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UCF, FIU and USF will use a shared $400,000 grant to help more than 5,000 transfer students earn their degrees by 2027.

UCF’s new Transfer Center is located in Trevor Colbourn Hall and a new website will also assist students virtually.

The purpose of the collaboration is to ensure students from communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic can earn their degrees.

UCF is one of 10 institutions in the nation this year to join trendsetting group that intentionally serves Latino students. Para la versión en Español, oprima aquí.

The initiative, implemented in 2006, strengthens UCF’s reputation in helping transfer students succeed.

The Helios Education Foundation Grant will build UCF’s Coaching Academy into a statewide resource and training center

The largest gift in the university’s history will strengthen proven pathways to opportunity, fueling student success, academic  excellence and faculty research for generations.

Students benefit from on-the-job training and soft-skills development, and some candidates are converting their internships into jobs after graduation.

After being convicted of a robbery at 17 and overcoming addiction, LeRoy Langston is graduating with plans to become a counselor.