{"id":58397,"date":"2014-04-02T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T19:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=58397"},"modified":"2018-04-30T15:23:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T19:23:50","slug":"achievements-recognized-founders-day-honors-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/achievements-recognized-founders-day-honors-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements Recognized at Founders&#8217; Day Honors Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty members, staff and students who have made significant achievements and academic contributions at the University of Central Florida were recognized at the annual Founders\u2019 Day Honors Convocation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>From a biology professor who has been featured in two National Geographic Channel documentary films (William Crampton), to a Professor Emeritus who wrote the initial grant proposal to establish UCF\u2019s highly ranked Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (Michael Moshell), and to a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist who is director of jazz studies (Jeffrey Rupert), the recipients were honored at a program and reception in the Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>President John C. 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