Thursday, March 19, 2020

  • 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
  • Women First at UCF Project

    John C. Hitt Library: main floor

    The Women First at UCF Project is a collaboration between Dr. M. C. Santana (Women’s and Gender Studies), Dr. Robert Cassanello (History), Mary Rubin, Eli Jimenez, and Christopher Saclolo (Special Collections & University Archives). In this interdisciplinary project, the exhibit team envisioned documenting the legacy of women who occupied a rank, position or graduation as first in their field. Our …

    Fall
  • UCF Classes Moving Online Until March 27: Students Asked Not to Return to Campus

    All UCF Campuses: All UCF Campuses

    The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to rapidly evolve. While no cases have been reported at the university, UCF will move to remote instruction effective Monday, March 16, to minimize health and safety risks to the UCF community, especially as students and faculty prepare to return from Spring Break. Remote instruction will continue for at least two weeks. Fourteen days …

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Google Solutions: Google Analytics

    Florida SBDC at UCF

    Learn how to take advantage of Google’s free marketing and business productivity tools to grow your business. Google has a buffet of free tools that help small businesses attract new future customers. This workshop shows you where they are and how to use them with a special emphasis on using Google Analytics to uncover new markets, refine your marketing and …

    Fall
  • Canceled: 2020 Annual MFA Exhibition (Recurring Event)

    UCF Art Gallery

    This event has been canceled. Party for One and Compulsory are simultaneous solo exhibitions showcasing the thesis work of the Spring 2020 Master of Fine Arts candidates in the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design. Party For One showcases contemporary bookbinder Jacob Zhefu Wan. Creating mixed media conceptual books of his personal experience as an Asian man, he explores …

    Fall
  • Postponed until Fall 2020 - WomanFest 2020: Women in Academia Panel

    John C. Hitt Library

    Note: All WomanFest 2020 events for March 19 will be rescheduled for the Fall 2020 semester. Date to be announced in a few weeks. UCF faculty members Dr. Linda Walters (Biology, Center for Success of Women Faculty), Dr. Amelia Lyons (History), Dr. Nessette Falu (Anthropology), and Dr. RoSusan Bartee (Educational Leadership and Higher Education) discuss their career paths, how to …

    Fall
  • AAC Meeting (Recurring Event)

    CSB: Room 221

    AAC Meeting

    Fall
  • Postponed until Fall 2020: WomanFest 2020: Women and Body Image

    John C. Hitt Library: 223

    Note: All WomanFest 2020 events for March 19 will be rescheduled for the Fall 2020 semester. Date to be announced in a few weeks. The Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders will provide lunch and a presentation on body image, health, and wellness. Event is limited to 50 participants. Please RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womanfest-2020-women-and-body-image-tickets-89623264597

    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
  • Self-Compassion (Recurring Event)

    Counseling and Psychological Services

    Offering oneself the gift of compassion is fundamental for health and wellness. For various reason this is something that many of us struggle with. This workshop explores the topic of self-compassion and how to be more compassionate toward oneself. CAPS workshops are free, require no sign-up, and space is provided on a first-come-first-serve basis to currently enrolled students.

    Fall
  • ONLINE UCF MBA Admissions Chat

    Online

    This online admissions chat will provide a brief overview of UCF's four MBA tracks, schedule and location options, curriculum, application process and admissions process. Take this opportunity to get the answers you need to start and complete your UCF MBA applications. Hosted by Admissions Director, Robin Hofler, and Assistant Director of Recruiting, George Fulginiti. Register at: applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/MBAQA319

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Lunch and Learn with an Employer (Recurring Event)

    Career Services and Experiential Learning: 121

    Lunch and Learn with an Employer. Lunch will be provided. RSVP via Handshake https://app.joinhandshake.com Spring 2020 Lunch & Learn Schedule: 1/22- OCPS - Impressing the Recruiter (1pm - 2pm) 1/27- RSM - Prepare for the Career Expo 2/5- Cintas - Transferable Skills 2/11- Liberty Mutual- Walking in Your Purpose 2/26- Boosterthon - You Have The Job, Now What? 3/4- Addition …

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Continuum- Violence Prevention Certificate Series (Recurring Event)

    Recreation and Wellness Center Wet Classroom

    Participants will place various scenarios on a continuum spanning from harmless to interpersonal violence. See where each scenario falls according to individual participants and how this relates to rape culture in our society.

    Fall
  • Cancelled -- Africa and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue

    Trevor Colbourn Hall: Room 358B

    *This event has been cancelled for March 19th. The rescheduled date is to be determined. Africa’s current reality and its dramatic transformations are being driven by the megatrends of demography, climate, and technology. These transformations present enormous challenges. Join us in an informal roundtable discussion of these and other issues pertaining to Botswana in particular, and Africa in general. Our …

    Fall
  • Virtual- Freshman Edition: Building Winning Resumes (Recurring Event)

    Virtual Event

    This will be a virtual webinar and can be accessed by signing into Handshake. Resume building workshop for freshman students highlighting how to incorporate collegiate co-curricular experiences on resume. This session is not available for GEB points. View webinar instructions in Handshake: http://ucf.joinhandshake.com/

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Eminent Scholars Lecture Series feat. Dr. Steven Cohen, Sustainability Policy: The Role of Government in Accelerating the Transition to an Environmentally Sustainable Economy

    UCF Downtown: DPAC 106A

    Spring 2020 CPNM Eminent Scholar Lecture Series EVENTBRITE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Dr. Steven Cohen's discussion, Sustainability Policy: The Role of Government in Accelerating the Transition to an Environmentally Sustainable Economy", will consider a title Dr. Cohen co-authored Sustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy." Market forces alone will not transition the global economy toward environmental sustainability. Government must play …

    Fall
  • Postponed until Fall 2020: WomanFest 2020: Women & Leadership

    John C. Hitt Library: 223

    Note: All WomanFest 2020 events for March 19 will be rescheduled for the Fall 2020 semester. Date to be announced in a few weeks. Florida Representative and UCF alumnae Anna Eskamani discusses women, politics, activism and leadership.

    Fall
  • Heartfulness Meditation (Recurring Event)

    NSC: 102: 102

    Want to unwind, relax, and tune into your heart? Join us for a Heartfulness meditation session! We will meet weekly in NSC 102 from 7-8 PM for a meditation session and discussion, often with a relevant article, book excerpt, or YouTube video. All are welcome, and no experience is needed. There will be chairs available to sit on, but you …

    Fall
  • CANCELED: Guest Artist Recital: Wesley Ferreira, clarinet

    Rehearsal Hall: Auditorium

    This event has been cancelled or postponed with dates to be announced. Public offerings from the College of Arts and Humanities, including concerts, recitals, lectures, exhibitions, theatre performances, etc., are cancelled or postponed at least through March 29. UCF Celebrates the Arts 2020, planned for April 7-19 at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, is also cancelled, as are …

    Fall