UCF’s Fifth Annual KnightWalk for Babies

In 2008, the March of Dimes, which is an organization that works to fight prematurity in infants, hosted a March for Babies walk in 900 communities across the country and the students and faculty at UCF were among the millions of participants. Already in its fifth straight year, KnightWalk for Babies...

February 22nd, 2010 | Campus Involvement, News | Read More

Students Participate In Zombie Attack!

Zombies. The word brings thoughts of the cannibalistic undead sweeping over cities in masses just like in movies like Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later. Well, this Sunday UCF will become ground zero for our very own Z Day invasion. Together with the help of the Urban Gaming Club, more than 200 students...

February 17th, 2010 | Campus Involvement | Read More

Kilbride and Lochrane Want More Student Services, Input

The campaigning has begun, and the candidates are working harder than ever to get your vote. On Tuesday night, Mike Kilbride and his running mate, Taylor Lochrane, held a meeting at Brooklyn Pizza to release their platform. The event, called “Time to Meet: The Difference is You!”, brought in dozens...

February 17th, 2010 | Campus Involvement, News, Student Government | Read More

Get to Know Your 2010 UCF SGA Presidential Tickets

Campaigning for the 2010 SGA presidential election has begun! KnightNews.com has conducted the first interviews with both presidential tickets. Ashley Tintsman has been assigned to cover the Mike Kilbride and Taylor Lochrane ticket, and Peter Porebski will cover the Daniel Seeff and Kevin Wolkenfield...

February 10th, 2010 | Campus Involvement, Student Government | Read More

Campus Movie Fest: A Goldmine for Future Filmmakers

For most of us the movies are a part of our lives. We watch them, we talk about them, we love them, but how many of us have dreamed of making our own? If you’re like me then that thought has crossed your mind more than once. I see films and I think, “Hey, I could think of something like that,”...

February 4th, 2010 | Campus Involvement, Movies & TV | Read More

Kappa Sigma Wants Your Help For Haiti

This week, the Kappa Sigma fraternity asks you to help them help Haiti. The National Business Aviation Association Student Group at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, with help from Kappa Sigma, is sending three planes to Haiti. They hope to have all three stocked with supplies. This means we’ve...

January 24th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Campus Involvement | Read More

Candle Light Vigil For Haiti Held at Reflection Pond

Last night at UCF’s Reflection Pond, a candle light vigil was held for the people of Haiti, as it has been devastated by Wednesday’s 7.0 earthquake. However, this was not a vigil of sadness, but of hope and prayer. Several students spoke on how the earthquake affected their lives, either directly...

January 19th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Campus Involvement | Read More

UCF Student’s Flock to Relief BBQ

Students Greek and non-Greek alike gathered on the lawn of the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) house Monday afternoon to join together in an effort to help the victims of the recent Haiti earthquake. UCF was quick in its response to the news of this tragedy; not letting more than a day or so go by before students...

January 19th, 2010 | Campus Involvement, Greek Life | Read More

UCF Helps Haiti

As the images of heartbreaking death and destruction continue to pour in, KnightNews.com is dedicated to helping you help Haiti. If you or your club is doing something to help, let us know by sending us an email and we will help get the word out for you. Here’s a list of ways that the UCF community...

January 15th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Campus Involvement | Read More

Operation Smile Comes to UCF

Throughout the day, the mouth is used more times than its not. Whether it is for eating, talking, making faces, kissing or smiling for the camera, the mouth is a body part that never sits idle. Unfortunately though, about 200,000 people are born with a cleft lip or palate annually which leads them with...

December 6th, 2009 | Campus Involvement | Read More

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