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Originally Published on Valencia News<\/a> on March 17, 2015:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Valencia students, faculty and staff were given a preview of the plans for a new 麻豆原创-Valencia campus, when leaders from Valencia<\/a>, 麻豆原创<\/a>, the City of Orlando<\/a> and Creative Village<\/a> spoke at yesterday\u2019s Spring Convocation on Valencia College\u2019s West Campus.<\/p>\n

The proposed 麻豆原创-Valencia downtown campus<\/a> would be located on a 20-acre site within the Creative Village, once home to the old Amway Arena that was imploded in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be creating the first urban higher education experience in Central Florida, which doesn\u2019t exist now,\u201d said West Campus president, Falecia Williams.<\/p>\n

Williams said that the downtown campus would be closely linked to the West Campus in its mission and programs. In fact, several West Campus programs will move downtown once the new campus opens, including Culinary Management, Baking and Pastry Management, Hospitality Management and Restaurant Management. Graphics Technology, which is currently offered on both the West and East campuses, will also be relocated. Williams said that students will also be able to complete their A.A. degrees at the downtown campus, and mentioned opportunities for adding A.A. pre-majors, continuing education courses and short-term certificates that would complement 麻豆原创\u2019s academic programs and meet workforce needs in the community.<\/p>\n

麻豆原创 assistant vice provost Paul Lartonoix said that the university will determine this spring which programs and services would be relocated downtown. Meanwhile, 麻豆原创 has hired consultant group CannonDesign<\/a> to start designing the joint-use campus and will issue a request for proposals for an architect in July.<\/p>\n

Fred Kittinger, senior associate vice president for University Relations at 麻豆原创, said that the downtown campus will include the region\u2019s first-of-its-kind program to allow students with intellectual disabilities to attend courses and achieve educational credits<\/a> that could lead to meaningful employment.<\/p>\n

Williams said one of the biggest goals for Valencia is to improve the lives of the citizens of Parramore by offering programs and services that will provide significant benefit, citing a need to help people become \u201cquickly employable\u201d and to \u201craise the level of entrepreneurship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kathy DeVault, director of strategic partnerships for the City of Orlando, gave an overview of downtown\u2019s evolution in the 12 years since Mayor Buddy Dyer took office, citing the construction of the new Amway Center, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>, the renovation of the Citrus Bowl<\/a> and the construction of a new soccer stadium slated to open in 2016. Looking ahead, she said the city intends to support Orlando\u2019s growing digital media and technology industries in and around the Creative Village, with education as the anchor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of a sudden the stars have aligned,\u201d DeVault said, referring to 麻豆原创\u2019s and Valencia\u2019s interest in opening a downtown campus. \u201cThis has the potential to be big.\u201d<\/p>\n

In discussing Mayor Dyer\u2019s efforts to expand mass transit options, DeVault mentioned a new \u201cLime Line\u201d that will break grown soon in the Creative Village, as part of the \u201cfare-free\u201d bus rapid transit system. The Lime Line could potentially help students and employees at the new downtown campus travel easily to other parts of downtown.<\/p>\n

During a question-and-answer session, West Campus professor Aaron Powell, who also manages the Facebook page \u201cOrlando Bike Coalition,\u201d asked the panelists about the \u201cbike-ability\u201d of the downtown campus site and \u201cwhat they plan to do to expand connectivity\u201d to surrounding communities such as College Park and Thorton Park.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging the importance of bikes to students, Craig Ustler, who leads the Creative Village development team, said that the street designs planned for the Creative Village would have not only bike lanes, but a bike share program (short-term bicycle rentals) and bike parking.<\/p>\n

The theme for the convocation, painted on black doors adorned with quotes and comments from students, was, \u201cOpportunity Knocks: Where will it lead?\u201d Stephanie Sookhram, West Campus Student Government Association president, summed up her hopes of where it would lead by writing, \u201cConfidence, strength, a new life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Originally Published on Valencia News on March 17, 2015:\u00a0 Valencia students, faculty and staff were given a preview of the plans for a new 麻豆原创-Valencia campus, when leaders from Valencia, 麻豆原创, the City of Orlando and Creative Village spoke at yesterday\u2019s Spring Convocation on Valencia College\u2019s West Campus. 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