If you head over to the UCF Medical School website, you’ll see they’ve added a countdown clock to let you know when classes will start. As of writing this, there are 28 days left. This is a new era for Lake Nona, and the surrounding areas. The UCF Medical School will usher in a strong local economy, and make Lake Nona and Narcoossee a household name, instead of, “That place by the airport.”

From the Orlando Sentinel

You can see the days, hours, minutes and seconds ticking down on a countdown clock posted prominently on the school’s Web site, which is stuffed with reminders of major events to date. Among them are the school’s creation by the Legislature in spring 2006, the hiring of founding Dean Deborah German late the same year and groundbreaking in October 2007 for the $68million permanent classroom building and library in Orlando’s Lake Nona area.

The first day of class will see 40 students. We’ll keep you updated with more info on the UCF College of Medicine.