Founders Day Honors Convocation

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On his way out of the Founders’ Day awards ceremony, Dr. Shin-Tson Wu, pegasus professor of the College of Optics and Photonics at UCF, was congratulated by numerous colleagues for his recognition and awards he received at the ceremony. With a big smile and a lot of humility, he graciously accepted the congratulations.

“I want to thank God and my family for their support, my students for their creative work and UCF for such a great opportunity,” Wu said.

Wu was one of the many faculty, staff and students honored Wednesday at the Founders’ Day Honors Convocation held in the Pegasus Grand Ballroom at the UCF Student Union.

The event is held every year “to recognize excellence and build community,” according to Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala, assistant

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