UCF Recognizes Nine Top Faculty at 2024 Luminary Awards
The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and in their respective fields...
New $1.2M Department of Education Funded Project to Help UCF Graduate More Special Education Teachers
To help address the teacher shortage, the funding will support 40 educators earning master’s degrees at UCF over the next five years, with the first...
Reading Education Assistant Professor Receives Emerging Leader Award
The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education honored Earlisha Whitfield with the Emerging Leader Award at the National Technology Leadership Summit...
UCF Teacher Education Alumna Dreams Big, Launches Career in Social Studies Education
A lifelong love of teaching coupled with her experience at UCF has led Mariana Espinosa ’24 to a newly minted career in education...
13 Knights Recognized Among OBJ’s 40 Under 40 for 2024
The 13 Knights recognized by Orlando Business Journal are making an impact in their respective industries across Orlando...
Order of Pegasus Winner Strives for Excellence to Give Back to Her Students
Nisha Phillip-Malahoo, a Noyce Fellow, says the reward she feels from being a teacher empowers her every day...
Solving the Shortage
Through collaboration, innovation and federal funding, UCF is developing new solutions to meet Florida’s demand for educators...
UCF Graduate Programs Reach New Heights in U.S. News Rankings Through Research Excellence, Impactful Community Engagement
UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 1 in the nation, and programs in education and public affairs climbed in U.S. News & World Report’s Best...
Could AI Save Education?
For insight into the real potential and real fears of artificial intelligence in education, we turn to Kristal Ayres ’92MEd, an educator who is now...
53 Faculty Scholars Honored at 4th Biennial Faculty Authors’ Celebration
This year’s celebration recognized faculty from across eight colleges, the library and the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning...
UCF Graduate Scholars to Teach Students with High-intensity Needs in Language, Literacy
A specially developed graduate certificate program is preparing health and education students at UCF for roles as intervention specialists in local schools...
Quality and Flexibility: UCF Online Programs Rank Among Top 10 in Nation by U.S. News for 2024
Rising in the national rankings, UCF’s faculty-led, innovative online programs position students for success...
Hands-on Art Education Classes Prepare Students to Work with Children
In Debra McGann’s art classes, students learn how to teach K-12 art by engaging in some of the activities themselves...
Exceptional Education Doctoral Candidate to Publish in Prominent Teacher Education Journal
Tahnee Wilder was selected to co-author a manuscript to appear in one of the Journal of Teacher Education’s special anniversary issues...
Overseas Student Teaching Opportunities Coming to the School of Teacher Education
UCF’s School of Teacher Education was accepted into the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching, which places students in 16 different countries...
UCF Doctoral Graduate Aims to Support Exceptional Education Teachers, Students with STEM Education Accessibility
Fueled by her own experience, Shalece Kohnke is determined to help close the achievement gap between students with and without learning disabilities...
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...
Teacher Education Associate Professor Receives Fulbright Award to Teach and Study in Spain
Michele Regalla will be taking UCF’s best practices for second-language education abroad – and bringing back new strategies to implement at home...
Today’s Lesson: The Gift of Failure
Teaching grade-school basics to the next generation of dreamers and doers has always been one of Peyton Giessuebel ’18 ’21MEd’s life goals...
UCF Graduate Programs Climb in U.S. News Rankings, Highlighting Research Excellence and Community Impact
UCF’s emergency management program ranks No. 2 in the country, and graduate programs in education, engineering and nursing climbed in this year’s U.S. News &...
UCF Teacher Education Students Sign On with Orange County Public Schools Through Partnership Program
Nearly two dozen teacher education students recently signed letters of intent declaring their acceptance of teaching positions with Teacher Quality Partnerships program partner schools. ...
Teacher Education Students Offered World Languages Immersive Experience in Costa Rica
UCF School of Teacher Education students have the opportunity to work with English-learning students in Costa Rica while experiencing the challenges they face in their...
Advanced Air Mobility Conference Takes Flight at UCF
The NSF-funded conference on Friday will explore how laws could lift or ground the use of autonomous, uncrewed aircraft to move people and goods...
UCF Researchers Receive $2.6 Million Grant to Equip English-learner Educators, Students for Success
The federal funding will allow the team to implement a three-pronged, research-backed approach to bolster English learners’ academic success and family and community involvement...
New $1.25 Million UCF Project Addresses State’s Critical Shortage of Special Education Teachers, School Psychologists
Project CENTRAL is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and will help educators in the state receive enhanced education and...
Doctoral Fulbright Scholar, Mother’s Research Will Help English Teachers Worldwide
Indonesia native Boniesta Melani’s academic journey will help the next generation of English learners and inspire others to pursue their dreams despite all odds...
UCF, OCPS Receive National Award for Teacher Preparation and Leadership Partnership
The program was one of only two of its kind to receive the Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact award at the Council for the...
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 to extend UCF’s mission to...
24 Faculty Members Receive Promotion
Two dozen faculty members from the College of Community Innovation and Education were approved for promotion effective Aug. 8...
Former Foster Care Child, Now Mother of 3 Reaches Goal of Becoming Teacher
Recent spring graduate Jeanette Marie Reynoso shares her unlikely path to achieving her dream...