Department Archives: College of Arts and Humanities

This November 12, the University of Central Florida, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Young Composers Challenge [NYCC] will join forces to present the 2017 Composium at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The top three orchestral and top three ensemble compositions chosen by judges – and written by young musicians ages […]

On Oct. 5 – Oct. 8, the University of Central Florida will bring 26 Pebbles – a play written by BFA musical theatre alumnus Eric Ulloa ’04 – to the Orlando Repertory Theatre. Ulloa’s 26 Pebbles was created as a response to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. As a socially active individual, Ulloa felt […]

The UCF Community Veterans History Project, coordinated by the History Department’s Dr. Barbara Gannon, has been awarded the Anne J. Caudal Foundation Grant.

Due to Hurricane Irma, some College of Arts and Humanities events have been cancelled or rescheduled to a later date.

The Steering Committee for UCF Celebrates the Arts is now accepting event and exhibit proposals for the 2018 and 2019 festivals.

Associate professor of History Robert Cassanello discusses the origins of Labor Day and how the holiday has evolved over the last 135 years.

Disney Imagineer, James Moore, uses his experience as a Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) alumnus to create amazing, immersive places for Disney guests.

Reagan Smith, a history adjunct professor, is offering College of Arts and Humanities faculty members an opportunity to be on his radio show, “Florida Roundtable.”

The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program in the U.S. Department of Education has awarded an amount of $91,795 grant to the University of Central Florida’s College of Arts and Humanities.

Laurel Schafer sees integrative learning as a path to career success and so far, it is paying off for her. The senior history major was recently awarded a Quality Enhancement Plan’s What’s Next: Integrative Learning Scholarship.