Friday, November 17, 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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  • Half the Sky (Recurring Event)

    UCF Cocoa: Bldg 3: 325

    Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide is a four-hour PBS primetime documentary film and national broadcast event inspired by the widely acclaimed book of the same name by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Filmed in 10 countries, the series follows Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and …

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  • Eclipse(d): The SVAD Biannual BFA Exhibition

    UCF Art Gallery

    Eclipse(d): The SVAD Biannual BFA Exhibition provides the opportunity for undergraduate students majoring in book arts, ceramics, drawing, experimental animation, illustration, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture to share their research and artistic practice. Exhibiting students include: Gabe Cortese, Lauren Heyen, John Link, Samantha McCoy, Rhiannon Grey Neal, Joanne Pham, Christopher Rivera, Kaitlin Self, Charles R. Stewart IV, and Rachel Warren

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  • Student Solidarity Sleep Out

    Lake Claire Recreational Area

    On November 16th, take the Sleep Out Challenge! Join UCF students and faculty for UCF's School of Social Work's Student Solidarity Sleep. The Solidarity Sleep Out is an opportunity for people to take action and let the world know that we will not stand by quietly while young people go homeless and hungry in the United States. By committing to …

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  • Arboretum Volunteer Event

    Arboretum: Trailer 525

    The Arboretum offers a variety of volunteer opportunities. Volunteers can volunteer individually or as group to help in the community garden, assist with horticultural work in campus landscapes, or help in campus natural lands. Come out and get your feet wet, your hands dirty, and your knowledge expanded, as you learn more about gardening, landscaping, or natural lands management!

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  • Garden Volunteering for National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

    Arboretum: Trailer 525

    Please join us during our morning garden volunteer shift in honor of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week. There will be a short presentation at the start of the shift about the garden and how the food grown goes to the Knight's Pantry and is free for students. We hope to see you there!

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  • Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Veterans Commemorative Site

    Blood drives are one of the many ways our Knight family demonstrates its giving spirit. Come join us on the Big Red Bus! Knights Bleed Black & Gold! Visit http://BloodDrives-UCF.org for information for students, faculty, and staff regarding drives, events, volunteering, blood donor facts, advocacy, and UCF training and educational opportunities.Students, faculty, and staff interested in working with the Knights …

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  • International Project “Connecting Classrooms”

    Classroom Building 1: 205

    Skype conference with UCF and Russian students on the topic of internalization.

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  • Provost Forum: Research and Graduate Studies

    Morgridge International Reading Center: Global Communications Room

    Faculty and staff are invited to join Provost Dale Whittaker for a series of 90-minute forums returning this semester to explore UCF’s Collective Impact Strategic Plan and key issues in higher education as they relate to our university’s future. Our first forum will take place on Friday, Nov. 17, at 9 a.m. in the Morgridge International Reading Center, Global Communications …

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  • Starter Meetup

    Business Administration I: CEL 135

    Starter Meetups are a gathering of the entrepreneurial community where invite UCF’s hackers, hipsters, and hustlers (i.e., builders, creatives, and business-types) to meet each other, chat, play games, and explore potential collaborations. We offer light refreshments, music, and competitive amusements like ping-pong, corn hole, and Rock Band on our PlayStation. We aim to create a fun, festive environment for making …

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  • Next Level Power Point

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Students have become used to having slides as part of their classroom experience. However, these visual aids can detract from the message you are trying to convey to your class and affect your perceived credibility. Attend this workshop to learn the principles of effective Power Point creation that will take your teaching to the next level. Students must register for …

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  • Free Arts and Crafts (Recurring Event)

    Student Union

    Wellness and Health Promotion Services presents Art Make and Take. This program provides a safe space for UCF students to be present and mindful while channeling their creativity. Stop by for a quick 5 minute arts and crafts make and take. You will have the opportunitiy to play with some art supplies and walk away with your own creation.

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  • Light Up UCF

    Addition Financial Arena

    Light Up UCF is back for its tenth season, running from November 17 through December 31, and will feature cool rides, snowier nights, and bigger and brighter lights! All of the fan favorites return, including the Ice Rink Pavilion, the Arctic Glide Ice Slide, the Ferris Wheel, the Winter Whirl, and Light Up Lane with photos with Santa. Enjoy free …

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  • Open Water SCUBA Certification, November

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    Outdoor Adventure is proud to partner with Ranger Rick SCUBA Adventure, one of the most experienced SCUBA DIVE outfitters, for the following course:As our entry level scuba certification course, you will learn the fundamental knowledge and skills to safely SCUBA dive in open water. The format of this class is one classroom session, one pool session, and one spring dive …

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  • Student Recital: Alyssa Long, voice

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF Music student, Alyssa Long, presents her voice recital. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • An Octoroon (Recurring Event)

    Theatre

    Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation Terrebonne is in financial ruins. Peyton's handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful octoroon. But the evil overseer M'Closky has other plans—for both Terrebonne and Zoe. In 1859, a famous Irishman wrote this play about slavery in America. Now an American tries to write …

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  • An Evening of Spanish Music

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    UCF Professor of Guitar, Elaido Scharrón and guest artists Aleksandra Vargaz, mezzo-soprano and Carrie Wiesinger, flute. The program will include works by Antonio Ruiz-Pipó, Joaquín Rodrigo, Federico García-Lorca, Manuel Valls, and Manuel de Falla, for solo guitar, guitar and flute, guitar and voice, and voice, flute and guitar trio. Free and open to the public, no ticket required.

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  • Flying Horse Big Band Concert

    Nicholson School of Communication: 101

    The UCF Flying Horse Big Band presents their second concert of the semester under the direction of Jeff Rupert. $10.00, $5.00 for students, Free with UCF ID.

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