Category Archives: College News

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 […]

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 […]

Top 3 Finishers Take Home Scholarship Prizes from Sponsor Verizon By BRENT MESKE Five College of Business students teamed up to win the 2023 Great Capstone Case Competition with their plan for longtime competition sponsor Verizon to launch an experiential marketing program called “Verizon’s Green Horizon.” Ryan Adams, Diego Baduy Aumaitre, Victor Vargas Ortiz, Jose […]

The International Journal of Sport and Society granted UCF Professor C. Keith Harrison, Ed.D. and his co-writers the International Award for Excellence for their article “Images of Black Men and White Women: Unpacking Representations of Interracial Couples in Sport and Society.” Harrison, along with Whitney Griffin and Amanda N. Schweinbenz, wrote the article, which was […]

The U.S News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2023 were released Tuesday and included an impressive 51-spot jump to No. 76 for the College of Business’ Part-Time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. “It is exciting to see our programs jump significantly in the rankings. I would say our secret to success […]

A trio of UCF College of Business seniors – Connor Huseman, Nicholas Martins, Mazen Youness – won the 2023 Joust New Venture Competition on Thursday at the Celeste Hotel. Their company, VIP Hard Seltzer, is a first-of-its kind competitor in the hard seltzer marketplace that features collagen protein and appeals to health-conscious consumers.  The unique combination of components has enabled VIP Hard Seltzer […]

ORLANDO, Fla. – The American Council on Education (ACE) announced that Pradeep Bhardwaj, Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Marketing at UCF, has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2023-24. Following nomination by the senior administration of their institutions and a rigorous application process, 36 Fellows were selected this year—click here for a […]

UCF College of Business is an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review(R). The education services company recently named the College’s Executive and Professional on-campus MBA programs to its list of Best Business Schools for 2023. The list features profiles of 243 schools offering on-campus MBA programs that have been rated by Princeton Review […]

The International Real Estate Society (IRES) recognized UCF Professor and Howard Phillips Eminent Scholar Chair in Real Estate Dave Harrison with the 2023 Achievement Award earlier this month. Harrison, who has been with UCF for eight years, was recognized for his research focused on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), mortgage markets and real estate finance. […]

Winning App Helps Student Pilots Reduce Training Costs, Emissions Congratulations to UCF students Tyler Worrall, Laura Murillo and Rachel Flasterstein who finished first, second and third, respectively, at the UCF Social Venture Competition. The competition focused on solutions intended to impact society’s problems. Worrall’s application, PostFlight, connects student pilots who are then able to share […]