UCF Emergency Management Program Paves the Way for Alum’s Lockheed Martin Career
Fueled by a lifelong drive to help people, Ron Hawks ’12 recalls his journey from campus to corporate leadership...
UCF Student Graduates at 18 with Plans to Become a Doctor
School of Global Health Management and Informatics student Venerina Costanza has always desired to help people, and she’s already started her own nonprofit to do so...
A Year of Fulbright Honors for UCF
These recent UCF graduates are landing in big cities and rural areas around the world to open cultural doors through the U.S. government’s most prestigious academic exchange program...
Crime Scene Confidential: UCF Alum Finds Her Purpose Through This First-of-its-kind Investigative TV Show
Alina Burroughs ’00 ’02MS uses forensics and raw evidence to shed new light on cases long overdue for justice...
UCF Alumna, Local Nonprofit Leader Pursuing Doctorate in Public Affairs
Nina Yon ’90 ’16MNM, president and CEO of The Sharing Center, hopes her doctoral studies will bridge the academic-practitioner gap to the benefit of the community she serves...
Ahead of the Curve: Criminal Justice Student Graduates at 18
Years ahead of her peers, Rhen Myers ’23 is getting a head start on pursuing her goal of working in public service...
UCF Early Childhood Development Alum, Former PedsAcademy Intern Pursues Career as Child Life Specialist
A pediatric cancer survivor himself, Carlos Aleman ’23 has gone from PedsAcademy intern to child life gaming and technology specialist at Nemours Children’s Hospital...
UCF Alumna Named First Hispanic Superintendent of Orange County Public Schools
Maria Vazquez ’95MEd ’10EdD has served as the district’s deputy superintendent since 2018...
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...
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...
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...
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...