Department Archives: College of Arts and Humanities

Matt Palm of the Orlando Sentinel says UCF Celebrates the Arts is “definitely worth celebrating.” 

UCF’s Inclusive Knights concert series helps music education students learn how to teach diverse populations while providing a welcoming experience to people with autism and intellectual disabilities.

Local high school students took to the stage to perform three plays concerning mental health at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Unlike traditional plays, the audience was able to give their feedback afterward and join in a panel discussion about how mental health discussions affect society.

“Race to Infinity” is a student-written play about how cultural norms and generational trauma affect a high school girl named Sara. “It resonates with me differently than any other play I’ve read before because it is so raw and new,” co-director and junior BA theatre studies major Hilary Pardey-Hernandez said.

UCF Professors Peter Smith and Matt Dombrowski are recipients of an 85K Unity for Humanity Grant. This grant will fund Smith and Dombrowski’s current Limbitless Solutions’ training game, “Quantum’s Pursuit”, a cyberpunk sci-fi style runner that teaches children with limb differences how to control their muscle flex before they receive their Limbitless prosthetic limb.

Experts, students and guests attended the REALity of ARTificial Intelligence event Monday evening hosted by the UCF Center for Ethics in collaboration with the Center for Computer Vision and the School of Visual Arts and Design.

UCF senior social worker major and dance minor Sabrina Landa said pain started after three months of dancing on pointe, a result of stress fractures caused by malnutrition brought on by her eating disorder.

The message delivered was applicable to people worldwide and highlighted the importance of religious coexistence.

The UCF College of Arts and Humanities is grateful to each donor for their contributions during UCF Day of Giving 2023 to unleash the potential of our students.

Gian Arellano, artistic director of Project Spotlight and theatre studies undergraduate, discusses his new play, “Race to Infinity”, which will be performed at UCF Celebrates the Arts next week.