During UCF Football’s home opening game, Rachel Marks, lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric was awarded as Academic Success Partner of the Game.
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.”
The 2025 Reach for the Stars award recipients are recognized for conducting highly successful research and fostering creative activity that has a national or international impact.