UCF Emmy-Winning Documentary to be Shown on 100 PBS Stations, Campus
July 09, 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...
Annual Schell Award Recognizes Innovative Writing Instruction
July 01, 2016 Each year, UCF’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program, which is housed in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, honors one innovative teacher with the Schell Award for Implementing Innovative Writing Instruction in the Disciplines. The award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated commitment to and success in...
Welcome SPA Faculty Member: Si-Yan Darren Li
June 30, 2016 The UCF School of Performing Arts is pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Si-Yan Darren Li to the Music faculty. Li will be leading the cello studio at the university. Li started studying cello at age five and now holds prizes from numerous prestigious competitions around the world, such as the Tchaikovsky...
Stress and Success: Five Strategies for Self-Care
June 28, 2016 I started this post back in March. At the time, I was determined to write about the strategies I used in order to magically fit everything into my daily schedule. As a high school teacher, a mom of an almost 4-year old and full time grad student, I would often...
History Student wins First Place in Graduate Research Forum Award
June 27, 2016 James A. “Drew” Padgett was the first place MA winner in the Fine Arts and Humanities category at the 2016 Graduate Research Forum with his project “Counting Kills: Exploring the Debary Hall Game Ledger, 1904-1941” and also the recipient of a cash prize. He will compete at the state-level research...
History Podcast Wins Best Media
June 27, 2016 A History of Central Florida won the 2016 Hampton Dunn Internet Award for best media project concerning Florida history. A History of Central Florida is a podcast produced by UCF’s Regional Initiative for Collection the History, Experiences and Stories of Central Florida. The RICHES program has won the Dunn Award...
Dr. Thomas Greenhaw History Scholarship Winners
June 27, 2016 Preserving the legacy of Dr. Thomas Greenhaw, the Dr. Thomas Greenhaw History Scholarship was awarded to graduate student Porsha Dossie and undergraduate John Grande during the Annual Pauley Speaker Series on Global Affairs. The scholarship is a worthy monument to preserve the historical legacy of Dr. Greenhaw’s selfless giving and...
From NWSA: On the Pulse Orlando Attack
June 23, 2016 The Women’s and Gender Studies Program at UCF appreciates this letter of support for Orlando written on behalf of the National Women’s Studies Association. We will continue to do our part in raising awareness about the issues related to the shooting, to promote peace and embrace difference and to continue...
If Our Gatekeepers Can't Function Properly, We Are Doomed
June 23, 2016 Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor who lost his medical license in 2010, falsely claimed in a 1998 scientific paper published in The Lancet that measles, mumps and rubella vaccines cause autism and Crohn’s disease. His claims, though bogus, were widely reported and led to a decline in vaccination rates and...
Theatre grads from UCF's early days hold reunion
June 23, 2016 On June 10, dozens of actors, directors, costume designers and other denizens of the theater descended onto a small party venue in Winter Springs to reunite with one another. Despite the vivid experiences they shared long ago, many of them hadn’t seen each other in more than 40 years. The...
UCF student film 'Tucker' challenges digital filmmaking
June 23, 2016 oshua Evangelista, a UCF Film BFA student working under the nom de plume “J. Ellis Evans,” has successfully crafted a short film that uses this gimmick to challenge what we would typically expect from digital filmmaking. Tucker is a film that takes place entirely from the perspective of a young...
UCF alumnus cast on Broadway, again
June 21, 2016 Quentin Earl Darrington, a recent graduate of UCF’s master’s program in acting, will hit the New York City stage next month for his second Broadway show. Darrington, 37, will play Old Deuteronomy in the revival production of Cats and has the opportunity to work alongside Tony Award-winning director Trevor Nunn....
Fringe Festival keeps Orlando theater weird
June 21, 2016 Veterans of The Orlando Fringe Festival describe it as a celebration of art in all its forms. The festival, now in its 25th year, has something of a raunchy reputation — at Fringe, anything goes, whether that’s musical revues featuring all-nude casts, R-rated comedy performances or drag queen battle royales....
UCF's Voicebox Reaches International A Cappella Finals
June 21, 2016 Voicebox a cappella group from UCF has sung its way to the finals of this weekend’s International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella in New York. The 13-member group, which formed in the fall of 2014, beat out another UCF group – Gemini Boulevard – in the southern regionals to advance....
DWR 2015-16 Award Winners
June 17, 2016 Congratulations to the Department of Writing and Rhetoric’s faculty who received 2015-2016 TIP and SoTL awards. Kathleen Bell and Nate Holic received the Teaching Incentive Award (TIP), which rewards sustained high levels of teaching effectiveness. Mark Hall, Mary Tripp, and Pavel Zemliansky received the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award...
Tremon Kizer Will Oversee UCF Athletic Bands
June 16, 2016 As the University of Central Florida’s new Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands, Tremon Kizer will oversee all aspects of the athletic band program and teach courses in music education. Kizer is well-versed in university band programs. Previously, he oversaw the University of Dayton Marching Band, as...
Resources from the UCF Faculty Center
June 14, 2016 After this weekend’s tragic shooting, our campus is in mourning. As faculty, our focus is on caring for our students and colleagues, and providing them the support and assistance they need during this terrible time and into the future. We have received several calls and questions about resources available, and...
Dear Daughter (on the Orlando tragedy)
June 13, 2016 “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” –Mister Rogers Dear Daughter, Today, your mama’s birthplace, the city you know as your second home, from where...
Stanford Rape Outrage (and we should be outraged)
June 13, 2016 I was planning to post a commentary on the Stanford rapist yesterday, but the Orlando tragedy detracted my heart a touch (being an Orlando native and friend/ally of the GLBTQ* community and so many individuals who identity as such). However, this is still just as pressing so I do not...
Welcome SPA Faculty Member: Shawn Boyle
June 13, 2016 The UCF School of Performing Arts is pleased to introduce assistant professor Shawn Boyle. Boyle will be part of the Theatre faculty, teaching lighting design and working on Theatre UCF’s productions starting in August. He’s excited to become part of the community at the University of Central Florida, which was...