OUC Installs Student-Designed Sculpture at Exploria Stadium
March 18, 2021 After much anticipation, the student-designed solar sculpture has been installed by OUC at Exploria Stadium, home of Orlando City Soccer and Orlando Pride.
5 Questions with Sam Waters, USPS Employee of the Month for January 2021
March 16, 2021 As the USPS Employee of the Month for January 2021, Sam Waters has made a name for himself as the first person to go the extra mile for students, faculty and staff.
2 CAH Students Named Recipients of the Order of Pegasus
March 10, 2021 UCF has named 23 students, including 2 CAH students, as recipients of the Order of Pegasus, the university’s most prestigious student award.
4 CAH Faculty Members Named 2021 Women's History Month Honorees
March 10, 2021 Each March, Faculty Excellence honors 31 women for their impact on students and UCF’s campus community. This year, four CAH faculty members are among the honorees.
Students Receive Africana Studies Scholarships and Dining Awards
March 10, 2021 Jamar Miller, Jasmine Harris, Jordan Feld and Jae Olivia Noel recently received scholarships from the Africana Studies program for the Spring 2021 semester.
SVAD Students Win Big at the AAF Orlando’s American Advertising Awards
March 04, 2021 UCF School of Visual Arts and Design students have been named winners of the AAF Orlando’s American Advertising Awards or “Addys.”
2 CAH Alumni Named 30 Under 30 Alumni Award Winners
February 23, 2021 The 2021 class, including two College of Arts and Humanities graduates, will be honored in a celebratory event later this spring.
History Alumnus Wins Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis
February 16, 2021 This year’s recipient of the Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis is Matt Patsis ’14 ’20MA, for his thesis examining the service of African American soldiers during World War I in comparison with the service of French Colonial soldiers from Africa.
Kendra Gilbertson Receives Pegasus Advisor Award
February 12, 2021 Kendra Gilbertson, academic advisor in the College of Arts and Humanities, is the 2021 Pegasus Advisor Award recipient. This annual award recognizes an advisor who champions student success.
3 CAH Alumni Receive Fulbright Award
January 27, 2021 Twelve recent UCF graduates, including three with minors from the College of Arts and Humanities, have received prestigious Fulbright awards, setting the university’s new single-year record.
Three SVAD MFA Students Win Dell Talks: I Made That Competition
January 19, 2021 Brian Phinn ‘20MFA, Danny McCabe and Damian Thorn-Hauswirth, students in the Animation and Visual Effects MFA program, have won the Dell Talks: I Made That competition.
Luciana Garbayo Receives College of Medicine Innovative Teaching Award
November 12, 2020 Luciana Garbayo was recognized by the UCF College of Medicine for her continued and effective use of innovative teaching methods in the clinical curriculum.
UCF’s Center that Helps Preserve, Share History Awarded National Grant
October 26, 2020 The grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help UCF’s Center for Humanities and Digital Research expand its impact in the digital age.
Joo Kim receives FAEA Art Educator of the Year award
September 29, 2020 Joo Kim, associate professor of studio art, has been honored with the 2020 FAEA Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award. Kim is the only UCF faculty member to have received this award to date.
Anna Eskamani ’12 ’15MNM ’15MPA, Margery Pabst-Steinmetz win 2020 Alumni Awards
September 23, 2020 Anna Eskamani ’12 ’15MNM ’15MPA won the Distinguished Alumni Award and Margery Pabst-Steinmetz won the John C. and Martha Hitt Honorary Alumni Award.
Fulbright-Hays GPA Grant Awarded for Keeping Language and Culture Alive in Argentina
September 10, 2020 The program will fund a group study to Argentina, led by Maria C. Santana and Maria Redmon.
Chiara Mazzucchelli accepted into the 2020-2021 AASCU Emerging Leaders Program
September 01, 2020 Mazzucchelli is one of 21 faculty from institutions across the country selected for the AASCU program.
UCF Music Professor, Opera Orlando Win Grant to Create New Opera
July 24, 2020 Stella Sung’s third opera will be a musical adaptation of “The Secret River,” a children’s fantasy book by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
SVAD Professor Matt Dombrowski Helps Secure $100,000 Grant For Limbitless Solutions
July 23, 2020 Adobe is providing free Creative Cloud product licenses and training to Limbitless team members and committing a $100,000 grant to support plans for expanding the Limbitless Lab at UCF.
Arlene Flores named April USPS Employee of the Month
June 18, 2020 For over 20 years, Arlene has been giving of her time and energy to UCF. She is a strong supporter of the faculty and other staff and daily lives the values of integrity and excellence.