Hurricane lan Update

Campus operations will now be closed from Wednesday, Sept. 28, through Friday, Sept. 30. We expect to reopen Saturday, Oct. 1, and we will continue to provide regular updates about reopening.
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My name is Alyssa Ryan, and I am majoring in Biomedical Sciences with a Health Science minor. This will be my second year at UCF. In 2022, I graduated from Howard W. Blake High School in Tampa, Florida. My favorite class that I have taken so far is Anatomy, specifically the Lab section. This class really helped spark my interest in the human body, and I got to learn some very interesting things that I never knew before. My favorite professor at UCF has got to be Dr. Beazley. I had her as my Chemistry 1 professor during my first semester and I felt that she made not only the transition from High School to college very easy, since this class had mostly first-year students, but she also explained the subject very well and set each student up for success. I chose to be a part of GEMs because the best way I learn is by listening to others’ experiences, and I feel that being paired with a mentor as someone who knew very little about college life, it is extremely beneficial. The feeling of having someone to go to that you know has most likely been through a similar experience is very reassuring. In my free time, I really enjoy watching TV shows, listening to music, going to the gym, and spending time with my close friends.