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UCF Opera Gala Concert
Scenes by Opera Workshop students.
"Tell Me About Yourself"
Learn how to prepare for job interviews.
Jazz Concert - WUCF 30-Year Anniversary
Featuring Allan Vache and the UCF Jazz Ensemble

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Top story photo Some of the UCF College of Medicine students visit with local physicians.

UCF Med Students Volunteer to Help Sick Kids, Families in Community

Twenty medical students from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine will cook and serve meals to families of ill children Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Ronald McDonald House on the campus of Arnold Palmer Medical Center.

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More Headlines Thumbnail  0 H1N1 Update: Flu Shots, Nasal Spray Available
UCF's first shipment of the injectable H1N1 vaccine will be available to students, faculty and staff who are in the priority groups established by the CDC.
More Headlines Thumbnail  1 Name the UCF Solar Car for Sun-Sational Ride in Homecoming Parade
Submit the best name for the only solar-powered staff vehicle on a U.S. college campus, and you could drive it during the Homecoming Parade on Nov. 14.
More Headlines Thumbnail  2 Dig It! UCF Olympic Beach Volleyball Star to Headline UCF's Homecoming
UCF's Homecoming parade and football game are Saturday, Nov. 14.
More Headlines Thumbnail  3 Garage H Lights Go 'Green' and Save UCF More Than $42,000 Annually
Energy-efficient fluorescent T5 lights were installed in Garage H, replacing the high-pressure sodium lights.

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Kudos! Awards & Recognition

  • Kimberly Voss,  an assistant professor of Journalism in the Nicholson School of Communication, has been awarded one of four grants by the American Journalism Historians Association. Voss’ grant will support a multimedia encyclopedia for the teaching and research of women in journalism history.
  • Jervia Fickens  a UCF Graduate Nursing Student, was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal in a campus ceremony Oct. 15. The award honors Fickens' achievements as a clinical nurse manager at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., July 2005 - July 2009. He was honored for managerial ability, personal initiative and collaborative work that led to more than 100 infants receiving frenectomies to improve their ability to feed. Fickens is an active duty Lieutenant in the Navy Nurse Corps.
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