the . . decision to open Walt Disney World," said Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty.
The decision by the Board of Governors, which oversees the 11 state universities, marked another advance for 37-year-old UCF, which is angling for a place among the nation's most prestigious universities.
"Going from dream to reality is an infinite step," UCF President John Hitt said. "This really is a tremendous thing."
The 15-1 vote on the UCF plan and a similar proposal for Florida International University in Miami came after more than three hours of discussion at Florida State University. Board members appeared to differ sharply on the economic benefits of two new medical schools and whether they would ease the state doctor shortage.
"This is the most important decision this board has faced since its inception," board member Charlie Edwards said. "This is a tremendous opportunity that would benefit the quality of life for all our citizens. It's an opportunity we can't afford to miss."
Board member John Temple questioned whether the schools can produce the economic boom their advocates predict.
"I can probably show you a positive impact on our state for basket weaving," Temple said.
Most members swept away such doubts in a final vote that brought cheers from the crowd, which included UCF officials and a clutch of business and elected officials, including Crotty and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer sitting side by side.
The decision paves the way for UCF to break ground on its Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, the first piece of the "medical city" it plans to build on property donated by the developer of Lake Nona.
Construction likely will begin this spring. The first class of 40 aspiring doctors could be admitted as early as 2008.
"Eventually, we'll probably move physical therapy, nursing and health administration to the medical campus," Hitt said.
The new schools at UCF and FIU are expected to provide an additional 240 medical-school graduates a year. Even so, board members pledged to lobby the Legislature to fund expansion at existing medical schools and rein in the state's malpractice laws in order to fully address the physician shortage.
"We don't want to pay for physicians to be trained in the state of Florida, only to have them practice elsewhere," board member Zachariah Zachariah said.
Florida already has state-run conventional medical schools at the University of Florida in Gainesville, the University of South Florida in Tampa and FSU in Tallahassee; it also provides support for the medical school at the private University of Miami.
UCF and FIU raised tens of millions of dollars in private donations in support of their bids to join the group.
"I don't believe there's another solution out there that will generate the excitement and enthusiasm we've seen," Education Commissioner John Winn told the board. "It's going to cost us a little more, but maybe that's the price we pay for the solution that's presented itself."
The mood differed vastly from the last time Florida policy makers approved a new medical school. In 2000, the predecessor to the Board of Governors voted unanimously against the FSU program, only to see the Legislature allocate money to establish one anyway.
GRACIAS POR SER UNO DE LOS MAS DE 500 VISITANTES A MI WEB
JOSE RAUL MARRERO (407) 436-5140
TODOS SOMOS GUERREROS DE LUZ......................
EN UNA NOTICIA DE MUCHO IMPACTO PARA LA REGION, UNA DE LAS PRINCIPALES UNIVERSIDADES DE LA REGION ANUNCIO QUE SE CONVIRTIO ESTA SEMANA PASADA EN UNA ALTERNATIVA PARA AQUELLOS ESTUDIANTES QUE DESEAN HACER UNA CARRERA EN LA MEDICINA.
LA UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE LA FLORIDA (UCF) ES UNA D LAS UNVERSIDADES MAS PRETIGIOSAS DE LA FLORIDA Y ESTA UBICADA EN LA ZONA DE ORLANDO FLORIDA.
"ESTA UNIVERSIDAD ES MUY RIGUROSA, CON EXCELENTES PROFESORES Y CON UNA DEMANDA DE REGISTRO GRANDISIMA, SEGUN NOS COMENTA TATIANA UNA ESTUDIANTE DE MERCADEO, QUE ESTUDIA DESDE EL 2003 EN ESTE RECINTO UNIVERSITARIO."
A CONTINUACION EL TEXTO DE LA NOTICIA
TALLAHASSEE -- University of Central Florida won approval Thursday for a new medical college that community leaders predicted will put Orlando on the map in biomedical research and become the region's next great economic engine.
The vote by Florida's Board of Governors sets UCF on a $200 million trajectory to open a new south Orlando campus as early as 2008. But the school still needs the support of state legislators, some of whom question the need for new medical schools.
Supporters said the medical school, planned for 50 acres not far from Orlando International Airport, will launch new industries keyed to medical research and generate thousands of high-paying jobs. UCF officials estimate the new college, by itself, will add $1.4 billion annually to the state's economy in 10 years.
"It ranks up there with decisions made in the past, like the 1963 founding of the university, the decision of the Air Force to sell the airport to the city for $1 and the . . decision to open Walt Disney World," said Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty.
The decision by the Board of Governors, which oversees the 11 state universities, marked another advance for 37-year-old UCF, which is angling for a place among the nation's most prestigious universities.
"Going from dream to reality is an infinite step," UCF President John Hitt said. "This really is a tremendous thing."
The 15-1 vote on the UCF plan and a similar proposal for Florida International University in Miami came after more than three hours of discussion at Florida State University. Board members appeared to differ sharply on the economic benefits of two new medical schools and whether they would ease the state doctor shortage.
"This is the most important decision this board has faced since its inception," board member Charlie Edwards said. "This is a tremendous opportunity that would benefit the quality of life for all our citizens. It's an opportunity we can't afford to miss."
Board member John Temple questioned whether the schools can produce the economic boom their advocates predict.
"I can probably show you a positive impact on our state for basket weaving," Temple said.
Most members swept away such doubts in a final vote that brought cheers from the crowd, which included UCF officials and a clutch of business and elected officials, including Crotty and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer sitting side by side.
The decision paves the way for UCF to break ground on its Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, the first piece of the "medical city" it plans to build on property donated by the developer of Lake Nona.
Construction likely will begin this spring. The first class of 40 aspiring doctors could be admitted as early as 2008.
"Eventually, we'll probably move physical therapy, nursing and health administration to the medical campus," Hitt said.
The new schools at UCF and FIU are expected to provide an additional 240 medical-school graduates a year. Even so, board members pledged to lobby the Legislature to fund expansion at existing medical schools and rein in the state's malpractice laws in order to fully address the physician shortage.
"We don't want to pay for physicians to be trained in the state of Florida, only to have them practice elsewhere," board member Zachariah Zachariah said.
Florida already has state-run conventional medical schools at the University of Florida in Gainesville, the University of South Florida in Tampa and FSU in Tallahassee; it also provides support for the medical school at the private University of Miami.
UCF and FIU raised tens of millions of dollars in private donations in support of their bids to join the group.
"I don't believe there's another solution out there that will generate the excitement and enthusiasm we've seen," Education Commissioner John Winn told the board. "It's going to cost us a little more, but maybe that's the price we pay for the solution that's presented itself."
The mood differed vastly from the last time Florida policy makers approved a new medical school. In 2000, the predecessor to the Board of Governors voted unanimously against the FSU program, only to see the Legislature allocate money to establish one anyway.
GRACIAS POR SER UNO DE LOS MAS DE 500 VISITANTES A MI WEB
JOSE RAUL MARRERO (407) 436-5140
TODOS SOMOS GUERREROS DE LUZ......................
