Students who claim UCF stands for Under Construction Forever now have a little more support for their argument.
It was recently announced that $50 million will be allocated to building new on-campus housing facilities that will add 750 new beds to UCF’s current approximate 6,550, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Preference would be given to incoming freshmen, with hopes that they can enjoy campus activities while simultaneously furthering their Knightly education. The goal of the new housing project would be to house 80% of the incoming freshmen. Also scheduled for construction are two new Greek houses on the north end of campus. 670 beds would be added to Academic Village, and 80 beds would be divided between the planned two new houses on Greek Row.
Now that UCF is in the top three schools in the country in student population, accommodating a portion of the students at the main campus is a good step. With more students living on campus, the traffic surrounding the university would decrease, and less people who wanted to live on campus would be turned away due to space constraints. This venture will no doubt bring more job opportunities to Central Florida, and to students as well, who will be employed as Resident Assistants, area coordinators and in other housing-related activities.
Hopefully UCF’s next major construction project involves several new parking garages to make room for the extra cars that the freshmen (and everyone else, for that matter) will bring in.
