UCF History Professor makes appearance on radio program and UVA podcast
April 04, 2018 Dr. Barbara Gannon appeared on the Florida Frontiers radio program to discuss the sacrifice both black and white Union soldiers made to preserve the Union. On the show, Gannon also spoke on the Grand Army of the Republic, which was the first post-Civil War veterans organization founded in 1866. The...
Couple's $6.6M Gift Supports Modern Language Program
April 03, 2018 A gift from Jim and Julia Rosengren will support foreign language programs at UCF, as well as other programs from around UCF.
2018 CAH Staff Awardees Announced
April 02, 2018 Congratulations to the nominees and winners of the 2018 College of Arts & Humanities Staff Awards.
Komysha Hassan: Winner of the 2018 Honors in the Major Thesis Scholarship
April 02, 2018 Congratulations to DWR undergraduate major Komysha Hassan for receiving a well-deserved 2018 Honors in the Major thesis scholarship. Also congratulations to Steffen Guenzel for his pivotal role in guiding Komysha’s research as her Honors in the Major thesis chair. You both make us proud. If you would like to learn more about...
Alumnus wins international TESOL Teacher of the Year Award
March 28, 2018 TESOL alum Scott Freiberger ’10 received the 2018 Teacher of the Year Award at the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) International Conference & English Language Expo in Chicago
UCF Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band play with acclaimed musicians at UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018
March 28, 2018 On April 9 at 7:30 P.M., the UCF Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band will perform together in the Walt Disney Theater as part of UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018. Each band will play their own assortment of compositions, many of which feature or pay tribute to renowned composers and musicians....
T&T student's Omnimodal startup wins local investment in pitch competition
March 26, 2018 In an effort to create positive change by nurturing local social entrepreneurs, Rally: The Social Enterprise Accelerator recently awarded a $25,000 investment to UCF alumni-created company Omnimodal. “We are humbled to have been awarded this investment money,” said Nathan Selikoff ’04, co-founder of Omnimodal. “There were seven other great social...
Documentary sheds light on Black Italian actor experiences at 9th Euliano Lecture
March 26, 2018 The UCF Modern Languages and Literature Department will host the 9th Annual Neil R. Euliano Professorship Lecture on March 29, 2018.
The Life and Films of Ula Stoeckl
March 26, 2018 UCF Professor Ula Stoeckl has been making films for more than 40 years, and recently had them screened at the Berlin Film Festival. “You never know what someone will remember,” she says in a quiet and distinct German accent. She just returned to the UCF campus from a month-long celebration...
Player Two Ready: For 2nd Straight Year FIEA Student Game Wins Two Awards at Intel University Games Showcase
March 24, 2018 FIEA student game “Hollowed” won the “Best Visual Quality” award and the second place award for “Best Gameplay” at the 2018 Intel University Games Showcase.
‘Bernarda Alba’ Actress Combines Love for Arts, Humanities at UCF
March 23, 2018 Innovative and interdisciplinary, Ibis Enid Rodríguez makes the most of her UCF experience as both a theatre and modern languages and literature student.
SVAD grads' Omnimodal wins local investment in pitch competition
March 23, 2018 David Moran ’14 and Nathan Selikoff ’04 have won a local startup competition and $25,000 investment for their company, Omnimodal.
Professor Terry Thaxton 's 'Mud Song' wins Florida Book Award
March 23, 2018 Terry Ann Thaxton, professor of English and M.F.A. program director, has won her second Florida Book Award for her third book of poems, Mud Song. Her first Florida Book Award was in 2014 for her second book of poems, The Terrible Wife. Mud Song won the silver and The Terrible Wife won the bronze, both in the poetry...
Cassandra Branham, T&T Alum, Named Editor-in-Chief of Writing Commons
March 22, 2018 In a recent letter to members of the Writing Commons community, Sandy wrote: Writing Commons [is] an open-education resource for instructors and students of writing across the disciplines. Our mission is to provide a high-quality, cost-free resource to support students in the development of writing, research, and critical thinking practices. Over the past year, we...
History student chosen for a fellowship designed to impact girls in low-income countries
March 21, 2018 History major, Danielle Dickey was chosen to take part in the She’s the First Community Impact Fellowship. The fellowship will provide Dickey with an opportunity to develop a local community project aimed at empowering and educating girls in low income countries. Dickey will kick off her year-long fellowship with a...
UCF welcomes David Bjella as new Cello Professor
March 20, 2018 The Music Department is thrilled to announce that David Bjella will be joining the faculty as Professor of Cello this fall. Bjella was previously Professor of Cello at Stetson University for more than 20 years. A native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, cellist David Bjella has an extensive, multi-faceted career as...
UCF Game to be Featured at Nation's Biggest Video Game Conference
March 19, 2018 A team from UCF’s School of Visual Arts and Design is headed to one of the biggest video game conferences in the nation, by special invitation. The team will unveil its Magical Savior of Friends video game at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from March 21-23. The game...
Student choruses promote social justice at UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018
March 15, 2018 The UCF Women’s Chorus, Men’s Ensemble, University Chorus, and Chamber Singers will treat guests to music with a message at UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018. Their concert, entitled “Journey to Justice (Singing the Journey),” addresses social inequalities, prejudice, and discrimination, but also hopefulness and the potential for change. The performance...
T&T Alumni Aaron Zwintscher Publishes Book
March 13, 2018 T&T alumni Aaron Zwintscher’s first book has been published by Punctum Books. Noise Thinks the Anthropocene is a textual experiment in noise poetics that began as his doctoral dissertation in T&T. As Aaron notes, “noise poetics is the use of noise to explain, elucidate, and evoke (akin to other poetic forms)...
CAH 2018 Staff Recognition Awards
March 13, 2018 On March 28, the College of Arts & Humanities will honor USPS and A&P staff with awards for their outstanding work and contribution to their school, department or program, and to the college. The deadline to nominate colleagues is March 15, 2018.