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24 Students Honored as Order of Pegasus Recipients

UCF’s most prestigious student award is based on academic achievement, university involvement, leadership and community service...
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STEP Supports Freshman Teacher Candidates

Freshman education majors find community as they transition to the classroom...
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CPNM Welcomes International Visitor Leadership Program

The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) collaborated with the World Affairs Council of Central Florida, a network dedicated to educating and engaging Americans in international affairs and providing further education on global issues, to meet with a group of international nonprofit leaders...
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UCF Honors Faculty Authors for their Creativity and Scholarship

UCF’s second Authors Celebration recognizes 39 faculty from across seven colleges and the library...
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Education Programs Recognized for Reading Instruction

The National Council on Teacher Quality gives an ‘A’ to two UCF elementary education programs...
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Teaching Real-World Mathematics Through STEAM, Published in New Journal

Students engage with multiple disciplines while learning math and improving the lives of others...
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The Big Winner: UCF Alum Gains New Perspective on ‘The Biggest Loser’

Robert Richardson ’12 shares his experience with the revamped version of the hit series, which premieres Jan. 28 on USA Network...
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Class Project: A Gender Change Petition

A UCF instructor and her legal studies class are striving to help a Central Florida woman born intersex change her birth certificate...
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UCF Online Programs Rank Among Top 20 in Nation — Again

U.S. News & World Report continues to rank UCF’s undergraduate online programs among the best in the nation...
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98 Science and Math Teachers Earn Free Master’s Degrees

First group of local educators to graduate from UCF this week with tuition covered by Orange County Public Schools and Lockheed Martin...
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Generations of Mentorship Strengthen Criminal Justice Research and Impact

Criminal justice doctoral student Lucas Alward walked into Jill Viglione’s office with 15 research questions for his dissertation. Viglione, who is an assistant...
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Who, Me? A Philanthropist?

We must challenge the way people think about giving back to communities...
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Volunteering is Always in Season

Winter is a chance to reflect on the past year while spending time and sharing gifts with loved ones. Over the holidays, consider this as an opportunity to look into other forms of valuable giving — your time volunteering...
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Students Place in Criminal Justice Competitions, Meet Potential Employers

Criminal justice students put their classroom knowledge into practice at the American Criminal Justice Association Regional Conference in Tallahassee last month...
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Nonprofit Conference Encourages Community Engagement and Innovation

If you want to go far, go together. It is that sentiment etched in the wall of the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons at UCF Downtown, and it is the same sentiment that brought together over 100 nonprofit professionals, community members and representatives from UCF for the Community Partners Nonprofit Conference. Centered...
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Turning Point

Kevin Greene ’17 would be known to friends and family as a basketball player had it not been for one second in time. Now he’s much, much more...
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Neighbors, Candy and Costumes

For Halloween this year, children and families in the Parramore community joined us for the First Annual UCF Downtown Trick-or-Treat Spooktacular at the downtown campus...
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Learning to Thrive After Life Behind Bars

Criminal justice graduate is honored for overseeing a county program that provides a career path for people released from incarceration...
Roberto Potter

Potter to Lead UCF’s Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

The sociology professor also has a background working with Florida’s justice system and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Growing Your Own Teachers

Florida needs new teachers. According to the Florida Department of Education, critical teacher shortage areas for the 2019-20 school year include science, language arts, mathematics, reading and several other subjects...

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