Department Archives: College of Arts and Humanities

Thanks to Judy Duda’s generous gifts in memory of Col. Howard (Bud) Weber, the UCF Performing Arts Center will continue to shine a spotlight on music, theatre and community.

Jeff Moore, dean of UCF’s College of Humanities for five years, has been reappointed to the post. The dean focuses on collaborative, interdisciplinary and community-centered activities.

Robert Rivers, professor of art at the School of Visual Arts and Design, was named the winner of the 2021 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art.

Summer 2021 Grad Walk takes place August 4–6 and three in-person commencement ceremonies will be held August 7.

On June 8 from 7:00–8:00 p.m., the Orange County Library System will host Juneteenth in American History, a free virtual event featuring Fon Gordon, associate professor of history and coordinator of Africana studies.

John Norton ’20MA, a former Theatre UCF graduate student, has been awarded a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award for his play Triggered.

With a passion for revolutionizing the technical communications field and empowering the community, Angela Kafka ’21 has made a name for herself as a powerhouse in her field.  

Martha Brenckle, professor of Writing and Rhetoric, provides a brief history of the recognitions of Pride Month and LGBT History Month in the United States, and why representation matters.

Students at local Title I schools get a free music education through the local non-profit organization A Gift for Music.

Jonathan Beever’s research in applied ethics helps the community reimagine their relationships to and in the natural world.