Category Archives: College & Campus News

Eight interdisciplinary faculty research projects — on health topics including pain management, improving provider-patient communication, and intimate partner violence — have received about $300,000 in grant funding through a new partnership between the UCF Academic Health Sciences Center and the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation. The donation is the first major programmatic gift to the AHSC since it […]

NSM Today reports on how the Student Nurses’ Association at UCF Orlando adapted to COVID-19 while maintaining its high-achieving nature. The chapter was nominated for the “Outstanding Adaptation to COVID-19” award at the 2021 RSO Impact Awards, an award show put on by Knights of the Round Table and Student Government. Kate Dorminy, the organization’s […]

The University of Central Florida is one of America’s most innovative schools and a rising leader in social mobility, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges Rankings. UCF also was named prominently in several national categories, including No. 86 for Best Colleges for Veterans and No. 96 for Best Undergraduate Nursing Programs. Read More

Learn about the latest research and best practices in this rapidly developing discipline at an interdisciplinary Facebook Live event with Johns Hopkins University, daily SIM talks, a new hologram technology demonstration, and more. Healthcare simulation is important to improving the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of patient care and outcomes. To increase awareness of the profession, […]

Meet the 2021 Helene Fuld Health Trust scholars who are changing careers to change lives as nurses. An educator from a low-income immigrant family. A private pilot. An NCAA soccer standout. These are some of this year’s Helene Fuld Health Trust scholars who are now called to care for others. Thanks to the generosity of […]

Welcomes renowned mental health nursing expert Dr. Mona Shattell Mona Shattell, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named the new chair for the Department of Nursing Systems and the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair in the UCF College of Nursing. As department chair, Shattell will oversee and manage undergraduate and graduate nursing degree […]

The University of Central Florida’s Academic Health Sciences Center, which brings together the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Health Professions and Sciences, and Student Health Services, has received a gift of $300,000 from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation to fund innovative projects and programs to improve community health. The donation is the first […]

COVID-19 has shed light on the work of nurses and other frontline healthcare workers, and has inspired a surge of people to consider the profession for themselves – including students Jesika Van Welie and Morgan Ruggiero. The UCF College of Nursing has seen that effect firsthand, with an unprecedented amount of applications this year. For […]

WTSP 10 Tampa Bay reported on how the Tarpon Springs Police Department came to Orlando to celebrate the graduation of Aleena Kondek, a fallen officer’s daughter and graduate of the UCF Traditional BSN program at the Daytona campus. Read More

This week, 434 UCF nursing students graduated with their degree or certificate, and earned the title of Knight nurse. The spring Class of 2021 has truly exemplified the UCF calling to “Charge On!” – having completed the last year of their degree during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our students have grown during this unique time in […]