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UCF board to meet over multimillion-dollar funding request

ORLANDO, Fla. — The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday to consider a multimillion-dollar request.

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The money would fund several campus improvements.

The university is expected to ask the state for a total of $75 million.

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Officials said the funding would boost UCF’s College of Engineering and Computer Science.

The department has nearly 15,000 students.

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And more are expected to enroll this upcoming school year.

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