The University of Central Florida awards more than 18,000 degrees annually — the most among Florida public universities and among the most nationally — and strives to set the pace for advancing student success in higher education.
Wed Mar 23
Twenty-six students — ranging in disciplines from engineering to biology to education and others across the institution — have been named as 2021-22 recipients of the Order of Pegasus, UCF’s most prestigious student award for those who display incredible academic achievement, university involvement, leadership and community service. This year’s honorees joined UCF already having accomplished…
Wed Mar 23
As UCF medical students, they devoted themselves to the forgotten — farmworkers, the homeless, the uninsured. And at Friday’s National Match Day, as they learned where they will do residency training, many of the soon-to-be physician Knights took the next step in helping those in need. The 107 students who matched into residencies include the…
Tue Mar 22
Eight UCF business and computer science undergraduate students put their heads together to take first place at the second annual Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Battle of the Brains Competition, beating out 10 other universities and earning a $25,000 prize this past weekend in Austin, Texas. The HSI Battle of the Brains, sponsored by KPMG, is…
Tue Mar 22
Included in the new residents are 16 students from UCF’s College of Medicine – the largest in the history of the UCF/HCA consortium that began in 2014. By July, UCF and HCA will be training over 560 residents and fellows in 31 accredited programs across the state. “We are thrilled with the high level of…
Tue Mar 22
A new student organization is providing graduate students in kinesiology with the extracurricular experiences and career preparedness that helps them launch successful careers in the field. Paola Rivera, a current kinesiology Ph.D. student, wanted to connect with her fellow kinesiology graduate students, but there was no club or organization that allowed her the opportunity. So she decided…
Fri Mar 18
Ruitao Wu was selected recently for the student spotlight in LIA Today. The feature in the November/December 2021 issue includes an interview with Ramirez. Click here to view the original article. (Reprinted with permission.) When you were you first introduced to photonics/electro-optics? “I was first introduced to the field of photonics by Prof. Guiyao Zhou during my…
Tue Mar 8
UCF’s Programming Team won the Southeast USA Regional Programming Contest this weekend, beating out 70 competitors to earn a spot in the upcoming North America competition of the International Collegiate Programming Contest. A total of seven programming teams from UCF competed in this weekend’s event. Another UCF team took second place, and the remaining five…
Tue Mar 8
The American Advertising Awards, home of the ADDY Award, is one of the industry’s largest creative competitions, with nearly 35,000 professional and student entries each year. Local winners proceed to 15 regional competitions, and those winners advance to the national finals. “The American Advertising Awards celebrate excellence not only in our creative community, but nationwide.…
Mon Mar 7
Taking chances on a new experiences has yielded multiple rewards for Félicie Albert, Ph.D., including a new title as 2022 Distinguished Alumna of the Year from CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics. The French-born physicist’s first encounter with risk took place at the Ecole Centrale de Marseille of Marseille, France, where she was finishing…
Thu Mar 3
The University of Central Florida is teaming up with Amazon’s Career Choice program — an educational benefits opportunity for Amazon employees to earn an education and learn new skills for their careers at Amazon or elsewhere. The Career Choice program is available to hourly, full- or part-time employees at Amazon who have worked at the…
Thu Mar 3
UCF Knights conduct research around the globe to help understand and conserve wildlife. To celebrate World Wildlife Day, launched on March 3 by the United Nations in 1973 to help raise awareness about how people benefit from “fauna and flora,” we asked our Knights and our faculty to share some pictures from their field work. The…
Wed Mar 2
This year’s recipient of two awards for Africana Studies minors — the John T. Washington Scholarship Award for $500 and the John T. Washington Community Service Award for $250 — is Dalaya McFadden. The awards are in honor of Dr. John T. Washington, who was an associate professor of sociology at UCF, community leader and activist. Dr.…
Tue Mar 1
Each year, UCF’s College of Arts and Humanities recognizes a graduate student for outstanding work on their thesis. The award focuses on the quality and contribution of the student’s thesis research and brings with it a nomination for the university-level Award for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis. This year’s recipient of the Award for Outstanding Master’s…
Mon Feb 28
Aerospace engineering student Loubensky Baine is one of 30 students nationwide who have been selected to participate in the 2022 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. He is the first UCF student to receive this honor. Matthew Isakowitz Fellows receive a summer internship with a top commercial space company as well as an executive mentorship with a professional…
Mon Feb 28
Randy Panzarino, a School of Communication Sciences and Disorders alumni, was recently selected as the 2021-22 recipient of the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award in the Social Science, Humanities, Education, Business, Art and Health category. Panzarino received the award for his thesis, “Psychological Distress and Affective, Behavioral and Cognitive Experiences of Stuttering,” which he worked on under the guidance…
Mon Feb 28
David Boffey, a Division of Kinesiology alumni, was recently selected as the 2021-22 recipient for the University Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Science, Humanities, Education, Business, Art and Health category. Boffey received the award for his dissertation, “Influence of Body Composition, Velocity Profiles and Sex-Related Differences on Army Combat Fitness Test Performance.” To complete this research, Boffey…
Mon Feb 28
A $5 million gift from the Ginsburg Family Foundation will help UCF pioneer a new kind of inclusive excellence where “every student can earn success, guided by a world-class faculty in a culture rooted in innovation, entrepreneurship and compassion.” The Ginsburg Center for Inclusion and Community Engagement will serve UCF students, faculty and staff, and…
Fri Feb 25
The Division of Physical Therapy hosted a virtual panel discussion on Feb. 23 about the importance of diversity within the field of physical therapy, in honor of Black History Month. The event, entitled “Revisiting the Question: What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?” was a collaborative event between the diversity and inclusion (DEI) committees from UCF Physical Therapy and…
Thu Feb 24
When it comes to making sure that students are prepared for every stage of their academic career, Jessica Mays, an academic advisor in the College of Health Professions and Sciences, supports students every step of the way. Mays ensures students are informed and empowered to take control of their educational journey and best facilitate reaching their…
Wed Feb 23
UCF transfer students have access to a new resource that supports academic success. UCF’s new Transfer Center officially opened its doors at its permanent location in Trevor Colbourn Hall in suite 215. “More than 47% of UCF undergraduates are transfer students,” says Theodorea Regina Berry, vice provost for the Division for Student Learning and Academic Success and…