News: Student Spotlight
Preceptor of the Month: April 2021
Jillian Sutton, Preceptor of the Month for April, stands with Andrew McIntosh, UCF MAT student. For the month of April 2021, we celebrate Jillian Sutton as Preceptor of the Month!...
Health Sciences Student Spotlight: Romina Homayoun
Romina Homayoun is a senior majoring in Health Sciences and minoring in Spanish. Last month, Romina was inducted into the Order of Pegasus Class of 2021. The breadth of accomplishments...
Athletic Training Student to Intern for San Francisco 49ers
Abiola Sasore, an international graduate student in the athletic training program, recently accepted an internship with the San Francisco 49ers. Sasore, who was born and raised in Ireland, grew up...
Health Sciences Alumnus Competes on American Ninja Warrior, Trains Future Ninjas in Orlando
Some people dream of becoming superheroes and ninjas like the ones they see on TV. Jason Kotzin ‘20 is helping to make their dreams come true through the training sessions...
Kinesiology Alumnus Named Florida HS Football Coach of the Year
Eric Lodge ‘11, who graduated from the kinesiology program in the Sport and Athletic Coaching track, was recently named the overall 2020 Florida Dairy Farmers Football Coach-of-the-Year. It is the highest honor bestowed upon Florida high school coaches...
Health Sciences Alumna Shares How She Discovered Her Path
Taylor Goss ’18, a Health Sciences graduate currently working on her second master’s degree before applying to medical school, did not grow up wanting to be a physician. “Medicine was...
CSD Instructor Establishes Scholarship to Help Students with a Less Common Path to Graduation
Joe DiNapoli in class Joseph DiNapoli, a senior instructor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, recently established The Joe DiNapoli ‘Extended Journeys’ Endowed Scholarship Fund for “nontraditional” students,...
CSD Student Uses Her Own Experiences Going Deaf to Better Serve Deaf Community
Allison Diaz, a student in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has gone from being hearing impaired to deaf while completing her studies at UCF to become a speech-language pathologist. “I’ve been involved with speech-language pathology...
CSD Alumna Helps Stoneman Douglas Students Heal and Thrive
Rachel Archambault ’13 ’16 is a speech-language pathologist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. And while her goal was always to help improve the speech and communication abilities...
Health Sciences Graduate Continues Family Legacy in Healthcare
Growing up, Breon Clark always knew he wanted to go into the healthcare field. His mother and some of his aunts are nurses. Clark also played sports in high school...
