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Quick Facts

• 4 - Number of graduate programs in the college ranked in the top 100 nationwide by U.S. News and World Report in March 2011
• 147 - Number of students receiving full-tuition scholarships in 2010-11 with federal grant support secured by the college
• 100% - Percent of Doctor of Physical Therapy graduates (inaugural class) who passed the national certification exam on the first try (national average is 88%)
• 2 - Number of programs in the college that are the sole offering in the field in Florida (health care informatics and research administration)
• 2011 - Year that undergraduate social work coordinator and Instructor Robin Kohn won the national Outstanding Advising Award in Faculty Advising
• 3 - Number of human rights centers being established in southern Russia by Associate Professor K. Michael Reynolds
• 22% - Percent of international students in the Doctoral Program in Public Affairs in 2010-11
• 800 - number of students majoring in legal studies in 2010-2011
• > 1,000 - Number of children and adults with speech, language and hearing problems served by the Communication Disorders Clinic in 2010-2011

Education

• The College of Health and Public Affairs includes five departments, two schools and an interdisciplinary doctoral program, each of which has a main office located in Health and Public Affairs buildings I or II on UCF's campus in Orlando.
• The college offers undergraduate programs (majors), minors and undergraduate certificate programs.
• The college also offers master's degree programs and doctoral programs.
• In addition to its program offerings in Orlando, the college offers many courses and programs at UCF's regional campuses and through web-based technology.

Research

• The college's research activities are administered through the COHPA Research Office.
• The college's total external funding for Fiscal Year 2011 was $5,000,663.
• Highlights of the college's funded programs include the following:
  - Associate Dean and Professor Thomas T. H. Wan was awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study health care provided by Rural Health Clinics to older adults living in the southern United States.
  - Associate Dean and Professor Thomas T. H. Wan was awarded a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study health care provided by Rural Health Clinics to older adults living in the southern United States.
  - Associate Professor Linda I. Rosa-Lugo secured a U.S. Department of Education grant for $1.2 million to prepare graduate students to work with infants and preschool-age children who are deaf or hard of hearing and who come from culturally and linguistically diverse homes.
  - Associate Professor K. Michael Reynolds received a $645,000 grant from the U.S. State Department to establish three human rights centers in southern Russia.
  - Assistant Professor Anthony Kong secured a $727,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study aphasia in Chinese speakers.
  - Associate Professor Naim Kapucu was awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help nonprofit organizations promote economic recovery.
  - Dean Michael Frumkin secured $636,100 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for scholarships for disadvantaged students

Service

• Many of the college's students gain real-world experience while addressing needs in the community through service-learning. For example, nearly 200 health services administration majors annually complete a semester-long internship a a health care organization.
• Many of the college's faculty members share their professional expertise by serving on boards or as consultants to local, state and national organizations. Others hold leadership positions in regional and national organizations. For example, Professor Tom Liou is president-elect of the American Society for Public Administration.
• College alumni serve the region in many ways. For example:
  - The managers of Brevard, Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties are graduates of the college's public administration programs.
  - The chief executive officers of Orlando Health in Orange County, Halifax Health Medical Center of Port Orange in Volusia County, and Palm Bay Hospital and Viera Hospital in Brevard County are graduates of health-related programs in the college.
  - The police chiefs for Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Ocoee, Palm Bay, Sanford and St. Augustine Beach are graduates of the college's criminal justice or public administration programs.

Community Partnerships

• The college has an extensive network of partnerships with public and private organizations that focus on strengthening communities.
• The college houses the Center for Community Partnerships, which supports the development of community-based partnerships.
• Through the Center for Community Partnerships, the college has entered into a long-term partnership with the Children's Home Society of Florida to establish innovative community schools.

Affiliated Organizations

• The college is home to five specialized centers, a clinic and an institute, most of which are housed in the Central Florida Research Park, adjacent to UCF's Orlando campus.