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David Oglethorpe has been advising first-year students at UCF for more than a year while working toward a master’s degree in higher education. A graduate of Ohio State University, he began his advising career at Jacksonville University before being hired by UCF’s Office of First Year Advising and Exploration. The office helps first-time-in-college students transition into UCF and assists them…