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.
Mon Jul 18
Isabella Pardo has been recognized as one of the first 20 Optica Women Scholars in the world. The award supports women majoring in optics, physics, chemistry, math, or engineering who are pursuing careers in optics and photonics. Launched this past January, the program received more than 160 applications from 36 countries from both undergraduate and…
Wed Jul 13
UCF’s College of Nursing would be able to graduate more nurses and nursing faculty, helping to combat the nation’s critical nursing shortage while fostering more innovation and collaboration with a new building at Lake Nona, Florida. The Board of Trustees this week approved the use of state allocated funds to begin the planning and design phase for…
Tue Jul 12
Seven University of Central Florida graduate students are currently interning at Adobe and 3M, among other leading employers thanks to fellowships supported by the National Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering Fellowship (GEM) program. The GEM program began in 1976. The public-private partnership aims to connect students from underrepresented groups with the nation’s top employers…
Tue Jul 12
On a warm Saturday morning, a group of UCF students set out on a mile-long walk across the Mojave Desert to retrieve the rocket they launched at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry 51025 Competition. For some, the walk would have been a tiring trek. But for the Knights, this was a victory lap. They just…
Tue Jul 12
About 3,900 degrees will be conferred during UCF’s Summer 2022 commencement. Held in the Addition Financial Arena, summer commencement includes three separate ceremonies held Aug. 5-6. There will also be several photo-ops available for graduates Aug. 1-8 across main campus. For each of the ceremonies, graduates will dress in official UCF regalia, participate in the Pomp…
Tue Jul 12
Catherine Millwater has been dreaming of space long before arriving at UCF. In 2018, the eager 17-year-old reached out to UCF’s Planetary Sciences Group in hopes they had room for a high school student willing to learn how to be a researcher. Spoiler alert: They did. Millwater, who expects to graduate from UCF in May…
Tue Jul 12
Three undergraduate students at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences have been selected to present their health disparities research at the International AIDS Conference in Montreal, Canada, July 29-August 2. The conference is the largest and most prestigious HIV/AIDS research conference in the world and will feature infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci as the keynote speaker. The students,…
Thu Jul 7
expanding on its mission as a Hispanic Serving Institution to support Latina/o/x students, UCF has joined a national partnership leading to $50,000 in grant support to provide learning resources for current students and recent alums. The program will serve students of all backgrounds, with an intentional emphasis on ensuring equitable outcomes for Hispanic students .…
Thu Jul 7
Five College of Medicine students are among 17 recognized nationally for their efforts to increase the diversity in medicine. Yamilet Gonzalez, Etta Conteh, Muneeza Rashid, Ana Carrazana, Hannah Wilson and Anela Carrazana were named 2022 Gold Student Summer Fellows for leading the Medical Enrichment for Diverse Students (M.E.D.S.) project that provides mentorship and clinical exposure…
Thu Jun 30
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) student, Jack Jordan has been awarded one of the 49 Legacy Scholarships established by the onePULSE Foundation for the Fall 2022 semester. The onePULSE Foundation was established “to create a sanctuary of hope” in the memory of the Pulse nightclub victims and survivors of the June 12, 2016 attack. In honor…
Tue Jun 28
UCF Women’s Golfer Jess Baker is the 119th Women’s Amateur Champion. The junior psychology major from Newcastle, England, took home first place at the “British Amateur” Saturday morning after a brilliant two rounds of match play golf in the final to fend off South Carolina’s Louise Rydqvist, accomplishing what no Knight before has ever done.…
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…
Thu Jun 16
Their backgrounds are vast – from a bartender to a former Miss Hawai’i to a U.S. Marine veteran and more. While some have always felt a calling to become a nurse, for others it was inspired by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This semester, these career changers are among the latest cohort of accelerated Second Degree BSN…
Thu Jun 9
Students gathered around computerized mannequin as monitors blared. The patient was non-responsive and in real time students had to re-position his bed, check his vitals and begin resuscitation as their instructor looked on. This recent College of Medicine simulation module was designed to give rising third-year students a place to learn what they may encounter…
Tue Jun 7
Advocating for inclusion and researching civil-military relations are just a few of the things Salah Ben Hammou does in the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs. The Security Students Ph.D. student became interested in politics at the age of 14 after observing the Arab Spring, a series of anti-government protests in the 2010s that spread…
Tue Jun 7
Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) student, Mary Farley is a recipient of the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program, Track 1 (SURF Fellow). Through this program, Farley will receive a $2000 scholarship for the Summer C term for her work on a research or creative project over the summer, from the UCF Office of Undergraduate…
Thu Jun 2
UCF computer programming students were among the winners of the prestigious North America Championship round of the 2022 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) at the University of Central Florida over Memorial Day weekend, beating dozens of the top teams on the continent to take seventh place and advance to the World Finals. This is the…
Thu Jun 2
Since their founding in the early-to-mid- 1900s, Black Greek organizations have provided a source of community while aiming to help others as much as they benefit their own members. These organizations boast members who have left a mark on the world, such as television broadcaster Spencer Christian, Olympic silver medalist Maritza Correia McClendon, current U.S.…
Thu Jun 2
Students in the master of athletic training program teamed up with licensed athletic trainers in the community for a hyper-realistic emergency training simulation event to enhance their first responder skills. With more catastrophic events occurring at mass gatherings like sporting events, ATs are among the first responders who provide life-saving care. The event was in partnership with…
Tue May 31
Lovers of new theatre and classics alike will appreciate UCF’s Pegasus PlayLab, a festival dedicated to developing plays by emerging playwrights. Over the course of four weeks – May 28-June 18 – audiences can attend three staged readings or “workshops”, experience a full production of a new play first workshopped at Orlando Shakes’ PlayFest 2021, and…