The Charge • October 26 2025

UCF students, local musicians jam out for fall 2025 Arboretum Unplugged

Noah Gonzalez-Hall, junior creative writing major, sings and plays his guitar at the UCF Arboretum on Thursday as part of the Arboretum Unplugged festival. Gonzalez-Hall was the first act in the arboretum's first night of the event.

The Charge • October 26 2025

UCF students, local musicians jam out for fall 2025 Arboretum Unplugged

Tanner Goulet, junior jazz studies major, plays saxophone at the UCF Arboretum Thursday evening as part of Arboretum Unplugged. Goulet was one of nine acts featured in the first night of the arboretum's event.

The Charge • October 26 2025

UCF students, local musicians jam out for fall 2025 Arboretum Unplugged

Valley in the Sky, a band based in Central Florida, play original music at the UCF Arboretum on Thursday as part of Arboretum Unplugged. Valley in the Sky was one of nine bands featured in the first night of the arboretum's two-night show.

The Charge • October 7 2025

Student Union evacuated due to fire alarm triggered on second floor, officials say

Students gather outside of the Student Union building during the evacuation on Tuesday around noon. The students were then ushered to stand at least 400 feet away from the building.

The Charge • October 7 2025

Student Union evacuated due to fire alarm triggered on second floor, officials say

UCF Fire Department arriving at the patio outside of the Student Union during the evacuation on Tuesday. People inside of the Student Union were evacuated and told to stand at least 400 feet away from the building.

Oviedo Community News • July 23 2025

Tiny Chuluota food pantry provides 1,000 critical meals and counting

Chuluota Resource Center Volunteer Coordinator Angela Berthold Eakman hands off meal bags to one of the Center’s volunteers to carry out to a family’s car.

Oviedo Community News • July 23 2025

Tiny Chuluota food pantry provides 1,000 critical meals and counting

Chuluota Resource Center volunteer Kim Nunnery pulls a meal bag off the shelf for a recently arrived family during Saturday pickup.

Oviedo Community News • July 23 2025

Tiny Chuluota food pantry provides 1,000 critical meals and counting

Chuluota Resource Center young volunteers prepare meal bags for families, each bag containing food intended to last the week until the next meal pickup.

The Charge • April 21 2025

Prospective college students face potential academic setbacks from house bill

Students step off one of UCF's "Think 30" buses at the Route 5 campus stop outside of the Physical Sciences Building on April 17. "Think 30" is one of UCF's student success initiatives to encourage undergraduate graduation within four years.

The Charge • April 21 2025

Prospective college students face potential academic setbacks from house bill

Beck Krueger, sophomore physics major, studies for his biology class in the John C. Hitt library on April 17. Krueger, who completed a combination of Advanced Placement and dual enrollment courses in high school, felt the boost in credits allowed him to switch majors while still remaining on track to graduate on time.

The Charge • March 20 2025

Astronomy Society hosts viewing for total lunar eclipse

Richard Jerousek, Robinson Observatory Director, presents information related to how astronomical visuals are captured using the observatory's technology during the Knights Under the Stars event on Friday. The observatory's main 20-inch telescope is capable of capturing visuals of nearby galaxies.

The Charge • March 20 2025

Astronomy Society hosts viewing for total lunar eclipse

One of the on-site telescopes is manned by Astronomy Society volunteers during the Astronomy Society's Knights Under the Stars event at Robinson Observatory on Friday. The telescope is pointed directly at the moon, which offers guests a clear view of the total lunar eclipse.

The Charge • February 27 2025

Haunted artists share thesis work at MFA Exhibition

Hailey Head, sophomore studio art major, and Iris Burnham, freshman emerging media major, view and photograph a quilt design by Brittani Brown, one of the exhibit's featured MFA candidates. The quilting technique is derived from the Southern-style quilting Brown learned from her grandmothers.

The Charge • February 27 2025

Haunted artists share thesis work at MFA Exhibition

Zach Kohl and Hailey Head, studio art sophomores, flip through the pages of MFA candidate Brittani Brown's Bible piece. The Bible piece includes pages of the Bible with select words crossed out and certain verses highlighted as part of Brown's storytelling.

The Charge • February 24 2025

Haunted artists share thesis work at MFA Exhibition

Jeffrey Kazar, a friend of Stella Arbeláez Tascón, one of the exhibit's featured MFA candidates, observes Arbeláez Tascón's portrait of him hung near the entrance of the gallery. Kazar collected the materials that surround him in his portrait.