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 […] Read More >> 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 […] Read More >> 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 […] Read More >> UCF Community Fills Knights Pantry Shelves Left Bare by Irma Knights Helping Knights Pantry Posted Thursday, September 21, 2017 @ 5:42 PM Hurricane Irma sparked a huge demand at Knights Helping Knights Pantry from University of Central Florida students who were left short of food and other necessities. But the response from the UCF community in the past week has been even more overwhelming. On Saturday, the UCF Foundation announced an effort to replenish the Knights Pantry […] Read More >> UCF Wrestling Club Members Use the Week Away from School to Help Hurricane Irma Victims Hurricane Irma brings community together Posted Thursday, September 21, 2017 @ 12:08 PM Earlier this week UCF President John C. Hitt talked about the compassion and character of university faculty, staff, administrators and students in the face of a crisis like Hurricane Irma. After Irma tore through Central Florida, the UCF Wrestling Club members put that empathetic spirit into action. Twenty members mobilized to help clean up the […] Read More >> « Previous 1 … 48 49 50 51 52 … 59 Next »