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Professor Peter Delfyett — UCF’s first current UCF faculty member to earn the honor — will be inducted during a livestreamed ceremony Saturday, Oct. 2, at noon. Click here to watch.

The Florida Board of Governors and State University System of Florida are strongly recommending that all students get vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus before arriving on campus.

The Helios Education Foundation Grant will build UCF’s Coaching Academy into a statewide resource and training center

Karen Cochran will serve as UCF Foundation CEO pending a national search.

Issa Batarseh, Cristina Fernández-Valle, Luis Martínez-Fernández, Marshall Schminke and Jeffrey Stout have been selected as the 2021 Pegasus Professors.

The new members — two of whom are alumni — will participate in their first board meeting Thursday.

The university’s undergraduate video game design program also ranked No. 14 in the world, according to The Princeton Review and PC Gamer magazine.

The 2021 Order of Pegasus recipients includes 15 Burnett Honors College students, six LEAD Scholars, six Student Government leaders, three President’s Leadership Council members, one Greek member, one student-athlete and three transfer students.