{"id":34347,"date":"2025-03-31T15:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=34347"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:31:39","slug":"celebrating-college-of-sciences-2025-founders-day-awardees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/celebrating-college-of-sciences-2025-founders-day-awardees\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating College of Sciences 2025 Founders\u2019 Day Awardees\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UCF\u2019s annual event celebrates outstanding accomplishments and contributions of employees, faculty, and students\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Emily Dougherty | March 31, 2025\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/03\/Founders-day-medal-1024x683.png\" alt=\"Gold and black medals featuring the University of Central Florida logo are displayed in gold boxes.\" class=\"wp-image-34348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/03\/Founders-day-medal-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/03\/Founders-day-medal-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/03\/Founders-day-medal-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/03\/Founders-day-medal-299x199.png 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/03\/Founders-day-medal.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Student Awards<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Order of Pegasus\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCF\u2019s highest student honor, which recognizes new inductees into the Order of Pegasus. 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