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As universities started moving toward remote instruction, three sociology graduate students began to notice that not much attention was being paid to individual students with disabilities.

From dancing in the Additions Financial Arena to dancing on social media, Knight-Thon went virtual. 

The IRS is preparing to send out a one-time stimulus relief check to qualifying Americans to ease the effects of COVID-19. However, some college students are being left out of the bill.

For incoming freshmen enrolled in the fall 2020 semester, they will not have the opportunity to attend their orientation on campus due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Thousands of Disney employees are left unsure of their futures after the Walt Disney Company announced in an email statement late Thursday that they're planning to furlough non-essential workers starting April 19 due to COVID-19. 

The transition to remote learning at UCF has led professors to use sites like Zoom, a remote conferencing service, to accommodate student learning. 

With the COVID-19 pandemic moving all classes online for the remainder of the semester and into the summer, many UCF students are left with a big decision to make regarding housing: Do they stay, move out or sublease?  

UCF will open a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Garage A on Monday, the university announced Friday.

Rep. Carlos G. Smith and Rep. Anna V. Eskamani sent a joint letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday urging him to sign an executive order that would allow students to terminate their off-campus housing agreements without penalty or intimidation from landlords.

UCF is freezing faculty and staff hiring, with few exceptions, until further notice due to the spread of COVID-19, the university announced on Wednesday.

After having issued some partial refunds for parking passes on a case-by-case basis, UCF Parking and Transportation Services has stopped doing so, UCF spokeswoman Heather Smith told NSM Today.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced March 12 that students who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 could qualify for unemployment benefits through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

Two Amazon employees at a local fulfillment center have tested positive for COVID-19, the general manager informed employees on Thursday in a voicemail obtained by NSM Today.

Around the UCF downtown campus, students are able to go to Lake Eola and shop at the Publix nearby for groceries.   

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he's issuing an executive stay-at-home order for all Florida residents. The order takes effect midnight Thursday and will stay in place for 30 days.