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Central Florida Future. 1585. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1585 Six Knights taken in Major League Baseball draft -SEE SPORTS. 24 June 19, 2002 •THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING UCF SINCE 1968 • www.UCFfuture.com Voters to decide whether to restore the Board of Regents JASON lRSAY a result of a petition campaign organized by sees the whole system. UCF leaders STAFF WRITER the Education Excellence Initiative committee Florida's current higher education system and championed by democratic Sen. Bob places a board of trustees at each institution satisfied with F1orida voters will decide whether to reor­ Graham. and puts the F1orida Board of Education in ganize Florida's higher education system in Graham wants to model F1orida's higher charge of overseeing the system. The governor current board November, but UCF's SGA officers and education system based on North Carolina's appoints the members of each board of trustees say the current system works just system of higher education. North Carolina's trustees, as well as the members of the board fine. system has separate boards of trustees at each of trustees The measure will appear on the ballot as university and a board of governors that over- PLEASE SEE Many ON 6 UCF remains competitive Sixteen years of despite tuition increase pride, service SHEYLA NIEVES STAFF WRITER ' ADAM ROSCHE Since that time, McFall UCF's part-time graduate STAFF WRITER dealt with university students may be the first to relations and was direc­ benefit from the tuition and After 16 years, tor of news and inf orma­ matriculation increases Dean McFall, assistant tion. approved last month by vice president and direc­ Dealing with meet­ UCF's Board of Trustees. tor of news and informa­ ings and interviews Patricia Bishop, dean of tion, has decided to every week, McFall goes graduate studies at UCF, said retire after a prestigious at his job with what two-thirds of g-raduate stu­ dents are part-time. e career at UCF. seems to be a calm and The accomplished . friendly demeanor. His "In the past, tuitfon McFall plans to relax, demeanor seems neces­ scholarships have been for fish and spend time with sary when he has to deal full-time graduate assistants his seven grandchildren. with reporters and "I have not had a angry parents. proud moment, it's been "On both sides, UCF Student praises education a proud career," McFall and the general public, community colleges offer • said . he is a constant profes­ -SEE LffiERS TO THE EDITOR. 7 He has been assis­ sional," Jerry Klein tant vice president to said, news bureau direc­ Daniel Holsenbeck since tor for UCF. and fellowship recipients, President Hitt came to and now with the extra UCF in the early 1990s. PLEASE SEE McFall ON 3 resources, we'll have the opportunity to provide it for the part-time students," Bishop said. Mary McKinney, director of student financial assis­ tance, said the extra funds Former UF director would be a tremendous help for graduate students. Twenty years ago a stu­ to replace McFall dent's financial aid funds were divided into thirds TIFFANY REPECKI between scholarships or STAFF WRITER grants, loans and student employment or contribution, Five serial killings, two NCAA investigations, but today half of students' fraternity problems and student deaths are a few financial aid funds come from of the issues Linda Gray has dealt with. only loans, McKinney said. Serving as the University of Florida's news The National Center for and information director for 17 years has cer­ Public Policy and Higher tainly helped perfect Gray's media skills and her Education, a nonprofit, non­ capacity to manage a crisis situation. partisan organization, in LISA .APPLl!GATE I CFF Now as UCF's new assistant vice president of released a report May that 1 Dean Mcfall, who has been at UCF since 1985, will retire as director of news and stated 58 percent of students financial aid came from loans information June 28. 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San: 11 am , ~6pm I • June 19, 2002 • www.UCFfuture.com CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE•~ Gray takes over for McFall July 1 FROM PAGE I suit me and I went back to about them is in many graduate school at UF." ways more valuable then if university relations and direc­ Gray has lectured at you purchase advertis­ tor of news and information, state and national conven­ ing," Gray said. Gray expects future media dis­ tions and has taught work­ "The university has cussions to be more positive. shops on media relations an excellent reputation, "If you're someone who development and crisis but we want to make a bet­ comes into an institution and management for the ter name," she said. What it's going to be your job to pub­ Council for Advancement I hope to do is work with licize and talk about what's and Support of Education. as many faculty members going on there, it's wonderful Gray said: "I've been as I can to tell their story when you find out that there's involved in my field for a about their research." so much to talk about in terms long time and I've been Gray has already of research, what the universi­ involved in lots of profes­ introduced herself to local ty is doing, and how it's con­ sional organizations. I've television stations and tributing to the community," visited other universities plans on conducting a tour Gray said. · and interacted with people for them of the campus Before arriving at UCF, who do what I do at other and Research Park. Gray worked for UF's news and universities. So I can tell ~ "We may take them public affairs department you, just from the short and introduce them to a starting out as an editor for time I've been here, this is couple of faculty and that UF's faculty publication. As a very impressive univer­ may generate stories. But editor, Gray wrote news releas­ sity and there's a great even if it doesn't generate es for the university while deal to talk about with the a story, it gene.rates good acquiring a master's degree in media." will arid they know that journalism. She has been working they can work with us," "It used to be called infor­ alongside her predecessor, Gray said. mation services, but I changed Dean McFall, current Gray serves on the the name later because infor­ director of news and inf or­ board of regents for mation has come to mean com­ mation at UCF, since arriv­ Leadership Florida and puters. A more accurate ·ing at UOF in May: Gray the board of governors· for description of the department will take over for McFall the statewide organization would be News and Public starting July 1-allowing Prevent Blindness Florida. 'II Affairs," Gray said. her six weeki;; to learn her She previously served as Gray also served as an way around UCF's campus chairman of the Alachua information specialist for the and what is expected of County Charter Review Community Mental Health her position. Commission and was one "I'd like to build on Center, was on the advertising COURTESY UNIVERSITY RELATIONS of five area women pre­ staff of the "Gainesville Sun" what Dean's done and Incoming director of news and information Linda Gray comes to UCF by way of the University of sented with the Alachua- and was a promotion assistant hopefully as the university Florida, where she held the position for 17 year5.