19+ Events UCF is Hosting for Homecoming 2022
Wed Oct 12
Homecoming Week returns this fall to bring together Knight Nation for some of the most exciting and memorable events of the year. The celebration takes place Oct. 22-29 and includes events for UCF Alumni and events at the main and UCF Downtown campuses. To attend Concert Knight and Comedy Knight, students must secure tickets during…
UCF Forms Multidisciplinary Team to Create Undergraduate Program to Address Gulf Coast Challenges
Wed Oct 12
The University of Central Florida is among six schools selected by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) for its second funded cohort of the Gulf Scholars Program (GSP). This initiative will engage undergraduate students from any major on campus in addressing the most critical problems facing the Gulf of…
UCF Podcast: Destigmatizing Mental Health, Improving Education for Professionals
Wed Oct 12
Season three of Knights Do That, UCF’s official podcast, returns with its fifth guest, double Knight Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD, an associate lecturer in UCF’s Department of Counselor Education and School Psychology. As an Uzbekistan native who speaks Russian and is a mental health counselor with nearly 40 years of experience, Hundley has stepped up…
Supporting Hispanic Nurse Practitioners and the Health of Diverse Communities
Thu Oct 6
The Hispanic and Latinx population continues to grow, and so do the healthcare disparities these communities face. Hispanic Heritage Month serves as a reminder of the importance of a diverse nursing workforce who understand these healthcare challenges and are uniquely positioned to help address them. That’s why alumna Veronica Sampayo ’13 established the Clinician Life Scholarship in…
SVAD Alumni Explore the Post-Immigration Experience in Maitland Art Center Exhibition
Thu Oct 6
With an international population of over 3,000, many UCF students are familiar with the cultural challenges faced after moving to the United States. More have parents who made a similar journey. But the feeling this creates of being between cultures, and often between identities, isn’t always openly discussed. Mär Martinez ’20, Leo Cordovi ’19 and MJ…
Meow Wolf Partners with UCF Themed Experience for Writer’s Workshop
Thu Oct 6
in UCF’s themed experience graduate programs, strange new worlds are imagined every day. But it’s not every day that students get to explore them with Meow Wolf, a world leader in the creation of mind-bending, interactive art environments. During the Fall 2022 semester, Meow Wolf is partnering with UCF’s themed experience master’s programs for the UCF/Meow Wolf…
Supporting Our Community After Hurricane Ian
Thu Oct 6
Since Hurricane Ian impacted Florida, the UCF immediately began working with students and employees to help provide support to them through this difficult time. Our approach has been to provide one-on-one support to ensure students and employees are being connected to campus and community resources based on their needs. Steps we have taken include: Dedicated,…
Connecting Diversity Through Creativity: A Q&A With UCF’s Victor Davila
Wed Oct 5
Victor Davila is an illustrator and designer from the Orlando area who teaches illustration and design as an associate professor at UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design. He has worked on everything from character designs and storyboards for animation to editorial illustrations, interactive games, and children’s books. Davila is also the founder of the…
UCF Student Serving Survivors of Genocidal Violence
Tue Oct 4
Sinjar Academy, based in the Sinjar region of Northern Iraq, provides educational services to Yezidis and other minorities affected from the 2014 genocide. It is a community that emerged from a grassroot organization aiming to help students develop different skills via various courses: computer programming, filming, transitional justice, and their most recent and ambitious one, the…
In Memoriam: Emerita Mary Van Hook’s Rural to Global Social Work Legacy
Tue Oct 4
Mary Van Hook, an Emerita faculty from the UCF School of Social Work, believed in demonstrating goodwill through her actions. While at UCF, she published many journal articles and books as she educated students to become social work professionals. Though she retired from UCF in 2006 , Van Hook continued to volunteer in the community until…
Leadership Changes Mark Transition for UCF’s Office Of Research, College of Graduate Studies
Tue Oct 4
UCF’s separation of research and graduate studies will lead to two leadership changes this week as we move forward in elevating research and graduate programs in alignment with our new strategic plan. I have appointed Dr. Winston Schoenfeld, associate vice president for Research, as interim vice president for Research, effective Friday, Oct. 7. Dr. Schoenfeld,…
For Faculty: Please Aid Students with Hardships from Hurricane Ian
Mon Oct 3
As UCF resumes classes and campus operations tomorrow, I urge you to actively support students who may be facing hardships from Ian that affect their ability to engage as usual with their courses. Please consider postponing assignments, exams and due dates in your classes for a week or two to help those students most directly impacted…
Faculty Updates on Hurricane Ian and Game Day
Fri Sep 30
As we communicated earlier today, UCF will reopen for classes and normal operations on Monday, Oct. 3. Classes remain canceled through Saturday, Oct. 1, and no homework should be assigned or required to be submitted by any student until classes resume on Monday. Your classes should resume as usual if possible. However, I know that…
Hurricane Ian Updates
Thu Sep 29
Classes on Saturday, Oct. 1, are canceled. We know many in our community are feeling the storm’s effects, and we want all of our Knights to be as safe as possible. The university is reviewing our timeline for resuming critical operations, and we will provide additional updates on Friday, Sept. 30, about our reopening plans.…
Important Faculty Updates on Hurricane Ian
Tue Sep 27
As preparations continue for Hurricane Ian’s arrival, please remember that classes are canceled starting tomorrow (Sept. 28) through Friday. No homework should be assigned or required to be submitted during this time. Also, please do not come to campus when operations are suspended (as of now, Wednesday through Friday). UCF labs and campus buildings will be…
Research Labs Closing Procedures for Hurricane Ian
Tue Sep 27
Dear UCF Faculty and Staff: As the State of Florida and UCF prepare for the potential impact of Hurricane Ian this week, please be reminded that it is the responsibility of each Department to take protective actions in their own laboratories to safeguard people, research, labs, and buildings. Please do your part in assisting UCF…
How Three Theatre UCF Alumni Are Fostering Theatrical Diversity
Thu Sep 22
Three Theatre UCF alumni are working together to realize their shared goal. With the help of a partnership with Orlando Repertory Theatre, their goal of seeing more on-stage diversity is coming to fruition. The Orlando Sentinel discusses how the group has learned so much since their first production. The MAC Boys, the presenting group formed by UCF…
3 UCF Students Support Military Through 2022 X-Force Fellowships
Thu Sep 22
three UCF students spent the summer engineering new ideas to support the military through the highly competitive National Security Innovation Network X-Force Fellowship. Through the fellowship, students are paired with a military sponsor to work on a mission-focused project that solves real-world national security issues. Out of 600 applicants, UCF’s Patrick Borgman, Amy Lebanoff ’20…
Hurricane Maria: 5 Years Later
Thu Sep 22
On Sept. 20 a dozen UCF students and faculty came together one of the most iconic gathering spaces on campus: the Student Union. Everyone brought something to share. Music. Dominoes. Letters to their loved ones. Memories. “It’s just like we do in Puerto Rico,” says health science major Victoria Hernandez-Cruz. “This is a way we…
Researchers Validate Long-Lasting Anti-Virus Disinfectant
Thu Sep 22
A team of UCF researchers, which includes Dr. Griff Parks, College of Medicine virologist and director of the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Sudipta Seal, chair of UCF’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, have designed a long-lasting disinfectant, able to kill several serious viruses including SARS and Zika. The results of their…
