Anastasia Salter Shares How the End of Adobe Flash Impacted 9/11 News Coverage
September 13, 2021 Anastasia Salter, Director of Graduate Programs and Texts and Technology, was featured in a CNN article about how the end of Adobe Flash has rendered some news coverage of the September 11 attacks inaccessible.
Spotlight: UCF College of Arts and Humanities 2020–21 Year-in-Review
September 09, 2021 Spotlight, our college’s annual year-in-review, features stories, photos and videos that shine a light on the impact of the arts and humanities.
Jeff Rupert Honored as Trustee Chair
September 09, 2021 Jeff Rupert has built UCF’s jazz studies program into one of the most highly respected programs in the nation.
Call for proposals: UCF Celebrates the Arts 2022
September 08, 2021 UCF Celebrates the Arts is accepting event/exhibit proposals for festival inclusion. Deadline to apply is September 26.
NSM Today: Eclectic Knights Art Exhibit Provides a Healing Outlet for Artists
September 07, 2021 Eclectic Knights XIII exhibited art by students, alumni, faculty and staff at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Knights Do That Podcast: SVAD Grad Reina Castellanos ’16MFA Uses Culture to Create
September 07, 2021 SVAD grad Reina Castellanos ’16MFA discusses her life as an artist and her latest design project with Target’s Latino Heritage Month line.
UCF Adjunct Professor and Rabbi Shares Insight on Jewish High Holy Days
September 03, 2021 Rabbi Sanford Olshansky, adjunct professor of Judaic studies, shares the traditions of Rosh Hashanah — the first of the Jewish High Holy Days spanning 10 days — and Yom Kippur, which marks the end of the observance.
Roadmap Writers Interns Gain Real-World Experience in the Screenwriting Industry
September 01, 2021 This summer, three senior Creative Writing majors gained experience in the screenwriting industry thanks to an internship with Roadmap Writers.
SVAD MFA Student Awarded an ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Educators Forum Scholarship
August 30, 2021 Damian Thorn-Hauswirth, a student in the Animation and Visual Effects MFA program, has won an ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum Scholarship.
Visiting Lecturer Roberta Emerson Named Director of New Play Development With Orlando Shakes
August 27, 2021 Roberta Emerson, visiting lecturer in the School of Performing Arts, has been named Director of New Play Development with Orlando Shakes.
We're hiring: Marketing Coordinator II for Performing Arts
August 27, 2021 The School of Performing Arts is seeking a Marketing Coordinator II to promote its offerings, including performances in music, theatre and dance; UCF Celebrates the Arts; and academic programs.
UCF Offers High-Demand Kurdish Language Courses
August 24, 2021 Thanks to a collaboration between the UCF Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, UCF is now one of only two universities in the nation to regularly offer Kurdish language courses.
The College of Arts and Humanities Welcomes New Faculty Members
August 23, 2021 The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes the faculty members joining our college this fall!
Professor Scott F. Hall’s Instruments Presented Internationally
August 18, 2021 This month, seven of SVAD Professor Scott F. Hall’s sculptural musical instrument designs were shown in FEEDback, a curated group exhibition in the Italian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. For 120 years, the Biennale has been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world, today drawing an audience of over...
SVAD Professor Featured in Exhibition by the National Museum of Women in the Arts
August 16, 2021 Associate professor of studio art Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz was featured in a story from The Washington Post about “Reclamation: Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals”, an online exhibition by the National Museum of Women in the Arts
12 Animated, Fantasy and Superhero Films Made by UCF Grads
August 10, 2021 UCF animation alumni worked behind the scenes on some of the biggest movies from the last decade.
Chris Hixon ’15 ‘21M.A: Shaping the Future of Rhetoric
August 06, 2021 Graduating with his M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition, Chris Hixon is looking forward to shaping the future of the discipline that inspired him.
Peter Larson Reappointed Chair of the History Department
August 06, 2021 Peter Larson, chair for the Department of History since 2016, has been reappointed as chair.
James Campbell Appointed Chair of the English Department
August 06, 2021 The Department of English welcomes James Campbell as department chair.
Geri Smith Reappointed Chair of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department
August 06, 2021 Geri Smith, chair for the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures since 2016, has been reappointed as chair.