UCF SSWB-Division of Student Success and Well-Being

A friendly reminder as you celebrate the culmination of your career at .edu — don’t trash where you Spirit Splash. Please do the Knight thing and pick up after yourself.

Magnolia trees contribute to the beauty of the .edu campus. The magnolia flowers only bloom for two weeks out of the entire year and they chose finals week. The magnolias have your back. You can do this!

The sidewalk has always been supportive, but it really stepped up its game for finals week.

Take a break from studying and come meet Honey, a certified therapy mini horse, today from 2:00 to 3:30 PM on Memory Mall!

Honey is visiting UCF to help students relieve finals stress. The UCF Police Department is hosting this event and will have officers on hand to answer safety-related questions!

The UCF College of Optics and Photonics is home to the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (.creol). The work they do is no trick, but on this , we couldn't help but share some images from the archives!

Tomorrow, March 23, from 1 to 3 PM, make way for puppers with Chillin' with Chipper! 🐶

UCFPD’s therapy dog Chipper will be walking around the Market Day tables outside the . Meet Chipper and chat with our UCFPD Community Partnerships officers.

Join Healthy Knight - UCF Wellness & Health Promotion Services today at noon on Memory Mall for the FreshU Mobile Demo Kitchen!

FreshU demos teach Knights how to incorporate 🍇🍈🍉 and 🍠🍅🥕 into their diets and reduce food waste. See the process, taste the dish, and take home a recipe card to make it yourself!

Today is the first day of Black History Month, a time for us to celebrate the rich history and achievements of Black Americans. We are constantly inspired by UCF's Black community of students, staff, faculty and alumni and look forward to the many events being held on campus to commemorate their successes.

We wanted to take a minute to direct to you to follow the Multicultural Student Center. They share amazing student resources year-round and are featuring important information about Black History Month today.

Join the Multicultural Student Center for our Black History Month Opening Celebration! Come out and celebrate with us as we showcase cultural performances, speakers, student performances, a photo booth, and more.

This year's celebration will also feature an award presentation where Black Registered Student Organizations will receive superlatives based on student votes. It's a celebration you won't want to miss!

We hope to see you there!

Today we honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with a National Day of Service. We challenge our UCF community to follow Dr. King's message and words by looking at this day out of our classrooms and offices as "a day on, not a day off." Look up MLK Day of Service opportunities in your area and do something good.

Welcome back, Knights! Spring 2022 classes start TODAY and we hope you are ready to charge on and tackle a new semester! Don't forget about all of the SDES services available to you! Check out the SDES website for a list of our departments: www.sdes.ucf.edu

On-Campus Housing opens at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 8th! Check out the UCF Housing website for more information.

Reminder: UCF including SDES offices will be closed starting from December 20th and will reopen on January 3rd. Emails and phone calls will be returned at this time to give our staff members time to relax and spend with their loved ones.

See you in 2022, Knights!

Congratulations to all of our graduating Knights!

UCF Veterans Academic Resource Center will host the Fall 2021 Student Veterans Graduation Reception at 5:30 p.m. in UCF Global 101. Congratulations to our Student Veteran Graduates!

Have a Safe Winter Break, Knights! See you in 2022!

Reminder: On-Campus Housing will close for Winter Break on Sunday, December 12th. Residents should follow all directions provided.

Good luck on your finals, Knights! There are so many resources available to help you study smarter and manage your stress levels this week. A couple study tips as you tackle studying your books and notes this week:
1. Organize group study sessions, especially for the classes you would benefit most from group learning and collaboration.
2. Switch up your subjects to prevent burnout! Getting stuck on one topic to prepare for THAT exam can be one of the fastest ways to burn out during finals.
3. Get your sleep! All nighters might sound appealing to cram with cola and coffee but you need sleep to do your best.

You made it, Knights! It's the last day of class!

Don't forget that it is also the grade forgiveness deadline and the last day to remove an incomplete.

UCF Cares shares some fantastic resources available to Knights during finals next week.

Join MSC tonight at 6pm for the World AIDS Banquet in the Key West Ballroom!

Join MSC as we commemorate our annual World AIDS Day Banquet! This year’s theme is global solidarity, shared responsibility. We will be talking about local and community resources and how we can better educate ourselves on HIV and AIDS.

Food will be provided!

Healthy Knight - UCF Wellness & Health Promotion Services is hosting a Free Rapid HIV Testing event that will be held between 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Reduce the stigma around HIV and know your status.

Please join us this TUESDAY (11/30) for an insightful discussion on indigenous activism with Alicia Norris from FIREE! This will be followed by a screening of the recently released film Gather!

Light refreshments will be provided and participants leave with Native American recipes to try this holiday season!

On Giving Tuesday, we appreciate any gift amount that the UCF community receives. Every little bit helps our students and their successes today and tomorrow.

Donate to UCF at http://ucf.edu/givingtuesday