In Memory News

A Celebration of Life event will be held for UCF’s longtime costume shop manager on Oct. 17. Reservations are required.

Gary Nichols ’87 was a beloved faculty member in the College of Business for 15 years and frequently used his industry expertise, life experience and friendly attitude to make an impression on students and colleagues.

The associate professor and South African native, who died Aug. 23, helped organize the 2010 FIFA World Cup and taught at UCF’s hospitality school for 7 years.

“We can draw strength from our remembrance,” says Michael Nunes ’16 ’18MA, student life coordinator for LGBTQ+ Services at UCF.

Major died at the age of 79 after 24 years at the university and leaves a legacy of students who have gone on to careers as actors, producers, directors and talent agents.

After losing her 10-year battle with breast cancer in January, Maribel Ortiz-Pina’s family will receive her degree posthumously in honor of the educational leadership student’s hard work.

Professor Emeritus of sociology James Wright, whose research was central to a modern understanding of poverty and homelessness, died Monday at the age of 71.

During a 3 p.m. ceremony in the Student Union Pegasus Ballroom, 19 students who lost their lives in the past year were honored at the…

Colleagues remember the professor and Pulitzer Prize recipient, who died Thursday.