Wednesday, February 12, 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
  • CANCELED: Well-Being Challenge (Recurring Event)

    RWC@Downtown: Group Exercise Studio

    Join a team of motivated individuals and get ready to become your healthiest self. The Downtown Well-Being challenge will encompass all areas of wellness and help you practice healthy habits that you can apply all year long. Register here: o https://bit.ly/2r05t1m

    Fall
  • Autodesk Educational Workshops

    Partnership 3 Building: 233

    Wednesday, February 12 3039 Technology Parkway Orlando, FL Partnership 3 Room 233 Introduction to Autodesk Fusion 360 9:00 am - 12:00 pm In this hands-on workshop you’ll learn how to start modeling and collaborating in Fusion 360. Fusion 360 is the world’s first cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform. It brings teams together for collaborative product development, allowing them …

    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
  • Ethics: Personal Integrity as a Graduate Student – CORE (Recurring Event)

    Graduate Student Center: Trevor Colbourn Hall: 213

    This engaging discussion-driven workshop offers an examination of relevant issues involved in the concept of "integrity" in one's role as a graduate student. Among the issues discussed are the relationship between research and personal integrity, the relationship of compliance and ethics, professional and personal codes of conduct, the meaning of "honor," and personal responsibility. Students must register for all workshops …

    Fall
  • FREE Rapid HIV Testing Event (Recurring Event)

    Wellness & Health Promotion Services Office: RWC 111

    FREE Rapid HIV Testing Event Do you know your status? Stop by Wellness and Health Promotion Services during our Free Rapid HIV Testing event from 10am-12pm to get tested. No appointments necessary – walk-ins welcome. Take charge of your sexual wellness by taking an HIV test and get your results in 15 minutes. Be a Healthy Knight. WHPS is located …

    Fall
  • Become a Competitive Grad School Applicant

    Trevor Colbourn Hall: 201

    What do I need to prepare for a graduate school application? Academic Advancement Programs (AAP) gives an overview of the pieces of a competitive graduate school applicant. Usually, students with 0-60 credits gain the most from this workshop, as they learn how to build towards a competitive application. Now you know that graduate school is for you, but what do …

    Fall
  • Emerging eT&D Grids: Energy Storage, Electrification, and the Increasing Role of Power Electronics - Dr. Babu Chalamala

    L3Harris Engineering Center: 101

    Abstract: Emerging electronic transmission and distribution (eT&D) grids will evolve rapidly accommodating the changes in generation mix and load profile that are associated with increasing renewable and distributed generation,electrification and bidirectional power flows. For eT&D grids to operate reliably with a high degree of autonomy,there is a greater need for energy storage systems and intelligent power conversion systems with advanced …

    Fall
  • Academic Job Search - Webinar

    Online

    Are you prepared to begin the job search process? This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of the academic job search. We will discuss the job search timeline, pre-application and application process, as well as expectations of faculty interviews. Students must register for all workshops through their myUCF Student Center under Graduate Students then Pathways to Success. Please note: Students …

    Fall
  • How I Made It...Building Myself Into a Professional Entrepreneur with Abhi Sastri of FLUIX LLC

    Starter Space: 135 BA 1

    Entrepreneurs are problem solvers who make things better by providing innovations to society. Join us and connect with exciting entrepreneurs who explain how they make their innovations, provide them to customers, and succeed as entrepreneurial leaders. Their stories may inspire you to make something too!

    Fall
  • Academic Job Search - Graduate Series WEBINAR

    Online

    Overview of the job search timeline, pre-application/application process, and expectations of faculty interviews. Please RSVP through the UCF Graduate Studies Center. ONLINE ONLY! *Be sure to use the link below to access the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/347688528 *

    Fall
  • Federal Government Market Research

    Florida SBDC at UCF

    Market research is the continuous process of collecting and analyzing data on products, services, business practices and vendor capabilities to satisfy agency needs. When you conduct market research you learn about the market to make informed and suitable decisions and choices about the acquisition of goods and services. Market research is a critical tool for contracting officers needing to find …

    Fall
  • Napercise (Recurring Event)

    RWC @ Knights Plaza

    The best way for muscle recovery, building up your immune system and retention of information is a power nap! Join us for a safe, clean, supervised rest (30 mins after set up) and feel invigorated to power through the rest of your day!

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

    TA 130: TA 130

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

    Fall
  • Café Francophone - French Conversation - cancelled through the end of March (Recurring Event)

    Trevor Colbourn Hall: Room 358B

    Come to the French café to improve your French communication skills and meet new friends. This activity is for students who want to improve their French skills, and native speakers are welcome. Feel free to stop by for as much time as you can and bring your coffee! Intermediate session is 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm, Beginner session is 2:30 …

    Fall
  • UCF Entrepreneurship Summer Camp Information Session

    Starter Space: 135 BA 1

    UCF Summer Entrepreneurship Camp (Powered by The Startup Studio for high school students): This week-long program uses The Startup Studio’s Learn to Start process to empower students with the entrepreneurial mindsets and skill sets they need to create value for others and opportunities for themselves. Each day students will undertake entrepreneurship experiences that help them understand their passions, explore the …

    Fall
  • Appreciation at Work - Is That a Thing? -- DIV443

    Barbara Ying Ctr. Room 140--CMMS 81

    Showing and receiving appreciation at work can be a foreign concept for many people. Business, companies and institutions are suffering because their employees (at all levels) don’t feel appreciated. Feeling appreciated is a universal need. Gary Chapman & Paul White have identified the Languages of Appreciation in their book titled “The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations …

    Fall
  • FTCE Mathematics Workshop 2

    Education Complex: Curriculum Materials Center

    Competency 2: Measurement Proportions/Distance. Rate, Time/Unit Conversions/Scientific Notation/Perimeter/Area

    Fall
  • 2020 Multicultural and First Generation Knights Networking Reception

    Student Union: Cape Florida Ballroom

    UCF Career Services and Multicultural Academic & Support Services is pleased to announce the upcoming The Multicultural and First Generation Knights Networking Reception. This is an excellent opportunity to meet employers recruiting students and alumni for internship, full-time, and volunteer positions. The Multicultural and First Generation Knights Networking Reception is open to UCF students and alumni only.For a list of …

    Fall
  • Healing Art Exhibition: Opening Reception

    Counseling and Psychological Services

    Please join us for the sixth annual UCF Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) collaboration with the School of Visual Arts and Design to create UCF Healing Art Exhibition that will showcase artworks by UCF students, faculty, staff and alumni. The UCF Healing Art Exhibition's mission is designed to create campus-wide awareness of the power between arts and healing, to increase …

    Fall
  • UCF Softball vs. Washington

    Softball Stadium

    Join the Knights for their matchup against Washington! Purchase tickets here. Phone: 4078231000 More info: www.ucfknights.com

    Fall
  • Shuffleboard - Downtown

    Beardall Center

    This tournament takes place at the UCF Downtown Campus. All equipment will be provided. Participants may sign up as individuals and/or as two person teams. Participants will play at least two pool play games and a single elimination tournament.

    Fall
  • Sober Knights (Recurring Event)

    Research Pavilion

    This meeting is held every Wednesday (unless otherwise noted on the UCF calendar) from 7pm to 8pm at the CRC Center in Research Park: SUITE 135, 12424 Research Pkwy, Orlando, FL. Please call 407-823-0859 to be let into the building if the door is locked. Sober Knights is a group of students of all ages who like to have fun …

    Fall