The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States. UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, and is currently the largest university in the state, and the third-largest university in the United States by enrollment.




The University of Central Florida was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University with the goal of providing highly-trained personnel to support the Kennedy Space Center, located only 35 miles (56 km) to the east. As the university's academic scope had expanded to encompass other disciplines, the school was renamed the University of Central Florida in 1978. Although initial enrollment was only 1,948 students, as of 2009, enrollment consists of a 53,644 member student body representing over 140 countries, all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The majority of the student population is located on the university's 1,415-acre (573 ha) main campus approximately 13 miles (21 km) northeast of downtown Orlando and 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Daytona Beach. The university offers over 225 separate degree options through twelve colleges and eleven satellite campuses throughout Florida. Since its founding, UCF has awarded more than 190,000 degrees, including 35,000 graduate and professional degrees, to nearly 167,000 alumni worldwide.

And here is a good news for UCF, Lynche, a St. Petersburg native, played on the defensive line for two seasons at UCF. He had 70 tackles, 14 tackles for a loss and three sacks as a freshman and sophomore during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. His promising career was cut short when he left the team in 2003 to care for his ailing mother who was battling cancer. She died in 2004.

Harry Connick Jr. was this week’s guest mentor and arranged Frank Sinatra hits for Idol’s Final Five. “Big Mike” Lynche got rave reviews from the judges for his performance of “The Way You Look Tonight.” Judge Simon Cowell told Lynche after his performance, ““It all just clicked.”

Although he was considered to be among the top two performers, Lynche was among the two contestants with the fewest audience votes.

He is among Top Four now in American Idol’s results show Wednesday.






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