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3 UCF Faculty Honored as New Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

Three faculty members at the University of Central Florida’s College of Nursing have been inducted as fellows of the prestigious American Academy of Nursing, an honor given to highly distinguished nurse leaders. The UCF honorees in the 2019 class of fellows are: Christopher W. Blackwell Annette Bourgault Victoria Loerzel Each was selected for their significant contributions to…

Helping Young Stroke Survivors

Ray Forsythe refers to the moment on Easter morning, 2015, when the challenges of surviving a stroke first truly dawned on him, as “the incident.” “Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine someone like me being called ‘a stroke survivor.’”— Former UCF offensive lineman Ray Forsythe Two months earlier, the former UCF offensive lineman,…

National Women’s Health Researcher Appointed Associate Dean, Endowed Chair

Carmen Giurgescu, PhD, RN, FAAN Carmen Giurgescu, a national certified women’s health nurse practitioner with nearly two decades of clinical experience and 14 years of research in the field, has recently joined the UCF College of Nursing as the new Associate Dean of Research and Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing, after an extensive national…

UCF Names Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning

UCF’s next vice provost for Teaching and Learning and dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies is an accomplished administrator, researcher and author. Theodorea Regina Berry joins UCF on Jan. 2 from San Jose State University. She currently serves as a professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies in the College of…