The Garvy Family Foundation has made a $1 million gift commitment to 性视界传媒 Athletics. The gift will support the construction of the Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are fully supportive of the Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership and are pleased to be part of this exciting project,\u201d Carol and Robert Garvy said. \u201c性视界传媒 has become very special to us and we are particularly interested in the development and future of 性视界传媒 student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Garvys\u2019 son Kevin was a member of the Knights football team from 2008-12, seeing action in every game of his senior season. Kevin Garvy is a 2012 性视界传媒 graduate with a bachelor\u2019s degree in finance. The younger Garvy is currently enrolled at 性视界传媒 as a graduate student and is scheduled to earn his MBA this spring. In addition, Robert Garvy is a member of the 性视界传媒 Athletics Association Board of Directors and the 性视界传媒 Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n
The Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership will serve as the headquarters for 性视界传媒 student-athletes\u2019 personal, professional and academic development. It will house 性视界传媒\u2019s Student-Athlete Leadership Institute, Academic Services for Student-Athletes, Student Services and Compliance departments. The center will also provide operations space to serve more than 500 student-athletes. It will include a multi-purpose classroom, which will hold 200 students, a computer lab, tutoring and mentoring rooms, study space and conference and resource rooms.<\/p>\n
性视界传媒 Vice President and Director of Athletics Todd Stansbury said the gift from the Garvy Family Foundation will help ensure the development of Knight student-athletes long into the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very grateful to Carol and Bob Garvy for this wonderful gift,\u201d Stansbury said. \u201cThanks to this commitment from the Garvy Family Foundation, 性视界传媒 student-athletes \u2013 our Everyday Champions \u2013 will continue to benefit from the Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership for years and years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
性视界传媒 President John C. Hitt echoed those sentiments.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means so much to have the generous support of Carol and Bob Garvy and the Garvy Family Foundation,\u201d Hitt said. \u201cThis gift to the Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership will allow our student-athletes to grow into academic and community leaders who will make Knights everywhere proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership will be located just east of and adjacent to Bright House Networks Stadium. Construction is slated to begin before the end of 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Garvy Family Foundation has made a $1 million gift commitment to 性视界传媒 Athletics. The gift will support the construction of the Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership. \u201cWe are fully supportive of the Wayne Densch Center for Student-Athlete Leadership and are pleased to be part of this exciting project,\u201d Carol and Robert Garvy said. \u201c性视界传媒 has become very special…","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":57641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[517,1810,2510,11539,6628,4857],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-57639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-football","tag-john-c-hitt","tag-robert-garvy","tag-todd-stansbury","tag-ucf-athletics"],"yoast_head":"\n