The UCF Police Department is investigating two burglaries, both involving grand thefts in Colbourn Hall, occurring between April 24 and 28. Faculty and staff said that laptops, flash drives with students' Social Security numbers, a projector and several sets of keys were stolen.
The UCF College of Medicine made history this year - each of the 40 students in its inaugural class will receive full scholarships for their medical school career. "It gives them tremendous options to practice areas and specialties that they might not have if they had the debt," said Chip Roberts, vice president of development for the College of Medicine.
UCF will be named in association with a forest of 100,000 trees, thanks to the sales of used textbooks. UCF was awarded the privilege in April after students submitted the most votes during a contest as part of the "Buy a Book, Build a Forest" campaign sponsored by College Book & Supply in conjunction with the Arbor Day Foundation.
Despite relatively low numbers in a small pilot study conducted by the National College Health Association on the health and habits of UCF students, university health professionals said that they still have a long way to go in regards to sexual health among students.
Rex Menor jumps from the old, wooden boardwalk behind the Student Union to the soft, earthy ground of the cypress dome. Menor, a criminal justice sophomore, feels at home among the 100-year-old cypress trees and ferns. Menor said he enjoys visiting cypress domes and other types of swamps because it reminds him of his past summers when he spent time as a camp counselor teaching children about wildlife in the Everglades.