{"id":134825,"date":"2023-04-20T09:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T13:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//?p=134825"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:34:11","slug":"55-years-at-ucf-a-visionarys-inspiring-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//55-years-at-ucf-a-visionarys-inspiring-legacy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//","title":{"rendered":"55 Years at UCF: A Visionary/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s Inspiring Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back on 55 years of teaching at UCF, Professor Emeritus Robert Bledsoe has one secret to success: prioritizing the needs of students.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>That is the lasting legacy of one of UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s original founders, who literally helped name the streets that ring UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s main campus. UCF celebrates its 60<sup>th</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//sup> anniversary this year /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2014 and Bledsoe has been here for the majority of those years. Bledsoe opened the former Department of History and Political Science in 1968 at what was then Florida Technological 海角直播 (FTU).</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"226/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"300/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"alignleft wp-image-134826 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/" 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https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//2023/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//04/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//Bob-Bledsoe.jpg 273w/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/" data-src=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//wp-content/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//blogs.dir/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//20/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//files/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//2023/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//04/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//Bob-Bledsoe-226x300.jpg/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Fifty-five years later, the groundwork laid by Bledsoe has evolved into a world-recognized School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs.&nbsp; And over the decades Bledsoe has picked up seven college and university teaching and advising awards as he took on administrative roles including department chair.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Bledsoe prefers to measure his success, though, in the thousands of thriving careers he/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s helped nurture across the decades. Countless students have crossed his classroom to soak up his expertise in areas including international law, environmental law, space law, world political geography and global perspectives.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201cMy legacy is my students who have graduated,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201cAs long as they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019re better at the end than they were at the beginning, then I think that we/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019ve accomplished something.&#8221;</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>While today/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s UCF looks nothing like its origins, the vision of Bledsoe and early founders remains unchanged: /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201cEmphasizing the individual is how you optimize the learning experience./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<h2>Forging the Foundation for a 海角直播 of the Future</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Bledsoe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s story began at UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s inception. Back in the mid /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201960s, Bledsoe was a doctoral candidate at the 海角直播 of Florida and decided to apply to a brand-new university in Orlando /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2014 Florida Technological 海角直播. He jumped on the opportunity to support a new institution.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>When he arrived at FTU in 1968, it was primarily a small, commuter college. When Bledsoe gathered with a small group in a parking lot to form the first Student Government Association, the cops showed up thinking they were up to no good. Needless to say, UCF has significantly changed into a busy college town with plenty to do.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Bledsoe was tasked with creating a new <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//political-science-ba/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/">political science major</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//a> that would serve students interested in going to law school. At age 28 and still finishing his Ph.D., he found himself writing the original course catalog and ordering the first library books for the political science major. He also juggled teaching 20 courses and independent studies.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Bledsoe thrived on having the freedom to invent things and lay the groundwork for a new department at a new university: /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201cWhen FTU opened its doors, we had no tradition. So we invented it. There weren/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019t any rules, so we had a lot of freedom to fly by the seat of our pants./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Those early years were focused on serving his students/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019 needs, regardless of how much he had on his plate. His /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201ccan do/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201d attitude stayed with him throughout the years as he took on new roles at UCF.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Occasionally he would field other job offers but UCF was home for Bledsoe and he never moved anywhere else. He shared UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s commitment to student success and, as the years passed, he enjoyed seeing the fruits of his hard work.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<h2>Looking Back on the Evolution of UCF /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2014 and Onto the Future</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>UCF and its neighboring communities are nearly unrecognizable compared to Bledsoe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s first impressions of FTU. But the pioneer spirit and scrappy attitude of the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019s early days has outlasted presidents, mascots and buildings.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201cA lot of that initial legacy is still here,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u201d Bledsoe says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/n<p>Today, the School of Politics, Security and International Affairs has over 1,200 students while UCF is the largest U.S. university by enrollment /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2014 and it wouldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/134825/u2019t be where it is today without Bledsoe. 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