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. […]

The student leader, scholarship recipient and first-generation college student is among 26 exemplary students to receive the 2022 Order of Pegasus, UCF’s most prestigious student award. Excellence. Disciplined. Integrity. Dedicated. Compassionate. These are just some of values and qualities used to describe senior nursing student Erin Tonkin. Tonkin is among 26 UCF students who will […]

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 […]

The program awarded a total of $1 million to 32 teams. This is the third year the program has been available to UCF faculty and researchers. Thirty-two teams representing colleges across the university and several centers were selected for 2022 Seed Funding awards, the third year the program has been available to faculty. The program, […]

The winning projects, which received $25,000 each, were chosen for adhering to the year’s theme of strength, resolve and resilience. One of the two funded projects focused on strengthening hospital nurses’ mental health resilience, and includes researchers from the College of Nursing. The project aims to enhance and adapt the UCF RESTORES REACT (Recognize, Evaluate, […]

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 […]

Suzanne Hyer ’19PhD received funding from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of social determinants of health on pregnancy weight gain and infant birth weight among Black women. Nursing PhD alumna Suzanne Hyer is passionate about health promotion – to positively influence people’s health knowledge and behavior. Now as the UCF College […]

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 […]