{"id":69082,"date":"2015-11-03T12:48:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=69082"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:55:31","slug":"ucf-alumni-association-and-colleges-present-2015-professional-achievement-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-alumni-association-and-colleges-present-2015-professional-achievement-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Alumni Association and Colleges Present 2015 Professional Achievement Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
UCF’s\u00a0alumni association and colleges honored 11 Knights with Professional Achievement Awards at the\u00a0Black & Gold Gala on Oct. 22.\u00a0This year’s celebration was the 35th year the alumni association has recognized alumni who “Reach for the Stars.”<\/p>\n
Professional Achievement Award winners are selected by each individual college and are given to alumni who are standouts in their respective fields.<\/p>\n
The 2015 awardees included: \u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n The evening’s other recipients\u00a0included: Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!<\/p>\n Read more stories about alumni at ucfalumni.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UCF’s\u00a0alumni association and colleges honored 11 Knights with Professional Achievement Awards at the\u00a0Black & Gold Gala on Oct. 22.\u00a0This year’s celebration was the 35th year the alumni association has recognized alumni who “Reach for the Stars.” Professional Achievement Award winners are selected by each individual college and are given to alumni who are standouts in their respective fields. The 2015…","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":69095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5693,372,423,517,650,17023,7309,973,979,4869,981,982,1112,1646,12672,2194,2510,3703,4068,14525,202,4886],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-69082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-al-burnett","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-burnett-honors-college","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-college-of-business","tag-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-college-of-medicine","tag-college-of-nursing","tag-college-of-optics-and-photonics","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-creol","tag-faculty","tag-gonzalo-la-cava","tag-homecoming","tag-john-c-hitt","tag-philanthropy","tag-rosen-college-of-hospitality-management","tag-terry-mcnew","tag-alumni","tag-ucf-foundation"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Burnett Honors College<\/a><\/strong>
\nSusan D. Rozelle, ’94<\/strong>| Associate Dean for Faculty and Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law
\nCollege of Arts and Humanities<\/a><\/strong>
\nJuliann Nicole Hickey, ’95 <\/strong>| Senior Vice President and Eastern Regional Manager, Title Resources
\nCollege of Business Administration<\/a><\/strong>
\nTerry D. McNew, ’86 <\/strong>| President\/CEO, MasterCraft Boat Company LLC
\nCollege of Education and Human Performance<\/a><\/strong>
\nGonzalo S. La Cava, ’97, ’01, ’09 <\/strong>| Area Superintendent, Central Learning Community, Fulton County Schools
\nCollege of Engineering and Computer Science<\/a><\/strong>
\nBenjamin J. Patz, ’85 <\/strong>| Managing Director, The FAN Fund
\nCollege of Health and Public Affairs<\/a><\/strong>
\nBernard Rousseau, ’98, ’00, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow <\/strong>| Associate Vice Chair for Research\/Chancellor Faculty Fellow\/Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Hearing and Speech Sciences, and Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
\nCollege of Medicine<\/a><\/strong>
\nDr. Michael Makowski, ’80 <\/strong>| Eye Physician\/Surgeon, Tomoka Eye Associates
\nCollege of Nursing<\/a><\/strong>
\nThomas Weichart, ’04, ’14 <\/strong>| Clinical Nursing Director, ONI Medical Associates
\nCollege of Optics and Photonics<\/a><\/strong>
\nFrank J. Effenberger, ’95 <\/strong>| VP, Access Lab, Futurewei Technologies
\nCollege of Sciences<\/a><\/strong>
\nJames Rosengren, ’81 <\/strong>| Founder\/Chairman\/CEO, Heritage Health Solutions Inc.
\nRosen College of Hospitality Management<\/a><\/strong>
\nChristopher Iaciofoli, ’03<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0Director of Operations, Red Lobster Seafood Co.<\/p>\n
\nDistinguished Student Award<\/strong>
\nYudeysis Cores<\/strong>
\nService to UCF Award<\/strong>
\nThe Honorable Olga M. Calvet, ’71<\/strong> | Senior Vice President\/CFO, Palmas Services LLC
\nDistinguished Alumnus Award<\/strong>
\nAlex Martins, ’01<\/strong> | CEO, Orlando Magic
\nMichelle Akers Award<\/strong>
\nLimbitless Solutions<\/strong>
\nChampions Award<\/strong>
\nJ. Charles Gray<\/strong><\/p>\n