Experimental Animation Graduates Showcase Animated Short at Film Festivals
August 14, 2015 Four experimental animation graduates are showcasing their animated short film, The Falling Leaf, at LA CineFest, Orlando International Peace and Film Festival and the Miami Independent Film Festival. The short tells the story of a young monk who is assigned a seemingly impossible task and follows his efforts to overcome...
Danker Leads Talk after Easy Rider Screening at the Foosaner Museum of Art
August 14, 2015 On August 20, Lisa Danker will introduce the film Easy Rider at the Foosaner Museum of Art in Melbourne. Following the screening, Danker will lead a discussion about the production history, style and the impact of Easy Rider on the reception of independent filmmaking. In the film, two counterculture bikers...
New Chair of English Department
August 08, 2015 After serving his five-year term, Dr. Patrick Murphy is stepping down as chair of the Department of English. Though Dr. Murphy will be greatly missed, we wish him well on his future endeavors. The department warmly welcomes Dr. Trey Philpotts as our new chair. He is joining us from the...
Russian Intensive Language Program Graduates First Class this Summer
August 06, 2015 The first UCF Russian intensive summer language program, STARTALK, launched from July 6-24. Over one hundred students applied to participate in the free program, however due to the grant’s budget, only eighty were admitted to attend – a number that remained well over the original grant budget plan. The program...
2015 Conference in Ireland
July 13, 2015 Pastoral and inspiring, the University of Limerick campus in western Ireland served as the perfect backdrop for two back-to-back conferences on technical communication attended by several T&T faculty and students, ProComm 2105 and Sigdoc 2015. Faculty and students presented both workshops and posters during the events.
UCF Art Gallery to feature Art of the Carnival Sideshow
July 10, 2015 Painted carnival banners, photographs, sculptures and film screenings are on display at the UCF Art Gallery July 16 – August 29. The exhibition tells the story of the exciting, imaginative, and dissapearing world of the carnival sideshow. The banners on display range in size with the largest spanning an entire...
New Scholarship for Architecture Students
July 08, 2015 There is a new scholarship available for Architecture B.Des. students. The annual Craig Tremblay Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Architecture will be awarded each spring with the application opening in the fall semester. This scholarship may be used to pay for tuition, textbooks, fees and any other items included in the...
Raimundi-Ortiz showcasing for Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art
July 07, 2015 Wanda Raimundi-Ortize has been selected from hundreds of Florida artists to participate in the Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view June 12 – September 6, 2015. The Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art is an annual exhibition...
Faculty and Students Participate with Peer-to-Peer Program in Russia
July 02, 2015 This summer, ten UCF students and six faculty members participated in a trip to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, as part of the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program, a U.S. Department of State grant. Five students were sponsored by the Russian Club at UCF to participate in the summer program and...
Fernández-Rubiera Presents in Iceland
June 25, 2015 On May 29-31, Francisco Fernández-Rubiera and Christine Meklenborg Salvesen presented at the 17th Diachrony in Generative Syntax (DiGS17) conference in Reykjavík, Iceland. The paper presented, “V2 and Enclisis: A Uniform Analysis for Germanic and (Some) Romance Varieties,” examines the connection between V2 in Germanic languages and clitic position alternations in...
Alumni Interview: Brian Blackburne
June 24, 2015 Dr. Brian Blackburne begins the fall 2015 semester at Sam Houston State University as a newly promoted Associate Professor in Technical Communication, where he has worked since graduating from the Texts and Technology Program in 2008. In addition to teaching at SHSU, Blackburne has consulted with local and national corporations...
New UCF Music Director of Orchestras
June 16, 2015 Chung Park joins the University of Central Florida Music faculty as the new Director of Orchestras, where he will be conducting the orchestra and teaching string music education. Park is no stranger to higher education, having worked at Appalachian State University, Idaho State University and the University of Miami. His...
Eskamani Day of Service Learning a Success
June 11, 2015 The inaugural Anna V. Eskamani Day of Service Learning on May 20 in Bithlo was a resounding success. In conjuction with the nonprofit United Global Outreach, the Women’s Studies program worked to provide over 150 Bithlo residents with a free community meal. They were joined in service by Bailey Callahan...
Interview with OMALIX, SVAD Alumna
June 11, 2015 Since her graduation in 2014, OMALIX has been carving an exciting career in the arts. She graduated with a BFA concentration in painting and Magna Cum Laude from UCF. OMALIX’s selection of deeply symbolic personal paintings and photographs are currently on view at the Sirona Fine Art Gallery, Hallandale Beach,...
Shafer Cast in Lifetime's Devious Maids
June 05, 2015 John Shafer has been cast in the third season of Lifetime’s critically-acclaimed hit series “Devious Maids.” Executive produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, Devious Maids follows five maids with ambitions and dreams of their own while working for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Shafer will play the...
Yonetani Performs at Košice Music Festival
June 04, 2015 Last month, Ayako Yonetani performed the Brahms violin concerto with the Slovak State Filharmonia of Košice, conducted by Maestro Leos Svarovsky, during the 60th Košice Music Festival. Yonetani first performed with the Košice Filharmonia twenty years ago during the 40th Košice Music Festival and has been invited to perform once...
Buyssens' Sculpture Exhibited at 3D PrintShow in London
June 04, 2015 Ryan Buyssens’ kinetic sculpture “Resistance” is being exhibited this month in London as part of the 3D Printshow. The 3D Printshow brings together key players from the entire 3D-printing ecosystem. From engineers and product designers to brands and makers, they explore how 3D printing is used for industries, businesses, brands...
Flying Horse Editions Mentioned in NYTimes
May 29, 2015 Flying Horse Editions, UCF’s fine art research facility and print shop, was mentioned in the New York Times style magazine T and a New York Times blog post as the birth place of artist Luis Gispert’s method for creating the pieces in his new series Aqua Regia. The series features...
UCF and Russian Students Publish Collaborative Booklet
May 18, 2015 Students at UCF and its Russian partner in the Connecting Classrooms project published a booklet this year called Language and Culture through Russian and American Eyes. The booklet showcases personal visions of heroes from UCF students in the Intermediate Russian class and Russian students from Lyceum #7 and School #1...
Alum's Award Winning Film Studio
May 15, 2015 Strong Films was founded by Jon Strong (Film B.F.A. ‘11), with a focus on branding through short films and advertisements. Strong Films is interested in the story of their clients and the story of the brands they showcase to create meaningful connections between people, products, brands, and experiences. This year,...