Student Who Never Missed Day of School Headed to UCF

Christina Monroe of South Broward High School, who plans to attend the University of Central Florida, was honored this week  by the Broward County School Board for having perfect attendance since kindergarten, nearly 2,340 days. She is considering a career in medicine or veterinary science. For the complete South Florida Sun-Sentinel story, click here.

  • EMBA Seat Auctioned Off to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida

    Chuck Hanus is not only going to help his career, he is going to help the children who belong to Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida. Hanus attended the Celebrate The Children 2012 Dinner & Auction and placed the winning bid for a seat in the UCF Executive MBA Program. His bid of $27,000 reserves a space [...]

  • Students Tug, Sink and Smash

     The RWC’s longest standing team event highlights RWC’s creativity in providing recreational programming for UCF students. Ready, set, sink! The Recreation and Wellness Center hosted RecFest XXII, an event in which 48 three-member co-ed teams competed in field-day  related games. The signature event was Battleship, an event held in the RWC lap pool where each [...]

  • Ehren Appointed Department Chair

    Barbara Ehren, professor of communication sciences and disorders and director of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ doctoral  program, has been appointed chair of the department effective     May 8. Ehren is a nationally recognized leader in language and literacy with a focus on adolescents. She has a special interest in working with states and school districts [...]

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  • Big Plans For Small Business Week

    The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UCF has planned several events to celebrate National Small Business Week May 20-26. Prior to the week-long celebration, the SBDC is hosting a luncheon and awards ceremony recognizing Small Business Administration Champions on May 15. The invitation-only event will feature remarks by CBA Interim Dean Foard Jones and SBDC Regional [...]

  • UCF Offers Young Science Whizzes Scholarships

    Hoping to encourage some of the nation’s most promising students to pursue science careers, the University of Central Florida is offering them scholarships worth up to $30,000. Hundreds of the nation’s most promising science students from all 50 states will be at UCF for the Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-19. The top winners [...]

  • New UCF Tech May Lead To Inexpensive Biofuel

    A University of Central Florida chemistry professor’s low-tech process for breaking down raw materials into sugar may be the linchpin for making low cost biofuels. Thor Renewable Energy Inc. has secured an exclusive license to the technology and plans to expand its commercial-scale biofuel production facilities to Florida’s Space Coast later this year. Richard Blair, [...]

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UCF Ombuds Office

Shreya Trivedi, the University of Central Florida Ombuds Officer, talks about the Ombuds Office.