After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rican Student Finds New Career Focus Yolimar Garayalde Figueroa is rebuilding her life at UCF Posted Thursday, May 10, 2018 @ 6:54 PM While Hurricane Maria undoubtedly took away many things from people on the island of Puerto Rico, it has given one UCF student a shift in focus, a new sense of independence and opportunities to create a greater future. Sophomore criminal justice major Yolimar Garayalde Figueroa, from northern Puerto Rico’s city of Guaynabo, had to enter a new […] Read More >> UnionWest At Creative Village Offers Students Downtown Living And Learning Downtown Housing Option for UCF and Valencia Students Posted Thursday, May 10, 2018 @ 6:51 PM A new 15-story, mixed-use building will be home for UCF and Valencia College students living at the downtown campus that opens in fall 2019. Ustler Development, Inc. and Development Ventures Group, Inc. released new details this week about the student housing project, named “UnionWest at Creative Village.” In addition to 600 beds for students, the […] Read More >> Once homeless, UCF grad student to graduate at top of her class Krishanna Newton, 27, plans to help others in foster care Posted Friday, May 4, 2018 @ 8:05 PM By Jerry Askin, Reporter ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Krishanna Newton, 27, overcame homelessness and spent years in foster care to arrive at the moment she has been waiting for this Saturday, when she crosses the graduation stage at the University of Central Florida. Newton said she’s blessed to walk down the aisle once again at UCF, […] Read More >> 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 […] Read More >> 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 […] Read More >> « Previous 1 … 29 30 31 32 33 … 57 Next »