Veteran Plans to Continue to Serve, This Time Through Medicine

Keith Connolly has spent his life serving his fellow man and being a bit of a daredevil. For nine years he served in the U.S. Navy, protecting Americans while driving submarines and then teaching others to do the same. Friday, he embarks on a new chapter in his life. Connolly joins his pioneering classmates as [...]

  • Larger than Life Generosity

    Millican Society donors were treated to an up-close-and-personal conversation with Dr. Deborah German, vice president for medical affairs and founding dean of the UCF College of Medicine last week at the medical campus at Lake Nona.  Named for UCF’s founding president, the Millican Society recognizes individuals who have made plans for the future of UCF [...]

  • Orlando Native Aspires to Return Home as Doctor or Med School Professor

    Sarina Amin was born and raised in Orlando. Her family is still here, and she missed the area when she left for college.  That’s a big reason why she took a chance on a new medical school four years ago. On Friday, May 17 she and 35 of her classmates will become the first class [...]

  • Our Diversity is What Will Drive New Levels of Excellence

    Diversity has changed and the face of America has changed. As a nation, we have to come to grips with the reality that our melting pot has never had so many ingredients mixed in – and we are never going back to what it used to be.  In the 2010 U.S. census, the under-18 population was [...]

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  • UCF Student Named Newman Civic Fellow

    A University of Central Florida student who has volunteered more than 600 hours to the community and who started his own program to tutor local kids in math has been honored for effecting positive change in the community. Heardley Murdock, a student in the Burnett Honors College, was recently honored with a Newman Civic Fellows [...]

  • Student Nurses Raise Almost $1,200 for Relay for Life

    The UCF Orlando Student Nurses Association Chapter and the Association of Pre-Nursing Students joined forces last weekend to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life event. Collectively the students raised $1,155 – surpassing their 2012 donation by nearly $400. The students achieved this by collecting online donations and by [...]

  • UCF Cocoa Nursing Students to Serve Homeless Veterans

    More than 50 College of Nursing students from UCF’s Cocoa campus are participating in the 18th Annual Homeless Veteran Stand Down event on Saturday, March 23 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the National Guard Armory on N. Fiske Avenue in Cocoa. The students, along with their community nursing instructors, will provide vital health [...]

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UCF Ombuds Office

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