Department Archives: Modern Languages and Literatures

Associate professor Alla Kourova has received a new grant to expand UCF’s STARTALK Intensive Russian Language program. The hybrid program lasts four semesters, including a residential summer camp, and will be free to high school seniors and college freshmen located anywhere in the United States.

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the faculty members that joined our college this fall!

Students are encouraged to attend welcome events throughout the first week, meet with faculty and other students, and engage with academic resources.

Virginia Perwin, a recent Summer ’22 MA graduate, understands the importance of education. That’s why she’s chosen to earn her second master’s degree in TESOL, 60 years after earning her bachelor’s.

The College of Arts and Humanities extends a welcome to new and familiar faces during the transition of some critical administrative and staff roles.

UCF awarded 22 faculty in the arts and humanities promotion and tenure. Consideration for promotion and tenure takes nearly an entire academic year as faculty are evaluated on three main areas: research, teaching and service.

After 13 years at the helm, Dr. Maria C. Santana-Rogers has stepped down as Director of UCF’s Women’s and Gender Studies program, leaving behind a legacy of leadership, social change and student-centered learning.

Associate Dean Lynn Hepner ’95MA is retiring from UCF on August 7. Her ability to anticipate the needs of the college and to provide the right data at the right time has made her invaluable to CAH.

UCF Director of Orchestras Chung Park reflects on a shared a meal with chef Lidia Bastianich during UCF Celebrates the Arts 2022. Bastianich was invited to talk at the annual festival as part of the Neil R. Euliano Speaker Series, hosted by UCF’s Italian Studies program.

This year, the 11-day festival known as UCF Celebrates the Arts is back and bigger than ever before.