{"id":78556,"date":"2017-08-24T12:23:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=78556"},"modified":"2022-09-15T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:57:00","slug":"primer-ucfs-pegasus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/primer-ucfs-pegasus\/","title":{"rendered":"A Primer on UCF&#8217;s Pegasus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pegasus logo is our badge and emblem. You can find the winged creature everywhere around campus, but why is the university so attuned to the Greek mythical creature?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it is because it embodies our motto in a very physical sense \u2013 \u201cReach for the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As we conclude the first week of classes for the new semester, here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/constellation\/\">a primer on the very real Pegasus constellation you can find in the night <\/a>sky and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/pegasus-qa-kicks-off-ucfs-50th-anniversary-year\/\">fun \u201cinterview\u201d with Pegasus that was part of our 50th anniversary celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pegasus logo is our badge and emblem. You can find the winged creature everywhere around campus, but why is the university so attuned to the Greek mythical creature? 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