Department Archives: College of Arts and Humanities

Digital Art and Emerging Experiences minor is an 18-credit-hour program designed to empower students to use digital creativity as a tool to engage global audiences and amplify their stories.

Theatre UCF’s 2024–25 season was more than a lineup of plays. It was a yearlong exploration of identity, resilience and creativity that challenged students to grow as artists and professionals and gave them the chance to perform for 11,032 patrons.

In the 2024-25 academic year, the UCF Art Gallery served as a vibrant cultural hub for contemporary art and welcomed more than 8,000 visitors.

UCF welcomes industry veteran Adora English to lead the new producing concentration for the Themed Experience major.

John Euliano, son of the late Dr. Neil Euliano, has been awarded the title of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy in recognition of his continued support of the Italian program at the University of Central Florida and the activities of the Euliano Chair in Italian Studies.

The UCF College of Arts and Humanities’ annual staff awards recognize employees who have delivered exemplary service to their department, the university and the community.

In 2014, UCF Professor of Creative Writing David James Poissant published, “The Heaven of Animals: Stories” a collection of short stories. These stories have been transformed onto the silver screen with Spanish director Santi Amodeo adapting Poissant’s work into film and is titled, “El Cielo de los Animales.”

UCF Student Kendal Asbury was selected for a prestigious internship at the New York Times through the Dow Jones News Fund summer internship program.

This year UCF’s history department’s Florida France Soldier Stories project published 10 new biographies in observance of Victory in Europe Day on May 8 and Memorial Day on May 26.

From hospitality to themed experience and engineering, Knights have played a role in creating the new theme park and will continue to learn from the development.