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Time capsule sealed at Oviedo Campus

Wednesday, Mar 23, 2011
Staff

College officials placed a time capsule in the Oviedo clock tower.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Oviedo Campus at Seminole State College of Florida, a time capsule was installed inside the iconic clock tower.

The capsule, a first for Seminole State, is scheduled to be opened in 2026. The Campus Provost Office contacted Student Government Association leaders; College administrators, faculty and staff; and the City of Oviedo for their suggestions.

Here are the items placed in the time capsule during the morning ceremony:

• Oviedo groundbreaking program (1998)
• Oviedo dedication program (2001)
• DirectConnect to UCF brochure
• Copy of 10th Anniversary Celebration program (2011)
• Bookmark from groundbreaking (1998)
• Flash drive with current catalog on it (2011)
• Pathways brochure (Degrees of Success) (2011)
• Clock giveaway (2011)
• Catalog 2000-2001
• 2 options for Oviedo master plan, 8 1/2 x 11 color photocopies (2011)
• City of Oviedo resolution (unframed) (2011)
• 1 SCC T-shirt
• 1 Seminole State T-shirt
• Seminole County map
• Debbie Socci's environmental paper about the campus
• Professor Barbara Hunnicutt's booklet "Landscape Plants of Seminole Community College"

Here are the additional items placed in the time capsule after the ceremonies:

• Copy of Oviedo 10th Anniversary Celebration invitation
• Student Services brochure (2001)
• 2001 class schedule
• 1-page flier for Oviedo 10th Anniversary Celebration
• Flash drive with video highlighting history (2011)
• City of Oviedo map
• History of Oviedo/Economic Development booklet
• County commitment agreement from 1999
• 3 resolutions from the City of Oviedo (1999, 2006 and 2007)
• "In your back yard" poster/flier advertising Fall 2001 classes
• A picture of Elf, the kitten that was abandoned on campus and adopted in 2007
• A laminated Academic Success Center sign