Thursday, January 23, 2020

  • Exhibit: Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Native Village’: Historic Eatonville Remembered

    John C. Hitt Library

    The UCF History Department exhibit, Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Native Village’: Historic Eatonville Remembered, hosted on the first-floor gallery wall in the John C. Hitt Library, explores Hurston’s anthropological research into the people, history, and culture of Eatonville. Curated by UCF Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History Dr. Scot French, the exhibit features photographs related to Hurston’s investigation …

    Fall
  • Performance Standard for UCFs Cultural Competencies -- DIV150

    Online

    ONLINE COURSE Visit https://diversity.ucf.edu/training/online-workshops/ for registration instructions. You must complete all three sections with a score of 75% or higher to receive credit.This is a three part online workshop: Cognitive Domain Affective Domain Skill-Building Domain Cultural competency is the ability to function effectively in the presence of socio-cultural diversity. In 2008, Diversity Track (Summer Faculty Development Conference) scholars proposed 21 …

    Fall
  • 5k Training (Recurring Event)

    RWC@Downtown

    This 6 week 5K running program will meet in-person (Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8am) at RWC @ Downtown. No previous 5K training is required. This program is open to all Downtown Students! Sign up here: http://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4VdrfyWyaal9QUZ

    Fall
  • Faculty Excellence Leadership Series: Conflict Resolution

    Teaching Academy: 130

    Conflict is a part of leadership – it’s something you can’t run away from. This panel of experts will lead you through real scenarios and equip you with the right processes and tools to be successful in navigating some of leadership’s unwanted, but necessary moments. Speakers: Jennifer Sandoval, Associate Professor of Communication in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media …

    Fall
  • Gaudnekolor Pop by Walter Gaudnek (Recurring Event)

    UCF Art Gallery

    GAUDNEKOLOR POP, a solo exhibition by Walter Gaudnek, celebrates the artist’s 50th and final year as a professor in the School of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Central Florida. Walter Gaudnek and his daughter Yve Gaudnek (a current UCF film student) selected works for the exhibition that highlight the use of color in poetic figurative settings between …

    Fall
  • Spring 2020 Career Readiness Week (Recurring Event)

    Career Services and Experiential Learning

    Career Readiness Spring 2020 Program Schedule Drop-in Resume Critiques: 10 am – 4 pm, January 21-24 January 21 10am - 4pm, Employer Resume and Mock Interviews (By appointment) 10:30 am – 11:30 am, Crafting an Effective Resume and Cover Letter Workshop 12 - 1:30pm, What Can I Do with this Major? (Drop-in) 1 – 2 pm, Prepare for Internship Fair …

    Fall
  • Experiential Learning 2020 Spring Internship Fair

    UCF Addition Financial Arena

    *All students are welcome: Entertainment, Event, Hospitality, and Restaurant* Please come in business attire with copies of your most up to date resume.

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Converting your Honors Thesis into a Journal Article (Recurring Event)

    Trevor Colbourn Hall: 201

    Presented by The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal, this workshop will review the basic strategies to synthesize your undergraduate thesis for publication. Students who are already involved with a an honors undergraduate thesis will benefit the most from this workshop. No RSVP required. All workshops are first-come, first-serve unless otherwise noted. Questions? Feel free to contact the URJ Editors …

    Fall
  • FreshU Mobile Kitchen Cooking Demo (Recurring Event)

    Memory Mall

    Wellness and Health Promotion Services Presents the FreshU Mobile Demonstration Kitchen. FreshU Kitchen Cooking Demos teach students how to incorporate fruits and vegetables into their diets and reduce food waste. Students will get to see the process, taste the dish, and take home a recipe card so they can try making it themselves later.

    Fall
  • Learn Quechua! (Free Incan language classes) (Recurring Event)

    Online

    These sessions will be held online. Free Quechua classes at UCF UCF offers free classes in basic Quechua, taught by Department of Modern Languages & Literatures instructor Ms. Norma Ledesma. With an emphasis on Quechua vocabulary and expressions related to medicine, food, and travel, these classes will give students a lively, robust introduction to the language of the Inca Empire, …

    Fall
  • Bodhi the Therapy Dog (Recurring Event)

    Counseling and Psychological Services

    Take a “paws” from your busy day and spend some time with Bodhi, UCF's registered therapy dog. Learn about relaxation, wellness, and Bodhi! CAPS workshops are free, require no sign-up, and seats are provided on a first-come first-serve basis to currently enrolled students.

    Fall
  • Resumes that Get you Hired

    Boardroom 102R

    *All students and faculty are welcome: Entertainment, Event, Hospitality, and Restaurant*

    Fall
  • Yoga Nidra Meditation with Hammocks (Recurring Event)

    RWC @ Knights Plaza

    Yoga Nidra is an ancient meditation practice from India. Though the literal translation of Nidra is “sleep” it also means “a changing state of consciousness” which is brought about as you connect with your mind and body. This meditation practice uses aerial hammocks to aid the body in feeling relaxed and comfortable, yoga mats are also available for a stationary …

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Yoga (Recurring Event)

    UnionWest 2nd floor, RWC @ Downtown

    Come move with your breath and intention. Find space and move freely to find your flexibility. This is an all levels class

    Fall
  • Starter Connections: Starter Studio Entrepreneurial Hub

    Starter Space: 135 BA 1

    StarterStudio is a robust entrepreneurial community for tech-enabled startups and other innovators that are adding fuel to Florida’s growing technology economy. Learn how this co-working resource can help you launch your business today!

    Fall
  • Couponing 101 (Recurring Event)

    RWC: 206

    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
  • The Art of Leadership: Lessons From the American Presidency

    Student Union: Pegasus Ballroom

    Lester N. Mandell Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series: Jon Meacham Presidential Historian & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Thursday, January 23 3 – 4:30 PM Pegasus Ballroom, UCF Student Union What can 21st-century leaders learn from the greatest moments of our common past? By exploring themes ranging from Jefferson's pragmatism and JFK's capacity to recover from his own mistakes, to the management of …

    Fall
  • Northwestern Mutual Info Session

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Northwestern Mutual Info Session RSVP via Handshake https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/408795

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Express Pop Pilates (Recurring Event)

    UnionWest 2nd floor, RWC @ Downtown

    POP Pilates is a Group Exercise fusion class thatincorporates strength, cardio, and dance into a choreographed, mat-based, and Pilates inspired workout!

    Fall
  • Compass (Recurring Event)

    Research Pavilion

    Compass is a gathering of UCF Collegiate Recovery Community students, as a weekly “check-in” by addressing topics of recovery and academics. Meetings are run by peer leaders. During the meeting, students address topics such as recovery, spirituality, relapse prevention, academic growth, learning styles, personalities, and stress management. The group meets on Wednesdays and are open to UCF student ONLY. Location: …

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Barre (Recurring Event)

    UnionWest 2nd floor, RWC @ Downtown

    Come enjoy a balletinspired total body strength workout using a combination of basic ballet and fitness movements. No dance experience necessary!

    Fall
  • Spring 2020 ABP Showcase

    Student Union: Garden Key Meeting Room (Room 221)

    Not sure what you’re doing during Spring Break? Want to engage in service domestically and internationally? Join us at our ABP Showcase to learn about the different service-trips you, as a student, can go on during Winter Break and MLK weekend! Come and speak with our ABP Trip Leaders as they present about the different trip locations and social issues …

    Fall
  • Applying Science to the Particularly “Wicked Problem” of Human Trafficking

    Physical Sciences Building: 160/161: PSB 160/161

    UCF Science Café with guest lecturer Roberto Potter, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Criminal Justice Applying Science to the Particularly “Wicked Problem” of Human Trafficking Human trafficking (labor, sex, domestic servitude and organ harvesting) has been framed in primarily moral and criminal justice terms until recently. Using the legal definitions of human trafficking as our operational/case definition, we will explore how the …

    Fall
  • WHEN I STUTTER - Film Screening

    Student Union: Cape Florida Ballroom (Room 316CD)

    The National Stuttering Association (NSA), in collaboration with the UCF Student Government Association and National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association, invites you to an exclusive screening of WHEN I STUTTER, the award-winning documentary that reveals the profound emotional impact stuttering has on people. Following the screening, a panel discussion will take place with people who stutter and speech-language professional. Snacks and beverages …

    Fall