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UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television series collection, 2001-2007

 

Summary

Creator:
University of Central Florida. Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies
University of Central Florida
Abstract:
The UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television series collection, 2001-2007 contains the physical video recordings for the UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television program produced by Lisa Mills. The original media carriers are VHS tapes until August 2005, then the episodes are only on DVD. Each VHS tape has a DVD copy. This collection is useful for historical research on the University of Central Florida (UCF) and its relationship to the wider Orlando metropolitan area in the 2000s, specifically how UCF supports the regional economy, workforce, and civic engagement. UCF Metro with Linda Chapin is a television series created in partnership with the UCF Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies, WMFE Channel 24, and the UCF Nicholson School of Communications. The series highlighted UCF's partnerships with the Central Florida community and the university's efforts to support regional growth. The series, which aired from 2001 to 2007, was produced by film professor Lisa Mills and hosted by Linda W. Chapin, director of the Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies. Chapin retired from UCF in 2008. As of 2026, Mills continues to teach as a professor at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television series collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

The UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television series collection, 2001-2007 contains the physical video recordings for the UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television program produced by Lisa Mills. The original media carriers are VHS tapes until August 2005, then the episodes are only on DVD. Each VHS tape has a DVD copy. This collection is useful for historical research on the University of Central Florida (UCF) and its relationship to the wider Orlando metropolitan area in the 2000s, specifically how UCF supports the regional economy, workforce, and civic engagement.

Series I: Season 1, 2001-2002 contains the VHS and DVD recordings of season 1 which covers such topics as women in research, nursing shortages, and hospitality management.

Series II: Season 2, 2002-2003 contains the VHS and DVD recordings of season 2 which covers topics such as photonics, tort reform, and the Burnett Honors College.

Series III: Season 3, 2003-2004 contains the VHS and DVD recordings of season 3 which covers topics such as biomedical research at UCF, homelessness, and Brown v. Board of Education.

Series IV: Season 4, 2004-2007 contains the VHS and DVD recordings of season 4 which covers topics such as the youth vote, energy crisis solutions, and the UCF Shakespeare Festival.

Biographical / historical:

UCF Metro with Linda Chapin is a television series created in partnership with the UCF Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies, WMFE Channel 24, and the UCF Nicholson School of Communications. The series highlighted UCF's partnerships with the Central Florida community and the university's efforts to support regional growth. It also explored UCF's leadership in addressing key economic, workforce, and education issues across the region and the state.

The series, which aired from 2001 to 2007, was produced by film professor Lisa Mills and hosted by Linda W. Chapin, director of the Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies. Before joining UCF in 2001, Chapin served as the mayor of Orange County, Florida, from 1990 to 1998. The two collaborated again on a documentary film, Who's Next: The Millennial Generation, in 2007. Chapin retired from UCF in 2008. As of 2026, Mills continues to teach as a professor at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media.

Acquisition information:
Gifted by Linda Chapin in 2003 (Accession no. CFU2003_02).
Processing information:

Collection processed by and finding aid prepared by April Karlene Anderson in 2006. Edits were made by Mary Rubin in 2015 and Kryslynn Collazo in 2018. Finding aid revised by Chloe Lanham in 2026.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in four series by season and then by episode in chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished records are protected by copyright. Permission to publish quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], UCF Metro with Linda Chapin television series collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA