4 UCF Students Win Local Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition

October 24, 2023 by
Will Get Chance to Compete for $10,000 in National Ideas Competition Posted October 24, 2023 ORLANDO, Fla. – Congratulations to the four winners of the Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition—Azzam Alhussain with AI Medical Imaging Solutions, Claire Bury with SeptiSmart, Hiba Zuberi with Papyrus and Kaylyn Weston with Pet Connect—who took home $1,000 each and will get the opportunity to […]

State Farm Renews $10,000 Grant to UCF’s PSP Students

October 3, 2023 by
ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2023) – The UCF College of Business is proud to announce State Farm has renewed its funding of scholarships for students in the national championship-winning Professional Selling Program (PSP) who compete in the program’s sales competitions. “The faculty at UCF’s College of Business never ceases to amaze us,” State Farm Agent […]

Q&A With DeVos Cohort President Andy Smith

September 12, 2023 by
Andy Smith has been defying the odds his entire life and continues doing so at UCF. The current DeVos Cohort Class President and Graduate Assistant is pursuing a dual Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Sports Business Management at UCF. This summer, Smith participated in the Pathways Internship through the United States Golf Association (USGA) […]

Are the Excel Championships Really an eSport?

September 5, 2023 by
Are the Excel Championships just another bit of content for ESPN? Could it keep the Pac 12 alive? More importantly, is it an eSport and can we gamble on it? Listen in!   Featured Guests Andrew Grigolyunovich – Founder and CEO of the Financial Modeling World Cup David Clayton Brown, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Finance at […]

Part 2: Will AI Depopulate Hollywood?

August 28, 2023 by
Reality TV, strikes and cyborgs, OH MY! Hollywood may be heading toward AI-generated content, and we all may already be living in a cyborg state … so was this episode AI-generated? This is part two of a two-part episode. Be sure to go back and listen to Part 1: Will the Hollywood Strike be an […]

Part 1: Will the Hollywood Strike be an Extended Thing?

August 21, 2023 by
More reality TV? AI-generated “South Park” episodes? Is this where Hollywood is heading thanks to the latest writer and actor strike? We find out from UCF experts how, and why, the strike will be resolved and how AI will play into plans moving forward. This is part one of a two-part episode.     Featured […]

Capstone Competition Crowns Champion

July 20, 2023 by
by Jasmine Garcia The results are in, and Team “We Hate I4” brought home the top prize at the Summer 2023 Great Capstone Case Competition on July 14th. College of Business students Parker Brown, Nicholas Carroll, Christian Garcia-Cobian and Ryan Scism collaborated on an innovative proposal for building a Dollar General distribution center in Mexico. […]

UCF Students Win Small Business Institute® National Honors in Florida SBDC at UCF Program

May 16, 2023 by
Student Team Assists Local Small Business with Award Winning Consulting May 15, 2023 Orlando, FL – A student team from the University of Central Florida’s College of Business recently placed second in the 2022-23 ‘Graduate Specialized Project of the Year’ category of the Small Business Institute’s® annual Experiential Learning Project of the Year competition. Competing […]

Father-Son Duo Gain Unique Experience Enrolled at UCF Together

May 11, 2023 by
Business Knights a Family Affair By BRENT MESKE Choosing to attend the same college a parent once attended is nothing new. Attending the same college at the same time is something most don’t get the opportunity to do. For the past two years, Sean Parkes and Logan Parkes have been able to do just that. On Friday, Sean, 47, graduated with […]