UCF Center’s Capacity-Building, Financial-Management Seminars Prepare Local Nonprofits for Sustainability
The Center for Public and Nonprofit Management has equipped professionals representing 55 Central Florida nonprofits with essential resources and skills...
Five Minutes with a UCF Research Administrator
Erin Blackwell, Associate Director for the Research Administration Services Team in the College of Community Innovation and Education, shares how...
Emergency Management Professional Joins UCF as Practitioner-in-Residence
With over a decade of academic and professional experience in the field himself, Romeo Lavarias is ready to help prepare...
UCF Students Help Distribute Donor Funding via Collaborative Philanthropy Project
Through extensive research and mentorship, UCF students recently helped the Central Florida Foundation identify local nonprofits with projects in need...
Urban Planning Field Work Provides Hands-on Experience for Students
Students in the most recent urban and regional planning master’s capstone course took innovative learning to the next level through...
Retired Police Chief, Public Administration Alum Models Community Engagement
After retiring from more than 38 years in law enforcement, former police chief Doug Muldoon ‘91 now helps build community...
Pegasus Professor Returns from Fulbright Specialist Trip to Kazakhstan
During his recent visit, Naim Kapucu spent three weeks lending his expertise and building a relationship between UCF and Nazarbayev...
UCF Doctoral Student Earns American Society for Public Administration Fellowship
Kathryn Hickey is one of 20 in the country named 2024 Founders’ Fellow, a competitive honor for rising professionals...
Meet UCF’s 2024 Pegasus Professors Who Make a Global Impact
The latest honorees — international experts in public administration, medicine and computer science — join the prestigious group of those...
Emergency Management Master’s Student Funds Endowment to Grow the Program
Travis Leslie ’16MS hasn’t finished his second master’s degree yet, but the program’s significant impact on him spurred his desire...
UCF Research Team Moves to Build Mobile Resilience Hubs for Local Neighborhoods
The team, led by Kelly Stevens, will take its designs and data from Phase 1 of the project and implement...
What Is Public Death Care?: UCF Expert Provides Insight
Professor Staci Zavattaro’s research pulls back the curtain from the world of public death care and sheds light on the...
Emergency Management Student Interns in Local Emergency Operations Center During Hurricane Idalia
Hillarie Burgess’ internship experience progressed more quickly than most when she was thrust into a full emergency activation during her...
UCF Public Administration Professor Named National Academy of Public Administration Fellow
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq will be the fourth faculty member in the school to join the organization’s ranks as a 2023 Academy...
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...
UCF Center Aids Local Nonprofit Organizations Through Capacity-Building Opportunities
Thirty-six Orange County nonprofit professionals benefited from the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management’s latest capacity-building workshop series...
UCF Emergency Management Alumna Brings Local Experience to Capitol Hill
Lauren Gros ’22MECM helps shape emergency management policy for Congress and says her time as a Knight made it possible...
Two UCF Doctoral Students Receive American Society for Public Administration Founders’ Fellowship
Ruth Kessa and Ratna Okhai are among nearly two dozen students and young professionals to receive the year-long fellowship for...
UCF Student Secures $1.5 Million For Local Nonprofit With Grant Application From Class
Melissa Longman’s project as part of her nonprofit management coursework minted tangible results far beyond her initial expectations...
UCF Researchers Collect Critical High-water Mark Data Following Hurricane Ian
Emergency management professionals are already reaping the benefits of the team’s labor, as their data will become part of the...
School of Public Administration Professor Receives Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship
Staci Zavattaro will serve as a research fellow through August 2023. ...
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 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 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...
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...
As Hurricane Season Kicks Off, UCF Researchers Working to Make Communities More Resilient
More than a dozen researchers are working on a wide variety of research that looks to prepare, respond, and mitigate...
New Tool from UCF-led Team Shows Homeowners and Renters the True Cost of Disasters
The tool can provide disaster readiness reports for 13.3 million addresses in 196 counties along the Gulf of Mexico —...
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 Reach for the Stars 2022 Honorees Are Pioneers in Their Fields of Study
From creating resilient communities that can withstand natural disasters to educating the public through fiction that explains real science, this...
Celebrating 10 Years of UCF’s Research Administration Program
The School of Public Administration looks back on – and ahead to – the success of one of UCF’s graduate...