Category Archives: Academics

With hard work, dedication and a commitment to excellence, these three UCF Dance Team members are taking lessons learned from the national stage to the nation’s most trusted profession. View this post on Instagram A post shared by UCF College of Nursing (@ucfnursing) UCF’s nursing degree program is rigorous in preparing students for clinical practice […]

This week UCF will award its 18,000th nursing degree and graduate its first cohort from the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion in Lake Nona — fueling a talent pipeline of much-needed providers to positively impact the health of the community. With its Class of 2026, the University of Central Florida is celebrating a new era in […]

As UCF’s graduate programs continue to rise, they reinforce the university’s role as a national leader preparing professionals to tackle society’s most urgent challenges.  UCF continues our upward momentum in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Graduate Programs rankings, earning 14 recognitions in the top 50. From emergency management and counseling to nursing and aerospace engineering, UCF’s […]

Through the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Program, $6 million in funding will support UCF and other State University System institutions in alleviating the nursing shortage. Ongoing state investments in nursing education are helping UCF expand access to high quality training, graduate more practice‑ready nurses, and meet Florida’s growing healthcare workforce needs. Since 2022, Florida […]

In 2025, UCF’s College of Nursing launched a brighter future. Fueled by excellence, innovation and partnerships, UCF’s College of Nursing continued an upward trajectory of impact by preparing Knight nurses to address Florida’s nursing shortage and fostering collaboration and research to ensure a healthier future. Learn more about the stories featured here and our impact. […]

For her doctoral project, UCF nursing graduate Alicia Jennings used a simple, cost-effective program to help reduce burnout among new graduate nurses in the emergency department.  Working in an emergency department is stressful not knowing what patient situation will arrive next and some are life-threatening. Due to the stressful environment more than 50% of emergency nurses report burnout, leading some to leave the profession. Further compounding the nursing shortage is new graduate […]

The gift will provide hundreds of UCF second degree bachelor’s in nursing students with much-needed scholarships and wrap-around services to support their success. Our nation is facing a nursing shortage crisis — and UCF is stepping up. By 2035, Florida is projected to be short of more than 59,000 nurses, including 37,400 registered nurses (RNs), […]

The College of Nursing welcomes new faculty experts to meet increased demand as UCF expands access to its high-quality nursing programs with the opening of the Dr. Phillips Nursing Pavilion next week.  At the start of Fall 2025 next week, UCF’s College of Nursing will welcome more than its newest cohort of 244 future Knight […]

By Julie Harper ’01 Tomorrow UCF will award 338 nursing degrees to directly impact the health of communities in Central Florida and beyond. On Saturday’s Summer 2025 commencement ceremony, UCF will award 338 nursing degrees, from the bachelor’s to the doctorate, in addition to graduate certificates. The graduates will join a community of more than […]

With her second doctoral degree in nursing from UCF, Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP will address the shortage of nursing faculty and the leading cause of injury-related deaths among older adults in the U.S.   When Eunice Oladepe Ojo ’21DNP walks across the stage at Addition Financial Arena on Saturday she will be positively impacting two major […]