Wednesday, October 11, 2017

  • Half Marathon Training 2017

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    Half Marathon Training 2017! **This program will tentaitevely start on Wednesday, Septemeber 13th** Join expierneced coaches in this 12 week program designed to prepare you to run the OUC Half Marathon in Decemeber (OUC Half Marathon participation is not mandatory). During mornings runs on and around UCF campus, you will work with a team of dedicated runners to reach your …

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  • Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Veterans Commemorative Site

    Save lives at the 2017 Homecoming Blood Drive and get a unique Homecoming Blood Donor shirt! The bloodmobile will be parked at the Veteran's Commemorative Site (Memory Mall near Starbucks) from 9 am - 7 pm Monday through Friday this week. Blood is urgently needed as OneBlood works to support both our community and areas impacted by recent disasters and …

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  • Subcontracting and Teaming

    Florida SBDC at UCF

    For many small businesses, entry into government contracting will or should begin as a subcontractor. This seminar will provide the small business owner with an understanding of the overall subcontracting process, including the format for a Subcontract and Teaming agreement, including how to protect your company during the relationship and the overall benefits of subcontracting. This seminar will also provide …

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  • UCF Alumni Career Services: How to Handle Difficult Topics on an Interview (Virtual Session)

    UCF FAIRWINDS Alumni Center

    Don't miss out on this chance to chat with human resources and career professionals about your most burning interview questions! There is no webcam component to this event so feel free to be authentically you in this judgment-free zone. The five booths are: Disability Questions Credit & Salary Negotiation Questions Criminal Record Questions International Candidate Questions Non-traditional Questions/Other Questions Our …

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  • Social Networking Strategies (Recurring Event)

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Strategize your online presence.

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  • The EXCHANGE : Entrepreneurship Speaker Series (Recurring Event)

    The Exchange: BA1 Rm 148

    Join us in welcoming a seasoned entrepreneur from the community to discuss their experiences, struggles, and successes they've experienced while starting a business. They will share their unique journey to entrepreneurship and illustrate how you can start something TODAY! September 6th - Kaityln Cook, Owner of South Street and Company September 20th - Brent Henderson, CEO Party Tutor & Zupp …

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  • Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Rosen College of Hospitality Management

    Save lives at the 2017 Homecoming Blood Drive and get a unique Homecoming Blood Donor shirt! The bloodmobile will be parked at the Veteran's Commemorative Site (Memory Mall near Starbucks) from 9 am - 7 pm Monday through Friday this week. Blood is urgently needed as OneBlood works to support both our community and areas impacted by recent disasters and …

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  • Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Rosen College of Hospitality Management

    Save lives at the 2017 Homecoming Blood Drive and get a unique Homecoming Blood Donor shirt! The bloodmobile will be parked at the Veteran's Commemorative Site (Memory Mall near Starbucks) from 9 am - 7 pm Monday through Friday this week. Blood is urgently needed as OneBlood works to support both our community and areas impacted by recent disasters and …

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  • Graduate and Professional Schools Fair

    Student Union: Pegasus Ballroom

    Connect with Grad Schools all over the US offering many types of programs including Health, Law and more. Attending employers: https://ucf.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/2844/student_preview

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  • Strategies for Graduate Students to Manage Stress

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Feeling stressed with life as a graduate student? This session will offer an interactive presentation on stress management. The presentation will cover the definition, causes and signs of stress. Stress remedies will also be reviewed. Time will be allotted for questions and answers. Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to …

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  • Lunch and Learn with an Employer: TQL - Sales as a Career

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 115

    Learn about sales as a career! Students can RSVP through Handshake at career.ucf.edu. For an RSVP to be honored you must arrive promptly by the start of the event. Career Services many be unable to honor the RSVP of late arrivals.

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  • Tutor Homeless Students with Children Beyond Our Borders (Recurring Event)

    Great Value Suites: 7100 S Orange Blossom Trail

    Children Beyond Our Border's UCF Chapter is looking for volunteers that can tutor every Wednesday from 2-6pm for the entire semester. The students are considered homeless for they are living an a long-term stay motel. Volunteers will be assisting students with their homework as well as encouraging them throughout the year with their school work. Come out and join us …

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  • Couponing 101 (Recurring Event)

    Student Union: Sand Key Meeting Room (Room 220)

    Healthy doesn’t have to be expensive. Learn the basics of couponing and save money on grocery items during our Couponing 101 Workshop. Discover how you can get name brand items for less or even free. You will receive coupons and a coupon organizer to get you started.

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  • Pizza & a Major

    Student Union: 224

    Are you undeclared or unsure of your declared major? Come discuss major and career exploration while enjoying a free slice of pizza.

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  • How Credit Affects Employability

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Presented by UCF Financial Aid and Fairwinds Many employers review credit history as a part of the employment screening process. The session provides attendees with information on what employers are looking for when credit history is viewed, how adverse credit can impact your employability and information on how to rectify negative information on your credit report. Come join us for …

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  • Ethical Decision Making in Graduate School and Beyond (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Actions taken as a result of a decision made reflect one’s values and principles. Inherently, we know what is right and wrong behavior but do we understand how others judge right and wrong behavior. This seminar will provide problem-solving methods and critical questioning techniques associated with the practice of ethical decision making. During the seminar, participants will have an opportunity …

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  • Latino Culture, Leadership and Contribution

    Barbara Ying Center

    Juana Bordas, President of Mestiza Leadership International, will facilitate this workshop based on her book The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution.

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  • Resiliency: Secrets of Successful Employees - EAP114 (Faculty & Staff Only)

    UCF Human Resources - Innovative Center: Training Room

    Studies have found that when the same events happen to different people, it’s the individual’s response that makes a difference in terms of staying healthy and using the experience in a positive way in order to grow and thrive—also known as resiliency. What’s the secret? This course explores this dynamic and what we can learn from those who are successful …

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  • Beginner Swim Lessons (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    This class is designed to help participants feel comfortable and confident in the water, as well as develop fundamental skills for swimming. This course is intended for new swimmers. Participants will learn basic freestyle and backstroke.

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  • Advanced Swim Lesson (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    This course is designed to provide participants with coordination and refinement of their strokes. Participants should be able to swim with more ease, efficiency, power and smoothness and over greater distances after this course. Flip turns on the front and back are introduced. This course provides an intense interval training swimming work out. This is a great course for competitive …

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  • Acclaimed Performer Shaun Leonardo Artist Talk

    John C. Hitt Library: 223

    Visiting artist Shaun Leonardo will discuss his multi-disciplinary work, which negotiates societal expectations of masculinity, along with its notions of achievement, collective identity, and the experience of failure. The artist will describe his investment in performance as a process of embodiment—exploring the translation of memory and trauma onto other bodies or scenes. Artist website elcleonardo.com

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  • Distinguished Speaker Series:Engaging Communities with Maps, Apps and Drones

    Tuscawilla Country Club

    College of Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series Timothy L. Hawthorne, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Systems in the UCF Department of Sociology and UCF College of Sciences GIS Cluster Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.Tuscawilla Country Club1500 Winter Springs Blvd.,Winter Springs, FL 32708 Engaging Communities with Maps, Apps and Drones The community is where mutually beneficial research and education outcomes …

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