Archive for the ‘Tuition’ Category

Rise Up UCF: An On-Campus Protest By the Students For the Students

This Thursday nearly 100 UCF students met at UCF’s Fairwinds Alumni Center to protest the decisions being made by several Central Florida Legislative Delegates who were meeting at UCF. Several key issues being rallied against included rising tuition at public universities, cuts to the Bright Futures...
December 1st, 2011 | Beyond UCF, Hot Topics, News, Politics, Student Orgs, Tuition, Videos | Read More

UCF ‘Moving’ to Ban Smoking on Campus, Hitt Says

UCF President John C. Hitt announced Thursday UCF is moving to ban smoking on campus “out of concern for the health and safety of our campus community.” The announcement came during Hitt’s State of the University address, which was held in front of students, alumni and community members...
October 28th, 2011 | Economy, News, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF Employee Pay Released by Gov. Rick Scott, See Salaries Here

Usually when KnightNews.com wants to get information about how much money someone makes at UCF, we are forced to pay UCF fees to retrieve the data. In some cases, we’re unable to find out how much people get paid, because UCF blacks out the student employees’ names based on how UCF has interpreted...
October 18th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration | Read More

Exclusive: UCF Racks Up $300K in Ereck Plancher Legal Fees Before Trial

The damaging onslaught of negative publicity UCF and its Athletics Association have suffered while defending themselves against a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ereck Plancher’s parents is not the institution’s only problem — a nearly $300,000 legal bill for the case is looming during...
June 13th, 2011 | Football, News, Tuition, UCF Administration | Read More

Marco Rubio Praises National Debt Protests By Young Americans for Liberty

With the national debt skyrocketing to more than $14 trillion, taxpayers across the country are getting fed up with the massive government spending. And at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, students are speaking out about the toll this debt could take on their future. “We’re out...
May 9th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, News, Politics, Tuition, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF Administration Owes Mike Kilbride an Apology for Failing Him, SGA

A KnightNews.com Editorial Mike Kilbride will likely go down as the most controversial Student Government Association president in UCF history. But as shocking as this may sound, we at KnightNews.com don’t believe that reputation is entirely Kilbride’s fault. And as history judges Kilbride’s...
May 9th, 2011 | Editorials, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

Michael Kilbride Throws Self Lavish Goodbye Party on UCF Students’ Dime

Is UCF Breaking Public Record Law to Protect Kilbride? If you walked by the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom this afternoon, you may have noticed workers setting up for an elaborate ceremony. But this wasn’t a setup for UCF alumni getting married on campus; it’s a lavish goodbye party...
April 13th, 2011 | News, Tuition, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF SGA Senate Approves $17 Million Budget, Lobbyist

UPDATE 10:40 P.M.– The UCF SGA Senate has passed the $17 million budget. It will move on to be signed by the appropriate parties and become official. The GrayRobinson lobbying firm sent a representative to handle questions over whether its services were worth it for the students. The representative...
April 7th, 2011 | News, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF President Hitt Among Top 10 Highest Paid Public University Presidents

According to a Chronicle of Higher Education report last night, University of Central Florida President John C. Hitt is one of the highest paid public university presidents in the country. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Hitt was the only Florida president to make the list, coming in at ninth with...
April 4th, 2011 | News, Tuition, UCF Administration | Read More

Michael Kilbride Sweetheart Shirt Deal: UCF SGA Documents and Timeline

KnightNews.com has spent several months conducting an investigation into SGA President Michael Kilbride and how the SGA, where he has served as both President and Chief of Operations, chooses which companies should get large T-shirt and other marketing contracts. READ ORIGINAL STORY WE BROKE ON KILBRIDE’S...
April 3rd, 2011 | News, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More
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