College of Community Innovation and Education News

The $50,000 award allows the university’s team to develop the project with government and community partners.

After serving our country, UCF’s student veterans find a home and a new purpose with others who know what it’s like to wear the uniforms of the U.S. military.

UCF’s School of Teacher Education program was one of only two of its kind to receive the Shirley S. Schwartz Urban Education Impact award at the Council for the Great City Schools’ annual conference.

The honor is designed to recognize some of UCF’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on UCF and on their respective fields.

Florida is now home to 36 Community Partnership Schools serving over 33,000 students and their communities.

Bethany Backes, an assistant professor in the Violence Against Women faculty cluster who worked for the Department of Justice for more than 10 years, shares what it means to be a champion both against violence and for social justice. 

For 18 years, UCF has been helping families stay together by teaching couples research-supported techniques focused on effective communication and listening.

Associate lecturer and Uzbekistan native Gulnora Hundley ’04MA ’08PhD shares why she’s provided free teletherapy sessions to Ukrainian mental health professionals, the importance of culturally competent mental health education and practices.

The UCF Gulf Scholars Program will begin accepting applications from UCF undergraduate students in Spring 2023, and interested students are encouraged to join the program’s inaugural forum this month.