Ian's Impact
We're no stranger to hurricanes in Central Florida, but that doesn't diminish their effects to our community. Ian impacted many of us in devastating ways, including unprecedented flooding from which some of our teammates continue to recover.
To support our teammates — as well as the hundreds of faculty, staff, and students affected across our campus community — UCF offers a wide range of support, from the Faculty and Staff Emergency Relief Fund to the Disaster Leave Program, Knights Pantry and other emergency services. To learn more about what's available to help Knights in need or how you can contribute to the relief effort, visit the official UCF hurricane updates page or use the UCF Today Ian recovery round-up. |
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Connected Conference Rescheduled
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Due to the disruption of hurricane Ian, the DDL Connected Conference has been rescheduled to 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Dec. 1. Join your teammates for this series of TED Talks-style presentations and other content for us, by us. It's a great chance to make new connections, strengthen your network, and learn more about a diverse range of topics — as well as each other.
Here are a few highlights from the programing menu:
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Homecoming Fireworks Friday
The UCF Homecoming Fireworks Festival will light up the night in celebration at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. Bring a towel, blanket, or chair to join your fellow Knights on Memory Mall, which opens at 9 p.m. for seating. And before the big show, President Cartwright invites faculty, staff and our families to the Family Fireworks Dessert Reception, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Psychology Building Atrium.
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Continuing Education Launches Tech Training Scholarship Program
Upskill Together, a new partnership with online program management company SkillStorm, expands access to high-demand tech skills training at no cost to historically underserved communities. For every student who enrolls in a CE/SkillStorm training course, this matching program will provide a scholarship to one qualified individual. Eight institutions, including FIU, FSU, Jacksonville University, University of Tampa and UCF, will participate as founding partners.
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Shankle Honored by ACHE
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The Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) selected UCF Continuing Education Executive Director Julie Shankle for the 2022 Meritorious Service Award this week at their annual conference in New Orleans. The award recognizes "outstanding leadership, performance, and service to continuing higher education at their own institution and within the Association for a minimum of 5 years."
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Get to Know: Techrangers
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The CDL apprenticeship program for software developers recruits UCF students to work part-time on projects and provides the training and mentorship to help them prepare to enter the workforce. Alumni include our own Jacob Bates, Matthew Emond, Susan Hicks, Brent Shaw, Brandon Stull, and Francisca Yonekura. And for more than 26 years, Techrangers have moved on to exciting careers at leading technology companies around the country.
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Native American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, and other national organizations join to celebrate the culture and legacy of the first Americans during Native American Heritage Month in November.
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International Day for Tolerance
Created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, International Day for Tolerance, Nov. 16, recognizes growing threats of cultural divisions in our global society and challenges nations to pledge to "forge a path defined by dialogue, social cohesion, and mutual understanding."
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Congratulate Hack Day Winners
Fall 2022 Hack Day challenged innovators across the division to think big — and the top three teams were recognized for their outstanding innovations: 1. Catherine Abruzzese, Aileen Pongnon, and Thomas Whitaker / CDL LS&T: rrbot (SlackBot) a Gitlab daily PR workflow chatbot
2. Jacob Bates CDL LS&T / Michelle Maraj UCFIT: Dread Alert 2.0 + ServiceNow
3. Mireya Ramirez / CDL Graphics: Virtual front desk animated backgrounds (Space Theme)
It’s never too early to start planning your next big brainstorm for the Spring 2022 Hack Day, which happens in April.
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WE ARE AN ENGINE FOR INNOVATION
By leveraging game-changing educational technology, we pioneer new ways to fuel student access, enrollment and success, with an emphasis on decreasing time to graduation, reducing the cost of higher education, and improving the quality of learning — at UCF and beyond. Let's change the future, together. |
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