CHPS News
Health Sciences
Student Spotlight: Liana Santos, Health Sciences
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...
Health Sciences
Student Spotlight: Brooke Martinez, Health Sciences
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...
Health Sciences
Student Spotlight: Bedis Elkamel, Health Sciences
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,...
Health Sciences
Alumni Spotlight: Andre Zibner, Health Sciences
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...
Health Sciences
Student Spotlight: Emily Wagner, Health Sciences
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...
Health Sciences
Student Spotlight: Savannah Adams, Health Sciences
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...
Health Sciences
Student Spotlight: Nardy Pena, Health Sciences
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...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
CSD Alumnus Brings Discussion on Fluency Disorders Across the Country
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...
Kinesiology
Knight Life @UCFCHPS Spotlights Exercise and Sport Physiology Internship
Kinesiology student Connor Humphreys gained hands-on experience supporting individuals with neurological impairments, including spinal cord injury, stroke and Parkinson’s disease, during his internship at the...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
UCF Professor and Students Break Barriers in Health Literacy
The average English-speaking adult reads at a seventh to eighth grade reading level, Dr. Richard Zraick, UCF communication sciences and disorders professor, said. Zraick said...