University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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I) Information Services 3) Information Services 1) Paula Criser watches her husband cut an cake at a ceremony at the J. Wayne Reitz Union. 2) Guests mingle at the post-inaugural reception at the President ' s home. 3) Rows of tables filled up the O ' Connell Center for the pre-inaugural banquet. 2) Information Services Inauguration 165

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8th President Welcomed To Florida 164 Inauguration 2) Information Services 3) Information Services 1) Information Services Marshall Criser was inaugurated as the eighth president of the university on February 16, after taking office September 1. The inaugural celebration started the Thursday before the ceremony. The ceremony was held in the O ' Connell Center. Afterwards, everyone was invited to the president ' s house. Guests included Governor Bob Graham, past presidents of the university and most of the state cabinet. Criser made clear that his goal was to make the University of Florida the flagship university of the state. As the nation ' s tenth largest university and one of the three most comprehensive, the University of Florida has an excellent chance of achieving based on its already strong reputation in many disciplines. At the inauguration he stressed that education money should be used to improve existing academic programs rather than to create new programs. He proposed to reduce undergraduate enrollment by 1,500 students in the next three years. The Board of Regents accepted this plan in April, 1985. He also planned to raise the minimum admission standard to a 2.5 grade point average. What has been accomplished at the University of Florida has taken decades to build, Criser said. Great academic institutions are not built overnight. It takes even longer to be recognized as a great — Debbie Schmidt 1) President Criser poses with Former Presidents Robert Q. Marston and Stephen C. O ' Connell. 2) President Marshall Criser shakes hands with Lieutenant Governor Wayne Mixon at the 3) Governor Graham speaks at the inauguration.

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College Of Agriculture 2) R. Davis 3) D. Schmidt 1) Juan Beltram studies the difference between grass and a species of weed. 2) Students get practical experience in the field raising and observing plants including grain, a staple product. 3) Plants grow abundantly in the climate controlled greenhouses of the Ornamental Horticulture school. 4) The college displays their different departments at Gator Expo and informs people of the Education 166 College Of Agriculture 1) R. Davis