Category Archives: Awards & Kudos

More than 30 UCF graduate programs have been recognized among the nation’s best, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Graduate Schools Ranking. Among the programs climbing the rankings are the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs at the UCF College of Nursing, moving up more than 10 spots to No. 52. […]

Awarded each spring, the Order of Pegasus is UCF’s most prestigious student honor. Twenty-six students — ranging in disciplines from engineering to biology to education and others across the institution — have been named as 2021-22 recipients of the Order of Pegasus, UCF’s most prestigious student award for those who display incredible academic achievement, university […]

UCF Alumni has announced its annual 30 Under 30 Award winners. “This year’s recipients are shining examples of what it means to keep charging on and never stop reaching for the stars,” says Heather Junod ’98, associate vice president of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving. Among this year’s honorees, who are scheduled to be recognized […]

From the prestigious Diamond Chapter Award to state board elections and scholarships, UCF nursing students have much to celebrate from the Florida Nursing Student Association annual convention. The Florida Nursing Student Association (FNSA) recently awarded the Student Nurses’ Association (SNA) at the University of Central Florida Orlando a 2022 Diamond Chapter Award – the highest […]

UCF consistently rises in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, earning recognition among the best universities in the country. UCF’s high-quality online programs were recognized today by U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the university No. 7 in the country for Best Online Bachelor’s Programs. This is the first time UCF ranked in […]

UCF Presidential Doctoral Fellow Aislinn Woody and a DNP student at the University of Virginia recently earned a national excellence award for their research project. “Taking opportunities to bear witness to the lives of people for whom the healthcare system is failing, and being able to help my fellow healthcare workers know better and do […]

The new honorees brings UCF’s total Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellows to 17. Pegasus Professor and Endowed Chair Greg Welch is one of two UCF professors honored as a 2022 Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a prestigious national distinction. Their fellowships bring the total number of IEEE fellows […]

The healthcare simulation education pioneer was one of only 10 international experts inducted into the Class of 2022 Fellows. The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) has inducted Professor Mindi Anderson as a Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Academy. Anderson is one of only 10 experts who were inducted in the Class […]

Graduates will help meet state and national demand for baccalaureate-educated nurses, nurse leaders and nursing faculty. Today, UCF awarded 239 nursing degrees and recognized the hard work and dedication of College of Nursing students who have achieved their educational dreams. There has never been a greater need for more Knight nurses to not only practice […]

The Pegasus Professor and Endowed Chair, who specializes in simulation and modeling, is UCF’s 17th NAI fellow — the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. Greg Welch is one of 164 national faculty members who have been named to the National Academy of Inventors and one of only 10 from Florida this year. Welch […]