UCF will award greater than 3,860 levels throughout three graduation ceremonies at Addition Monetary Enviornment Aug. 4-5, sending a expertise pipeline of extremely expert graduates into careers which might be very important for our area and our state.
Of the levels UCF expects to award, 2,986 are bachelor’s, 615 are grasp’s, 152 are doctoral and 6 are training specialist levels. UCF will even award 104 graduate certificates.
General, UCF anticipates awarding 816 levels in STEM fields — together with 359 in engineering and laptop science — in addition to 410 in enterprise, 168 in hospitality-related fields, 277 in nursing, 91 in biomedical sciences, 32 in digital and rising media, and 54 in elementary training.
Greater than half of the bachelor’s diploma recipients are college students eligible to obtain Pell Grants (1,535), demonstrating the college’s influence on social mobility. As well as, 710 bachelor’s levels will likely be awarded to first-generation college students — accounting for twenty-four% of the graduating class.
Graduation Festivities
Held in Addition Monetary Enviornment, the spring graduation will happen Aug. 4-5.
All company, together with youngsters and infants, want a ticket for admission. All graduates who’ve filed an intent to graduate will obtain 5 graduation ceremony tickets once they choose up their regalia packet.
Friends who wouldn’t have tickets could watch the reside ceremony through a simulcast viewing within the FAIRWINDS Alumni Heart and the Scholar Union. Ceremonies will even be livestreamed on UCF’s YouTube channel.
Graduation Photograph-ops
Three completely different photo-ops on UCF’s primary campus can be found for college students to their accomplishments.
The Reflecting Pond is among the most iconic spots on campus for grad photographs and this yr the pond may have enhanced components, reminiscent of flags on the garden and black and gold balls within the water, July 22- Aug. 7.
Graduating Knights will even have the ability to take photographs in FBC Mortgage Stadium from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. July 31-Aug. 3. Please enter by Gate 17 to entry the stadium. Taking photographs on the sphere is prohibited.
On Thursday, Aug. 3, 3-7 p.m., spring graduates will likely be supplied a photo-op — Grad Stroll — inside Addition Monetary Enviornment. This will likely be a first-come, first-served event for graduates and as much as 10 of their well-wishers to take photographs and movies on the ceremony stage. No pre-registration is required.
Graduation Schedule
Graduates and company can overview the under graduation ceremony schedule, itemizing schools, ceremony dates and streaming hyperlinks:
Aug. 4, 6 p.m.
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Undergraduate Research
Aug. 5, 10 a.m.
Faculty of Enterprise
Faculty of Neighborhood Innovation and Schooling
Rosen Faculty of Hospitality Administration
Aug. 5, 3 p.m.
Faculty of Engineering and Pc Science
Faculty of Graduate Research
Faculty of Well being Professions and Sciences
Faculty of Medication
Faculty of Nursing
Faculty of Optics and Photonics
Graduation Audio system
Aug. 4, 6 p.m.
Ray Rodrigues
Chancellor of the State College System of Florida
Aug. 5, 10 a.m.
John Rivers
CEO for the 4R Restaurant Group
Aug. 5, 3 p.m.
Grace Bochenek ’98PhD
Director of UCF’s Faculty of Modeling, Simulation and Coaching, and Institute of Simulation and Coaching
UCF industrial and programs engineering alum
For extra particulars and FAQs about Spring 2023 graduation celebrations, go to ucf.edu/commencement.