UCF Alum Sworn in as New Orlando Police Chief
Eric Smith ’93 graduated with a degree in criminal justice and has worked at the Orlando Police Department for nearly ...
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 ...
School of Public Administration Professor Receives Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship
Staci Zavattaro will serve as a research fellow through August 2023. ...
College of Community Innovation and Education’s New Dean Shares Excitement for Return to UCF
Grant Hayes, who previously spent 17 years at UCF, is once again a Knight after seven years in leadership at ...
Introducing New Faculty
Thirteen new faculty members join the College of Community Innovation and Education this fall ...
UCF Alumni Announces 2022 Shining Knights Award Winners
The honors include the Michelle Akers Award, Distinguished Alumni, Honorary Alumni, Young Alumni, Distinguished Student and the Champion’s Award ...
USTA Partners with UCF for Inaugural Adaptive Tennis Event
Many of the participants hailed from UCF’s Inclusive Education Services program, but participants of all ages and abilities joined volunteers ...
New Undergraduate Social Work and the Law Certificate Provides Insight into How Two Disciplines Support Mutual Goals
The certificate will provide undergraduate students an understanding of the intersection between social work and the law in order to ...
UCF Counselor Education Doctoral Graduate Achieves Triple Knight Status
After 10 years working in the field, Sarah Mendoza ’06 ’09MA returned to UCF to get her doctorate and become ...
Public Affairs Doctoral Student Awarded Fellowship for Hispaniola Dissertation Research
As a Mellon Fellow, Ruth Kessa will receive financial, technical and mentorship support to aid in her dissertation research ...
UCF Global Health Management and Informatics Professor Becomes American College of Healthcare Executives Fellow
Su-I Hou’s newly minted status as ACHE Fellow marks the highest standard of professional development in the field of healthcare ...
UCF Public Administration Assistant Professor Named National Center for Atmospheric Research Early Career Faculty Innovator
Yue ‘Gurt’ Ge will be studying how partnerships between weather forecasters and critical infrastructure operators can enhance systems’ resilience to ...
UCF’s Inclusive Education Services Moves to Toni Jennings Exceptional Education Institute
The institute hopes the transition will help catalyze expansion of the IES program and the opportunities available to the students ...
UCF Associate Professor Receives Award for Exceptional Emergency Management Education
Knox received the Kay C. Goss Innovation & Technology Award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during its annual higher ...
World Uniters: Five Knights Receive 2022 Fulbright Awards
Five Fulbright recipients are about to spread out around the globe to close gaps in learning and languages — and ...
