{"id":418951,"date":"2026-10-05T05:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418951\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T05:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:08:15","slug":"qreate-coffee-offers-students-a-third-space-with-crafting-event-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418951\/","title":{"rendered":"Qreate Coffee offers students a third space with crafting event | Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sounds of UCF and Valencia students chatting mingled with the aroma of coffee at\u00a0Downtown Student Life’s \u201cCoffee at Qreate\u201d event.<\/p>\n

UCF students spent Sept. 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. with crafts and coffee at Qreate Coffee\u2019s downtown location, an Orlando-based business.<\/p>\n

Event organizer Arthur Freire said events like this inspire students to perform through community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re in a place that everyone is doing something, you\u2019re also going to do something productive,\u201d Freire said.<\/p>\n

The event offered students a third space, also known as a relaxing social environment separate from your home, workplace and, in this case, campus to enjoy for the day.<\/p>\n

Inside the coffee shop, students were greeted with coffee vouchers, details of the next event, and crafting tools for the custom bookmark-making.\u00a0<\/p>\n

UCF and Valencia\u2019s students filled the coffee shop; some came solo, while others arrived in groups for the event.<\/p>\n


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Valencia students Rosabella Haddad, freshman culinary arts major (left), and Ella Littlejohn, freshman culinary arts major (right), smile with their free iced coffees inside Downtown Orlando’s Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24. They secured their drinks with vouchers provided by the Downtown Student Life team, organizers of the “Coffee at Qreate” event.<\/p>\n

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Colorful bookmark tassels laid across the welcome desk for students on Sept. 24 at the\u00a0Downtown Student Life event\u00a0“Coffee to Qreate” at Downtown Orlando’s Qreate Coffee.<\/p>\n

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A Downtown Student Life volunteer\u00a0decorates a bookmark at Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24 for the “Coffee at Qreate” event put on by the Downtown Student Life team.<\/p>\n

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Isabelle Perrier, freshman psychology and visual arts major at Valencia College, holds up her custom bookmark for a picture at Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24 at Downtown Student Life’s “Coffee at Qreate” event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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(left to right) At the Orlando-based coffee shop, Qreate Coffee, barista Widmari Rivera poses with shop owners Quay Hu and Chantal Hu on Sept. 24 during the “Coffee at Qreate” event organized by the Downtown Student Life team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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An iced coffee sits atop the Downtown Student Life welcome desk at Qreate Coffee, Sept. 24, during the DSL event “Coffee at Qreate,” surrounded by colorful bookmark tassels, future event flyers and drink vouchers.<\/p>\n

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Valencia College and the UCF Downtown students laugh over coffee and bookmark decorating at Downtown Student Life’s “Coffee at Qreate” event, at Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n

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“Coffee at Qreate” event organizers, Downtown Student Life’s welcome table and volunteers participating in the event, sit at the front of downtown Orlando’s Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Above the student-filled tables, a sign reading ‘Qreate Coffee’ glows, the name of the Orlando-based coffee shop hosting the Downtown Student Life organized event “Coffee at Qreate” on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n

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Valencia students Rosabella Haddad, freshman culinary arts major (left), and Ella Littlejohn, freshman culinary arts major (right), smile with their free iced coffees inside Downtown Orlando’s Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24. They secured their drinks with vouchers provided by the Downtown Student Life team, organizers of the “Coffee at Qreate” event.<\/p>\n

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Colorful bookmark tassels laid across the welcome desk for students on Sept. 24 at the\u00a0Downtown Student Life event\u00a0“Coffee to Qreate” at Downtown Orlando’s Qreate Coffee.<\/p>\n

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A Downtown Student Life volunteer\u00a0decorates a bookmark at Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24 for the “Coffee at Qreate” event put on by the Downtown Student Life team.<\/p>\n

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Isabelle Perrier, freshman psychology and visual arts major at Valencia College, holds up her custom bookmark for a picture at Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24 at Downtown Student Life’s “Coffee at Qreate” event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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(left to right) At the Orlando-based coffee shop, Qreate Coffee, barista Widmari Rivera poses with shop owners Quay Hu and Chantal Hu on Sept. 24 during the “Coffee at Qreate” event organized by the Downtown Student Life team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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An iced coffee sits atop the Downtown Student Life welcome desk at Qreate Coffee, Sept. 24, during the DSL event “Coffee at Qreate,” surrounded by colorful bookmark tassels, future event flyers and drink vouchers.<\/p>\n

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Valencia College and the UCF Downtown students laugh over coffee and bookmark decorating at Downtown Student Life’s “Coffee at Qreate” event, at Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n

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“Coffee at Qreate” event organizers, Downtown Student Life’s welcome table and volunteers participating in the event, sit at the front of downtown Orlando’s Qreate Coffee on Sept. 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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