Central Florida Future on the Music and the Brain Symposium
May 17, 2013 Whether it’s an exciting baseline, a somber melody or a crescendo that makes your heart flutter every time, we’re all aware of the power music can have over our emotions. But is it capable of curing diseases? Could it be the reason for a murder or a suicide? Could it...
García Appointed Visiting Scholar at Madrid Institution
May 07, 2013 Martha García recently conducted intensive research at the University of Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, Spain, where she was appointed Visiting Scholar at the Instituto Franklin de Investigación en Estudios Norteamericanos. García worked at the institution during a sabbatical in spring 2013. She has visited the university several times in...
TESOL Student Wins at Statewide Graduate Symposium
May 06, 2013 Leah DeLorenzo, graduate student in UCF’s TESOL program, won the Arts and Humanities Award for her presentation at the very first statewide Graduate Student Research Symposium. Leah (pictured far right), presented a poster titled, “Parental Beliefs and Attitudes on Enrollment in a Dual Language Program at an Elementary School.” Graduate...
SVAD Student Selected for Atlantic Center for the Arts Exhibition
April 25, 2013 SVAD student Aleisha Breter’s work will appear in the Atlantic Center for the Arts 24th Annual University Student Exhibition. Breter is one of four university students from around the state to be selected for this prestigious exhibition, juried by New York-based artist Diana Cooper. According to the ACA, “The selection...
SVAD Students and Faculty Receive 2013 Sony Scholarships
April 24, 2013 Five UCF students and two faculty members from the School of Visual Arts and Design were awarded Sony Scholarships on April 19. The Sony Scholarship is awarded to current, full-time UCF students or faculty who have shown superior academic achievement in the fields of digital and emerging media such as...
UCF Student Wins National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest
April 24, 2013 Congratulations to the UCF student Irina Pidberejna who received an award in the Heritage Learners, Level 1 category of the Fourteenth Annual American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. In this year’s contest, there were 946 essays submitted from 57 universities, colleges, and institutions across...
Humberto López Recognized Among Top Hispanic Professors in Florida
April 19, 2013 Humberto López Cruz was recently named one of the top “20 Fabulous Hispanic Professors in Florida” by Online Schools Florida. Online Schools Florida is dedicated to providing information and resources about online learning and other opportunities beyond the tradtional classroom. See the full list
Free Year-End Film Screenings
April 18, 2013 The School of Visual Arts & Design celebrates the end of another academic year with four days of free screenings. The refreshing and engaging presentation features the creativity and hard work of UCF film students. The screenings kick-off Thursday night with first-year B.F.A. students’ Directing I film projects. Friday evening...
Martha García Awarded a Conference Grant
April 18, 2013 Martha García organized and was awarded a conference grant by the Cervantes Society of America for the Seventh Florida Cervantes Symposium which took place for the second year in a row at UCF on April 6th and 7th of 2013. The College of Arts & Humanities Dean’s Office, the Estate of Janis Lorraine Academic Excellence Endowment, and...
Graduate Teaching Assistant is Selected as a Finalist
April 17, 2013 Michelle Quiñones, M.A. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Modern Languages, was selected as a finalist for her poetic work, Delirios de un par de noches sin sueño. The prize was awarded by the Centro Cultural Español y Ediciones Baquiana and the Centro Cultural Español de Cooperación...
Modern Language Professors Earn Competitive Sabbatical Awards
April 17, 2013 Lisa Nalbone, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Spanish and Spanish American Literatures, was awarded sabbatical for the 2013 fall semester. Gergana Vitanova, Associate Professor of TESOL, Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, was awarded sabbatical for the 2013-2014 academic year. Gergana Vitanova was also an invited speaker at the...
Sophomore Wins Central Florida Jazz Scholarship
April 12, 2013 Sophomore Greg Zabel has won the Central Florida Jazz Society 2013 Scholarship. Zabel was one of seven finalists following a preliminary round consisting of a recorded performance. Four of the finalists were UCF students. Zabel will receive a $2000 prize that he expects to put toward the purchase of a...
Dr. Stacey Pigg wins NEH Summer Stipend
April 12, 2013 Stacey Pigg was awarded with a Summer Stipend Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her project, Writing Unbound: Invention, Sociability, and Digitized Public Space. The NEH Summer Stipends program provides awards for individuals to pursue scholarly work in the humanities during the summer. Recipients typically produce scholarly...
Web Design Major Featured in Vero Beach Newsweekly
April 12, 2013 Undergraduate Charlotte Tripson was recently featured in an article by the Vero Beach Newsweekly. Charlotte is making a name for herself in the graphic design industry. While she wraps up her last year at UCF majoring in Web Design, Tripson is also running her own design company, Anabar Designs. Her...
Kevin Haran's Art Featured in City of Orlando Exhibition
April 09, 2013 Fragments, a new exhibition hosted by the City of Orlando Public Art Program, features art by KYLE and UCF’s own Kevin Haran. A public reception with the artists will be held on Thursday, April 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the rotunda of Orlando City Hall. Fragments is...
Winners of the 2013 Hopes Scholarship Announced
April 05, 2013 The J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship review committee is pleased to announce four winners from all areas of the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design. All applicants are commended for their fine work and for the excellent statements outlining their goals as artists. This year’s recipients are: Austyn Bynon Andres...
Ilenia Colon Mendoza wins Excellence in Undergrad Teaching Award
April 05, 2013 Ilenia Colon Mendoza was honored with the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award for the College of Arts and Humanities at the 2013 Founder’s Day Convocation. Mendoza was nominated by Margaret Ann Zaho, an art history professor in the School of Visual Art and Design. She teaches art history and specializes...
Students win at Graduate Research Forum
April 04, 2013 Two College of Arts and Humanities students won at the Graduate Research Forum, which was held this past Tuesday. Leah DeLorenzo, a M.A. student in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), won in the Social Sciences Category for her thesis research titled “Parental Beliefs and Attitudes on Enrollment...
Modern Language Faculty and Student Recognized at Founder's Day Awards
April 04, 2013 Martha García and Chiara Mazzucchelli were both recognized by the College of Arts and Humanities at the Founder’s Day Honor Convocation with the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Garcia is an Associate Professor of Spanish Medieval & Golden Age literature. Mazzucchelli teaches undergraduate introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses in...
Spotlight on Award-winning Senior Flute Players
March 29, 2013 Flute players Adriane Hill and Nicholas Buonanni are entering their final semester at UCF. During their time at UCF, they have been highly active performers, and their efforts have been recognized with numerous awards. Both students are studying with Nora Lee García in the flute studio and had the opportunity...