The Office of Graduate Student Life provides a variety of services to support graduate students throughout their time at UCF

Upcoming Events

  • Dissertation Defense: A theoretical study of elementary processes in interstellar plasma

    Virtual

    Announcing the Final Examination of Josh FORER for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics. Interstellar plasma — interstellar clouds in particular — play an important role in determining the structure and evolution of galaxies. Understanding the time evolution of such plasmas requires knowledge of the chemical processes that drive their dynamics. Two processes are studied in this dissertation: …

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  • Thesis Defense: Investigating Shallow Neural Networks for Orbit Propagation Deployed on Spaceflight-like Hardware

    Engineering 1: 288

    Announcing the Final Examination of Hunter Quebedeaux for the degree of Master of Science. Orbit propagation is the backbone of many problems in the space domain, such as uncertainty quantification, trajectory optimization, and guidance, navigation, and control of on orbit vehicles. Many of these techniques can rely on millions of orbit propagations, slowing computation, especially evident on low-powered satellite hardware. …

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  • Graduate Headshots (Recurring Event)

    TCH 208

    Join us for a free headshot event for graduate students! This is your chance to get a professional headshot taken by an experienced photographer. Headshots will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointment necessary.

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  • Optimizing Your Online Presence

    Virtual

    This session covers evaluating your publishing impacts and managing your online researcher profile. Learn about methods and tools to obtain citation counts and impact data, metrics to assist in identifying key journals and notable researchers, and why it’s important to develop an online profile using sites, such as ORCID, Research Gate, Academia.edu, PIVOT, Plum Analytics, and Google Scholar. This workshop …

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  • 3 Minute Thesis Info Session (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center Presentation Room: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 208

    Learn more about the 3 Minute Thesis competition at UCF and how you can make the most of your application. 

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  • Intellectual and Other Conflicts of Interest: Your Rights and Responsibilities – ELECTIVE

    Virtual

    This workshop addresses the various conflicts of interest encountered by faculty during their academic and research tenure. The session will address conflicts of interest between faculty and students, financial conflicts of interests related to sponsored research and conflicts of commitments related to faculty members institutional assignments and their private business or consulting activity. The objective of the session is to …

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  • Thesis Defense: Body-Image Distress in Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Evaluation of Medical Tattooing Following Surgery

    Virtual

    Announcing the Final Examination of Ms. Miranda D. Proctor for the degree of Master of Science in Clinical Psychology A review of the literature reveals a high incidence of body-image distress among breast cancer survivors who have undergone surgery, which is a natural response to the significant changes in their appearance. Reconstructive surgery, utilizing implants or flaps, may be employed …

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  • College of Graduate Studies Town Hall

    Graduate Student Center Presentation Room: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 208

    The College of Graduate Studies invites all current graduate students to share with us any thoughts or concerns you have. We are here to support you throughout your graduate journey and these Town Hall events are a way for you to connect with the College Deans and share your experiences.   Register Here!

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  • Finding & Using Academic Sources

    Virtual

    This session highlights time-saving steps to locate academic sources for upcoming course assignments and literature reviews. Learn how to locate peer-reviewed articles and related sources for topics, identify relevant subject-databases and background information, develop a plan for reviewing sources, and tips to maximize Google Scholar.  This workshop is offered through the Office of Graduate Student Life. See https://graduate.ucf.edu/graduatestudentlife for details.   

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  • Graduate Mocktails Networking

    Graduate Student Center: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 213

    Practice your conference networking skills at Graduate Student Life's Mocktails Networking event. This event, hosted in partnership with Career Services, offers an opportunity to practice the art of networking at a professional or academic conference. light refreshments will be provided.  

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  • 3 Minute Thesis Info Session (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Learn more about the 3 Minute Thesis competition at UCF and how you can make the most of your application. 

    Graduate Student Life
  • College of Graduate Studies Town Hall

    Graduate Student Center Presentation Room: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 208

    The College of Graduate Studies invites all current graduate students to share with us any thoughts or concerns you have. We are here to support you throughout your graduate journey and these Town Hall events are a way for you to connect with the College Deans and share your experiences.   Register Here!  

    Graduate Student Life
  • Intellectual Property Rights – ELECTIVE

    Virtual

    John Miner from the Office of Research and Commercialization will present this seminar which will address intellectual property rights specifically concerning graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

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  • Dissertation Defense: Understanding outgroup aversion effects on innovation adoption and polarization in network environments

    Virtual

    Announcing the Final Examination of Bruce Miller for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Individuals' decisions to adopt an innovation can be influenced by the group identity of previous adopters or non-adopters in their social network. Previous research in innovation diffusion considered initial innovators and word-of-mouth imitator effects using analytical models. Simulations and agent-based models have been developed to address …

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  • Graduate Headshots (Recurring Event)

    TCH 208

    Join us for a free headshot event for graduate students! This is your chance to get a professional headshot taken by an experienced photographer. Headshots will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointment necessary.

    Graduate Student Life
  • Dissertation Defense: THE ROLE OF AUTONOMY, COMPETENCE, AND RELATEDNESS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS' MOTIVATION AND OUTCOMES IN FULLY ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

    Education Complex: 306

    Announcing the Final Examination of Heather Marron for the degree of Doctor of Education  Online courses and programs are popular with both students and universities, and the COVID-19 pandemic and associated stay-at-home orders highlighted both the need and the importance of high-quality online education options. While this modality is popular, it is not without challenges, including rates of student course …

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  • Doing the Right Thing: What Every Graduate Student Should Know About Research Misconduct – CORE

    Virtual

    In this session students will learn the 12 core areas of responsible conduct of research (RCR). The core areas will be explored using a combination of case studies and facilitated discussion. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing the historical foundations of RCR within the broader landscape of ethics. Students will learn how to leverage communication and disclosure for the ethical …

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  • Can I Use That Image?: How to Legally Use Images, Graphics, and other Copyrighted Materials - ELECTIVE

    Virtual

    Can you use any image you find online in your presentation? Do you need to get permission to use a chart or graphic for your thesis or dissertation? These are just a few of the questions that we will explore in this session focused on the ethical and legal use of copyrighted images, graphics, and other visual materials. Attendees will …

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  • Optimizing Your Online Presence

    Virtual

    This session covers evaluating your publishing impacts and managing your online researcher profile. Learn about methods and tools to obtain citation counts and impact data, metrics to assist in identifying key journals and notable researchers, and why it’s important to develop an online profile using sites, such as ORCID, Research Gate, Academia.edu, PIVOT, Plum Analytics, and Google Scholar. This workshop is …

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  • Data Management: Perils of Fabrication, Falsification, and Confidentiality – CORE

    Virtual

    This workshop addresses research misconduct in the form of fabrication of data or experimental outcomes, falsifying data or originality of material (e.g., plagiarism) and breech of confidentially of data as it relates to human subjects or contractual obligations. An historical perspective is given to highlight some infamous examples of misconduct and the ensuing scandals when they were publicized. Some mechanisms …

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  • Finding & Using Academic Sources

    Virtual

    This session highlights time-saving steps to locate academic sources for upcoming course assignments and literature reviews. Learn how to locate peer-reviewed articles and related sources for topics, identify relevant subject-databases and background information, develop a plan for reviewing sources, and tips to maximize Google Scholar.  This workshop is offered through the Office of Graduate Student Life. See https://graduate.ucf.edu/graduatestudentlife for details.

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  • A Practical Guide to Preventing Plagiarism – ELECTIVE

    Virtual

    This session will outline ethical writing guidelines and define commonly found plagiarism practices. The student will gain an understanding on how to prevent plagiarizing another person’s work and learn the proper use of citations when drafting research papers and journals.  This workshop is offered through the Office of Graduate Student Life. See https://graduate.ucf.edu/graduatestudentlife for details.   

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