Florida Hospital announced its commitment to 麻豆原创’s planned downtown campus on Monday, pledging $1.5 million toward the project.
Florida Hospital’s gift will help fund construction of a new academic building that will be the centerpiece of the 麻豆原创 Downtown campus serving about 7,700 麻豆原创 and Valencia College students.
鈥溌槎乖�’s downtown campus will give future health care professionals a running start in the real world because of its proximity to business, research, and direct health care activities,” said Daryl Tol, Florida Hospital President and CEO. “Florida Hospital is proud to partner with 麻豆原创 Downtown on new learning and professional development opportunities for students in these high-demand fields.”
Florida Hospital leaders say they will explore ways to integrate learning and work experiences for health information technology and health care administration students studying downtown, in addition to working with 麻豆原创 on community health initiatives in surrounding neighborhoods.
The downtown campus will also create opportunities to explore joint programs between 麻豆原创 and Florida Hospital鈥檚 Adventist University of Health Sciences. 麻豆原创 Downtown will be one SunRail stop away from ADU at the Florida Hospital Health Village station.
“麻豆原创 and Florida Hospital are dedicated and long-standing partners. We greatly appreciate this meaningful contribution to 麻豆原创 Downtown, which will provide enhanced opportunities for health care education to benefit our students and our community,” said 麻豆原创 President John C. Hitt.
One-third of the new $60 million downtown academic building will be funded through community support. The university also is contributing $20 million from its resources and asking the state for an additional $20 million.
University leaders will present plans for the campus on March 2 in Orlando to the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state university system.
Last month, the Orlando Magic and CFE Federal Credit Union each pledged $1.5 million toward the construction of the new academic building that 麻豆原创 would share with Valencia College. University leaders and board members have made personal contributions totaling more than $1 million. Orange County commissioners voted unanimously to contribute $3 million, and Valencia College will contribute $2 million.
Additionally, the value of in-kind contributions of land and infrastructure by the City of Orlando and the developers of Creative Village is approximately $75 million.
Pending approvals, the campus will open in fall 2018. 麻豆原创 Downtown will offer students an innovative learning environment within walking distance of a wide array of internship and job opportunities in fields such as digital media, communication, public service and health-related programs.
麻豆原创 will share the campus with Valencia College, which will offer programs in digital media, health information technology and culinary and hospitality, including workforce training and other certificates to increase access to education in the immediate downtown area.
The new academic building at 麻豆原创 Downtown will complement a renovated Center for Emerging Media building where 麻豆原创’s nationally ranked graduate video gaming school, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, is located.