Friday, February 22, 2019

  • Biggest Winner

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    The Biggest Winner challenge is a 6-week program designed to help students improve exercise and nutrition habits in order to improve total wellness, along with reducing the risk of chronic disease. Students will receive assistance and guidance from certified trainers to help implement healthy behavioral changes that will increase their quality of life. Benefits of participating include but are not …

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  • Group Swim Lessons Sign ups

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    Group swim lessons are FREE to anyone with an RWC membership. Sign up for the Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced Lessons on the RWC website or in the RWC Administration Office. Every lesson is taught by American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors. Lessons start the week of March 18th and end by April 18th. Beginner is offered: Mondays and Wednesdays 4 …

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  • Lifeguard Certification Class Registration Opens

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    Registration Opens: Monday, February 11th in the RWC Administration Office. Registration Closes: March 8th at 5:00pm Class dates: Friday March 22nd 5:00pm – 10:00pm Saturday March 23rd 9:00am – 5:00pm Sunday March 24th 9:00am – 5:00pm Prerequisite Swim Test: 300-yard swim, 2-minute tread, and 1 min 40-sec brick retrieval Cost: $75, students must take the prerequisite swim test before completing …

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  • Join the fun at Engineers Week 2019

    Engineering 2 Atrium

    See a NASA rover in action, experience first-person-view drone racing, build and race your own downhill derby car, enjoy free breakfast each day and so much more as part of a week of engineering-themed events and activities on UCF’s main campus. All are welcome to celebrate Engineers Week, Feb. 18-23, hosted by the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. …

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  • The International Society for the Social Studies Conference

    Morgridge International Reading Center

    This conference welcomes educators and researchers to learn, engage, participate, and collaborate on issues surrounding social studies. Topics include education, Common Core, C3 framework, global awareness, world history, race, character education, economics, urban and rural needs, technology and education, multiculturalism, and other topics during this two-day event. K-12 program discounts are available. Learn more at https://ccie.ucf.edu/isss/.

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  • Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Veterans Commemorative Site

    Knights Bleed Black & Gold! Visit http://BloodDrives-UCF.org for blood drive schedules, volunteering, special events, Adopt-A-Blood-Drive, the UCF Blood Drives Advisory Council, internships, and more. Blood Drives at UCF a group of students, faculty, and staff working together to save lives and foster a culture of blood donorship on campus. We'd love for you to join us! Thank you for making …

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  • Collective Bargaining

    UCF: TBD

    The next collective bargaining session between the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and the United Faculty of Florida will take place on Friday, February 22, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. location TBA.

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  • A Gold-Nanoparticle-Enabled Assay Platform for Research and Diagnostic Applications

    UCF Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences (Lake Nona): 103

    Speaker: Qun “Treen” Huo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, NanoScience Technology Center & UCF Department of Chemistry Location: BBS 103 (Lake Nona), simulcast to HPA2 Room 345

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  • Keynote Speaker: Leadership Week- Chevarra Orin

    Student Union: Cape Florida Ballroom

    Keynote Speaker: Chevarra Orrin12:00PMStudent Union: Cape Florida Ballroom

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  • MAE Spring 2019 Seminar Series: Can All Those Rotors Really Take Off?

    ENG II: Room 103

    Join the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for its next seminar with Penn State Professor Amy Pritchett. Her talk will focus on multirotor aircraft and their possible use in society. This event is free and open to all UCF faculty and graduate students.

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  • What Am I Doing Here? Sam Tarell Leadership Series

    Starter Space: 135 BA 1

    Millenial Leadership- How to Inspire Others and Influence Meaningful Change Sam Tarell is the founder and CEO of Hoop Brothers, a company that specializes in helping high school basketball players get recruited for college basketball. Running this business for 7 years and growing his staff to a team of 10, Sam is now taking the leadership model and culture that …

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  • Best Practices of Completion: A Panel Of Accomplished UCF Doctoral Advisors

    FAIRWINDS Alumni Center

    Adding a doctoral program creates both exciting opportunities and unprecedented challenges for academic units.

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  • Guided Meditation (Recurring Event)

    RWC @ Knights Plaza

    Learn how to just be. This class for students and RWC members. It introduces the basics of meditating and offers different guided meditations each week.

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  • A Navigational Approach to Health

    Research 1: 101

    Speaker: Ramesh Jain From: Institute for Future Health, Department of Computer Science, University of California Abstract What if an app could guide you to better health, similar to how GPS navigation directs you to your desired destination? Advances in sensors, mobile computing, artificial intelligence, data management, cloud computing, biology, and medicine allow approaching human health from a novel navigational perspective. …

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  • I/O Psychology Brown Bag Seminar Presentation: Dr. Michael Chetta

    PSY 301Q: 301Q

    Mike’s presentation will be removed from his research and I-O work, and will be focused more on personal branding and career growth. The session will be an informal chat with time for Q&A and even discussion of any career topic the attendees request. Over the last few years, Mike has shared his experiences in the field and as an entrepreneur …

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  • Hack@UCF Meeting (Recurring Event)

    BA1 119: BA1 119

    If you're interested in cybersecurity, come and learn with us. We offer workshops that teach various security topics from the ground up. Our competitive teams, such as our three-time national champion CCDC Team, participate in many security competitions, which often involve travel and prizes. We look forward to seeing you! Visit https://hackucf.org for more information on the club and sign-up …

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  • Caitlin Lochner, Debut Novel: A Soldier and a Liar Reading/Q&A/Book Launch

    Barnes & Noble Bookstore

    Caitlin Lochner, current MFA Creative Writing student, will read from A Soldier and a Liar, her debut novel at Barnes & Noble. In a world on the brink of war, four superpowered teens must learn to work together for peace in Caitlin Lochner's action-packed debut novel, A Soldier and A Liar. Lai Cathwell is good at keeping secrets. As a …

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  • Theatre UCF presents: The Street of Crocodiles (Recurring Event)

    Theatre UCF: Black Box: TH 6

    A feather falls from a book and consumes Joseph with childhood memories of woodworking, family dinners, an attic aviary and an upholstery shop. Inspired by the life and work of Polish writer Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles is a shifting mirage where people become birds, books fly and Death collects train tickets. Based on stories by Bruno SchulzAdapted by …

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