{"id":81701,"date":"2018-04-04T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//?p=81701"},"modified":"2023-09-26T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T13:34:46","slug":"founders-day-honors-professors-commitment-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//founders-day-honors-professors-commitment-to-students/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701//","title":{"rendered":"Founders/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/u2019 Day Honors Professors/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/u2019 Commitment to Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
UCF’s annual Founders/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/u2019 Day Honors Convocation today celebrates outstanding achievements of the university’s faculty members, staff and students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/n
Among the recognitions this year are five Pegasus Professors, five Reach for the Stars recipients, service awards and other campus achievements. View a full list of Founders’ Day Honors Convocation honorees./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/n The Pegasus Professor Award is the highest academic honor an educator can receive at UCF and rewards highly successful teaching, research and creative activity, and service accomplished by senior members of the faculty. Recipients must have worked at UCF at least five years and have conducted research or developed programs that have made national and international impact./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/n These awards are determined by the president and come with a $5,000 stipend and a $5,000 research grant. To reach the height of Pegasus, one must be exceptional in every area /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/u2013 teaching, research and service. These five faculty members embody excellence in every sense of the word./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/nMeet the Pegasus Professor Honorees/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/81701/n