{"id":3756,"date":"2012-07-26T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2012-07-26T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T12:30:18","slug":"celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF kicked off the countdown to its 50th anniversary on June 10, 2013 by unveiling new skins for two shuttles in its fleet with a brand-new design.<\/p>\n<p>On June 10, 1963, then-Gov. Farris Bryant signed Legislative Bill 125, officially creating a new state university, according to UCF\u2019s new \u201c50 Years of UCF\u201d interactive timeline.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3763\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-07-23 at 11.15.23 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grant Heston, associate vice president for UCF News &amp; Information said UCF is planning different events that will be spread over the course of the next year to celebrate the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the 50th anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the faculty and staff over the past five decades,\u201d Heston said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited about honoring the past and looking to the future for what is in store for this great institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said this year leading up to the 50th anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate those accomplishments and see how UCF can celebrate for the next 50 or 100 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a magnificent celebration,\u201d Heston said, \u201cand we\u2019re all looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralfloridafuture.com\/mobile\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucf-s-50th-anniversary-1.2747821\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF kicked off the countdown to its 50th anniversary on June 10, 2013 by unveiling new skins for two shuttles in its fleet with a brand-new design. On June 10, 1963, then-Gov. Farris Bryant signed Legislative Bill 125, officially creating a new state university, according to UCF\u2019s new \u201c50 Years of UCF\u201d interactive timeline.\u00a0 Grant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":3763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6,13,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","category-ucf-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UCF kicked off the countdown to its 50th anniversary on June 10, 2013 by unveiling new skins for two shuttles in its fleet with a brand-new design. On June 10, 1963, then-Gov. Farris Bryant signed Legislative Bill 125, officially creating a new state university, according to UCF\u2019s new \u201c50 Years of UCF\u201d interactive timeline.\u00a0 Grant [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-07-26T12:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"217\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jerriann.sullivan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jerriann.sullivan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jerriann.sullivan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a58d50998b0df974ea6fc70a24e37019\"},\"headline\":\"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-26T12:30:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"News\",\"UCF News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/\",\"name\":\"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary - College of Sciences News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-07-26T12:30:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a58d50998b0df974ea6fc70a24e37019\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/29\\\/2012\\\/07\\\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png\",\"width\":217,\"height\":440,\"caption\":\"Ucf president colbourn watches as a new school sign featuring \\\"university of central florida, 1963\\\" is installed, commemorating the name change in 1978.\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"College of Sciences News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sciences.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a58d50998b0df974ea6fc70a24e37019\",\"name\":\"jerriann.sullivan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"jerriann.sullivan\"},\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary - College of Sciences News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary - College of Sciences News","og_description":"UCF kicked off the countdown to its 50th anniversary on June 10, 2013 by unveiling new skins for two shuttles in its fleet with a brand-new design. On June 10, 1963, then-Gov. Farris Bryant signed Legislative Bill 125, officially creating a new state university, according to UCF\u2019s new \u201c50 Years of UCF\u201d interactive timeline.\u00a0 Grant [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/","og_site_name":"College of Sciences News","article_published_time":"2012-07-26T12:30:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":217,"height":440,"url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"jerriann.sullivan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jerriann.sullivan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/"},"author":{"name":"jerriann.sullivan","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a58d50998b0df974ea6fc70a24e37019"},"headline":"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary","datePublished":"2012-07-26T12:30:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/"},"wordCount":183,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png","articleSection":["Events","News","UCF News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/","name":"Celebrations begin for UCF\u2019s 50th anniversary - College of Sciences News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png","datePublished":"2012-07-26T12:30:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a58d50998b0df974ea6fc70a24e37019"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrations-begin-for-ucfs-50th-anniversary\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/07\/Screen-shot-2012-07-23-at-11.15.23-AM.png","width":217,"height":440,"caption":"Ucf president colbourn watches as a new school sign featuring \"university of central florida, 1963\" is installed, commemorating the name change in 1978."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"College of Sciences News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a58d50998b0df974ea6fc70a24e37019","name":"jerriann.sullivan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jerriann.sullivan"},"url":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}