2008 Woodie Awards
After two years, 26-year-old Jennifer Kesse remains missing, but family members and friends are not giving up hope. "When a person goes missing, awareness is absolutely everything," said Jennifer Kesse's father, Drew Kesse. "We hope we get a miracle." Jennifer Kesse, a UCF graduate student, went missing Jan.
UCF could become the first public university in the state to have a medical amnesty policy. In doing so, UCF would join a handful of other public universities, including University of Georgia and University of Virginia. Medical amnesty, called "Good Samaritan" by some universities aims to shield students from some disciplinary actions when the student calls for help for alcohol or drug abuse that threatens a student's life.
Eight Student Government Association Senate seats have been vacated and are up for grabs. Currently, seats are available in the College of Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Health and Public Affairs, College of Hospitality Management, College of Optics and Photonics, College of Education, Graduate Studies and Regional Campus.
The UCF Board of Trustees approved fee increases for both housing and parking at its latest meeting. The Housing Department's 2008-2009 fiscal year will bring in a 3 percent, or $75, rental increase. This increase is a result of inflation in the cost of goods and services, additional staff for managed facilities and necessary repairs, according to the budget proposal approved at the Jan.
Long-distance gumball catching and making music with plumbing pipes, all while wearing blue paint, isn't what most students at UCF imagine themselves doing after graduation. All of these skills have become life for Richard Cravens. The 1994 UCF alumnus used to wander the campus, drum in the marching band and switched majors countless times.
Global warming has become Too Hot Not To Handle, as suggested by the name of one film to be showcased during Focus the Nation's film festival on Jan. 31. The film festival will be held in the Pegasus Ballroom and will feature a variety of films exposing climate changes and the factors that contribute to them.
UCF will be the center of the environmental movement for one hour today when it hosts a live webcast about the need to decrease greenhouse gases. The 2% Solution will not only be live, but also interactive. The webcast will engage a studio audience, and those viewing can participate via cell phone in the discussion of possible resolutions.