CHPS News

Scholarship

Discovering What Is Rarely Spoken

Written By: Robert Stephens | January 31, 2025
As she prepares to retire, a new endowed scholarship from Martine Vanryckeghem is ensuring future generations of fluency disorder specialists continue the life-changing conversations she...
Health Sciences

Knight Life @UCFCHPS Spotlights Community Health Ambassadors Program

Written By: Paul Kelly | January 21, 2025
Health Sciences senior Ashley Hernandez is pursuing her dream of going to medical school while participating in the Community Health Ambassadors Program. This interdisciplinary initiative...
Physical Therapy

New UCF, Orlando Health Physical Therapy Residency Program Aims to Improve Women’s Health

Written By: Heather Lovett | January 15, 2025
The program, which is the second in Florida and one of only 22 in the country, provides training related to pelvic floor therapy, pelvic and...
Communication Sciences and Disorders

UCF Awarded $1.25M to Prepare Special Educators, Speech-language Pathologists in Autism

Written By: Evan Chiovari | January 8, 2025
For two decades, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has provided funding to prepare UCF graduate students to serve the growing number of children diagnosed...
Communication Sciences and Disorders

Graduation Spotlight: Ashlei McGhee, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Written By: Carmen McCrackin | December 12, 2024
Meet Ashlei McGhee. Despite doctors bestowing grim expectations on her chances of communicating or attending college due to medical complications at birth, Ashlei stands as...
Health Sciences

Graduating UCF Student Founded Business to Help Others Obtain Disability Benefits

Written By: Grayson Keglovic | December 12, 2024
By combining personal inspiration with technology, the health sciences major has created a startup business that expedites the Social Security Disability benefits application and approval...
Kinesiology

Graduation Spotlight: Hannalee Frahm, Kinesiology

Written By: Carmen McCrackin | December 12, 2024
Meet Hannalee Frahm. Growing up as an avid gymnast and starting her coaching career at age 14, Hannalee learned early on that movement can be...
Kinesiology

Graduation Spotlight: Fabiola Castro, Kinesiology

Written By: Carmen McCrackin | December 10, 2024
Meet Fabiola Castro. After moving to the U.S. at a young age, Fabiola found refuge in sports and athletics, igniting her passion for fitness and...
MSW Program Student Spotlight

Graduation Spotlight: Dianne Bennett, Social Work

Written By: Grayson Keglovic | December 9, 2024
Meet Dianne Bennett, an experienced educator and social worker. She earned her bachelor’s in psychology and her master’s in guidance and counseling from Brooklyn College...
Health Sciences

Student Spotlight: Keidy Bello, Health Sciences

Written By: Gail Kauwell | December 6, 2024
For Health Sciences major, Keidy Bello, jumping at opportunities and using your resources is a mantra she follows and recommends as a way to learn,...

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