UCF Professor Creates Latina Personality to Explain Art World
September 21, 2016 Before she became a professor, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz had her work exhibited in galleries around the world. Now, this assistant professor in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design serves as a self-styled for first-generation college students and any others who are intimidated by the culture of academia. To read more...
Changing America Exhibit
September 20, 2016 How UCF Public History Students are Changing America One Exhibit at a Time Graduate students in Dr. Scot French’s Introduction to Public History colloquium are exploring the challenges of interpreting and displaying “difficult history” in museums, historic sites, and other public settings. This week, they had a unique opportunity to...
UCF-based Limbitless Solutions Visits White House
September 15, 2016 Stephanie Valderrama, creative director for UCF based Limbitless Solutions, is visiting the White House today as part of the White House Design For All Showcase. The event, including a fashion show to celebrate inclusive design, assistive technology and prosthetics, is designed to highlight the ways that assistive technology breaks down...
ARTBORNE features SVAD's Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz as September Cover Story
September 14, 2016 Artborne Magazine is an independently published, print and online publication dedicated to the development and advancement of Orlando’s art scene. The monthly magazine features local artists and organizations, and ranges from Q&A’s, essays, reviews, and artists spotlights on the fine arts, music, performance, fashion, and literary worlds. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz is...
SVAD's Assistant Professor of Art collaborates with the National Museum of Mexican Art
September 14, 2016 Visual Arts Director / Chief Curator of the National Museum of Mexican Art Cesáreo Moreno invites Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz to participate in the 30th annual Day of the Dead Exhibition this September. Ortiz will create a site-specific ofrenda style installation in response to the recent tragedy of the Orlando Pulse nightclub....
UCF Student Excels During Internship in Washington
September 14, 2016 Every day for an entire semester, Alex A. Alvarado would wake up, walk to Capitol Hill, and say to himself: “Man, how did I get here?” Both resourceful and ambitious, this legal studies major grabbed at a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a behind-the-scenes look of government during one of the nation’s...
Summer 2016 STARTALK Intensive Russian Language Program
September 06, 2016 July 2016 marked the second year in a row of an intensive Russian language program at UCF. (Program director Alla Kourova). The program, STARTALK, meaning “Start Talking” lasted for 3 weeks, starting Monday, July 11th. It consisted of 60 students, both beginner and advanced, who had the opportunity to participate...
Changing America: Dr. Scot French Shares His Research on the Historic Black Township of Eatonville
September 01, 2016 How did Maitland’s Lewis Lawrence (1806-1886), a wealthy white businessman and philanthropist from upstate New York, become friend and patron to the historic black township of Eatonville, Florida (est. 1887)? What motivated Lawrence, in the social and political context of the New South/Post-Reconstruction Era, to assist African American laborers in...
History Professor James Clark Provides Historical Insight on Local Elections
September 01, 2016 Joining WKMG-TV Channel 6 Reporter Mike DeForest live on air, Dr. James Clark shared political commentary on Tuesday, August 30 as the Primary Election results were totaled. Dr. Clark serves as a trusted resource providing insight as a Florida historian, who is well-versed in the state’s rich heritage.
Prestigious Fellowship Awarded to History Professor
August 30, 2016 Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni won a 2016-17 Mesopotamian Fellowship from the American School of Oriental Research (ASOR) for her project “New Foundations: a Comparative Study of the Creation of Neo-Assyrian and Urartian Landscapes.” The Mesopotamian Fellowship is awarded annually by the Baghdad Committee of the American Schools of Oriental Research to...
2016 Library Fellows Awards
August 29, 2016 Each year, the Fellows of the G.W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport issue awards to recognize significant achievements in maritime heritage writing. The John Gardner Maritime Research Award is presented by the Fellows of the G.W. Blunt White Library for making a significant contribution in the maritime research field....
Sandler's Crimes of Passion Restored for Blu-ray Release
August 22, 2016 Crimes of Passion, a film written by associate professor Barry Sandler, debuts on Blu-Ray this summer. The new Blu-ray/DVD set features commentary and interviews by screenwriter Barry Sandler and director Ken Russell. The new 2K restoration of the 1984 film is based from the original, unrated Ken Russell director’s cut....
UCF Music to Host All-State Preparation Clinic for Middle, High Schoolers
August 22, 2016 The University of Central Florida will offer a day-long All-State Preparation Clinic to middle and high school students on Saturday, August 27. The clinic is free, but advance registration is required. UCF Music faculty and guest instrumentalists will offer clinics on the Florida Bandmasters Association and Florida Orchestra Association’s All-State...
UCF Patent Helps Grow Local Tech Firm
August 17, 2016 A popular Orlando-based organization app for students plans to relaunch at University of Central Florida with a new feature. Schoolflow, a mobile app that helps students automatically organize their school assignments, now is licensed to feature UCF’s remote collaboration tool – software that broadcasts an instructor’s lecture with interactive notes....
Dr. Steven Chicurel-Stein Takes the Helm at the School of Performing Arts
August 12, 2016 As director of the UCF School of the Performing Arts, Dr. Steven Chicurel-Stein is focused on enhancing the school’s strengths and showcasing those attributes to the community. Previously an associate director of the School, Chicurel-Stein was appointed as interim director following director Jeffrey Moore’s recent promotion to the position of...
Julia Listengarten is New Artistic Director for Theatre UCF
August 05, 2016 Theatre professor Dr. Julia Listengarten has been appointed the Artistic Director for Theatre UCF. The artistic director is typically responsible for conceiving, developing, and implementing the artistic vision of a theatre company. Listengarten envisions her role as working with the Theatre faculty to re-imagine artistic goals of the department and...
DWR Welcomes New Faculty Member Dr. Dustin Edwards
August 04, 2016 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric is pleased to welcome assistant professor Dustin Edwards to the UCF community. Edwards researches and teaches digital-material rhetoric, and he has particular specializations in public writing and circulation, writing infrastructures, and intellectual property. “I’m thrilled to join the department of Writing and Rhetoric at...
On Competition, Teamwork, and Finding Your Scholarly Voice: Valuing the Desks around You
August 02, 2016 My high school basketball coach once told me, “A rising tide lifts all ships.” I think he just wanted to motivate me to box-out more when the shots went up, but his point was that when we work unselfishly together toward goals, it benefits everyone. I never thought that basketball...
Folse is Recognized as one of "50 at 50" by TESOL Association
August 01, 2016 The International TESOL Association has recognized UCF’s Dr. Keith Folse as one of a special group of “50 at 50” leaders who have made a significant contribution to the TESOL profession within the past fifty years. According to the International TESOL Association, “Their leadership has helped build the association and...
Historical Agricultural News Wins 2nd Place in NEH Data Challenge
July 28, 2016 Historical Agricultural News, a project by Amy Giroux, Marcy Galbreath, and Nathan Giroux, recently won second place in the NEH Chronicling America Historic Newspapers Data Challenge. Drs. Giroux and Galbreath are both 2014 graduates of UCF’s Texts and Technology doctoral program. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced six...