{"id":15100,"date":"2010-08-16T15:24:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T19:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2019-07-05T10:59:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:59:45","slug":"how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Start the Term Right at UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Knight&#8217;s Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join <a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.cst.ucf.edu\/kmailselfsvc\" target=\"_blank\">Knight&#8217;s E-mail Today<\/a>: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called Knight\u2019s E-Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Knight\u2019s E-mail is the only e-mail system UCF uses and the only way we will communicate with you on official university business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advising<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Academic Advising: UCF <a href=\"https:\/\/oeas.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">advisors<\/a> will help you with course selection and academic planning \u2013 before Add\/Drop.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a freshman, please visit the First Year Advising Office.<\/p>\n<p>For students in their second year, visit your college advising office. Undeclared (no major) and Undecided (major changing) students in their second year should visit the Sophomore and Second Year Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parking.ucf.edu\/?promo_id=ParkingCenter_FirstWeek\" target=\"_blank\">Campus Parking<\/a>: Purchase a parking decal in person (Garage B) or online to gain access to 12,000 parking spaces. Or use the UCF shuttles from 15 off-campus residential communities and Central Florida Research Park. There are also 6,500 bicycling (parking) spaces throughout campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students Accounts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Student Payments (Cashier\u2019s office): If you need to pay your registration or housing fees, visit the Cashier\u2019s Office in <a>Millican Hall<\/a>, room 110.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registrar&#8217;s Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question about registration or about important university deadlines visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.registrar.ucf.edu\/?promo_id=RegistrarCenter_FirstWeek\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> or stop by room 161 in Millican Hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Financial Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Office of Student Financial Assistance (Millican Hall, Suite 120) is the place to go for answers. Go <a href=\"https:\/\/finaid.ucf.edu\/?promo_id=FinAidCenter_FirstWeek\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>, call, or meet them in person. Each year the office awards more than $200 million to students. They\u2019re the experts. And they\u2019re here to help you.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/first_week\/?promo_id=First_WeekSLAug23\" target=\"_blank\">Start the Term Right<\/a> web page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Good luck this semester!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Knight&#8217;s Mail Join Knight&#8217;s E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called Knight\u2019s E-Mail. Knight\u2019s E-mail is the only e-mail system UCF uses and the only way we will communicate with you on official university business. Advising Academic Advising: UCF advisors will help&hellip;","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":15101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1696,3623],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-15100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","tag-financial-aid","tag-parking-and-transportation-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Start the Term Right at UCF | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Knight&#039;s Mail Join Knight&#039;s E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Start the Term Right at UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Knight&#039;s Mail Join Knight&#039;s E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-08-16T19:24:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-05T14:59:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Terry Helms\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Terry Helms\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Terry Helms\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680\"},\"headline\":\"How to Start the Term Right at UCF\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-16T19:24:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-05T14:59:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/pegasus.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Financial aid\",\"Parking and Transportation Services\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Student Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2010\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Start the Term Right at UCF | University of Central Florida News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/pegasus.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-16T19:24:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-05T14:59:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680\"},\"description\":\"Knight's Mail Join Knight's E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/pegasus.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/pegasus.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1536,\"caption\":\"pegasus\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Start the Term Right at UCF\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\",\"description\":\"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680\",\"name\":\"Terry Helms\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Terry Helms\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/thelms\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\\\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"University of Central Florida\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Start the Term Right at UCF | University of Central Florida News","description":"Knight's Mail Join Knight's E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Start the Term Right at UCF","og_description":"Knight's Mail Join Knight's E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/","og_site_name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF","article_published_time":"2010-08-16T19:24:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-05T14:59:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1536,"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Terry Helms","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UCF","twitter_site":"@UCF","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Terry Helms","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/"},"author":{"name":"Terry Helms","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680"},"headline":"How to Start the Term Right at UCF","datePublished":"2010-08-16T19:24:52+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-05T14:59:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/"},"wordCount":275,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus.jpg","keywords":["Financial aid","Parking and Transportation Services"],"articleSection":["Student Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2010","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/","name":"How to Start the Term Right at UCF | University of Central Florida News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus.jpg","datePublished":"2010-08-16T19:24:52+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-05T14:59:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680"},"description":"Knight's Mail Join Knight's E-mail Today: As a part of the UCF team you must join 53,000 other students and sign up for the official UCF email \u2013 called","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus.jpg","width":1024,"height":1536,"caption":"pegasus"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Start the Term Right at UCF"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","description":"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f83b77800ced2081c86229648f953680","name":"Terry Helms","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8db26b6f6d60d840801b3dad7f306eb53326757ffd70fcddc856a9ca91688420?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Terry Helms"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/author\/thelms\/"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/how-to-start-the-term-right-at-ucf\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"University of Central Florida"}]}},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/08\/pegasus-200x300.jpg","primary_category":27,"primary_tag":1696,"author_byline":"Terry Helms","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100160,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15100\/revisions\/100160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15100"},{"taxonomy":"tu_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tu_author?post=15100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}