-
Alumnus and Student Head to White House
Congratulations to two Political Science students, who were accepted into the White House Internship Program. Ida Eskamani graduated in Spring 2012 with a double major in Political Science and Sociology and Nick Oscheneek is a Political Science major, who is expected to graduate in Fall 2013.
-
FREE Princeton Review or Kaplan Test Prep Course
The Office of Pre-Professional Advising (OPPA) at the University of Central Florida has a total of 15 Princeton Review and Kaplan test prep course scholarships available to UCF students. Each scholarship covers the ENTIRE cost of a Kaplan or Princeton Review test preparation course.* Certificates will be awarded on the basis of academic achievement, financial […]
-
Professor Honored for Helping Homeless
UCF sociology professor Jim Wright was recently honored for “nine years of dedicated service” to the Board of Directors of the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. Wright served three consecutive three-year terms on the Board (the maximum allowed under Board bylaws) between 2003 and 2012, during which time he served as Chair of […]
-
Mike Meeske R-TV Scholarship Recipient Announced
R-TV faculty selected Maria LoPorto as the recipient of the $1,000 Mike Meeske Scholarship. Maria is being recognized for her outstanding work in academics and for her commitment to electronic media as an R-TV undergraduate student. The award was made possible by the Mike Meeske R-TV Scholarship fund, which was established in honor of the […]
-
Scholarship: Florida Gubernatorial Fellowship
Governor Rick Scott invites college and university students to apply for the 2013-2014 Gubernatorial Fellows Program. Participation in the program provides Florida college and university students with firsthand, high-level experience and insight into how state government operates. Established in 2004, and endowed by Al and Dawn Hoffman in 2005, the program gives Florida college and […]
-
Dr. Miller Among Women Authors Being Celebrated
Nicholson School of Communication Associate Professor Dr. Ann Miller was honored at an event celebrating UCF Women Faculty Book Authors. The ceremony was hosted by the UCF Center for Success of Women Faculty. The event highlighted women faculty who have published books of fiction, non-fiction, or textbooks for national distribution within the past three years. Miller was […]
-
Journalism Students Recognized in the Industry
The new year brought good news to two Nicholson School Journalism students who landed national recognition from prestigious organizations in their field. Laura Newberry was selected to receive a Pulliam Journalism Fellowship, which is underwritten by the Gannett Co., publisher of USA Today. As a Pulliam Fellow, she will work as a paid general assignment […]
-
Florida Universities Generate Most Patents in Florida
The Florida State University System generates more patents than other entity in the state of Florida. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued over 800 patents to the State University System in the past five years. The University of Central Florida ranked second, first place went to the University of South Florida, with 236 […]
-
Alumnus Receives Top Award
Northrop Grumman employee and UCF alumnus, Omar Thompson, ’01, received a Special Recognition award at the annual Black Engineer of the Year Award STEM Global Competitiveness Conference held Feb. 7-9 in Washington, D.C. BEYA acknowledges excellence in accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Award recipients were recognized for their dedication to community […]
-
Sociology Student Named Researcher of the Month
Congratulations to Sociology major Emmanuel Jackson, the Undergraduate Researcher of the Month, for his project “Blending In: The Presentation of Self among Homeless Men in a Gentrifying Environment.” UCF Sociology Professor Dr. Amy Donley was Jackson’s mentor. Dr. Donley is currently working on several applied sociology projects including a multi-year evaluation of the Orlando Housing Authority’s Moving […]
-
Professor Named Mentor of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Donley on receiving the 2013 UCF Black Faculty and Staff Association Mentor of the Year Award. Dr. Amy Donley is an Instructor in the Sociology department and the Associate Director of the Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences. At ISBS she is currently working on several applied sociology projects including a multi-year […]
-
Order of Pegasus Class of 2013
The UCF committee has announced the Order of Pegasus Class of 2013 and 19 students were inducted from 86 nominations. The students selected include nine LEAD Scholars, nine PLC members, seven Honors students, five SGA members and two student-athletes. College of Sciences students include Kaitlyn Chana (NSC), Raven Cokley (Psychology), Ashley Jaramillo (NSC) and Kayli […]
-
Students Win International Award
Students from UCF’s Department of Psychology recently were awarded the “Best in Show” Award for a game designed to help children with a social anxiety disorder. The award was given at the 3rd Annual Serious Games and Virtual Environments Showcase, part of the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare. Lift-Off! is a game designed to […]
-
Students wins $5,000 scholarship in tweeting competition
UCF journalism major Samantha Lena Rosenthal is one of five recipients of a national $5,000 scholarship from the prestigious First Amendment Center as part of its recent “Free to Tweet” competition. During a 15-day online celebration of First Amendment rights, high school and college students nationwide can win one of five $5,000 scholarships through the “Free to […]
-
Volunteers earn Presidential Honor for UCF
The University of Central Florida has earned the top U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award for 2011-2012, the only university in the nation to receive the honor. The gold award is given to organizations that provide at least 15,000 volunteer hours a year to Junior Achievement projects. UCF volunteers more than doubled that mark by donating […]
-
Founders’ Day Honors Convocation 2013
The annual Founders’ Day Honors Convocation will be held beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in the Pegasus Ballroom at the Student Union. We will recognize faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, advising, research, professional service, and librarianship. We will also recognize those members of our faculty who have completed […]
-
Fellowships available with Global Perspectives Office
Fellowships are offered during the Fall and Spring semesters, with certain fellowships only being offered once a year. While most fellowships are offered exclusively to UCF students, some are also available to students from other Central Florida colleges, such as the Pritchard, Bok and Cousteau fellowships. Each fellowship provides a stipend. Fellowship students are responsible […]
-
Six UCF students win Public Anthropology Awards
Six UCF students, Scott Vogelpohl, Kelsey Chantry, Daniel Londono, Rebecca Young, J. Hemingway and Jeffrey Endriss, won Public Anthropology Awards when the participated in a North American essay competition involving over 3,600 students from 25 schools. To read their award-winning opinion pieces, please click here. All six winners are students of Dr. Joanna Mishtal, who is an […]
-
Professor’s research earns prize in international competition
Dr. Kimiko Akita, earned second prize for her co-authored research paper in the plenary interactive poster session at the International Communication Association convention in May in Phoenix, Arizona. The paper, “State and Shinto: Spanning the history of the secularized scripture,” was among 108 posters accepted to the competition and ranked first in ICA’s Communication History Division. […]
-
Kiplinger’s names UCF a ‘best value’ education
The University of Central Florida today was named by Kiplinger’smagazine as one of the nation’s 100 best values among public colleges and universities, the third consecutive year UCF has made the list. UCF placed 42nd in the annual compilation, which ranks institutions based on academic quality, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and graduation rates in […]
-
COS professors win ISS research competition
Professors and researchers from the UCF Physics and Planetary Sciences department are winners of the International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition. Dr. Josh Colwell, Dr. Adrianne Dove and Dr. Todd Bradley made up one of the eight winning teams with their proposal entitled, “Collisional Evolution of Particles and Aggregates in Microgravity”. A team of 15 independent judges […]
-
Eradicating space dust and saving sea turtles get boost from space agency
Teams working on a wide range of innovative research and technology development, including work that may lead to new techniques for keeping alien dust from clogging up sensitive space instruments and work on new satellite tracking systems to help track endangered sea turtles recently got a financial boost courtesy of the Florida Space Institute. In […]
-
NSC advisor honored with prestigious advising award
Nicholson School of Communication (NSC) advisor, Laurel Anderson, was awarded the 2012 Dr. Judith Sindlinger Outstanding New Advisor Award. The ceremony took place on Dec. 13, 2012 and the awards namesake, Dr. Judith Sindlinger, presented the award to Anderson. As the award winner, she is automatically elected as UCF’s nominee for the National Academic Advising […]
-
American Association for Advancement of Science honors COS professors
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is honoring five University of Central Florida professors with specialties in everything from archaeology to engineering for their significant contributions to their perspective fields. “These individuals have been elevated to this rank because of their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished,” […]
-
Biology student wins research awards at national conference
UCF Biology student Sara Bolivar Wagers recently attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students where she presented her research in a poster display. Judges were extremely interested in her work and Wagers left with two awards – First Place for Behavioral Sciences and Public Health and First Place for Interdisciplinary Studies. Now in […]
-
2012 College of Sciences Rising Star Award
The 2012 College of Sciences Rising Star Award winner is Lauren Black, ’09, who was honored at the Black and Gold Gala hosted by the UCF Alumni Association during the 2012 Homecoming week. Black runs the popular website Country Music is Love, which she started when she was still finishing her Radio-Television classes in the Nicholson School of Communication. The site […]
-
2012 College of Sciences Professional Achievement Award Winner
The 2012 College of Sciences Professional Achievement Award Winner is Douglas Dew, ’84, who was honored at the Black and Gold Gala hosted by the UCF Alumni Association during the 2012 Homecoming week. “I think the importance of science in education, especially at the undergraduate level, is to get that basic understanding of different areas,” Dew […]
-
Communication professor receives Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling grant
UCF Communication Assistant Professor Dr. Lindsay Neuberger recently received a grant from the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling Inc. to conduct research on problem gambling behaviors among college students. She will be working with graduate students to develop moderator guides and conduct focus groups at universities across the state. These focus group discussions will evaluate gambling […]
-
Biology student wins award for medicinal plants research
A UCF College of Sciences undergraduate student, Jessica Pirkey, recently traveled to the 4th International Conference on Medicinal Plants & Herbal Products during this weekend at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland. Pirkey, participated in the conference and presented her research, which won the “Best Student Poster Award.” Her research, under the guidance of UCF Biology Instructor Dr.Rani Vajravelu, focuses on testing […]
-
UCF professor receives Benton H. Box Award
CLEMSON, S.C. — Reed Noss, provost’s Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Central Florida and president of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science, was among three individuals recognized at the annual George B. Hartzog Jr. luncheon held at Clemson University Oct. 30. The annual program recognizes exemplary leadership in addressing environmental issues and concerns […]