{"id":14595,"date":"2015-12-17T11:26:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T16:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=14595"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:29:17","slug":"graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"COS Graduates Over 1,000 Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/Fall-2015-Graduation-picture-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14619\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/Fall-2015-Graduation-picture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fall 2015 Graduation picture 2\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/Fall-2015-Graduation-picture-2.jpg 333w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/Fall-2015-Graduation-picture-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/12\/Fall-2015-Graduation-picture-2-299x224.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a>More than 5,000 UCF students will\u00a0become alumKnights\u00a0during the fall commencement ceremonies this weekend. The university will award an estimated 5,168 degrees during the three ceremonies. That includes 4,405 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 657 master\u2019s degrees, four education specialist degrees, 12 educational doctoral degrees, 81 Ph.D.&#8217;s and nine Doctor of Nursing degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Sciences alone will have more than 1,000 students graduating this semester.<\/p>\n<p>With this week\u2019s graduations, UCF will have awarded more than 275,000 degrees since classes began in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremonies at CFE Arena are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 18 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/education.ucf.edu\/\">College of Education and Human Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cohpa.ucf.edu\/\">College of Health &amp; Public Affairs<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/hospitality.ucf.edu\/\">Rosen College of Hospitality Management<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cah.ucf.edu\/\">College of Arts &amp; Humanities<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graduate.ucf.edu\/\">College of Graduate Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.ucf.edu\/\">College of Nursing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cos.ucf.edu\/\">College of Sciences<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 for the <a href=\"http:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/\">College of Business Administration<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cecs.ucf.edu\/\">College of Engineering &amp; Computer Science<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/med.ucf.edu\/about\/\">College of Medicine<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/\">College of Optics &amp; Photonics<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doors open 90 minutes before the ceremonies begin, and graduates begin processing 20 minutes before the ceremonies, which are each expected to last about two hours.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker for the Friday morning ceremony will be <a href=\"https:\/\/cffound.org\/explore\/cff_people\/\">Mark Brewer<\/a>, the president and CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cffound.org\/\">Central Florida Foundation<\/a>, where he builds community partnerships that bring capital to innovative social initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker for the Friday afternoon ceremony will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/opinion\/os-nancy-meyer-bio-staff.html\">Nancy Meyer<\/a>, who has been the publisher and CEO of the <em>Orlando Sentinel<\/em> since October 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker for the Saturday ceremony will be <a href=\"http:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/person\/richard-lapchick\/\">Richard Lapchick<\/a>, the endowed chair and director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/devos\/\">DeVos Sport Business Management Program<\/a>\u00a0at the UCF College of Business Administration, and the president and CEO of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports.<\/p>\n<p>New UCF graduates can download <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/ucfalumni.com\/ucfgrad15coverphotos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook cover photos<\/a> showing their accomplishment from the UCF Alumni Association.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about commencement, visit:<a href=\"http:\/\/commencement.ucf.edu\/2015\/fall\"> http:\/\/commencement.ucf.edu\/2015\/fall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 5,000 UCF students will\u00a0become alumKnights\u00a0during the fall commencement ceremonies this weekend. 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