麻豆原创 President John C. Hitt, Valencia Community College President Sandy Shugart and other academic, community and architecture leaders celebrated the inaugural class of the聽unique new 麻豆原创 architecture program on Friday, Oct. 15.
Forty-one students are enrolled in the 2+2+2 partnership program. Students take two years of architecture classes at Valencia鈥檚 West Campus and receive an associate鈥檚 degree before completing the Bachelor of Design in Architecture program at 麻豆原创 Valencia West.
Graduates can then remain in Central Florida to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in Architecture by enrolling in the University of Florida鈥檚 College of Design research center, Citylab-Orlando, in 麻豆原创鈥檚 downtown Center for Emerging Media.
麻豆原创 Provost Tony Waldrop, College of Arts and Humanities Dean Jos茅 Fernandez and Architecture Program Director John Maudlin-Jeronimo also attended Friday鈥檚 celebration. They recognized the region鈥檚 growing architecture community in addition to the Valencia-麻豆原创-UF partnership.
The local chapter of the American Institute of Architects has worked closely with Valencia, 麻豆原创 and UF to develop the program, which will prepare students for a variety of careers, including professional architecture, construction management and industrial design.
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