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.
Thu Mar 16
Four UCF medical students have early matched into highly competitive urology and ophthalmology residencies — programs that pick their applicants before National Match Day, this year on March 17. Naser Mubarak, Danny Stirt and Deep Gandhi matched into urology. Aaishwariya Gulani matched into ophthalmology. All the students say they chose their specialty because it allows them to perform…
Mon Mar 6
Three years after Title IX legislation was passed in 1972 — opening doors for women and girls to compete in sports — UCF fielded its first women’s varsity program, volleyball. In three years’ time, the Knights won their first national title in 1978 as part of the now defunct Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women…
Wed Mar 1
Students in the Business of HipHop Innovation & Creative Industries certificate at UCF are keeping in the spirit of the genre: breaking new ground. The first-of-its kind certificate lets students work hand-in-hand with industry professionals, such as Fat Joe, DJ Khaled, Jordan Brand’s Reggie Saunders and Def Jam founding Director of Publicity Bill Adler. Assignments include everything from writing educational raps to…
Wed Mar 1
As the cost of living has risen dramatically over the past several years, financial assistance has become a vital component of student success. There is no doubt that completing a dissertation is a challenging task, but the financial demands of obtaining a doctoral degree should not stand in the way. UCF aids students in completing…
Wed Mar 1
As an Afro-Latina who grew up in New York, Leyandra Cardoza contributed more than just fabric and sketches while designing the costumes for the “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine” play. Her attention to detail and properly portraying the characters’ backgrounds as minorities in New York contributed towards her first-place win in costume design for Region…
Tue Feb 28
A team from UCF’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) took second place in a Ranger Challenge competition last month, competing against 39 universities across the nation at Fort Benning, Georgia. The 11-member team will now face other ROTC teams, military academies and NATO allies in the International Sandhurst Competition held at the United States…
Tue Feb 28
Kelly Shea is a junior elementary education major who turned her passion for inventing into founding her own company. Shea said she founded her startup company DripLock while a student at UCF. The first of these products shipped out in July 2022, in between her sophomore and junior year, according to her updates on Kickstarter. DripLock is…
Tue Feb 28
Health Sciences student Carina McClean helped establish the UCF chapter of the National Society of Black Women in Medicine (NSBWM) as treasurer in her sophomore year to support Black women on campus who are pursuing careers in healthcare and other scientific disciplines. The UCF chapter is one of 10 collegiate sections around the nation that promote advancement through…
Fri Feb 17
As a child, Madisyn Messmore ’22 was fascinated by the human body and how it worked. She planned to become a neurosurgeon, but her career path shifted directions in college when an internship with the UCF-based nonprofit Limbitless Solutions piqued her interest in engineering. After she started the internship, she learned that a family member was dealing…
Fri Feb 17
When Melissa Longman enrolled in Angela White-Jones’ grant writing course as part of her dual Master of Public Administration / Master of Nonprofit Management program, she expected that what she learned would help her in her professional pursuits — just maybe not quite so quickly. Longman, a social worker by trade, also serves on the executive board…
Wed Feb 8
On this Saturday morning, more than a dozen uninsured children are getting their health checks and vaccinations through a Nemours Children’s Health mobile clinic — thanks to a College of Medicine-trained physician who has spent her career advocating for others. Dr. Laura Chilcutt graduated from UCF’s medical school in 2019 and was one of the…
Wed Feb 8
n 2022, SPIE awarded $293,000 in education scholarships to 78 outstanding SPIE student members, based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline. Three University of Central Florida optics and photonics students received scholarships. CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics doctoral student Matthew Cooper received the largest and most prestigious SPIE scholarship,…
Mon Feb 6
Students in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders have launched a new student organization focused on meeting the needs of Black professionals, students and individuals that have communication disorders. The UCF chapter of the National Black Association for Speech-Language Hearing (NBASLH) is just a few months old and has already grown to 15 student…
Mon Feb 6
Makella Coudray is passionate about advocating for disadvantaged groups. “I personally like championing causes for those that society may overlook, and I try to do that through my work,” she says. “Hence, my work focuses on marginalized populations such as sexual and gender minorities and racial and ethnic minorities.” Coudray is originally from Trinidad and…
Thu Feb 2
According to the National Science Foundation, only 20 percent of people studying physics are women. The annual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics organized by the American Physical Society plays an important role in bringing women in physics together and educating undergraduate women on the career and educational possibilities within physics. This year, UCF was one of 14 universities…
Thu Feb 2
What is humanity’s most important invention? Some might say vaccines, electricity or the internet. But each of those technologies was the result of thousands of years’ worth of communication through language. Language is how we come to understand the world and ourselves. Though often invisible, it is the building block of human civilization. Knights Write…
Tue Jan 24
UCF’s College of Health Professions and Sciences has again expanded its state-of-the-art Rehabilitation Innovation Center with the addition of a new immersive, mixed reality room that will be used for both student learning and patient care. The Blended Learning Interactive Simulation Suite, or BLISS, uses 270-degree, floor-to-ceiling touchscreen walls that display curated video and audio, providing an…
Tue Jan 24
Previously attending the Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) Professional Development Conference by performing in the All-State Choir when she was in middle and high school, sophomore music education major Adriana DuPont said she was inspired to pursue her love of making music. She said her passion for the arts emerged from the teachers who introduced her…
Thu Jan 19
For student Daniah Jarrah, studying Arabic holds much more power than bilingualism. Jarrah is studying Arabic in Amman, Jordan, with the Qasid Institute, which teaches both modern standard Arabic and classical Arabic. Jarrah notes that modern standard Arabic is the dialect that is used in the political and academic realm of the Middle East. With…
Tue Jan 17
The UCF School of Global Health Management and Informatics has seven students who plan to graduate this year accepting highly sought fellowships in health administration that can propel them into the next stages of their administrative careers. The master of health administration students have accepted fellowships with some of the top hospitals in the country, but not…