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On Friday, Governor Rick Scott signed legislation creating the states twelfth university by splitting the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida into it’s own school. Scott told reporters today that he signed the legislation because the Board of Governors of the University system had already said it would happen over time and because the Governor believes it will create jobs.

“Well, I sighed that bill because as you know, I believe in STEM degrees; I believe that there is a big need and a big opportunity to continue to grow. It basically follows what the board of governors had already approved. And I believe that in the long term it’s going to pay off in jobs” says Scott.

The split was pushed by one of the most powerful men in the legislature, Senator JD Alexander, an heir to the Ben Hill Griffin citrus fortune.