The UCF Report, Vol. 19 No. 9, November 22, 1996

              is Issue
UCF's new
program helps
assess juvenile
offenders. See
page 5 for story.
■ The Student Council for
Exceptional Children, Chapter 1172,
Daytona Beach campus, were
honored with a reception at Bonner
Elementary School in Daytona
Beach. The Student CEC is made
up of exceptional education majors
who work together to benefit
exceptional children while gaining
valuable experience. The organization has adopted Bonner as a
special project. The students donate
books and help with reading skiUs.
They work with Bonner students
once a week or more, and also help
with field trips and special projects.
The Florida-Canada Linkage
Institute was recently relocated to
Daytona Beach campus under the
directorship of Mark Soskin,
economics professor. Linkage
institutes were estabUshed by the
state of Florida 10 years ago to
foster educational, cultural and
economics relationships with areas
of the world considered vital to
Florida's interests. The Florida-
Canada Linkage Institute is co-
hosted by UCF and Palm Beach
Community CoUege. The institute
is located in Building 34, room 103.
Soskin encourages visits or phone
caUs: (904) 255-7423, 4014 or 4015.
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Kathryn Seidel, dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, hosts the now-annual Fiesta with
the Dean event for students. Seidel was on hand to give out free burritos and enjoy the live
music provided for the afternoon affair, which was held outside the Visual Arts Building this
month.
UCF hosts BOR, touts university's art programs
UCF's plans for a partnership
with the city of Orlando
and the United Arts of
Central Florida to create a
performing arts center in downtown
Orlando was outUned for the Board
of Regents during a meeting hosted
by UCF. University officials also
used the occasion to showcase the
arts at UCF with displays and
performances during a dinner for
the BOR.
President John Hitt described
the plans for the performing arts
center as a unique project in a
unique partnership.
"It would provide superior
educational skills for our students.
They would be studying and
performing in a world-class faciUty
with nationaUy known faculty," Hitt
said.
He also explained that he and
Orlando Mayor Glenda Hood had
brought in nationaUy known experts
to conduct a feasibility study before
proceeding any further.
A video was shown of Hood,
who was out of the country on
business, explaining the purpose of
the center. She said it would provide
a center for music, theater, dance and
art, and a pubUc space. "People can
come together and enjoy aU that the
arts can offer us," she said.
Brenda Robinson, deputy chief
administrative officer for the mayor's
office, said that the complex would be
located east of City Hall on a more
than nine-acre lot and would include
four to five performance centers,
three theater spaces, classrooms, cafes
and shops. She said that consultants
would determine the size of halls,
number of seats in auditoriums,
equipment and other details. Fund-
raising consultants were estimating
on how much to expect to raise from
various donors and sources.
A pool of 23 internationally
known architects have been narrowed
to four, but the final selection wiU be
delayed until the end of the year.
"It is being planned as a phased
project because it is such a big
undertaking," Robinson said.
The estimated cost for the center
is from $75 miUion to $150 milUon.
During a discussion concerning
the negotiations between the United
Faculty of Florida and the BOR on the
Unfair Labor Practice, Chancellor
Charles Reed emphasized that "aU
who are not in-unit [faculty]
employees wiU receive any raises Jan
1, but that raises for in-unit
employees wiU not start on Jan 1,
unless an agreement is reached before
that date."
The issue will be decided by the
PubUc Employee Relations
Commission if an agreement is not
reached. At this time, it does not
appear that the PERC wiU be able to
render a decision before Jan. 1.
Also during the meeting Janet
Balanoff, director for UCF's Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Program and the Title IX coordinator
for UCF, reported on the advances
that UCF has made to comply with
Title IX mandates.
"Our ultimate goal is to have
participation in sports approximate
the proportion of men and women
who attend the university," Balanoff
said. "Currently, female enroUment is
53 percent and participation rate is 47
percent."
The university had anticipated a
52 percent participation rate for
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