{"id":152007,"date":"2026-04-01T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//?p=152007"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:50:20","slug":"founders-day-2026-faculty-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//founders-day-2026-faculty-awards/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//","title":{"rendered":"Founders&#8217; Day 2026: Faculty Recognized for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCF will highlight approximately 280 faculty members for academic excellence and service at Wednesday/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019s annual Founders/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019 Day Faculty Honors Celebration in the Student Union/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019s Pegasus Ballroom.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Recipients will include this year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019s awardees of some of the highest honors the university bestows, including: <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//meet-ucfs-2026-pegasus-professors/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/">Pegasus Professor</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//a>; <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//zhihua-qu-earns-ucfs-2026-medal-of-societal-impact-for-contributions-to-the-power-systems-industry/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/">the/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u202fMedal of Societal Impact</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//a>; the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//meet-ucfs-2026-reach-for-the-stars-honorees/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/">Reach for the Stars Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//a>; the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//deborah-beidel-named-big-12-conferences-2025-faculty-of-the-year-from-ucf/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/">Big 12 Faculty Member of the Year Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//a>; and the Champion of Student Success and Well-Being.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Also being honored are university excellence award winners; those who recently reached milestone years of service; Faculty Senate service awardees; faculty granted/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u202f<em>emeritus/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u202f</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//em>or/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u202f<em>emerita/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u202f</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//em>status; and retired or retiring faculty members.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>This year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019s celebration includes recognition of Chuck Dziuban, one of the longest-serving and most trailblazing faculty members in school history. His remarkable 55-year-career includes being UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019s inaugural Pegasus Professor and founding director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Starting this year at Founders/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/u2019 Day, the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//ucf-chemistry-instructors-creative-approach-earns-excellence-in-online-teaching-award/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/">Chuck D. 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(upper left); Carmen Giurgescu (upper right); Annette Khaled (bottom left); and Matthew Marino (bottom right) are the recipients of the 2026 Pegasus Professor Award. (Photos by Antoine Hart)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<h2>Pegasus Professor Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Hassan&nbsp;Foroosh,&nbsp;College of Engineering and Computer Science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Carmen&nbsp;Giurgescu, College of Nursing</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Annette R. Khaled, College of Medicine</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Matthew Marino, College of&nbsp;Community Innovation and Education</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"attachment_152024/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"figure-img size-full wp-image-152024 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/">Reach for the Stars Award winners: Hao-Zheng (top left), Ana Carolina de Souza Feliciano (top right), Soyoung Park (middle left), John Bush (middle right), Kevin Moran (bottom left), and Shyam Kattel (bottom right).</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<h2>Reach for the Stars Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>John Bush, College of Business</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Ana Carolina&nbsp;de Souza Feliciano, Office of Research</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Shyam Kattel, College of Sciences</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Kevin Moran, College of Engineering and Computer Science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Soyoung Park, College of Community Innovation and Education</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Hao Zheng, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"attachment_151675/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-151675 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Qu</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<h2>Medal of Societal Impact Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Zhihua Qu, College of Engineering and Computer Science</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<h2>Champion of Student Success and Well-Being Award</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<p>Suha Saleh,&nbsp;College of Health Professions and Sciences</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"attachment_149195/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152007/" 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