2008 Woodie Awards
A UCF graduate student and world-class bowler is living her dream in places all over the world. Stefanie Nation, who was named Player of the Year in 2006 by the United States Bowling Congress, left Orlando with 15 other bowlers as part of the first women's tour since the Professional Women's Bowling Association ended in 2003.
The College of Nursing has been accredited for the next 10 years by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. It's not the first time the school has been accredited; it was as a school and as a program, but this time, the college received the maximum period of accreditation with "no issues or concerns.
Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign bus made an unplanned stop at UCF on Monday. While the presidential hopeful himself didn't make an appearance, his son, Craig, drove the bus. This stop was the 60th stop on the bus's tour of Florida and has seven stops to go until it has hit all 67 counties in Florida.
UCF students feed an average of 100 homeless people every Monday at the old downtown Orlando Post Office, on the corner of Jefferson Street and Magnolia Avenue. A large group-feeding ordinance enacted July 2006 prohibits groups exceeding 25 people to gather in any of Orlando's parks or within two miles of City Hall without a permit, which is only available twice a year to each group.
The College of Education continued its 40th anniversary celebration by honoring 24 of its own as Alumni of the Decade recipients. The committee of education faculty and alumni spent six months selecting the recipients, who were chosen from three decades of classes from the 1970s to the 1990s.
For senior accounting and finance major Scott Kirkman, the past week of Homecoming events has a special meaning. The student body voted him the 2007 Homecoming King. Kirkman was nominated by his fraternity, Kappa Sigma. "It feels pretty awesome," Kirkman said.
Florida Sen. Lee Constantine and the Student Government Association are accepting applications for an internship program for UCF students. The Legislative Scholars Internship program, in its third year at UCF, offers students an opportunity to represent UCF in Tallahassee.
They can be found standing outside the Student Union, handing out information on a certain issue. They're on Facebook, forming groups and inviting people to join a cause. And their fliers can be found all over campus - they are student activists and they find many ways to spread their word.