Thursday, September 21, 2017

  • Hidden Artists at UCF John C. Hitt Library: Sept. 1-29--Reception Sept. 21 (Recurring Event)

    John C. Hitt Library: main floor

    Hidden Artists: The Tradition Continues University of Central Florida has many talented employees who use their creativity in their daily jobs. Some of these employees are “visual artists” who create artwork on their own time for themselves, their families and/or for the public. They are the “Hidden Artists.” The Hidden Artists will exhibit at the John C. Hitt Library from …

    Fall
  • Hurricane Response Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Veterans Commemorative Site

    There is a critical need for blood donors following Hurricane Irma. Please join us on the Big Red Bus and help save lives. 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 …

    Fall
  • Hurricane Response Blood Drive (Recurring Event)

    Burnett Honors College

    There is a critical need for blood donors following Hurricane Irma. Please join us on the Big Red Bus and help save lives. 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 …

    Fall
  • Beginner Swim Lessons (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    This class is designed to help participants feel comfortable and confident in the water, as well as develop fundamental skills for swimming. This course is intended for new swimmers. Participants will learn basic freestyle and backstroke.

    Fall
  • Wellness Coaching (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: 111 (WHPS Classroom)

    Connect with a Wellness Coach to achieve your personal well-being goals and learn how to apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP coaching is available at Wellness and Health Promotion Services every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

    Fall
  • To Knights, with Love (Recurring Event)

    Student Union

    Wellness and Health Promotion Services presents To Knights, With Love. This workshop gives students the opportunity to write anonymous, uplifting letters to be distributed around campus.

    Fall
  • Intermediate Swim Lessons (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    This course is designed to develop confidence in all four competitive strokes and prepare the participant for a basic swim work out. This course is based on basic stroke development. Freestyle and backstroke will be reviewed. Breaststroke and Butterfly will be introduced. Turning at the wall, diving, reading a pool clock, and all other skills needed for a basic swim …

    Fall
  • Hidden Artists at UCF John C. Hitt Library: Sept. 1-29--Reception Sept. 21 (Recurring Event)

    John C. Hitt Library: main floor

    Hidden Artists: The Tradition Continues University of Central Florida has many talented employees who use their creativity in their daily jobs. Some of these employees are “visual artists” who create artwork on their own time for themselves, their families and/or for the public. They are the “Hidden Artists.” The Hidden Artists will exhibit at the John C. Hitt Library from …

    Fall
  • Couponing 101 (Recurring Event)

    Student Union: Sand Key Meeting Room (Room 220)

    Healthy doesn’t have to be expensive. Learn the basics of couponing and save money on grocery items during our Couponing 101 Workshop. Discover how you can get name brand items for less or even free. You will receive coupons and a coupon organizer to get you started.

    Fall
  • Lunch and Learn with an Employer: Inside Sales Solutions – How to Stand Out to Employers

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Learn what you can do to make yourself stand out to employers! Students can RSVP through Handshake at csel.ucf.edu. For an RSVP to be honored you must arrive promptly by the start of the event. Career Services many be unable to honor the RSVP of late arrivals.

    Fall
  • Workshop - How to: Handle Red Ink and Reviews (Feedback in Research) (Recurring Event)

    Student Union: Egmont Key Meeting Room (Room 224)

    Feedback is a central part of academic research, but it can be tough to take. This workshop is designed to help students take full advantage of the feedback they receive during the research process, including how to ask for more or different feedback, how to analyze that feedback, and how to improve based on the new information they gain in …

    Fall
  • Become a School Psychologist and Help Children Excel! (Recurring Event)

    Education Complex: 305

    Considering graduate school? Learn about becoming a school psychologist through the 32-month UCF Graduate School Psychology Program in the College of Education and Human Performance. School psychologists help children succeed in school and life. They are highly trained in both psychology and education with emphasis in the areas of mental health, prevention, intervention, academic achievement, and social-emotional development. All are …

    Fall
  • Research Roundtable: Las Profesoras

    Classroom Building 1 - Room 212: 212

    UCF Profesoras from the College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Science will discuss their most recent research venues, student participation and civic engagement. Panelists include Cecilia Milanes, Wanda Raimundi Ortiz, Beatriz Reyes- Foster and Yovanna Pineda.

    Fall
  • Beginning the Thesis or Dissertation

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    This workshop is intended for graduate students in their first or second term after enrolling in thesis or dissertation hours. Attendees will learn essential information on the entire thesis and dissertation process including the role of the advisory committee, research organization, conducting human subjects research, copyright issues, publishing, formatting requirements, campus resources. Students must register for all workshops through their …

    Fall
  • Thesis or Dissertation Formatting Using Microsoft Word’s Hidden Tools (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Colbourn Hall, Suite 146

    Attend this workshop to learn tips and pitfalls involved with using Microsoft Word to format an electronic thesis or dissertation. Participants will be shown a demonstration of how to use the following Microsoft Word functions: styles for headings and subheadings, captions for figures and tables, page numbering, automatic generation of the Table of Contents and List of Figures/Tables, converting to …

    Fall
  • Networking Strategies (Recurring Event)

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Network successfully in a highly competitive job market.

    Fall
  • Beginner Swim Lessons (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    This class is designed to help participants feel comfortable and confident in the water, as well as develop fundamental skills for swimming. This course is intended for new swimmers. Participants will learn basic freestyle and backstroke.

    Fall
  • Intermediate Swim Lessons (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center: Lap Pool

    This course is designed to develop confidence in all four competitive strokes and prepare the participant for a basic swim work out. This course is based on basic stroke development. Freestyle and backstroke will be reviewed. Breaststroke and Butterfly will be introduced. Turning at the wall, diving, reading a pool clock, and all other skills needed for a basic swim …

    Fall
  • Humanist Peer Support & Discussion Group (Recurring Event)

    Innovative Center

    The Humanist Peer Support & Discussion Group is for anyone experiencing personal or professional challenges related to their worldview, coming out as an Atheist or other marginalized perspective identity, doubting beliefs, questions about changing or leaving religion, coping with transition from a religion, seeking meaning and purpose in secular life, coping with grief, loss, and mortality without religion, and other …

    Fall
  • Marketing for Business Success (Recurring Event)

    South Lake: Building 2 Room 101

    This is a “Basic” Marketing class. Come find out about the four “P’s” of Marketing. Learn what a feature, benefit and value statement are and know when and where to express each. Learn about the new emerging marketing mediums so you will be better prepared for the future! Register: North Lake:3/2/20176/1/20179/14/2017 South Lake:3/9/20176/8/20179/21/2017

    Fall
  • Web and Social Media for Business Success (Recurring Event)

    Lake Sumter State College - Leesburg Campus: Blg M, Executive Conference Room

    It all starts with a website! Learn the “Basics” of what needs to be in your website and how the search engines see you. Then what? Exploit the internet to the benefit of your business! What Social Media platform is best for your business? Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and geo-location services? Topics include: strategy, return on influence, and keys to success. …

    Fall
  • Economic Crisis and Migration in Puerto Rico

    UCF Global: 101

    Puerto Rico has experienced its largest migration wave since the onset of the economic recession in 2006. This presentation will estimate the magnitude of the Island’s population displacement to the United States, particularly to Florida, as a result of the ongoing economic downturn, and assess the multiple effects of population loss in Puerto Rico. It will also analyze the spectacular …

    Fall
  • BYOB: Be Your Own Boss

    Mathematical Sciences Building: 360

    Learn how to be your own boss at our workshop tonight! Attire for this event is business casual. Alpha Kappa Psi is a co-ed professional business fraternity open to all majors and students must have at least a cumulative GPA of 2.5 in order to rush. For more information about the rest of our rush events, please visit our website …

    Fall
  • Celebration Knights (Recurring Event)

    Barbara Ying Center

    We are launching a new meeting on campus called “Celebration Knights”. These celebrations are open to the entire recovery community, both on and around campus. “Celebration Knights” is an opportunity for anyone to share and celebrate their recovery story, recovery anniversaries and community leaders. More info about the CRC and a calendar with all of our RecoveryMeetings visit: www.StudentHealth.ucf.edu/crc

    Fall
  • Iphigenia and Other Daughters (Recurring Event)

    Theatre

    A modern retelling of the fall of the House of Atreus, this play follows the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, siblings who are both players in the family tragedy and victims of it. The cycle of blood and vengeance seems inescapable until the final reunion of a lost sister and brother brings the bloody family saga to its mystical end. …

    Fall