Wednesday, February 21, 2018

  • Leadership Week: Level Playing Field A Guided Discussion on the Social Impact of Sport

    Student Union Pegasus Ballroom

    Speakers: Kyle Jaimes, Kaylee Chicoski, Kayla Henderson, and Nataliya Bredikhina Historically, sport has developed as a fascinating component of societies - a platform that has reflected social values, norms, achievements, and flaws. It is not an accident that throughout history, from Jackie Robinson to Colin Kaepernick, athletes have had a unique opportunity to utilize their positions to spark positive social …

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  • Leadership Week: Utilizing Leadership To Aspire Social Change

    Ferrell Commons: 168

    Speaker:Daniel Balva Leadership roles can be trying, challenging, and often times exhausting—to say the least. But the rewards of watching your goals come to fruition and seeing your hard work create a lasting impact make one's efforts all the more worthwhile. In today's society, there are so many marginalized and underserved populations in need of our help that it can …

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  • Caring For The Caregiver (Recurring Event)

    UCF Health: Patient Education Conference Room

    Serving as a caregiver for a loved one can be a rewarding experience. It also can be one of life’s most challenging experiences. We help support those who are caring for a loved one with illness or memory loss. Research shows that when caregivers attend organized support groups run by trained professionals, they can double the amount of time a …

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  • GKT Mathematics Workshop (Recurring Event)

    Teaching Academy: TA 116

    The Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) General Knowledge Test (GKT) workshops will cover the Mathematics Section. These workshops are progressive; the four competencies (Competency 1: Number Sense; Competency 2: Measurement & Geometry; Competency 3: Coordinate Plane & Algebraic Thinking and; Competency 4: Data/Probability) will be dissucused over the course of the workshops. The last workshop will cover all topics outlined …

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  • Social Networking (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Take your job search online. Learn effective strategies for searching and networking online with systems including KnightLink, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites. Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to Success.

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  • Humanist Peer Support and Discussion Group (Recurring Event)

    Innovative Center: Suite 100, Room 105

    The Humanist Peer Support & Discussion Group is for anyone experiencing personal or professional challenges related to their worldview; coming out as an Atheist or other marginalized perspective identity; doubting beliefs; questions about changing or leaving religion; coping with transition from a religion; seeking meaning and purpose in secular life; coping with grief, loss, and mortality without religion; and other …

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  • Effectively Managing Your Business with QuickBooks

    Florida SBDC at UCF

    As a business owner, the primary value of QuickBooks provides you with the financial and management data that will help you effectively manage your business. Whether you are using an outside or internal accountant or doing it yourself, you need to have an understanding of how the accounting software generates numbers. This class focus on using QuickBooks as a business …

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  • Distinguished Speaker Series: Orlando: Is it a Coastal City?

    Tuscawilla Country Club

    College of Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series Graham Worthy, Ph.D.UCF Pegasus Professor, Provosts Distinguished Professor in the UCF Department of Biology Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.Tuscawilla Country Club1500 Winter Springs Blvd.,Winter Springs, FL 32708 The term “coastal” defines more than just the outline of a state. The majority of Floridians would consider themselves to be coastal residents and nearly …

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  • Endnote and RefWorks: Citing Made Easy! (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Citation Management Tools allow you to dedicate more time to research! Join us for a hands-on session where you learn how to export citations from library databases, organize citations, generate bibliographies, and format citations in a Word document. Endnote & RefWorks can help make managing your references and formatting citations easy! All sessions cover both tools. Please bring your own …

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  • Research Conference Workshop

    PSY 301Q: 301Q

    Are you conference ready? Conveniently held right before the Showcase of Undergraduate Research, the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, and many other conferences, this seminar will give you the information that you need to present your research! We will have a graduate student talk about conferences and poster making AND will be open to any questions that you may have about …

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