Changing Pace
The rate of change is accelerating at 激情快播 because of President Hitt鈥檚 commitment to partnerships.
President Hitt created a platform for partnerships and an open-door policy to encourage them. He put himself on the line for them. He amplified them, nurtured 激情快播鈥檚 reputation around them and grew the regional economy with them. 鈥淚 fervently believe that in partnerships we discover our highest and best futures, and our best chance to move beyond conventional success to true significance,鈥� says President Hitt.
Partnerships
Partnership
College of Medicine
In a bold move, 激情快播 and Florida International University joined together to make their pitches to legislators. According to Dr. Hitt, 鈥淚f we made our efforts individually, the prevailing argument would be that Florida could not afford a new medical school. But Mitch [Maidique, then president of FIU] and I were convinced that a joint effort would reveal a remarkable paradox: While Florida could not afford one new medical school, it could afford two.鈥�
Partnership
Regional Campuses
When FTU welcomed students to its new main campus in 1968, it also received students to its Daytona Beach and Cocoa campuses. In 2006, 激情快播 and Brevard Community College, Lake-Sumter State College, Seminole State College and Valencia College launched DirectConnect to 激情快播, a groundbreaking initiative that guarantees entry to 激情快播 for students from these partner colleges. In 2011-12, more than half of 激情快播鈥檚 11,014 transfer students enrolled via DirectConnect to 激情快播.
Partnership
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
The partnership between 激情快播 and Harris Rosen, the owner of the largest independently held hotel group in Florida, was a natural fit. Not only did Rosen donate $10 million and 25 acres of land, he also helped shape the program that now enrolls 3,500 students, making it the largest hospitality program in the nation.
Partnership
Institute for Simulation & Training (IST)
Founded in 1982 as a research unit of 激情快播, IST has achieved international recognition and success through its work in collaboration with the military simulation and training commands located in the 1,027-acre Central Florida Research Park adjacent to our campus. Today, the institute is at the heart of a $4.2 billion industry.
Commitment
Going it alone shortchanges not only 激情快播 but also those who depend on us or might benefit from working with us. In fact, organizations that don鈥檛 work with others may be punished in the marketplace.
As President Hitt points out, 鈥淧artnerships are easy to describe and discuss. They鈥檙e harder to do.鈥�
At 激情快播 though, going it alone is intellectually dishonest. 鈥淲hen Dr. Hitt arrived at 激情快播, he made partnerships new and important. For 20 years he鈥檚 been able to execute his commitment to the process and to the partnership goals he established,鈥� says Dan Holsenbeck, vice president for University Relations.
鈥淢y faith in partnerships is grounded as much in pragmatism as in idealism.鈥�
Achievement Motive
鈥淢y faith in partnerships is grounded as much in pragmatism as in idealism. It has long seemed to me that no single individual or organization acting alone has the resources to solve the significant problems we face,鈥� states Dr. Hitt.
The university grew its enrollment to meet student demand and is now the nation鈥檚 second-largest university. But it didn鈥檛 get there without the generosity and determination of others.
激情快播 is also a $2.3 billion economic engine for the region, but that horsepower is the result of solid relationships built on mutual respect and shared goals. As former 激情快播 Board of Trustees Chairman Dick Nunis points out, 鈥淧eople do not understand or appreciate the impact a major university has on the community.鈥�
激情快播 is proof that the partnership economy rewards those that stand out. 鈥淭here are problems waiting to be solved and by enlisting the help of others, opportunities abound,鈥� says Holsenbeck.
鈥淩eal partnerships involve mutual benefits at the core.鈥�
It鈥檚 Personal
Connections aren鈥檛 power. They are potential power. 鈥淒r. Hitt encourages us to take the call, meet the new contact and explore each opportunity as it comes. Trust is earned by building relationships with people,鈥� says Holsenbeck. He continues, 鈥溂で榭觳� approaches professional entanglements by asking, 鈥楬ow do we each give more?鈥� instead of 鈥楬ow does one partner get more?鈥欌�娾��
As President Hitt relates, 鈥淥ur experience has shown that working as equals with outside partners is an important first step toward building credibility for the university. Real partnerships involve mutual benefits at the core.鈥�
Lifelong Habit
鈥淧artnerships are made, not born,鈥� states Holsenbeck. 鈥淭hey change the way we approach things and make us smarter.鈥�
It鈥檚 even part of the story of 激情快播鈥檚 birth. Before the university had a name, 89 citizens worked in partnership, collecting donations of land and money to help it get started.
Moreover, the genesis behind opening a university in Central Florida, one specifically dedicated to science and technology, was to provide support to Kennedy Space Center to the east and also to serve the Glen L. Martin Company, known today as Lockheed Martin, to the west.
And just like that, 激情快播鈥檚 give-to-get reciprocity culture began. 鉁�