UCF's The World Goes 'Round is a Song-and-Dance Extravaganza
June 09, 2016 The UCF School of Performing Arts opens The World Goes ‘Round, a musical revue of songs by songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb. The production runs June 23 through July 2 on the Theatre UCF Main Stage. Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson, Kander and Ebb’s...
UCF Emmy-Winning Documentary to be Shown on 100 PBS Stations, Campus
June 06, 2016 An Emmy-winning documentary film created by UCF honors students began airing this week on more than 100 PBS television stations nationwide, telling the story of a Florida Legislature panel that tried to remove homosexual students and employees from state universities decades ago. The film will be shown during the next...
Music Professor Rupert Honored by UCF Board of Trustees
June 02, 2016 Music Professor Jeffrey Rupert has been honored as a “foremost scholar” by the UCF Board of Trustees and has been granted one of eight “Trustee Chair” awards. Designed to both retain and attract exceptional faculty, the five-year Trustee Chair appointments offer an annual stipend of $50,000. In order to be...
Almost, Maine is a welcomed respite from the Florida heat
May 25, 2016 Orlando, Fla. (May 25, 2016) – Theatre UCF opens John Cariani’s play Almost, Maine on Thursday, June 2. The play is a series of vignettes about love in a northern town and runs through June 11 in UCF’s Black Box theater. Almost, Maine tells nine stories of love in a...
University's Early Theatre Troupes to Stage Reunion
May 25, 2016 In the early days of UCF – when it was known as Florida Technological University with the overriding mission to provide personnel for the U.S. space program – there also was a small group of dedicated theatre students, faculty and staff on campus. In that space-dominated era, that handful of...
Oxford American features photos by M. Laine Wyatt
May 25, 2016 M. Laine Wyatt is featured in the Oxford American‘s weekly column “Eyes on the South.” “Eyes on the South” showcases weekly selections of work from Southern artists or artists whose work concerns the South. Wyatt is an associate professor of photography at the University of Central Florida. She has shown...
2016 Hopes Scholarship Winners Announced
May 25, 2016 The UCF School of Visual Arts & Design proudly announces two winners of the 2016 J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship. This year’s recipients are Kirkland Macy and Robert Shirley. Kirkland Macy is a sophomore specializing in drawing and experimental animation. With a strong interest in designing and modelling characters and creatures,...
Day Five–Anna Eskamani Week of Action
May 20, 2016 “Find What You Love and Just Do It”: Anna V. Eskamani Interview by Morgan Toscano and Leandra Preston-Sidler Anna Eskamani’s first involvement in activism occurred when she was in fifth grade and tried to petition moving one of her friends to another classroom. Since then, the experience of organizing and...
UCF Names New Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities
May 20, 2016 After an extensive national search that began in October, the University of Central Florida has selected Jeffrey Moore, director of UCF’s School of Performing Arts, as its new dean of the College of Arts & Humanities. He will start his new role Aug. 8. Moore joined UCF in 1994 as...
Day Four–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Miss Heard Magazine
May 19, 2016 Missheardmagazine.com In 2013, University of Central Florida graduate and Young Women Leaders Program alumnus Lindsey Turnbull created an online space for teenage girls to connect with each other. Miss Heard is designed specifically for girls ages 12-17 to interact, connect, empower, and foster a dynamic girl-positive community. Their “About” link...
Day Three–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Bedsider
May 18, 2016 Bedsider: Free Network for Birth Control Bedsider.org is an essential resource providing folks with the many, varied contraception options available. The site provides in-depth information regarding nearly everything one needs to know about the range of birth control options. Bedsider features a comprehensive chart that compares different birth control options...
UCF SVAD collaboration brings student artists' talents to University Park
May 18, 2016 Art meets business with a collaboration launching this week between the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD) and Crocker Partners, owner of the nearby University Park office center. Works by UCF students will be showcased in University Park’s five office buildings, beginning with a May 18 event marking...
Day Two–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Scarleteen
May 17, 2016 Scarleteen was founded in 1998 to provide teenagers and young adults with valuable sex education information. The website prides itself on being an extremely diverse and inclusive online community which welcomes everyone regardless of sexuality, identity, ethnicity, or religion. Scarleteen houses thousands of pages of information regarding nearly every aspect...
Day One–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Planned Parenthood
May 16, 2016 This week, WGST will feature resources related to Teen Pregnancy Awareness and Education in honor of Anna Eskamani Day of Service. We are hosting a weeklong virtual event so stay tuned for more! A nationwide organization providing important reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people, as...
STEM grant for YWLP
May 12, 2016 WGST’s mentoring program for girls, Young Women Studies Program (YWLP) has been awarded a $7,000 Community Action Grant from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to integrate a STEM sub-program titled SLAM (Science Leadership and Mentoring). SLAM will focus on STEM leadership, education, and careers. Big Sisters will expose,...
Theatre UCF Student First to Win National Environmental Playwriting Award
May 05, 2016 University of Central Florida student Alex Hehr has been awarded the National Planet Earth Arts Award at the Kennedy Center for the American College Theatre Festival, for his original piece Biodegradable Seagulls. He is the first recipient of the national award. The award is given to a play that address...
Who Tells Your Story? Historical Voices in Hamilton
May 03, 2016 Finals week always brings looming deadlines: projects and papers, revisions of a co-authored journal article, and grading final projects submitted by my undergraduate students. When I volunteered several months ago to write this blog post, I planned to write about some in-progress research on climate change communication. Like I’ve done...
Santana inducted to the Sigma Delta Pi Honors Society
May 02, 2016 On Friday, April 29 Dr. Santana was inducted as an Honorary Member to the Hispanic National Society, Sigma Delta Pi. Together with other four students, Santana received the traditional red carnation and red candle symbolizing the passion for the Spanish Language, Culture and Literature. The event also included presentations from...
One-act plays take stage at UCF's Project Spotlight
April 27, 2016 Project Spotlight, the only student-run theater development organization at UCF, performed its biannual one-act festival this past weekend. Four one-act plays, which are usually between 30 and 50 minutes in length, were presented as part of the festival, which ran from April 21 to April 24 at the Theatre UCF...
Exposure to the Arts at Young Age Fosters Creativity in Children
April 27, 2016 I recently ignored the cardinal rule of parenthood and kept my 2-year-old, Huck, awake during his normal naptime. I knew it was risky, but then, so is suggesting he wear a shirt that isn’t his favorite color orange, so I was willing to take my chances. The reasons for my...