Wed Oct 12
Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its fifth guest, double Knight Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD, an associate lecturer in UCF’s Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology. As an Uzbekistan native who speaks Russian and is a mental health counselor with nearly 40 years of experience, Hundley has stepped up…
Tue Sep 20
with Orange County Public Schools Superintendent Barbara Jenkins ’83 ’86MEd ’96EdD set to retire at the end of the year, Maria Vazquez ’95MEd ’10EdD will soon take the helm as her replacement. Vazquez became the district’s deputy superintendent in 2018, but her career in education spans more than 30 years. She started as a teacher…
Tue Sep 20
Staci Zavattaro, a professor with the UCF School of Public Administration, was named a Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellow by the State University of New York’s Rockefeller Institute of Government for the 2022-23 term. Zavattaro is one of six researchers from around the country selected for this year’s Nathan fellowship cohort, which aims to select…
Tue Aug 23
hroughout all 12 years of his primary and secondary education, Grant Hayes only ever missed one day of school. The oldest of four boys growing up in rural South Carolina, Hayes says it was his mother who instilled in him the importance of a good education. That commitment has resonated with Hayes since he was a child,…
Tue Aug 23
We are pleased to introduce new faculty members to the College of Community Innovation and Education. They bring a wealth of experience and knowledge that will be invaluable to our students and community. Learn more about their teaching backgrounds and what research interests they bring to the college. Andrea C. Borowczak, Ed.D. Professor and School…
Thu Aug 4
Sarah Mendoza is looking forward to a career in higher education, teaching the next generation of counselors, and advocating for systemic change through the power of empathy education as she graduates this weekend from the UCF’s Counselor Education doctoral program. Her passion for mental health started back in 2002 when she first joined UCF as an…
Tue Aug 2
Ruth Kessa, a School of Public Administration public affairs doctoral student, was recently named a Mellon Fellow by the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative. The fellowship, a joint venture between the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Inter-University Program for Latino Research, provides doctoral students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions nationwide with financial, technical and mentorship support to…
Wed Jul 20
Su-I Hou, founding director and professor in the School of Global Health Management and Informatics, recently earned status as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. An international professional society comprising more than 48,000 healthcare executives the American College of Healthcare Executives’ mission is to advance both its members and healthcare management excellence. Fellow…
Mon Jul 18
Yue “Gurt” Ge, an assistant professor in the School of Public Administration, has been chosen as part of the 2021-23 cohort in the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Early Career Faculty Innovation Program. Just in time for hurricane season, Ge and his team will soon begin studying the partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators…
Tue Jul 12
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JbNPzXz7b4E%3Ffeature%3Doembed%26enablejsapi%3D1%26origin%3Dhttps%3A UCF summer reading program for kids, iREAD, completed its four-week course earlier this month. It was the second year that the UCF Communication Disorders Clinic offered this program. The evidence-based program focuses on providing direct, explicit instruction to target areas of written language, such as phonological/phonemic awareness, the relationship between sounds and symbols, sounding out unfamiliar…
Thu Jul 7
As Inclusive Education Services completes its July 1 transition to the Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute, faculty and staff are ready to open the door to new opportunities that come with being part of the College of Community Innovation and Education. Previously housed within Student Development and Enrollment Services, IES provides adults with intellectual disabilities…
Thu Jul 7
Claire Connolly Knox, UCF School of Public Administration associate professor and founding director of the university’s emergency and crisis management program, received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Higher Education Program at its annual symposium in June. Named for Goss, the first woman to serve as FEMA associate…
Tue Jun 28
Over the coming months, planes carrying five UCF Knights will land on various runways thousands and thousands of miles from home. The five will stroll off those planes into the purpose of the Fulbright Program for which they’ve been selected: to work, live, and learn with others on the ground. For them, the ground will…
Fri Jun 17
The Association of University Programs in Health Administration recently named UCF’s School of Global Health Management and Informatics the winner of the organization’s 2022 Engagement with AUPHA – Established Member Program Award. The award recognizes programs for their engagement with and contribution to AUPHA, a global network of academic institutions, faculty and organizations dedicated to improving healthcare…
Tue Jun 7
As a teenager, David Smith ’98 ’00MPA aspired to become either a federal law-enforcement professional or a stand-up comedian. And although his ability to crack a good joke is evident, Smith recently marked 20 years of service with the United States Secret Service with the transition to a new role. In March, he was named the 28th assistant…
Tue May 31
Everyone knows that while disinformation is a problem, social media is a powerful tool for communicating fast in an emergency. In 2011 only about 10% of the U.S. population turned to social media for information during a crisis, according to several studies. Today that number is closer to 70%. A new study from the University…
Thu May 19
The College of Community Innovation and Education, in partnership with the CCIE Alumni Board, recognized outstanding alumni and community partners during the inaugural CCIE Celebration Knight Thursday, May 12. Congratulations to all 2022 honorees. Distinguished Alumni Award Honorees The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate excellence in their career, as well as show a…
Mon May 16
The new dean of UCF’s College of Community Innovation and Education is the second-ranking executive at a large university and an accomplished scholar. Grant Hayes joins UCF Aug. 1 from East Carolina University (ECU) in North Carolina. He has served as ECU’s interim provost and senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs since 2019 and spent…
Mon May 16
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Grant Hayes will become the new dean of the College of Community Innovation and Education (CCIE) on August 1. He joins UCF from East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, North Carolina, where since 2019 he has served as interim provost and senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs. Before…
Wed May 11
he subheader says Christine Parsons ’17. On May 7, she’ll become Christine Parsons ’17 ’22MS. But there’s so much more to Parsons than degrees and years. She’s a mom and a sister. She knows first-hand what it’s like to struggle in school and all-too-well how the struggle can lead to tragedy. There’s nothing traditional about the path…