Category Archives: College & Campus News

Meet the new cohort of accelerated Second Degree nursing students who were awarded the national Helene Fuld Health Trust scholarship. Their backgrounds are vast – from a bartender to a former Miss Hawai’i to a U.S. Marine veteran and more. While some have always felt a calling to become a nurse, for others it was […]

Eighty-nine UCF faculty received promotions and another 48 earned tenure for the 2021-22 cycle following a rigorous evaluation process. Three College of Nursing faculty members are among those who received promotions and tenure. The new tenure designations and promotions take effect on Aug. 8. Consideration for promotion and tenure takes nearly an entire academic year as […]

Today Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the 2022-23 state budget, which includes transformational funding for the UCF College of Nursing. The investment is allocated for two areas: $6.9 million in reoccurring PIPELINE funding to increase nursing student enrollment to address the nursing shortage, and $29 million to build a new, state-of-the-art building for the College […]

On May 21, UCF celebrated exemplary young alumni who were honored in the 30 Under 30 Class of 2022. Among the honorees is College of Nursing alumna Annabeth Huff ’15BSN, a pediatric nurse practitioner and nurse mentor who is passionate about her patients, the profession and the community. This is not the first time Huff […]

Max Jones beat the odds and is now pursuing a career path in pediatric oncology thanks to the mentorship of his nurses, including a very special alumna, Delaney Postma ’15. The story of this resilient student and the nurse who inspired him was covered by hundreds of NBC and CBS stations across the country in honor of National Nurse’s […]

This week, 450 UCF students will graduate with their nursing degree or graduate certificate – beginning or advancing their healthcare careers as Knight nurses. Congratulations to the UCF College of Nursing graduates of the Spring Class of 2022! Tomorrow the graduates will walk across the stage at Addition Financial Arena and earlier this week, the […]

In episode 23 — the ninth episode of season two of Knights Do That — we speak with Desiree Díaz, associate professor and undergraduate simulation coordinator in the UCF College of Nursing and president-elect of International Nursing Association of Clinical and Simulation Learning (INACSL). She shares how UCF is leading the charge in virtual reality education, how […]

The College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs, which were recently recognized among the nation’s best by U.S. News and World Report, recently added another tool to their teaching arsenal – the gift of an ultrasound machine. Donated by Roslyn and Jody Burttram, the new technology will be housed in the internationally accredited […]

Congratulations to the following College of Nursing faculty members who were honored by UCF with 2022 research and teaching incentive awards. Research Incentive Award The UCF Research Incentive Award program recognizes outstanding research, scholarly, or creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including interdisciplinary research and collaborations. Recipients are honored […]

More than two dozen nursing students from the UCF Orlando and Daytona campuses participated in the National Student Nurses’ Association 70th Anniversary Convention in Salt Lake City. Earlier this month, 26 nursing students from the Traditional BSN and accelerated Second Degree BSN programs along with two faculty advisors flew across the country to represent the […]