UCF Alum Named Assistant Director of U.S. Secret Service Office of Investigations
David Smith ’98 ’00MPA has held numerous roles with the U.S. Secret Service over his nearly 21-year career...
Graduating Nonprofit Management Student Gives Back by Establishing New Scholarship
Sean Farrell and his wife, Valerie, created the Farrell Nonprofit Opportunity Scholarship to help undergraduate nonprofit management students...
UCF Names 2022’s 30 Under 30 Alumni Award Winners
This year’s honorees are scheduled to be recognized at a celebratory event May 21...
UCF Alum Founds Nonprofit to Assist Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth
Austin Rivers ’20MPA, who was recently featured on the The Kelly Clarkson Show, created Knit the Rainbow to provide handmade knitted and crocheted winter garments to help keep the at-risk...
Knights at Work Downtown: Legal Studies Students Share Insights from Internships
UCF Downtown had the opportunity to speak to three students that were able to gain internships even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and are now putting the skills they learned both...
UCF PedsAcademy: Reading Aloud to Therapy Dogs Helps Patients, Young Readers Build Confidence
UCF PedsAcademy, a pediatric school program, has partnered with READing Paws to inspire a love of reading in patients at Nemours Children’s Hospital...
UCF Remembers Pulse 5 Years Later
UCF gathered to pay tribute to the 49, especially Eternal Knights Juan Ramon Guerrero and Christopher Andrew “Drew” Leinonen ’07 ’09MA...
2 Alumni Team Up to Spread Inclusion, Diversity
Nicole Warren and Andrea Piazza co-founded Inclusive Impact Initiative, which aims to educate the public about inclusivity...
Here’s What I Learned After 30+ Years of Teaching
Colleen Thrailkill ’99EdD shares wisdom from her new book, The Value of Rotting Pumpkins: The Art of Teaching Elementary School, and how we can better appreciate our teachers today...
UCF Names 30 Under 30 Alumni Award Winners
The 2021 class is scheduled to be honored in a celebratory event later this spring...
How a UCF Alum Helped a Presidential Election Campaign
David Mariutto '12 spent the past six months working on a mail targeting program for a presidential election campaign from his family’s house in Plantation, Florida...
Lessons in Motherhood and Teaching
Having a son midway through her degree helped Lindsey Palm learn to roll with the punches — a skill that has benefited the elementary education student both during the pandemic...
Championing a More Walkable Central Florida
This alumni is the executive director Bike/Walk Central Florida, where she builds on the skills and experiences she gained while at UCF...
Public Administration Alum Helps Orange County Fight COVID-19
Orange County's procurement division might work behind the scenes, but Carrie Mathes and her team help the government run...
UCF Alumnae Teach Coping Skills during COVID-19 Pandemic
Mental health professionals share tips for dealing with stress during coronavirus precautions...