Modern Languages Faculty and Alum Present at International Conference
January 07, 2014 In December, Keith Folse and Melanie Gonzalez presented papers at the Vocab@Vic Conference on Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition at the University of Victoria in New Zealand. In 2013, Folse was an invited plenary speaker at international conferences in Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Oman, and Japan, as well as several...
Thaxton Authors Guide to Creative Writing in the Community
December 16, 2013 Bloomsbury Publishing recently released a new creative writing guide from Terry Ann Thaxton. Creative Writing in the Community focuses on the practical side of creative writing, connecting classroom experiences to community-based projects. It prepares creative writing students for teaching in schools, homeless centres, youth clubs and care homes. Enhanced by...
UCF Film Students Become Producers for Five Stories 2013 Compilation
December 16, 2013 Film students at the University of Central Florida have taken on a new role: producer. A group of 28 students in a class this past semester took on the task of producing a compilation of five films by classmates, marketing them online and submitting them to film festivals around the...
Two UCF Artists Present Solo Exhibitions at Art Basel
December 05, 2013 6th Street Container Gallery is currently hosting two solo exhibitions featuring artists Stephanie Cafcules and Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz. The exhibitions will be on display until December 12, coinciding with Art Basel, the famous international art show. Cafcules presents Fluid Dynamics, her continued investigation altering synthetic materials and exploring the dynamism of...
Meet UCF Grad Who is Broadway's Spider-Man
November 22, 2013 Who says Knights can’t fly? Justin Matthew Sargent, who graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2008 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in musical theatre, is soaring over New York City audiences in the title role of Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” Sargent got his start...
English Professor and Chair Will Lecture at China Universities
November 22, 2013 In December, Patrick D. Murphy, Professor and Chair of the Department of English, will give twelve lectures in China at eight different universities in the cities of Beijing, Shijizhuang, Dalian, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Jinhua. His presentations will focus on the theory and practice of ecological literary criticism, American humanities programs,...
Inflatable Sculptures Surround UCF Student Union
November 20, 2013 On November 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., a “parade” of inflatable sculptures will overwhelm the front of UCF’s Student Union. Students in the School of Visual Arts & Design’s 3-D Design classes have constructed dynamic art using recycled, found and customized plastic injected with forced air. The sculptures,...
Russian Language Journal Publishes Article by Modern Languages Professor
November 20, 2013 UCF Modern Languages Professor Alla Kouova recently had her article Connecting Classrooms: Russian Language Teaching Project at UCF published by the Russian Language Journal. The journal is a bilingual scholarly review of research, resources, symposia, and publications pertinent to the study and teaching of Russian language and culture, as well...
Philosophy Professor Publishes Book on Hinduism
November 19, 2013 UCF Philosophy Professor Ann Gleig teamed up with Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Millsaps College Lola Williamson while writing Homegrown Gurus: From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism. The book was recently published by SUNY Press. Today, a new stage in the development of Hinduism in America is taking...
English Professor Co-edits Collection of Letters
November 12, 2013 UCF English professor Mark L Kamrath, General Editor of the Charles Brockden Brown Electronic Archive and Scholarly Edition, recently co-edited The Letters and Early Epistolary Writings of Charles Brockden Brown (2013), a 960-page volume of Brown’s correspondence and related writings. Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities Scholarly Editions...
Theatre Graduate Sings Hit Tunes in Latest Peformance
November 05, 2013 Theatre Graduate Natalie Cordone performed along with Shawn Kilgore in their most recent show “It Takes Two” on October 26. The night of popular song took the audience on a relationship journey with tunes from Broadway, television and film. The featured songs included “Our Love is Here to Stay,” “Chapel...
English Professor's Essay Featured in New York Times
November 04, 2013 English Professor David James Poissant’s essay “I Want to Be Friends With Republicans” appeared in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. Poissant writes about how talking with his male friends had helped his prejudices against conservatives turn into a mind-opening experience. Read the full essay at the New...
New Artwork "Stars" in Building Dedication
October 25, 2013 The UCF School of Visual Arts and Design is pleased to announce the upcoming dedication of public artwork on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. As part of the dedication of the new Classroom II and ROTC Building at UCF, artist Malcolm Robertson will be honored for his work...
2014 English Symposium: Call for Papers
October 24, 2013 The Department of English invites graduate students, alumni, and faculty in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies, Technical Communication, Rhetoric and Composition M.A. programs, M.F.A. in Creating Writing program, and Ph.D. in Texts and Technology program, as well as Honors in the Major (HIM) students, to apply to the third annual...
UCF Grads Launch Animation Studio
October 23, 2013 In 2010, alumni Joe Rosa, Heather Knott, and Chris Brown launched a new animation studio in Central Florida. Ninjaneer Studios is a full-service studio specializing in 3-D animation and projection mapping. The group founded Ninjaneer shortly after graduating with B.A. degrees in Digital Media: Visual Language. All three specialized in...
Film Grad Among "25 People Shaping the Future of Design"
October 23, 2013 Complex Magazine has named UCF alum Nick Briz to its online list of “25 People Shaping the Future of Design.” Nick Briz (B.F.A. Film, 2009) is a new-media artist, educator, and organizer. He is also a co-founder of GLI.TC/H, an international conference, festival, and gathering for glitch artists, coders, theorists,...
UCF Teams with MadCap Software for English Course
October 18, 2013 The University of Central Florida is joining forces with MadCap Software to empower students taking its “Writing for the Computer Industry” course with the knowledge and experience that will give them a clear competitive advantage in the workforce. Through the MadCap Scholar Program, the university is licensed to use MadCap...
Robinson's Work on Display at FotoWeek 2013
October 17, 2013 Transfer, a series of photographs by E. Brady Robinson, will be on display at FotoWeek 2013 in Washington, D.C. Her work is part of Uncover/Discover, a competition juried by Margaret Heiner and George Hemphill. The exhibit will be debut in an outdoor gallery at National Geographic Musuem on November 1....
Photo District News Profiles Photography Program
October 11, 2013 The latest issue of PDN Edu magazine features a profile of the UCF-Daytona State photography program and its relationship with the Southeast Museum of Photography. Photo District News reviewed three photography programs with connected and dedicated museums, placing UCF’s partnership with Daytona State College among lofty company. The other featured...
Movie by UCF Grad Featured in MIT Technology Review
October 07, 2013 MIT Technology Review recently reviewed The Perfect 46, a feature film written and directed by UCF alum Brett Bonowicz. Read the review online. Bonowicz screened the film at the Consumer Genetics Conference in Boston on September 25. The story centers around a genome-analysis company that has developed an algorithm to...