Friday, October 19, 2018

  • Half Marathon Training

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    This 12 week half marathon running program will prepare participants for the OUC Half Marathon in December. The training group meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7am outside the RWC. No previous half marathon experience is required, however previous fitness experience is recommended. Our pacers will be running under a 15 minute mile to comply with OUC's race pace requirement. …

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  • Benefits Open Enrollment

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    The state's annual open enrollment period for eligible employees to change insurance benefits options begins on Monday, October 15th at 8 a.m. and ends Friday, November 2nd at 6 p.m. EST. Please visit https://hr.ucf.edu/open-enrollment for additional details and updates. Questions can be directed to benefits@ucf.edu or 407.823.2771.

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  • Women on Weights

    RWC @ Knights Plaza

    Join female employees from the RWC for this 3 weeks program that promotes resistance training to females. The RWC staff will demonstrate how to properly utilize equipment around the facility, giving females the knowledge and confidence to work out on the weight floors safely. We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7am in RWC at Knights Plaza starting 10/16. Click …

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  • Cumberland Island Backpacking (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    Come with OA and explore Cumberland Island, Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island and home to over 9,800 acres of congressionally designated Wilderness. Here we will backpack through pristine maritime forests and wide marshes, while exploring the history of the island. Natives, missionaries, enslaved African Americans and Wealthy Industrialists all walked here. For more information, visit http://rwc.sdes.ucf.edu/programs/outdoor-adventure/trips

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  • UCF Diversity Week

    The University of Central Florida

    A New Day Dawns: UCF Inclusive Excellence UCF Diversity Week is a celebration of our diverse community and an opportunity to explore topics across the broad range of human identity, experience, and interaction. Diversity Week activities are intended to stimulate our campus and move us to a more inclusive culture. This year marks the 26th UCF Diversity Week. This year’s …

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  • Data Science Summit: Smart Cities of the Future

    Live Oak Ballroom/Garden Room: Cypress Room

    Learn how cities are becoming "smart." Thought leaders and planners in academia, industry, the public sector and the community will address emerging trends in the use of futuristic technology in public spaces. This symposium will be an exchange of ideas and information on the research and societal advancements in energy, stormwater management and transportation technology. Co-hosted by UCF's College of …

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  • Theatre UCF's Semi-Annual Costume Shop Sale

    PAC-Theatre Large Design Room, T244: PAC-Theatre Large Design Room, T244

    Ever wanted to own something truly magical? Need a costume for Halloween? Theatre UCF's semi-annual sale is the perfect time to find the pieces you need to create a unique and inexpensive costume! All proceeds benefit future Theatre UCF productions. Thank you for your support!*Cash preferred but checks are accepted. No credit cards. Most items are priced below $10! For …

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  • Peace Film Series: Babel

    UCF South Lake Campus: Bldg 2, Room 137 Auditorium

    Open to all UCF faculty, staff, and students Course Number: DIV148 Friday, October 19 from 9:00am-12:00pm Facilitator: Barbara Thompson Location: UCF South Lake, Building 2, Room 137 (Auditorium) In Morocco, a troubled married couple is on vacation trying to work out their differences. Meanwhile, a Moroccan herder buys a rifle for his sons so they can keep the jackals away …

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  • Time Stretch Exhibition (Recurring Event)

    UCF Art Gallery

    EXHIBITION: Time Stretch by Elizabeth / Sidebotham Erin Elizabeth is a conceptual artist and utilizes non-traditional materials such as cake and sprinkles along with gold leaf in order to explore questions about banality, celebration, and experiential value. Harry Sidebotham is first and foremost a painter. He engages in the tradition of painting, investigating scientific theories such as parallel dimension theory. …

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  • RWC Inclusive Recreation Expo (Clinics All day, Open to the Public)

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    An event for everyone! The 2018 UCF Recreation and Wellness Center Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation Expo in partnership with Inclusive Adaptive Sports and Recreational Activities Workshop (IASRAW). The annual event celebrates UCF’s efforts to provide access and opportunity to all students

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  • Facebook Lobby Day

    ENG II Atrium: Atrium

    Facebook will host an App Showcase Day on Friday, October 19, 10:00am-2:00pm, in the ENG2 Atrium. Additional details can be found on Piazza... 1. Students must visit www.piazza.com/events 2. Search for University of Central Florida 3. Sign-In to the event (s) of your choice 4. Check your email and follow the Piazza instructions.

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  • Diversity Week: Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria

    John C. Hitt Library: 223

    EMMY Award-winning Screaming Queens tells the little-known story of the first known act of collective, violent resistance to the social oppression of queer people in the United States - a 1966 riot in San Francisco's impoverished Tenderloin neighborhood, three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn. Screaming Queens introduces viewers to street queens, cops and activist …

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  • Multicultural Diversity Day

    Memory Mall

    The event allows Registered Student Organizations to highlight their organization and unify the community on the different cultures that comprise the student body. Out on Memory Mall, a giant maze-like inflatable will be available for students to participate that bring them together in the center.

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  • Diversity Workshop: Atheism and Humanism: Living Without God (Recurring Event)

    Thompson Training Room: Barbara Ying Center

    Employees sign up through MyUCF, Employee Self Service, Training, DIV353. Students and community members email Diverse@ucf.edu to register. This is an InterWorldview discussion focusing specifically on Atheistic identities. We define Atheism, Humanism, and other non-faith identities and explore the values and inner-life of non-religious individuals. We learn about the specific challenges non-religious people face and consider ways to build bridges …

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  • I/O Psychology Brown Bag Seminar presents Dr. Robert Folger, UCF College of Business Administratoin

    PSY 301Q: 301Q

    How do people reconcile (a) their rights to do as they please, with (b) their responsibilities for adherence to norms of conduct? This brown bag session focuses on two different motivational “forces” in that regard. Psychology routinely invokes one—the expected-value consequences of behavior. The other has not received as much attention—the “value” of a behavior in-and-of-itself. Some preliminary research results …

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  • Chemistry Invited Speaker - Dr. Michael Wales

    Health & Public Affairs I: 119

    Invited Speaker

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  • Arboretum Spooktacular

    Arboretum: Trailer 525

    Welcome brave campers to the UCF Arboretum Spooktacular! We at the UCF Arboretum are dying for you to join us at the Arboretum Park for a spooky night of outdoor frights. Venture through our terror trail (Friday night ONLY), if you dare. Trail opens at 6:30 PM and closes at 9:30 PM.We will be screening the horror filled movie “Cabin …

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  • Theatre UCF presents Hot Mikado (Recurring Event)

    Theatre UCF: Main Stage: TH 6

    A hilarious update of Gilbert and Sullivan’s perennial classic, Hot Mikado combines Japanese design with popular American song and dance. In a land where laws sentence people to death for almost any indiscretion, jazz, blues and gospel are spoken fluently. Book and lyrics adapted by David H. BellMusic adapted and arranged by Rob BowmanBased on “The Mikado” by W.S. Gilbert …

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