News: Student Spotlight

Health Sciences major, Liana Santos, is the perfect “poster student” for highlighting the value of pursuing extracurricular experiences. Working as a hospital nursing assistant and a medical assistant in a...

Growing up in Texas, Brooke Martinez had never heard of the University of Central Florida. A random email from UCF and a subsequent campus visit changed that. “The campus felt...

An eighth-grade health class assignment sparked Bedis Elkamel’s interest in pursuing a career in medicine. “When I came to UCF, I looked at several majors, but I felt like Health...

In this third year of study at the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy, Andre Zibner, a UCF Health Sciences alumnus (’21), is passionate and excited about his chosen career....

The youngest of five siblings, three of whom were adopted during the Romanian orphan crisis, Health Sciences major, Emily Wagner, is fast approaching her last semester at UCF. “Coming from...

Savannah Adams, a Health Sciences major, is living proof that, as she says, “If it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger.” During her junior year at UCF, Savannah started...

Moving from Venezuela to the US by herself at the age of 21, Nardy Pena sometimes worked three jobs at a time to support herself as she learned English and...

Randy Panzarino ’16 ’19 ‘21MA, originally from Melbourne Beach, Florida, graduated from UCF with a bachelor’s in psychology in 2016, a bachelor’s in communication sciences and disorders in 2019 and...

Meet Mary Grace Gunnels. She’s a second-generation Knight and speech language pathologist (SLP). As she prepares to walk the commencement stage, she gives all credit to her mom, Krista Gunnels...

Meet Emma Herring. The West Palm Beach native fell in love with the idea of doing something with athletics as a career a long time ago. She discovered the potential...