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UCF’s Largest Health Expo

Posted Friday, September 29, 2017 @ 1:26 PM

On Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Student Union Pegasus Ballroom, students will have the chance to attend the largest health expo at UCF. The Healthy Knights 2020 initiative is a collaboration of several SDES departments as well as other campus and community partners, each contributing a component to an […]

UCF Provides In-State Tuition Rate to Puerto Rican Students Displaced by Hurricane Maria

UCF to aid to Puerto Rican students

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2017 @ 8:24 PM

In response to the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico, the University of Central Florida will allow students who are residents of Puerto Rico, and are displaced from their homes, to qualify for in-state tuition. The UCF Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday morning to allow these students to be eligible for in-state tuition. “This is […]

Rather than Evacuate, Students Stay Behind to Warn Homeless About Hurricane

Hearts for the Homeless

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2017 @ 8:20 PM

With Hurricane Irma barreling toward Central Florida earlier this month, a group of UCF students chose to hit the streets of downtown Orlando to warn the area’s homeless population rather than evacuate. Eighteen members of the student organization Hearts for the Homeless Orlando checked with shelters and canvassed downtown to warn homeless people that a […]

Career Expo Opens Opportunities for Students and Alumni

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2017 @ 11:49 AM

On September 26, the Career Expo attracted 2,610 students and 214 employers to the event at the CFE Arena. For those attendees Career Services staff members spoke to, 79 attendees said they landed an interview and over 220 attendees said they made a valuable employer connection. “The university that I would have gone to in […]

UCF Only Florida School Ranked with Harvard, MIT and Stanford Among Nation’s “Most Innovative”

2018 rankings now available

Posted Thursday, September 21, 2017 @ 5:45 PM

The University of Central Florida ranks among the nation’s most innovative universities along with Harvard, Stanford, Duke, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges of 2018 guide. UCF was listed as the No. 25 most innovative university out of nearly 1,400 universities and colleges in the nation. The ranking, determined based on […]