{"id":73061,"date":"2016-06-23T17:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//?p=73061"},"modified":"2019-06-07T10:49:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T14:49:45","slug":"professor-emeritus-leaves-literacy-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//professor-emeritus-leaves-literacy-legacy/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Mourns Professor Emeritus Who Left Literacy Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
UCF Professor Emeritus Tim Blair, who pioneered reading camps in one of Orlando/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/u2019s poorest neighborhoods 16 years ago, has died at the age of 69 after a long illness./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/n
During his 22 years at UCF, he served as the College of Education and Human Performance assistant dean and a reading and literacy professor./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/n
He took his passion for literacy seriously, founding and directing the free UCF Reading Camp for underprivileged students at the J.B. Callahan Neighborhood Center and John H. Jackson Community Center in downtown Orlando/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/u2019s Parramore community./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/n
The camp provided elementary education and reading graduate students with an opportunity to assist K-6 students to improve reading skills on Saturdays during the Fall and Spring semesters and every weekday in June./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/n
The effort received wide praise. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer recognized Blair for his pioneering work by proclaiming March 25, 2013, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/u201cDr. Timothy Blair Day/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/u201d in Orlando. The mayor acknowledged his 38 years of teacher education, dedicated service, extraordinary work and collaboration with the Families, Parks and Recreation Department./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/73061/n