"Hello, Glass."
January 29, 2016 Sometimes, your program director presents you with fun gadgets and says, “Here. Figure this out.” That’s how we got our hands (and eyes!) on a set of never-been worn Google Glass. While there have been talks about new Google Glass coming in the near future, for now, Google Glass remains...
Digital Humanities Workshops by Brian Blackburne
January 27, 2016 On Tuesday, January 26, 2016, the T&T Guest Speaker Series brought T&T Alum Brian Blackburne (2008) to campus. Dr. Blackburn shared lunch with T&T students, faculty, and staff and discussed his experience with the hiring and tenure process. That evening, Dr. Blackburne conducted a lecture titled, “2 kewl 4 skool:...
UCF Student to Perform with Michael Feinstein at Dr. Phillips Center
January 26, 2016 UCF freshman Nick Drivas has been invited to perform with Grammy Award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein. The performance will be a part of the “Michael Feinstein: A Sinatra Centennial” concert at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on January 29, 2015. A multi-platinum-selling performer, Feinstein is nicknamed “The Ambassador...
A Summary of The Art of Memory by Frances Yates
January 22, 2016 In classical rhetoric, images and text were mapped onto virtual places to aid the memory of orators. Memory was enormously important to orators because they were expected to deliver long speeches with total accuracy. In fact, memory was of such value that there developed an “art of memory” designed to...
Florida Film Studies: Finding a Subject Field of My Own
January 20, 2016 When I was admitted into the Texts and Technology program in the Fall of 2014, like many of the colleagues in my cohort, I had a general idea of what my research interests were and a vague sense of how I could co-opt these interests into a significant dissertation project....
James Morrison and the UCF Jazz Professors to hold concert
January 20, 2016 Australian native James Morrison, who has performed for two U.S. presidents and the Queen of England will now join the UCF Jazz Professors for a concert at the University of Central Florida’s Visual Arts Building auditorium, on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The concert, hosted by the UCF School of Performing Arts...
UCF Teams Up with Orlando Science Center at Otronicon Technology Event
January 15, 2016 UCF is sponsoring the 11th annual Otronicon at the Orlando Science Center Friday January 15 – Monday January 18. Ortonicon is a four-day conference that features exhibits, workshops, panels, speakers, and keynotes about the digital-media industry including video gaming, serious games, simulation, robotics, and virtual reality. UCF is heading a...
Kourova Receives 2015 AATSEEL Award for Excellence in Teaching
January 15, 2016 Alla Kourova has received the 2015 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Award for Excellence in Teaching (Post-Secondary). Kourova was recognized for her dedication in rebuilding the Russian Language Program at UCF, her tireless motivation in publishing, conducting study abroad programs to Russia, mentoring independent study...
UCF STEAM Exhibition: When Art and Science Meet (Science, Technology, Engineering, ARTS and Mathematics)
January 14, 2016 “The 2016 UCF STEAM Exhibition” is a feature of Otronicon 2016 at the Orlando Science Center. The exhibit presents paintings, drawings, photographs and 3D artworks created by UCF fine arts students and UCF CREATE elementary students in visual response to STEM topics. The exhibition includes futuristic visualizations, illustrations of current...
Character Animation Short Films Triumph in Festival Circuit
January 11, 2016 The two five-minute films from the graduating Character Animation cohort of 2015, Snacktime and Enchanted Ink, are performing incredibly in the film and animation festival circuit. The shorts have won 11 awards and were official selections in 2 International, 15 National, and 8 Local venues. The full list of awards...
WGST Director Invites Students to Human Trafficking Awareness Day
January 07, 2016 Maria Santana invites UCF students to the 8th annual Human Trafficking Awareness Day at Lake Eola Park on Saturday, January 23, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Santana is part of the Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force, which is a citizens coalition made up of volunteer professionals who are passionate...
Middle School Writing Center Modeled after UCF University Writing Center
January 06, 2016 The University Writing Center was used as a model for Orange County’s first middle school writing center at Glenridge Middle School. The UWC Director, R. Mark Hall, was a consultant on the school-wide writing initiative. The project was started by Bernice Johnson, a science teacher, and the school’s principal, Trever...
School of Performing Arts Director Elected to National Board
January 05, 2016 Jeffrey M. Moore, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) to serve a one-year term as a regional chair. The NASM is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges and universities with approximately 653 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards...
UCF Piano Professor Performs in Havana, Cuba
January 05, 2016 Piano Professor Yun-Ling Hsu was invited to perform a cultural exchange piano recital at the magnificent historical Sala Ignacio Cervantes Concert Hall in Havana, Cuba in November 2015. Invited by Dr. Miriam Escudero, the Cuban Director of Musical Heritage Cabinet Esteban Salas (from Office of the Historian of Havana), Hsu...
Trust and the Art of Collaboration
December 30, 2015 The art of collaboration is a strange creature. I spent my entire life working in theatres in various production roles – acting, designing, directing – and perhaps these experiences instilled in me the understanding of how a final work can really benefit from the oversight of multiple, occasionally overly passionate,...
Why changing your profile picture isn’t “slacktivism”: Social media and solidarity in times of crisis
December 25, 2015 There have been many critiques leveled at those who participate in social media during times of crisis, including calling people who change their profile pictures or share viral videos “slacktivists.” However, I would suggest reframing the discussion from “slacktivism,” which I find to be a charged term that implies that...
UCF Russian Club
December 23, 2015 At the end of the international week Russian club at UCF, ( Alla Kourova is an adviser) held their fourth annual event. A performance of the “Nutcracker” – courtesy of the Russian Ballet of Orlando. This performance brought awareness to the Russian language, culture classes and Russian club at UCF....
'The Big Read' at UCF to Focus on Zora Neale Hurston
December 22, 2015 UCF’s College of Arts & Humanities has been awarded one of 75 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to participate in “The Big Read,” a nationwide program created to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. Grant recipients around the...
Theatre Star Takes Stage for Last Time at UCF Graduation
December 17, 2015 When Nicky Wood walks onto the stage at the CFE Arena to collect his degree on Friday, he may be one of the few University of Central Florida graduates who won’t be nervous. Wood, a 20-year-old theatre studies major, is more at home on stage than anywhere. And after commencement,...
T&T Mock Job Interview Panel
December 08, 2015 Five courageous T&T students participated in mock job interviews to assist them in preparing for the job market. Sandy Branham and Clayton Benjamin held their interviews via Skype, and Emily Johnson, John Bork, and Eric Murnane participated in face-to-face interviews. Drs. McDaniel and Vie were friendly but tough Search Committee...