USF gets its Polytechnic

June 10th, 2008 | Category: Florida Education Blog

The governor has signed into law SB 186, officially turning USF’s Lakeland campus into the state’s first polytechnic university.

He said that ’step forward for higher education will place that campus on the same level as the other campuses of the University of South Florida.”

After signing the bill, Gov. Crist sent out a mass e-mail with shout-outs to lawmakers including Sen. J.D. Alexander and Lakeland

Rep. Seth McKeel “for their leadership on that issue.” He plus thanked Rep. Ed Homan of Temple Terrace and Sen. Carey Baker.

Crist plus is expected to leave intact the $15-million in the proposed 08-09 budget that USF needs to start building a new campus for the polytechnic.

Alexander owns lots of land approach the Lakeland campus.

Original post by Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler

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