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Guided Meditation and Yoga Nidra Meditation: The Pathway to Enlightenment

Learn to let go, transform your perception of self and gain control of your environment

Posted Thursday, May 3, 2018 @ 7:26 PM

You slowly feel your being ease into physical and mental relaxation with each deep breath, and you become submerged in the endorphins flooding your mind like a wave of contentment. You begin compartmentalizing misfortunes of your past and stresses of the future as you focus all your energy on the present, the ‘now’. As a […]

Hitt to Confer 8,000 Degrees in Last Graduation Ceremonies as UCF President

Hitt will retire from the presidency on June 30

Posted Thursday, May 3, 2018 @ 7:10 PM

More than 8,000 students will graduate from the University of Central Florida this week during six commencement ceremonies that run from May 3-5. These will be John C. Hitt’s last commencement ceremonies as president of UCF, as he will retire from the presidency on June 30. In UCF’s 54-year history, more than 318,000 degrees have […]

UCF Featured on 60 Minutes with Bill and Melinda Gates

University of Central Florida

Posted Tuesday, May 1, 2018 @ 7:47 PM

A segment about low-income and first-generation students who are finding success at UCF is scheduled to be broadcast nationwide this Sunday on 60 Minutes. A crew from the venerable CBS news show was at UCF in October at the same time Bill and Melinda Gates visited campus. The news show and the Gateses both came […]

A Purrrfect Way to Destress

CAPS currently has two cats on the therapy team, Piper and Boogs

Posted Thursday, April 26, 2018 @ 6:09 PM

Every student knows stress all too well around final exam time. A combination of ‘Adulting’, final projects, exams and everything in-between, many students find themselves desperate for some stress alleviation. Luckily, the informed student knows just which outlets to go to, including the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office. A year since its inception, CAPS’s […]

2018 UCF Creed Art Contest

This year’s theme was “Make it Shine”

Posted Thursday, April 26, 2018 @ 2:44 PM

The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities received a total of 6 submissions this semester. There was also an exciting Facebook voting contest for the second place winner. Both pieces are featured, since voting was so close in social media “likes.” Special thanks to the UCF Parent and Family Fund for supporting us for our […]