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OverKnight Study – Spring 2025

We are pleased to announce that OverKnight Study is back for the Final Exam period of the Spring semester! We’re offering extended hours on selected dates in the John C. Hitt Library from 1:00am – 6:00am. Amenities include 200 study seats, access to desktop PCs, drink and snack machines and security staffing. Below are the following dates of the OverKnight Study for the Spring Semester:

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Header for the Open Mic Knight on October 2nd at the UCF Libraries. Microphone, logo and information dates and time provided: March 12, 2025 from 7pm - 9pm at the John C. Hitt Library in room 223.

Open Mic Knight!

Do you have some music you’d like to play, a poem, performance or just something you would like to say? Whether it’s stand-up or a speech and you need feedback or an audience to practice on, share what you would like at Open Mic Knight! 

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
7pm – 9pm
John C. Hitt Library – Room 223

Presenters will have up to 10 minutes allotted for setup, presentation, and breakdown.

Slots are limited – contact us as soon as possible for registration.

Walk-ins are welcome as time permits – no guarantees. 

For more information, please contact mary.rubin@ucf.edu

See you there!

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Tacko Fall: To New Heights

New book alert! UCF Basketball fans will be familiar with the author of one of our newest autobiographies, Tacko Fall: To New Heights. Great book to read with your kids or younger siblings; it tells the story of Tacko’s early life in Senegal and immigration to America to play basketball. Out of forty colleges vying for his attention, Fall chose University of Central Florida where he helped lead the Knights to the 2019 NCAAS tournament. He qualified for the NBA draft by his sophomore year but chose to finish his degree first in 2019 and was signed by the Boston Celtics after graduation. Get the whole inspiring and fun story from our Curriculum Materials Center in the Education building rm 194.

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Tacko Fall article from UCF Pegasus

A Semester with SCUA: Insights from My Archival Internship at UCF by Sofia Arias

Hello, everyone! My name is Sofia Arias, a senior graduating with my bachelor’s in history this semester at UCF. This Fall 2024 semester I was able to join the University of Central Florida’s Special Collection & University Archives (SCUA) team as the processing intern.

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