6-20-08
UCF Rankings Can Help Nursing Homes Improve Quality, Efficiency
The college's Doctoral Program in Public Affairs operates a database of all nursing home facilities nationwide that receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.

6-17-08
UCF Offers FEMA-Recognized Emergency Management and Homeland Security Graduate Certificate
The colleges' Department of Public Administration began offering this month a new graduate certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security.

5-15-08
UCF Alumni Chapter Establishes Scholarship for Health Services Administration Graduate Students
UCF's Health Services Administration Alumni Chapter has established a scholarship for master’s degree students in health services administration. The chapter hopes to award the first scholarship in 2010.

4-29-08
5,900 UCF Students Graduating this Week
Exceptional students from the college's cardiopulmonary sciences, public administration and legal studies programs are among the 5,900 UCF students graduating this week.

4-25-08
UCF's Second Annual Public Administration Conference Explores Innovation in Government
More than 110 public administrators from local government and academia attended the event.

4-10-08
Medical Web Sites May Improve Nursing Home Care
Medical Web sites could be key to improving the quality of care at nursing homes, a new Doctoral Program in Public Affairs' study found.

4-9-08
UCF Voice Clinic Helps Local High School Chorus Groups Tune Their Voices
The voice clinic, housed in the college's Communication Disorders Clinic, diagnoses and treats a wide range of voice problems.

4-4-08
UCF's Graduate Programs Rank Among the Best 100 in the Nation
The college's graduate program in speech-language pathology ranked 87 and the graduate program in public administration ranked 90.

4-2-08
UCF Students Honored for Excellence at Founders' Day Ceremony
Megan Policastro, a senior majoring in legal studies, was named the college's most outstanding student. Her many accomplishments include serving as chair of the President's Leadership Council..

3-20-08
Fifteen UCF Students Inducted to Order of Pegasus
Three of the 11 undergraduates selected to win Order of Pegasus honors this year are students in the College of Health and Public Affairs: Bryan Arnette, Tabatha Calabrese and Megan Policastro.

3-7-08
UCF Autism Expert Applauds Governor’s Call for Autism Task Force Tery Daly, director of the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities at UCF, fully supports the creation of a statewide Task Force on Autism Spectrum Disorders.

3-7-08
Former Gang Member Shares Strategies for Ending Violence
The former gang member spoke during a daylong conference on gang violence organized by the School of Social Work.

2-21-08
UCF Starts First Traumatic Brain Injury Program in the Country, Local Students Treated at No Cost
Researchers in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders are leading this first-of-its-kind program.

2-20-08
New Graduate Certificate Addresses Increasing Demand for Knowledge of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Admission to the program will officially begin in summer 2008. 

2-18-08
UCF Names New Dean of College of Health and Public Affairs
Michael Frumkin of Eastern Washington University will assume the role of college dean on July 1.

1-25-08
Proper Nursing Staff Can Save Patient Lives and Reduce Healthcare Costs
Lynn Unruh, associate professor of health services administration, has published a review of studies on nursing-to-patient ratios in the American Journal of Nursing.

1-2-08
UCF Professor Introduces Crime Analysis Mapping Techniques to Russia's Future Police Force
Associate Professor Mike Reynolds is working with the Volgograd Law Academy to introduce data-driven crime analysis mapping techniques.

12-27-07
UCF Graduate Student Empowers Homeless Teens in Kenya During Winter Break
Social work graduate student Betsy Swart is spending the holidays helping a group of boys of Kibera in Nairobi.

12-15-07
64-Year-Old Lands UCF Degree from Afar
Billie Norczyk graduated with a bachelor's degree in health services administration at UCF's commencement exercises on
Dec. 15.

11-21-07
Two UCF Teams Take Top Honors at Mock Trial Competitions
Two UCF Mock Trial Teams have won national competitions this month.

10-5-07
College Mourns the Loss of Social Work Founding Faculty Member Cheryl Green
Associate Professor Cheryl Green passed away on Oct. 2, 2007. Click here for a tribute to her and information about memorial services.

9-20-07
Nonprofit Management, Conservation Biology and Event Management Programs Lauded
UCF administrators lauded the Nonprofit Management and Conservation Biology graduate programs and the Event Management undergraduate program during the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday.

7-21-07
More Than 2,700 Students Expected to Graduate Aug. 4
This will be the first graduating class for the College of Nursing, which became a college on July 1. The College of Nursing previously was a school that was part of the College of Health and Public Affairs.

5-31-07
Martin Helps Mongolia Develop a Social-Service System to Aid Children
Public affairs' Professor Larry Martin recently traveled to Mongolia to help its government develop a plan to expand social services for children.

5-23-07
UCF Student Identifies More than 1,000 Central Florida Veterans for Hospital Memorial
M.S.W. student Lauren Barr has compiled the names of more than 1,000 Central Florida veterans who died serving their country for a memorial wall to be built at the planned veterans’ hospital in Orlando.

5-14-07
Gullo Featured in Daytona Beach News-Journal Article
Nursing Instructor Marifrances Gullo is the subject of a full-length article published by the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Click here to read the article.

5-1-07
UCF Offers Intensive Summer Reading Camp For Children with Disabilities
Children with severe disabilities in reading, writing or spelling can participate in an intensive six-week summer program that the Communication Disorders Clinic will offer in east Orange County beginning June 11.

4-25-07
Annual Luncheon Honors the College's USPS Staff Members
The College of Health and Public Affairs held its annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon today to honor the efforts of its 44 University Support Personnel System staff employees.

4-12-07
UCF's First Public Administration Conference Focused on 'Financing the Future'
About 125 public servants, professors and students gathered for the University of Central Florida’s first Public Administration Conference entitled “The Changing Face of Public Administration: Financing the Future.”

4-11-07
UCF Switching to Doctoral Program for Physical Therapy Students
Students who enter the University of Central Florida’s Physical Therapy program will enroll in a new doctoral program instead of a master’s degree program starting this summer.

4-4-07
Faculty Honored at Founders' Day for Teaching Services and Research Efforts
Click here for a list of college faculty members and students honored at the 2007 Founders' Day convocation.

3-23-07
HSA Alumni Club to Host Symposium on ‘Growth of Healthcare’ in Central Florida
The state of health care in Florida, what its future means to local residents and how it may be improved by the UCF’s new College of Medicine will be the focus of this symposium.

3-2-07
UCF's Mock Trial Team Earns Shot at National Title
One of UCF’s mock trial teams is headed to the Championship Tournament in April thanks to its stellar performance at a regional competition this past weekend.

2-20-07
UCF to Offer Graduate Program in Clinical and Lifestyle Sciences
The new program will be offered as a track in the Master of Science in Health Sciences program.

2-2-07
State of the University
In a communitywide presentation on the State of the University, UCF President John Hitt recognized programs in the College of Health and Public Affairs.

12-5-06
UCF Establishes College of Nursing to Recognize School's Growth, Stature
Recognizing the growth of UCF's School of Nursing and its stature among nursing programs, President John Hitt announced today that the school will become the university's 12th college on July 1.

11-6-06
Student Poll Workers Contributing to 'Future of Our Democracy'
UCF's Public Administration and Political Science students will help voters cast their ballots Tuesday, bucking the myth that young people don't care about politics.

11-6-06
UCF, Florida Hospital Announce Partnership to Study Lifestyle Medicine
Florida Hospital and UCF have formed a strategic alliance to advance research and model best practices in the emerging field of lifestyle medicine.

10-13-06
Diversity Week Focused on ‘Sport and Cultural Change’
The college sponsored a visit to the campus by Florida Board of Governors member Ava Parker, who spoke to UCF students Friday, Oct. 20, about the importance of diversity in higher education.

9-6-06
UCF Experts Available to Discuss Anniversary of 9/11, Other Terrorism Issues
College faculty members Pamala Griset, K. Michael Reynolds and Naim Kapucu, as well as several other UCF professors, are available to speak with reporters about the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and other issues related to terrorism.

8-24-06
UCF Community Encouraged to Participate in Avian Flu Vaccination Exercise