Class spotlight: Women and Leadership
March 06, 2020 This course taught by Women’s and Gender Studies lecturer Anne Bubriski empowers students to hone their own leadership qualities by drawing inspiration from women leaders of the past and present.
Celebrate Women’s History Month 2020
March 02, 2020 CAH is celebrating Women’s History Month with a variety of events hosted in the library during the month of March.
Mark Fagiano creates virtual reality ethical experience
February 27, 2020 Dr. Mark Fagiano has created an ethical dilemma in virtual reality to turn a thought experiment into a hands-on learning experience. The Heinz dilemma was first presented by Lawrence Kohlberg and asks, “should you steal medicine to save your wife?” Through the virtual reality experience, you can choose to steal...
Bioethicist makes compelling case for continuing importance of women’s political involvement, action
February 27, 2020 Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin spoke at the UCF Africana Studies’ second annual Dr. John Washington Lecture Series. In her lecture, titled “Overcoming Injustice: Why Women’s Constitutional Citizenship Still Matters,” Goodwin outlined, in stark terms, a recent trend toward rolling back legal protections related to women’s sexual and reproductive health.
2020-2021 College of Arts and Humanities Scholarship Opportunities
February 24, 2020 Check out the scholarships available to students from CAH. Applicants are able to receive up to $1,000.
French translation certificate results in hospitality internship
February 24, 2020 French student Elizabeth McDonald will be the first student to partake in an internship in Paris as part of the requirements for UCF’s new French Translation and Interpretation Certificate.
English student receives Order of Pegasus
February 20, 2020 English student Taylor Pryor is one of 24 students to receive UCF’s most prestigious student award, Order of Pegasus.
Historian's book about early Cuban history wins awards
February 20, 2020 UCF historian Luis Martínez-Fernández’s recently published book, “Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba,” won the 2018 Florida Book Awards bronze medal in general nonfiction, first place at the 2019 International Latino Book Awards in the History category, and a feature from New Books Network.
History student researching past flu outbreaks to better understand the present
February 20, 2020 As part of his honors undergraduate thesis, Andrew Kishuni is studying the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 in the U.S. South to help understand today’s global outbreaks.
Rhetoric of Health & Medicine wins national 2019 Best New Journal Award
February 18, 2020 Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, co-edited by UCF Writing and Rhetoric professor Blake Scott, is a co-winner of the 2019 Best New Journal Award.
17 CAH faculty honored for authoring works
February 18, 2020 17 CAH-leagues were honored recently by UCF for authoring works. The celebration also included a poetry reading by one of this year’s honorees from writing and rhetoric, Martha Catherine Brenckle.
Award-winning Positive Parenting Fables offers a modern twist on the classic fable
February 12, 2020 Positive Parenting Fables, the animated short film with a modern twist on the classic fable, is the result of a collaboration funded by the Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Arts & Wellness Innovation Awards.
UCF Program at Love Your Shorts Film Festival to Connect Filmmakers
February 10, 2020 Student films to be featured at 10th annual festival in Sanford this week. Tiffany, an animation directed by Christina Christie ’19, was created by UCF’s character animation class of 2019.
Knights Write 2020 celebrates a decade of showcasing student writing
February 07, 2020 The annual showcase hosted by the Department of Writing and Rhetoric recognizes student writers for excellent work and commemorates the writing opportunities they partake in.
History student Andrew Kishuni guest columnist for Orlando Sentinel: Coronavirus an example of societal impact on epidemics
February 06, 2020 Accelerated B.A./M.A. History student Andrew Kishuni is working on an honors in the major thesis on flu pandemics.
Confectionary-contemporary painter Will Cotton to speak at UCF
February 06, 2020 Cotton, who will speak Feb. 26, is known for his photo-realist depictions of landscapes as sugary confections, as seen in the Smithsonian and Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.”
Why Black History Matters Today: A Historian's Perspective
February 04, 2020 With its Africana Studies minor and several other courses and programs that focus on teaching and preserving Black history, UCF’s College of Arts and Humanities is helping students stay connected with the past.
A Look Back at the Start of UCF’s Black Student Union
February 04, 2020 UCF alumni Roland Williams and Wiletha Williams share their experience as some of the university’s first students.
After 50 years, colorful artist and SVAD faculty Walter Gaudnek will exit UCF
February 03, 2020 After 50 years of teaching at the University of Central Florida, artist Walter Gaudnek will close the door on the classroom this spring.
UCF Florida Prison Education Project to Offer Online Courses
January 29, 2020 Research has shown that people in prison who participate in correctional-education programs are 40 percent less likely to end up behind bars again one day.