Wednesday, March 29, 2017

  • Triathlon Training

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    This 12 week program will run from January 31st through April 7th and will perpare participants for the Ron Jon Cocoa Beach Sprint Triathlon (swim 1/4 mile, bike 12.5 miles, run 3.1 miles). We will train on Tuesday and Friday mornings. There is a bike requirment for the race, but not for the training. Both new and veteran triathletes welcomed, …

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  • 10th Annual Kill-A-Watt Energy Conservation Competition

    UCF Housing: ALL

    Want to win a scholarship for lowering your energy use? Participate in the Kill-A-Watt Energy Conservation Competition! In years past, this competition has resulted in an average savings of nearly $50,000 over the two-month period. We’ve saved the university a total of 2,216,485 kWh of energy, equivalent to $216,004. The energy saved could power 200 average homes in the United …

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  • Diversity Certificate Series (Recurring Event)

    Barbara Ying Center: 140

    Must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.Facilitator: Rachel Luce-HittThis four-module program is designed as an introductory overview series of workshops to provoke thought with respect to diversity in general, and more specifically, with respect to several important dimensions of diversity. Participants must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.Dates Modules 1 and 2: Thursday, February 23 and …

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  • Project Harmony Workshop Registration

    UCF Main Campus

    The UCF Marriage and Family Research Institute is offering workshops at no cost: Learn skills to create and maintain healthy relationships, Gain tools to understand and better reach your career goals Receive tips for financial success. Sign up to participate in a special event for individuals who are single or not in a committed relationship. We have VERY limited space! …

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  • Blood Drive

    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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  • Everyday Herbalism- Herbalism 101

    Timothy R. Newman Nature Pavilion

    Join us for our Everyday Herbalism workshop series on March 29th at 11:00 AM. The next workshop, subtitled Herbalism 101, will be covering the basics of Herbalism. If you've ever been curious about Herbalism, this is the perfect opportunity to come and learn about the foundations elements such as self-care, medicinal preparations, and ethicical wildcrafing and sourcing. Those elements, as …

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  • 21st Century First Generation Student Academic Success Seminar

    Student Union: Cedar Key Meeting Room (Room 223)

    The seminar hosted by MASS helps first generation students become better members of the UCF community.

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  • Lockheed Martin Lunch and Learn

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Learn how to best present your qualities and experiences on resumes. Free Lunch! Students must RSVPs, via KnightLink, for all employer-led workshops, Lunch and Learns, and information sessions and arrive promptly by the start of the session. However, walk-ins will be accepted only if space is available.

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  • Useful Apps All Grad Students Should Love and Use (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Do you ever wonder if there is a great app out there that you are missing out on? Need help staying organized, taking notes, or need a better way to communicate with classmates over shared projects? We'll look no further as this session will introduce helpful and important apps that all grad students should love and use! We will cover …

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  • Plagiarism & Citations Workshop (Recurring Event)

    John C. Hitt Library: 235C

    You may know what plagiarism is, but it can be hard to figure out how to avoid it. Save time and frustration by taking advantage of this workshop that will teach you what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and how to use citations throughout your research projects.

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  • The Happiness Test

    Chemistry

    Join VUCF Art and Recreation this week as we present "The Happiness Test". For this educational event, students will participate in an activity inspired by Rainn Wilson's Youtube channel Soul Pancake. The Happiness Test will determine how art can affect your happiness. During this activity, we will be creating some pieces that you can take home. Students will have the …

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  • Couponing 101 (Recurring Event)

    The HUB (1st floor of Student Union)

    Wellness and Health Promotion Services (WHPS) is proud to offer:Couponing 101 Join us to learn the basics on how to coupon and save money on groceries and personal hygiene products. Healthy doesn’t have to be expensive. Discover how you can get name brand items for low cost or even free. During this workshops you will receive coupons and your very …

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  • Interviewing Strategies (Recurring Event)

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Ace the interview and meet employers expectations.

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  • Slow Bike Race

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    Race to be the slowest bike racer! Can you go that slow? Sign up at rec.ucf.edu/IM.

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  • UCF Global Diplomatic Speaker Series

    Global UCF: 122

    The Neglected Necessity: Creating Enabling Frameworks to Unite Economy and Environment for Global Sustainable Development Join UCF Global for the inaugural presentation of the Global Leaders Speakers Series. James Bacchus, Chair of the Global Practice of the Greenberg Traurig law firm, founding judge and former chief judge of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, and former Member of …

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  • Guest Speaker David Staley, PhD presents "On the Creative Humanities"

    Visual Arts Building 117 - SVAD Conference Room

    In conjunction with the display of FHQ III, a 3-D printed data sculpture of the Florida Historical Quarterly, David Staley will discuss the emergence of "the creative humanities." With digital fabrication tools, 3-D printers and CNC routers a potential part of the humanist’s tool kit, what will humanists create with these tools? What sorts of things and objects will humanists …

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  • From Stress to Success (Recurring Event)

    Counseling and Psychological Services: Group room

    Come learn about thoughts and feelings that lead to stress, and leave with effective coping skills.

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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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  • UCF Softball vs. North Florida

    Softball Stadium

    Come on out to support your Knights! Find the full schedule here: http://ucfknights.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

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  • Ascent Leadership Program Info Session

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Learn more about Ascent Leadership Program in partnership with select Chick-fil-A franchisees. Salary Full benefits Leadership role Personal mentoring from the CEO

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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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  • COS Distinguished Speaker Series: Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate

    Tuscawilla Country Club

    College of Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series Daniel Britt, Ph.D.Professor of AstronomyUniversity of Central Florida Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate Climate change has become a major political issue, but few understand how climate has changed in the past and the forces that drive climate. Most people don’t know that fifty million years ago there were breadfruit trees and …

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  • UCF Evening MBA Information Session

    Business Administration I: CEL 135

    This program information session will provide detailed information about UCF Evening MBA program including curriculum, program format, cohort experience, admission requirements and application process. To register for admission events: http://business.ucf.edu/centers-institutes/executive-development-center/attend-an-event/

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  • Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Recurring Event)

    Theatre

    Hedda Gabler By Henrik Ibsen Directed by Kate Ingram March 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, April 1 at 7:30 pm March 26, April 2 at 2:00 pm A spellbinding drama of revenge, manipulation, sexual repression, deceit, and despair, climaxing in an ending that never fails to shock and surprise. “…stunning…amazingly contemporary in its considerations of the purpose of life, …

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