The Charge • 26th March 2026

Intramural sports coordinator dedicates her work to sports, student development

Emilee Howard picked up a basketball as a small 2-year-old and never put it down. Now, 30-year-old Howard is traveling across the country to officiate national sports tournaments.As UCF’s Intramural Sports and RWC Park coordinator, Howard does more than just coordinate programs. She is also committed to student development. From painting the fields of the RWC Park to training students how to officiate, she goes above and beyond.
“I'm someone that I'm willing to do whatever you guys need...

Oviedo Community News • 26th March 2026

Pharmacy on the Park brings back old-school-style healthcare – Oviedo Community News

Local, family-owned pharmacy goes beyond filling prescriptions and contributes to the community through customer service. In 2022, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic, 64-year-old Reidy Williams was denied his wife’s medication at a chain pharmacy.


Living in Geneva, Florida, Williams and his wife, who has breast cancer, were searching for an alternative remedy to treat the cancer. After doing their research, they found a small study in Europe using the medication Ivermectin.


Upon getting a...

The Community Paper - • 2nd February 2026

Keeping an eye out for pet allergies - The Community Paper

The start of the new year often prompts health checkups, even for family pets.
Liz Andrade, a veterinarian at Winter Park Veterinary Hospital, said identifying the problem with a pet’s allergies can be more difficult than it seems because of multiple factors.
“You kind of have to do your due diligence trying to figure it out,” Andrade said.
Each immune system is unique to the patient, Andrade said, so it is important to understand the signs that may point to an allergy. Recognizing the signs ear...

The Community Paper - • 10th October 2025

Saylove drives the afternoons at WUCF - The Community Paper

From being a radio mascot to producing “The Jazz Flower” program in Maine, Sufiyah “Saylove” Yasmine joined WUCF in May, 2024, to work as the station’s afternoon jazz radio host.
Saylove, who prefers to be identified by her radio name, started her radio journey producing at WMPG, a radio station at the University of Southern Maine. After taking a sabbatical and working freelance, she said it was hard to find a jazz host opening that checked all her boxes.
“I’m also passionate about public media,...

The Community Paper - • 22nd September 2025

Keep Orlando Beautiful celebrates 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day - The Community Paper

Buckets were overflowing Saturday morning, Sept. 20, as volunteers walked around Loch Haven to pick up trash for the 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day with Keep Orlando Beautiful.
For 28 years, Keep Orlando Beautiful has hosted several local cleanups weekly around the Orlando area to keep the city beautiful. They contributed to International Coastal Cleanup Day, a day dedicated for people all around the world to pick up litter, by cleaning up the chain of lakes around Loch Haven Park. 
“The...

The Charge • 21st April 2025

UCF graduate student transforms from gamer to leader

A fourteen-year-old Avery Hart cried while listening to the music from online battle game "League of Legends", a moment that led her into video gaming and ultimately would led her on a path toward leadership.Hart is a project management graduate student at the UCF Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) completing her capstone game “Crimson Knight.” She is the project lead for “Squinky Studios” which is a team of 18 other graduate students working together to create and finish a game ov...

The Charge • 31st March 2025

Lawyers, judges and students come together for UCF’s annual Legal Studies Law Day

All students rose to their feet as the Sixth District Court of Appeals judges stepped into the room at the annual Legal Studies Law Day held in the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons on Tuesday morning.The UCF Department of Legal Studies sponsors this event every year, and this year, about 90 people attended Law Day. Lisa Nored, professor and chair of the Legal Studies Department encouraged connections between everyone in the academic and professional world.
“The core requirements in our miss...

The Charge • 31st March 2025

Lawyers, judges and students come together for UCF’s annual Legal Studies Law Day

All students rose to their feet as the Sixth District Court of Appeals judges stepped into the room at the annual Legal Studies Law Day held in the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons on Tuesday morning.The UCF Department of Legal Studies sponsors this event every year, and this year, about 90 people attended Law Day. Lisa Nored, professor and chair of the Legal Studies Department encouraged connections between everyone in the academic and professional world.
“The core requirements in our miss...

The Charge • 18th March 2025

UCF's Mediation Team builds bonds and skills for students downtown

Tears welled up in Kelly Strom's eyes as she acted as a movie star with lupus during one of UCF's Mediation Team tournaments last year. Strom, senior legal studies major, played the role of a client who was being defamed for using drugs when she was taking medication for her illness. She won that round of the tournament because of the act she pulled off, which she said was the most rewarding experience. Strom has been the Mediation Team's president since August 2023.The Mediation Team gives down...

The Charge • 8th March 2025

UCF's first-ever "Failure Day" helps doctoral students find success

Educators and entrepreneurs got vulnerable Monday afternoon while sharing their failure stories with UCF doctoral students during the first ever "Failure Day."Staci Zavattaro, professor in the School of Public Administration, and Michele Gill, professor of educational psychology, hosted Failure Day to normalize the obstacles and intrinsic parts of the doctoral student experience.Gill and Zavattaro had two expectations for the students at the event: to write three personal goals for the day and t...

The Charge • 30th March 2026

Intramural sports coordinator dedicates her work to sports, student development

Emilee Howard picked up a basketball as a small 2-year-old and never put it down. Now, 30-year-old Howard is traveling across the country to officiate national sports tournaments.As UCF’s Intramural Sports and RWC Park coordinator, Howard does more than just coordinate programs. She is also committed to student development. From painting the fields of the RWC Park to training students how to officiate, she goes above and beyond.
“I'm someone that I'm willing to do whatever you guys need...

Oviedo Community News • 26th March 2026

Pharmacy on the Park brings back old-school-style healthcare – Oviedo Community News

Local, family-owned pharmacy goes beyond filling prescriptions and contributes to the community through customer service. In 2022, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic, 64-year-old Reidy Williams was denied his wife’s medication at a chain pharmacy.


Living in Geneva, Florida, Williams and his wife, who has breast cancer, were searching for an alternative remedy to treat the cancer. After doing their research, they found a small study in Europe using the medication Ivermectin.


Upon getting a...

The Charge • 27th February 2026

Strong first half from women’s basketball not enough to best No. 17 West Virginia

UCF women’s basketball held a strong first half in its last home game, but was ultimately bested by No. 17 West Virginia University in a 74-62 loss Wednesday night.Fifth-year guard Kristol Ayson kicked off Senior Knight with the Knights' first two points, sparking a 6-0 run in the first three minutes. UCF built its largest lead of the game at 8-2.
The Knights closed the period with a 16-14 advantage over West Virginia (23-6, 13-4 Big 12). The student section showed out for the final wome...

The Charge • 19th February 2026

Kansas State Wildcats claw 26-point victory from women’s basketball

Kansas State University clawed a 93-67 victory from UCF women's basketball Wednesday, tacking an eighth defeat onto the Knights' losing streak.The defeat at Addition Financial Arena marked the Knights' 13th loss against a conference opponent, compared to just two conference wins. 
Sophomore guard Kayanna Cox made her first-ever start and kicked off the game with the Knights' first two points. Cox went on to record a career-high 22 points in 36 minutes of play.The first quarter began with...

The Community Paper - • 1st October 2025

The Good Pour holds a meet-and-greet with WWE superstar Randy Orton

Fans lined up excitedly outside The Good Pour in College Park to meet WWE wrestler Randy Orton last Friday afternoon. 
The Good Pour, a wine and spirits store, hosted an exclusive meetup with Orton where fans got the chance to purchase a signed bottle of Fireball’s new Blazin’ Apple Whiskey and take a picture with him. This event marks the first time The Good Pour in College Park had a celebrity bottle-signing experience.
“It makes it more intimate, more special,” WWE fan Katie Cox, 44, said. “I...

The Charge • 21st April 2025

UCF graduate student transforms from gamer to leader

A fourteen-year-old Avery Hart cried while listening to the music from online battle game "League of Legends", a moment that led her into video gaming and ultimately would led her on a path toward leadership.Hart is a project management graduate student at the UCF Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) completing her capstone game “Crimson Knight.” She is the project lead for “Squinky Studios” which is a team of 18 other graduate students working together to create and finish a game ov...

The Charge • 31st March 2025

Lawyers, judges and students come together for UCF’s annual Legal Studies Law Day

All students rose to their feet as the Sixth District Court of Appeals judges stepped into the room at the annual Legal Studies Law Day held in the Dr. Phillips Academic Commons on Tuesday morning.The UCF Department of Legal Studies sponsors this event every year, and this year, about 90 people attended Law Day. Lisa Nored, professor and chair of the Legal Studies Department encouraged connections between everyone in the academic and professional world.
“The core requirements in our miss...