Calvet, a charter member of the Board of Trustees, has been serving as vice chair of the board. She is a former chair of the 麻豆原创 Foundation, and she has given generously of her time to the Central Florida community in many roles. Among them, she has served on the boards of LYNX and the Community Foundation of Central Florida.

John Sprouls, executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Universal Parks & Resorts, is the new vice chair of the Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees on Thursday also unanimously granted chair emeritus status to Michael J. Grindstaff, who served as chair for two years and as a member of the board for five years. Grindstaff is a past chair of the 麻豆原创 Foundation and a past director of the 麻豆原创 Athletic Association and 麻豆原创 Alumni Association.

Grindstaff is a member of the College of Business Administration Hall of Fame, and he won the college鈥檚 50th Anniversary Award for Excellence. He also is a past chairman, president and vice president of the Golden Knights Club.

The 麻豆原创 Board of Trustees approved the creation of a new College of Dental Medicine that will expand opportunities for local students, create jobs and help Central Floridians lead healthier lives. Trustees voted unanimously to move ahead with plans to build the college at the university鈥檚 Health Sciences Campus at the 鈥渕edical city鈥� in Lake Nona. 麻豆原创 is not seeking state funding for the project.

The college is expected to create at least 110 permanent local jobs as well as an initial economic impact of $73 million from construction. Additional economic impacts will flow from the research opportunities available to the college. Some of that research will explore the links between dental and medical health.

The college also will benefit the community by providing services at its dental clinic to those who can least afford care.

The project still needs the state Board of Governors鈥� approval to move forward. 麻豆原创 is striving to open the school in 2014 with a charter class of 60 students. There are currently only two fully accredited schools with students in Florida.

In other action Thursday, the Board of Trustees:

Approved a partnership agreement with Brevard Community College that would make W麻豆原创-TV the primary PBS affiliate in Central Florida. Pending PBS鈥� approval, which could come next week, 麻豆原创 and Brevard Community College will work together to begin offering PBS鈥� flagship programming on W麻豆原创-TV on July 1.

Approved tuition rates that will take effect in the fall. For undergraduates, the tuition increase will include an 8 percent increase set by the state and a 7 percent increase in 鈥渄ifferential tuition鈥� approved by 麻豆原创鈥檚 trustees. Differential tuition revenues are spent on need-based financial aid and on directly enhancing undergraduate student learning. The tuition increase for graduate students will be 8 percent. 麻豆原创 has been named one of the nation鈥檚 best values by Kiplinger and the Princeton Review, and tuition costs at Florida鈥檚 public universities rank 48th in the country.

Approved trustee ermeritus status for charter trustees Judy Albertson and Phyllis Klock. President Hitt presented Albertson and Klock with plaques recognizing their many years of dedicated service to the university. Hitt also recognized outgoing trustee Joe Mantilla for his service to the university.

Welcomed to the board newly appointed trustees Richard T. Crotty, Alan S. Florez and John R. Sprouls and new student body president Matthew McCann.

Recognized two Conference USA championship teams: women鈥檚 track and men鈥檚 golf. Trustees also praised the football team for posting a record 2.844 GPA during the spring semester. Fifty-five players posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Honored Pegasus Professors Kevin Belfield of Chemistry and Ranganathan Kumar of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering.

Praised Professor Henry Daniell for earning a $761,302 grant from the Bill聽& Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a polio vaccine.

Recognized retiring College of Sciences Dean Peter Panousis and College of Business Administration Dean Thomas Keon, who will become chancellor of Purdue University Calumet on July 1.

Recognized several 麻豆原创 students who served as legislative scholars interning in Central Florida state representatives鈥� and senators鈥� offices this spring.

Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday announced the appointments of Richard T. Crotty, Alan S. Florez and John R. Sprouls and the reappointment of Olga Calvet, who is a charter member of the 麻豆原创 Board of Trustees. All of the appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.

The new trustees will serve four- or five-year terms beginning today.

Crotty, 62, is among the first graduates of 麻豆原创, then known as Florida Technological University. He served for 14 years in the Florida Legislature, where he was the prime sponsor of a bill creating the first Prepaid College Tuition program in the United States. He also placed in the state budget the original funding for 麻豆原创鈥檚 Institute for Simulation and Training.

Crotty served as Orange County鈥檚 chairman and mayor for eight years. He is currently executive vice president for Crossman and Company. He will succeed trustee Joe Mantilla, who has served on the board since April 2010.

Florez will return as a 麻豆原创 trustee. The 1998 麻豆原创 graduate previously served on the board for nearly four years until January 2010. Florez, 34, of Flagler Beach, is the executive vice president of Brown & Brown Insurance. Prior to joining Brown & Brown, Florez served as former Gov. Jeb Bush鈥檚 deputy director of Legislative Affairs and special assistant.

Florez will succeed Phyllis Klock, a charter member of the Board of Trustees and a retired president and chief operating officer of CompBenefits Corp. She previously served as graduate program coordinator for 麻豆原创鈥檚 College of Business Administration. Klock also is a former member of the 麻豆原创 Foundation Board of Directors.

Sprouls is the executive vice president and chief executive officer of Universal Parks and Resorts. Sprouls, 52, of Windermere, joined Universal Orlando in 1996 as vice president of Human Resources after having spent 15 years in various senior level roles for The Seagram Company. Before that, he was a practicing attorney in New York and New Jersey.

Sprouls will succeed Judy Albertson, a Winter Park art consultant and active supporter of 麻豆原创鈥檚 arts programs. A charter member of the 麻豆原创 Board of Trustees, Albertson helped to establish the Friends of 麻豆原创 for the Flying Horse Press. She also has served on an advisory committee for 麻豆原创鈥檚 Judaic Studies program since its inception, and she is a member of the 麻豆原创 Foundation Board.

Calvet, 61, of Orlando is a senior vice president and chief financial officer of Palmas Inc. She received an Accounting degree from 麻豆原创 in 1971, and she has previously served as a Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission member and as chair of the 麻豆原创 Foundation.

The other members of the Board of Trustees are Chair Rick Walsh, Vice Chair Tom Yochum, Jim Atchison, Faculty Senate Chair Ida Cook, Ray Gilley, Michael J. Grindstaff, Harris Rosen and Student Body President Michael Kilbride.

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