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[email protected]. Recommended Citation "Central Florida Future, Vol. 34 No. 36, July 3, 2002" (2002). Central Florida Future. 1584. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1584 Orsini takes THE .tral florida the reins as UCF's new • athletics director. • -SEE SPORTS, 28 July 3, 2002 •THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING UCF SINCE 1968 • www.UCFfuture.com • UCF police department Three plus ,, two equals welcomes _first patrol dog a graduate degree TIFFANY REPECKI STAFF WRITER Accelerated-degree pro- • grams can earn undergrads graduate credits before they earn• their bachelor's degrees-allow ing students to finish college with • a graduate degree in five years. "Students have changed in terms of what they do in their lives, what their expectations are and what their educational back grounds are. Therefore I think universities are trying different • things," Elliott Vittes said, direc tor of the liberal studies graduate program at UCF. Commonly referred to as • 3+2 programs, accelerated pro grams enable students to earn both a bachelor's degree and a • master's degree within a five year span-a shorter amount of time than if a student earned each degree individually.