UCF Music Professor to Conduct Youth Jazz Orchestra
April 13, 2017 UCF Pegasus Professor and Jazz Studies director, Jeff Rupert, will be the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra’s new Jazz Orchestra’s conductor starting Fall 2017. The orchestra, a 17-20 piece ensemble, will feature middle and high school musicians from ages 13 to 20, and will focus on big band jazz music. Rupert...
Dr. Stephanie Vie Delivered Keynote Speech at the 2017 MAWCA Conference
April 11, 2017 Dr. Stephanie Vie of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric was invited to give the keynote speech at the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA) Conference. Stephanie first became associated with the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) while at her previous institution—Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO—where she spent several...
Presentation, Texts, Technology, and Context, by Dr. Kirk St. Amant
April 11, 2017 Dr. Kirk St. Amant, Professor and the Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair in Technical Communication at Louisiana Tech University (USA), spoke with T&T students and faculty during a presentation titled Texts, Technology, and Context: Integrating Usability into the Design of Texts and Technologies for Local and Global Audiences. Dr. St....
Around the Texts of Writing Center Work: A New Book by Dr. R Mark Hall
April 10, 2017 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric has another faculty member to have their work published. Dr. R. Mark Hall’s new book Around the Texts of Writing Center Work: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Tutor Education was published by the University Press of Colorado and Utah State University Press. Mark’s book draws...
UCF History Students Showcase Their Research at the 2017 Graduate Research Forum
April 10, 2017 On Tuesday, April 4th, seven History graduate students showcased their research at UCF’s 2017 Graduate Research Forum. The Graduate Research Forum allows students from all disciplines to share their research and projects through academic posters. Along with creating a poster that showcases their work, students are given the opportunity to...
Max Osceola recently spoke to students in Bob Clarke's AMH 2010 class
April 10, 2017 Max Osceola is a tribal historian and current Council member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. He recently spoke to students in Bob Clarke’s AMH 2010 class, covering a wide range of topics from Indian Removal to modern Seminole culture. Max helped student’s understand different perspectives on U.S. History and...
Dr. Natasha Jones wins Nell Ann Pickett Award
April 10, 2017 The Conference on College Composition and Communication took place in Portland, Oregon this year, and several faculty members from the Department of Writing and Rhetoric attended. However, Dr. Natasha Jones stood out by winning the prestigious Nell Ann Pickett award. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Writing...
Historian David Staley Unveils FHQ Data Sculpture At Public History Talk on “The Creative Humanities”
April 07, 2017 Visitors to the Florida Historical Quarterly offices on the fourth floor of Colbourn Hall will soon find displayed there a 3D data sculpture representing 100 top key terms from the journal’s 85-year run of digitized back issues, courtesy of Ohio State University historian David J. Staley. The sculpture resembles a...
Arts & Humanities 2017 Founder's Day Awardee
April 07, 2017 Dean Jeff Moore introduces the UCF College of Arts & Humanities 2017 Founder’s Day winner: History major Kayla Davis.
Dr. Olivia Sohns' Recent Publication in Diplomacy & Statecraft
April 06, 2017 UCF History Department’s Dr. Olivia Sohns has recently published an article entitled “The Future Foretold: Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Congressional Support for Israel” in a recent issue of Diplomacy & Statecraft. Click here to read the article.
T&T Candidate Abigail Padfield Received the 1st Place Doctoral Award
April 04, 2017 Congratulations, Abigail! T&T candidate Abigail Padfield received the 1st Place Doctoral award at the 2017 UCF Graduate Research Forum for her project, “History Harvest: Teaching the Community to Preserve History.” Pictured: Holly Baker and Abigail Padfield
UCF Welcomes Director of Bands, Dr. Scott Lubaroff
April 03, 2017 Scott Lubaroff will join the music faculty at the University of Central Florida in the Fall of 2017 as Professor of Music and Director of Bands, leading a comprehensive ensemble program that includes four concert bands, athletic bands, and chamber winds He will also oversee the graduate program in wind...
Professor Martínez-Fernández's Published in the Orlando Sentinel
March 31, 2017 Professor Martínez-Fernández was recently published in the Orlando Sentinel. His article, “Are Latinos invisible? Watch TV and you’ll believe it’s so”, delves into the invisibility of Latinos on television. To read Professor Martínez-Fernández’s article, please click here.
Dr. Lori Walters Honored by the Center for Success of Women's Faculty
March 31, 2017 Dr. Lori Walters was honored by the Center for Success of Women’s Faculty this month for Women’s Month. See Dr. Walter’s profile by clicking here.
Dr. David Staley Presents to History and T&T Students
March 29, 2017 Dr. David Staley from the Ohio State University gave a talk to History and T&T students and faculty in conjunction with the display of FHQ III, a 3-D printed data sculpture of the Florida Historical Quarterly. Dr. Staley has written three books: Computers, Visualization and History; History and Future: Using...
Dr. Keri Watson Awarded Fulbright-Terra Foundation Award
March 27, 2017 Dr. Keri Watson of the School of Visual Arts and Design has received a 2018 Fulbright-Terra Foundation Award in the History of American Art in China. The award, sponsored by the Fulbright Scholar Program, offers an opportunity to teach American Art History prior to 1980 at the undergraduate or graduate...
Voices in Italian Americana recognized by ANVUR
March 27, 2017 Modern Languages and Literature’s journal, Voices in Italian Americana, has been recognized by the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes. The journal has been recognized as a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal in the area of literature and has been added to the National Agency’s list of...
Three College of Arts and Humanities Students to be Inducted into the Order of Pegasus
March 24, 2017 Three College of Arts and Humanities students, Sabrina Jérôme, Christopher Clemente, and Lauren Gandy, will be inducted into the Class of 2017 Order of Pegasus—the university’s highest and most prestigious award—honoring outstanding student performance “in the areas of academic achievement, outstanding university involvement, leadership, and community service.” Sabrina Jérôme is...
UCF Art Professor and Performance Artist Lands Spot in Smithsonian Exhibit
March 22, 2017 Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz feels she represents more than just herself in her art. When she is creating, she feels the characters bursting forth to tell their stories – and all the while she struggles with all they represent. “I keep them [characters] locked up, you know, because if I let them...
UCF Celebrates the Arts Expands Venues for Works by SVAD Students, Faculty
March 22, 2017 Presentations by students and faculty in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design – fine art, tableau vivant (living art), films, interactive gaming and other fields – will expand to multiple venues in this year’s UCF Celebrates the Arts. In addition to art presentations at the host site of the...