{"id":379656,"date":"2026-08-24T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379656\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:28:08","slug":"university-of-central-florida-students-head-back-to-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379656\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Central Florida students head back to class"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 University of Central Florida<\/a> students are returning to class as the fall semester kicks off Monday.<\/p>\n

To help students get settled on campus, the university is hosting\u00a0Welcome Week<\/a> events.<\/p>\n

They can attend a Support Pop-Up Station at the Student Union on Tuesday, Aug. 25, and Thursday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Academic Success Coaches<\/a> will be available to provide on-the-spot support and guidance.<\/p>\n

UCF\u2019s Welcome Expo<\/a> is scheduled for Wednesday in the Student Union Key West Ballroom<\/a> from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Outside the classroom, students can get free sports tickets<\/a> to home games or join one of more than 650 student organizations.<\/p>\n

Dwayne Jones, a UCF student studying electronic journalism, said the best advice he has for freshmen is to get involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say any interest that you have, anything that you\u2019re curious about, just do it. Put yourself out there,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of how I was able to grow throughout my past two years here, and I\u2019ve met some of the best people of my entire life and friends for a lifetime.”<\/p>\n

Jones, now a senior and the student government vice president, described the first day back on campus as \u201celectric.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much going on. There are a lot of events. It\u2019s Welcome Week, so we\u2019re embracing those new students that are coming to UCF for the first time,” Jones said. “We\u2019re welcoming back those returning students, as well. There\u2019s still much planned, so much to do, and I think it\u2019s about getting everybody acclimated. This is such a large school, but there\u2019s something for someone everywhere across campus. And that\u2019s the message that we try to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCF has about 68,500 students across all of its campuses. Students are encouraged to check parking<\/a> and shuttle routes<\/a> online to save time as campus gets busier over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 University of Central Florida students are returning to class as the fall semester kicks off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[137530,4996,9995,274,54547,113,1015,115,139,141,140,278,835],"class_list":["post-379656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-back-to-school","tag-app-education","tag-app-latest-education-stories","tag-app-top-stories","tag-back-to-school","tag-education","tag-emma-delamo","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-top-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}