Mon Jan 24
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) has inducted Professor Mindi Anderson as a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Academy. Anderson is one of only 10 experts who were inducted in the Class of 2022 Fellows on Saturday, January 15, 2022, during the President’s Ball at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare conference.…
Fri Jan 21
“Taking opportunities to bear witness to the lives of people for whom the healthcare system is failing, and being able to help my fellow healthcare workers know better and do better is how I continue to practice nursing,” says Aislinn Woody, who worked as a registered nurse in Tampa before becoming a full-time student in…
Fri Jan 14
You’ve been a student – twice – in the UCF College of Nursing. Now you’re a faculty member. What draws you to UCF and the college? The general tenor and tone at UCF is one of support, both for the overall success of the student and the mentoring support provided to faculty members. You have…
Fri Dec 17
Epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition, effects 3.4 million people in the U.S. and 50 million worldwide. For nursing PhD graduate Michelle Tall ’17MSN, it’s something she knows all too well as her son Josh has a rare epilepsy condition. “It’s a tireless battle,” says Tall, who was one of only two nurses in 2018 awarded a McKnight…
Tue Dec 7
UCF Professor Greg Welch is one of 164 national faculty members who have been named to the National Academy of Inventors and one of only 10 from Florida this year. Welch is the AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation in UCF’s College of Nursing. The computer scientist and engineer is also the co-director of the UCF Synthetic Reality…
Fri Dec 3
Assistant Professor Gerd Bruder from UCF’s Institute for Simulation and Training and AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation Greg Welch from the College of Nursing won an Innovation Award at the 2021 TechConnect World Conference for a new way to magnify objects in augmented reality (AR). The conference, which has been held annually for over 20 years, advertises itself…
Mon Nov 8
Some of the best ideas come when the mind can wander, process new knowledge, and connect dots that don’t obviously seem to belong together. For computer scientist and engineer Gregory Welch, the AdventHealth Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation in the UCF College of Nursing and Pegasus Professor, some of his biggest “aha” moments occur at times of reflection,…
Fri Oct 22
The 21 new inductees of UCF’s Scroll and Quill Society represent a broad spectrum of academic expertise, such as fiction writing, artificial intelligence, police-community relations, nursing and terrorist recruiting tactics on social media. The Scroll and Quill Society celebrates faculty members who for at least a decade have made scholarly contributions of impact to advance…
Tue Oct 12
The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have awarded Associate Professor Jascinth Lindo a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to the Bahamas. Lindo is teaching undergraduate nursing students and conducting research at the University of the Bahamas as part of a project to build nurse research capacity in the Caribbean. It is a…
Tue Aug 24
An educator from a low-income immigrant family. A private pilot. An NCAA soccer standout. These are some of this year’s Helene Fuld Health Trust scholars who are now called to care for others. Thanks to the generosity of the Helene Fuld Health Trust, these scholars are able to focus fully on their studies. It is an exclusive…
Wed Jul 21
Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named the new chair for the Department of Nursing Systems and the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in the UCF College of Nursing. As department chair, Shattell will oversee and manage undergraduate and graduate nursing degree programs that prepare students for leadership roles in healthcare.…
Fri Jul 2
The Global Academy of Holistic Nursing has inducted Elizabeth (Lisa) Kinchen, PhD, RN, AHN-BC into its inaugural class of scholars. Scholars were recognized during a virtual ceremony of the academy on June 26, 2021. Kinchen was honored as a Scholar of the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing for her outstanding contributions to holistic nursing practice, education and…
Tue Jun 29
Leading healthcare simulation expert Desiree A. DÃaz, PhD, FNP-BC, CNE, CHSE-A, ANEF, FAAN, has been honored with the inaugural Diversity, Inclusivity, and Equity Excellence Award from the International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL). Awards were presented during the 2021 INACSL Annual Conference last week. The award recognizes an exemplary role model dedicated to diversity,…
Sun May 9
Morgan Ruggiero started off the year 2020 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and injured meniscus. The damage was severe enough that even though the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, doctors urged her to move forward with surgery in May 2020. As she mentally prepared herself, she expected to at least have the…
Fri May 7
The spring Class of 2021 has truly exemplified the UCF calling to “Charge On!” – having completed the last year of their degree during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our students have grown during this unique time in history and demonstrated that they are ready to show the world what it means to be a Knight nurse.”…
Thu Apr 15
Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling Center in the College of Nursing, is among the first to receive the advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Spears was in the first cohort of 25 professionals from four countries to earn the international…
Thu Apr 15
Syretta Spears, assistant director of the UCF Simulation, Technology, Innovation and Modeling Center in the College of Nursing, has been awarded the first advanced certified healthcare simulation operations specialist designation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Spears was in the first cohort of 25 professionals from four countries to earn the international credentials. The…
Mon Mar 29
Nursing Assistant Professor Ladda Thiamwong works with elderly patients and tackles one of the most pressing issues facing this population: the mental and physical instability surrounding life-threatening falls. With the help of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, Thiamwong has developed a treatment regiment for aging patients, which assesses not only their physical abilities but their…
Mon Mar 22
“Iam passionate about education and I hold myself to high standards,” says Sadie Richards, a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and 2021 recipient of the Order of Pegasus award. “As a first-generation college student, I consider it a privilege to have the opportunity of a college education, so I don’t take it…
Mon Mar 22
The National Academies of Practice (NAP) has inducted Veronica Decker, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FNAP, assistant professor in the UCF College of Nursing, in the Class of 2021 Distinguished Fellows (FNAP). Fellows were recognized in a virtual induction ceremony during the NAP Annual Meeting & Forum on Friday, March 19, 2021. Decker was honored as a…