@petergleick
Sigh. #UCF is nowhere to be seen.
*Univ of Central Florida
@petergleick
Sigh. #UCF is nowhere to be seen.
*Univ of Central Florida
#ICE #UCF #University
Heads up Univ of Central FL: ICE CONTRACTOR spotted on campus yesterday:
https://imginn.com/p/DIuHjh7SSKA/
ICE SPOTTED LEAVING UCF CAMPUS TODAY
—Link to email UCF to stop working with ICE in BIO.
Students, as UCF continues to work with ICE, it’s crucial that you know your rights now more than ever.
Stay informed, stay safe, & make sure you know what to do in the case you are approached by law enforcement.
Headline: The slow death of spring games: How NIL and the portal are changing college football traditions
Me: The article makes a lot of sense. Tampering and poaching of players makes Spring games too risky. I did notice UCF won't have one in 2025.
Headline: Fast start helps UCF push past TCU, snap 2-game losing streak
Me: We're middle of the pack so far in the Big12. But the talking heads are suggesting that may be good enough to make the NCAA tournament. Fingers crossed!
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/25/ucf-knights-big-12-tcu-horned-frogs-johnny-dawkins/
Headline: Former UCF QB McKenzie Milton joining Scott Frost’s coaching staff
Me: This kind of news will make UCF fans smile.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/12/10/ucf-knights-big-12-scott-frost-mckenzie-milton/
Headline: UCF set to bring back Scott Frost as football coach
Me: I am cautiously over-the-top excited. LFG!
With all the turmoil and drama, UCF's team recruiting rank for 2025 dropped significantly.
But we still managed to sign 10 recruits, including six 4-star recruits. (There's an eleventh recruit with a verbal commit that hasn't signed yet.)
That all feels pretty good.
Headline: Gus Malzahn resigns as UCF coach, reportedly heading to FSU as coordinator.
Me: I feel bad for Gus. But I don't think anyone could imagine a scenario where the football program would improve under his leadership. I certainly couldn't. It's best for us in the long run, but it's gonna hurt for a while as we retool. Most of the recruits are loyal to him and not the school--I'm expecting most of the 2025 class to bail.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/11/30/ucf-knights-big-12-florida-state-gus-malzahn/
Headline: Gus Malzahn refutes retirement rumors after West Virginia loss.
Me: I feel bad for Coach Gus. But we've clearly regressed this season and the last. When you can't win games, rumors like this aren't unexpected.
Nice way to start the season.
UCF men's basketball holds on to beat #13 Texas A&M.
https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/basketball/ncaab/summary/2697341
Ugh. Get well soon, Taylor Hendricks.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/jazz-f-taylor-hendricks-fractures-fibula-dislocates-ankle-2024-10-29/
Presscon at UCF condemns university and police oppression of Palestine supporters before UCF turns on sprinklers
At a press conference at University of S Florida, speakers conference, speakers condemned the university's work with Lockheed-Martin and other war contractors doing business with Netanyahu's regime. They condemned the wholesale violation of student's First Amendment rights when these investments get protested, and one speaker called for both tuition and donation boycotts until the university divests from war profiteers and drops all charges and trespass orders against student protesters.
Speakers condemned the university's police attack on last semester's pro-Palestine encampment. They called out the shocking administration decision to charge a student with trespassing and ban them from campus FOR FLIERING.
They also condemned Saturday's violent assault by Orlando police against what video proves was a peaceful dispersal after an emergency protest for Lebanon.
As the event continued, the sprinkers suddenly turned on. Had this been an alumni event promoting donations to the university-or had it been a "stand with Israel" event, the sprinklers would not have been activated. Had this event taken place anywhere in Occupied Palestine, the sprinkers would not have been loaded with water but rather with "skunk." Skunk is an israeli chemical weapon, an extreme maloderant even more powerful and persistant than butyric acid, and it has been fired by IOF thugs inside the US at student protesters at Columbia University.
UCF Twitter Mafia family - welcome to Mastodon and the Fediverse. Let’s link up, boost each other, and build back even better than #UCFTwitterMafia.
@chrisvannini
I didn't even know this game was being played today. If I knew (and it was televised), I probably would have watched.
Twitter is dead to me, but I'll say this: I miss #UCF Twitter mafia and college football coverage in general.
Wrote about Bo Nix last week and then he got hurt. Wrote about John Rhys Plumlee this week and he gets benched. My apologies.
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RT @osmattmurschel
And just like that, Mikey Keene marches #UCF down the field and finishes off with a 28-yard TD pass to Javon Baker.
https://twitter.com/osmattmurschel/status/1594025532001132547
I studied #environmental #engineering at #UCF. I've spent my career specializing in #stormwater and #watershed #modeling, planning, and design, and #projectmanagement.
I am passionate about #STEM education and serve as the Florida state coordinator for the #MATHCOUNTS mathematics competition for grade 6-8 students in the United States.
I enjoy #running, #cooking, #DnD, #classicalmusic, and #theatre. Support #Eagles, #Phillies, #Flyers, #Sixers, #OrlandoCity, #Windies.
Hi everyone, I'm a Planetary Scientist researching the Moon and the technologies needed to support crewed exploration . I'm currently working at the University of Central Florida and I'll soon be returning to
. #SciCom #WomenInSTEM #STEM #Space #UCF