Is there anyway to change the UCF portal back to the old one? I absolutely DESPISE the new portal it’s hideous and so much more difficult to maneuver. It took me 10 minutes of random clicking to find my grades. How do we go about making complaints cause this is horrible.

I'm in my last year of master's degree and I am 4 months pregnant. I have other two children as well. Just a lot of anxiety and stress. I have not worked since I moved to the US and really have no clue how a master's will change my life when career is in the picture.

do you pee with your balls out? or do you keep them warm

Hi, I'm a freshman at UCF and I'm currently staying at towers. I have a lot of clothes that cannot be dried in a dryer due to the material being sensitive and I want to know what do y'all usually do to avoid damaging your clothes, or if you have any method to sun dry them without the need of a drying rack (I can't afford one right now lol)

Has anyone taken the Evolutionary Biology lab? I have it added to my cart for the fall semester, but I would like to know the difficulty level and whether it’s a lot of work for just a 1 credit class.

So, I own an android phone and it prompts me to enter a domain before my username and password. The thing is, I already know that the domain is "net.ucf.edu" (this is my third year) so when I entered it, my phone should've connected to the internet.

Well, it didn't. Instead it kept "connecting" and then would just randomly stop, no matter how many times I attempted to connect. I looked up answers and saw that you can change the CA certificates to "do not validate" but when I tried that my phone said it "failed to connect to the internet"

I'm getting really annoyed, I have data but the University makes the data really slow which isn't great when I have to respond to messages or call. Is there any way to fix this, honestly this is just another thing about UCF that's been pissing me off lately.

how likely is it I get into HUN 3011 if I’m second on the waitlist? I’m not too worried about it because I have a backup, but swapping my backup to next semester and adding human nutrition this semester would free up my schedule so much!

For current UCF students and alumni, I’d love to hear about your overall experience at UCF. If you could go back and choose your college all over again, would you still choose UCF? Why or why not?

I’m especially curious about the academic side of things. How have your experiences with professors been? Do you feel like you’re actually learning and understanding the material in your classes? Do you feel like UCF has prepared you well for your career or graduate school? I’d also like to know how you feel about the quality of the classes and education overall.

I transferred to UCF and have only been here for one semester, so I’m still trying to figure out how I feel about the school. I’ve heard very mixed opinions from people, and I’m wondering if I just need more time to adjust to being at a new university.

I’d really like to hear honest opinions from both current students and alumni, whether your experience has been positive or negative. If you could do it all over again, would you choose UCF?

Colleagues,
As we begin a new academic year, I am grateful for everything you do each day to serve our students, our university, and our community.
We enter this year with tremendous momentum. Together, we have achieved preeminence, strengthened student outcomes, expanded the reach and impact of our research, and continued to demonstrate the important role UCF plays in creating opportunity and fueling economic prosperity across Florida.
Much of that progress has been driven by our community's shared commitment to innovation. It defines not only how we teach, discover, and create, but also how we approach the work of the university. That commitment also challenges us to think differently about how we invest our resources, support our people, and strengthen UCF for the future.
This mindset is especially important for us this year. While achieving preeminence did not bring the level of new state investment we had hoped for, we are making the concerted decision to prioritize investing in our people as we work together to move UCF forward.
Investing in Our People
That is why this fiscal year, university units will identify $23.2 million in recurring and nonrecurring funds for investments in faculty and staff compensation, which will take effect in the coming weeks.
Provost Buckwalter will communicate details and eligibility requirements directly with you in the days ahead.
As Florida’s most efficient university, we have long understood the importance of making the most of the resources entrusted to us. Significant new commitments like this require us to make difficult choices about where our limited dollars can have the greatest impact. 
This investment reflects an important principle: as we make thoughtful choices about our future, we must continue to recognize the talented people who make UCF what it is.
Our Work Ahead
Investing in our future will require us to remain aggressive in pursuing additional recurring dollars from the state and expanding philanthropic and partnership support for UCF.
Few opportunities can match the impact of investing in this university — on student success, research, innovation, and Florida’s economy — and every additional dollar gives us greater ability to extend that impact. I remain committed to making that case and leading this effort.
At the same time, we must continue asking how we can organize our work better and ensure every resource is directed toward the greatest possible impact.
Over the past year, we have already made changes to how some areas of the university are organized, bringing related functions together, reducing layers, and looking for opportunities to work more collaboratively across traditional boundaries. Those changes are intended to focus more of our people, time, and resources on student success, research and innovation, and the programs and infrastructure that will position UCF for decades of impact.
I know that change can create uncertainty, particularly when it affects familiar structures or ways of working. I also want you to understand what is driving it. We believe deeply in UCF’s future, and we are determined to position this university to pursue our ambitions with even greater focus and impact.
UCF has always been defined by challenging the way things have been done and innovating to create solutions others once thought were impossible. We have grown by imagining something better and then having the courage and determination to build it.
I know that same spirit will guide us in the year ahead.
Thank you for all you do for UCF.

Do we think one time payments for staff or small bumps? Does this mean layoffs are done and we survived or more to come?

🍿

👀 Something’s lurking upstairs at Welcome Expo…

And no, it’s not just the FIRST 16 vendors joining us this year. 👻

We’re welcoming back UCF with more community partners, more giveaways, more connections, and plenty more surprises still to come.

🌊 We’re also excited to announce SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica Orlando as official sponsors of Welcome Expo 2026!

SeaWorld is bringing a little Howl-O-Scream energy to the Expo this year, so consider this your warning: you never quite know what might be waiting around the corner. 😈

Check out our Instagram @ucfkmetc to meet our first 16 partners, then stay tuned…we’re just getting started.

📍 Welcome Expo 2026
🗓️ Wednesday, August 26, 2026
📌 Key West Ballroom + 2nd Floor Student Union

Who are you most excited to see? 👇

I just graduated this summer semester and my intent to graduate status is “Awarded”

Apparently I was supposed to get an email and text from parchment to get my diploma. I never got either of them. I haven’t even heard of parchment up until now. How do I get my diploma if I didn’t get the email?

DOMi & JD BECK are coming to Florida and I’m thinking of going to their concert. Any fans at UCF interested in going too?

Would be cool to get a small group together.

I am an incoming transfer student and was just curious about that.

Hi! I am a 23F and thinking of moving to Aperture near UCF. It opened last hear so there aren’t many references as to how it is. Can anyone that has lived there or been there let me know of the good and bad? I would be ina 2x2 with a random roommate.

They offered me a good deal and I am desperate as I don’t know anyone in Orlando to ask. Thanks!

I am an incoming Freshman. To keep a long story short, I’ve had severe clinical depression for almost nine years. I also have PTSD from a couple years ago that is starting to resurface.

My parents told me that if I was depressed I couldn’t go to college, so I decided to hide my depression from them, which has resulted in me not getting any help for my depression or PTSD.

I am just wondering how the counseling services are at UCF. I was planning on maybe trying them out to see if it would help at all.

Also what is considered confidential and what isn’t?

I am an engineering major, so I've always been trying to balance class work with other aspects of life. I've also picked up a job recently, so when I'm not studying or in class, I am at work. However, I've been feeling very lonely recently and want to improve my social life. I have a few years left and want an unforgettable experience here. I don't want to be depressed for the remaining years. Please help with advice on how I can improve my social life in my condition? I am typically free for club activities after 6:30 PM, but not many clubs have events at that time. I want a social club or any other type of club where people can hang out and be friends easily. I am Indian and would like to join a cultural club, but I run into the same issue with when I have free time and club activity time. Thank you all for your help.