Alumni

It’s been about three weeks since the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship title in 53 years, and Olivia White ’16 is just now nearly recovered from the euphoric chaos that has been her daily life for months. In September, one month before the Knicks tipped off their 2025-26 season, White was promoted to […]

The Pegasus Partnership between UCF and Siemens Energy is designed to accelerate innovation, fuel workforce development and strengthen the future of energy infrastructure. Few people embody that collaboration more fully than Joshua DeAscanis ’11 ’22MBA, business development manager at Siemens Energy. On most days, DeAscanis is focused on something many people never think about: the […]

Nov. 13, 2025, 3:55 p.m. Jillian Gloria ’22 stands on a balcony at Blue Origin headquarters in Cape Canaveral, Florida, her eyes fixed on the horizon at Launch Complex 36 — the very launchpad her grandfather helped construct as a NASA engineer in the 1960s. Engines ignite. Gloria’s breath catches as she wills the rocket to […]

When most students complete an internship, they leave with a stronger resume, a network of professional contacts and, if they’re really lucky, a job offer. UCF aerospace engineering alum Luis Ferrari Rehder ’25 left with something even more special to mark his internship at the space and defense technology company Firefly Aerospace. Rehder is one of 700 people whose name […]

UCF alumna Rebecca Vollmann has been awarded with the Rising Technical Contributor Award from the Society of Women Engineers(SWE) for her exceptional technical performance and leadership in the field of engineering. SWE honors individuals who have been actively engaged for less than five years in the fields of engineering through nomination-based awards. Nominated by three […]