Category Archives: College & Campus News

Six UCF College of Nursing faculty members and one nursing student were among the honorees at this year’s Founders’ Day Honors Convocation. The annual event, which was held virtually this year due to the coronavirus, celebrates the outstanding academic achievements of university faculty members, students and staff. In addition to Endowed Chair Dr. Gregory Welch […]

New Reports Rank College for Excellence in Online, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs UCF is once again ranked among the top nursing programs in the U.S. for its online, undergraduate and graduate degree programs, according to three new reports. Best Online Programs For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report ranks the […]

After a career in the Air Force, retired Col. Paulette Schank continues to lead a life of selfless service to others. Read More

The list of recipients includes two Knight nurse alumni: Blake Lynch ’14 (aka Nurse Blake) Amanda Schultz ’17 Read More

U.S. News & World Report continues to rank UCF’s undergraduate online programs among the best in the nation. The university also tied for No. 12 for Best Online Bachelor’s Programs for Veterans and No. 31 for Best Graduate Online Nursing Programs. Read More

The third annual awards recognize researchers, including nursing’s Dr. Vicki Loerzel, for being academic leaders making an impact on the world through their studies and scholarship. Read More

Carmen Giurgescu, a national certified women’s health nurse practitioner with nearly two decades of clinical experience and 14 years of research in the field, has recently joined the UCF College of Nursing as the new Associate Dean of Research and Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair in Nursing, after an extensive national search. Her research, which has […]

Building on success of initial launch, UCF now offers 72 degree programs, including nursing, for 90,000 eligible Disney employees nationwide. Read More

FORTY YEARS AGO on Sept. 24, 1979, a group of 50 undergraduate BSN students and four faculty members convened at UCF to launch what is today one of the nation’s best nursing programs. Among the initial cohort was Rosemary Notarantonio ’81BSN, principal for Notarantonio & Associates and member of the Dean’s Advisory Board (far right […]

The former faculty member at UCF’s College of Nursing had a long career, and she, along with a group of her fellow staff members and some former students, was celebrated for her efforts. Read More