{"id":127623,"date":"2022-04-06T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=127623"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:42:07","slug":"2022-ucf-founders-day-honorees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/2022-ucf-founders-day-honorees\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 UCF Founders&#8217; Day Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Founders\u2019 Day Honors Convocation celebrates those who contribute to UCF\u2019s growing quality and impact. UCF has never followed what other universities have done, and the future of the university will continue to be unique, shaped by the strengths of its faculty and students.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, faculty are honored for their teaching, research, service, mentorship and student advising. Students were honored at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/leadership\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/2022_Founders-Day-Student-Booklet-pages.pdf\">separate celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 honorees are:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-names-2022-pegasus-professors\">Pegasus Professor<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrique Del Barco, College of Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Sellnow, College of Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reach for the Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pathogenic-bacteria-and-biomedical-research\/\">Salvador Amagro-Moreno<\/a>, College of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Yue \u201cGurt\u201d Ge, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/li>\n<li>Zhishan Guo, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Yeongwoong \u201cEric\u201d Jung, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Chrissy Kolaya, College of Arts and Humanities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>College Awardees:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Bush, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/li>\n<li>Farrah Cato, College of Arts and Humanities<\/li>\n<li>Chung Chan, College of Engineering and Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Latarsha Chisholm, College of Community Innovation and Education<\/li>\n<li>Brandy Dieterle, College of Arts and Humanities<\/li>\n<li>Tina L. 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