Sophomore Wins Central Florida Jazz Scholarship
April 12, 2013 Sophomore Greg Zabel has won the Central Florida Jazz Society 2013 Scholarship. Zabel was one of seven finalists following a preliminary round consisting of a recorded performance. Four of the finalists were UCF students. Zabel will receive a $2000 prize that he expects to put toward the purchase of a...
Dr. Stacey Pigg wins NEH Summer Stipend
April 12, 2013 Stacey Pigg was awarded with a Summer Stipend Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her project, Writing Unbound: Invention, Sociability, and Digitized Public Space. The NEH Summer Stipends program provides awards for individuals to pursue scholarly work in the humanities during the summer. Recipients typically produce scholarly...
Web Design Major Featured in Vero Beach Newsweekly
April 12, 2013 Undergraduate Charlotte Tripson was recently featured in an article by the Vero Beach Newsweekly. Charlotte is making a name for herself in the graphic design industry. While she wraps up her last year at UCF majoring in Web Design, Tripson is also running her own design company, Anabar Designs. Her...
Kevin Haran's Art Featured in City of Orlando Exhibition
April 09, 2013 Fragments, a new exhibition hosted by the City of Orlando Public Art Program, features art by KYLE and UCF’s own Kevin Haran. A public reception with the artists will be held on Thursday, April 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the rotunda of Orlando City Hall. Fragments is...
Winners of the 2013 Hopes Scholarship Announced
April 05, 2013 The J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship review committee is pleased to announce four winners from all areas of the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design. All applicants are commended for their fine work and for the excellent statements outlining their goals as artists. This year’s recipients are: Austyn Bynon Andres...
Ilenia Colon Mendoza wins Excellence in Undergrad Teaching Award
April 05, 2013 Ilenia Colon Mendoza was honored with the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award for the College of Arts and Humanities at the 2013 Founder’s Day Convocation. Mendoza was nominated by Margaret Ann Zaho, an art history professor in the School of Visual Art and Design. She teaches art history and specializes...
Students win at Graduate Research Forum
April 04, 2013 Two College of Arts and Humanities students won at the Graduate Research Forum, which was held this past Tuesday. Leah DeLorenzo, a M.A. student in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), won in the Social Sciences Category for her thesis research titled “Parental Beliefs and Attitudes on Enrollment...
Modern Language Faculty and Student Recognized at Founder's Day Awards
April 04, 2013 Martha García and Chiara Mazzucchelli were both recognized by the College of Arts and Humanities at the Founder’s Day Honor Convocation with the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Garcia is an Associate Professor of Spanish Medieval & Golden Age literature. Mazzucchelli teaches undergraduate introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses in...
Spotlight on Award-winning Senior Flute Players
March 29, 2013 Flute players Adriane Hill and Nicholas Buonanni are entering their final semester at UCF. During their time at UCF, they have been highly active performers, and their efforts have been recognized with numerous awards. Both students are studying with Nora Lee García in the flute studio and had the opportunity...
Sung and Listengarten Recognized Among "Top 25 Women Professors in Florida"
March 27, 2013 Stella Sung and Julia Listengarten were named among the “Top 25 Women Professors in Florida” by Online Schools Florida. Sung is a Professor in UCF’s School of Visual Arts & Design and director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology, and Entertainment (CREATE). She recently received the...
"Why Writing Matters" Contest Winners
March 26, 2013 On Tuesday, March 19, the University Writing Center hosted a reading for the winners of its “Why Writing Matters” contest. Entrants addressed the topic—in 500 words or less—in the genre of their choice. The winners represent a variety of academic backgrounds. 1st Place: Will Henken, undeclared major in the Burnet...
David L. Brunner Conducts Honor Choirs
March 25, 2013 David L. Brunner, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, conducted honor choirs in three states this spring: the Charleston All-County High School Chorus in South Carolina in January, North Dakota ACDA’s Middle School Mixed Honor Choir in February, and the Mississippi All-State High School Mixed Choir in April....
Together, Science and Art Can Provide Answers in Search for Truth
March 25, 2013 As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of UCF this year, we are reminded that the core benefit of an upper-level education is the opportunity to pursue and obtain insight and knowledge over blindness and ignorance. We live in a time in which faith in religion is believed by many to...
Book Published at Flying Horse Editions is in MoMA Exhibition
March 21, 2013 An artist’s book created at UCF’s Flying Horse Editions by James Siena, Sequence One, and was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in 2011, is included in their current exhibition,”Abstract Generation: Now in Print.” Sequence One, which was printed and published by Flying Horse Editions, “is a hand-printed, double-sided...
Hunt's "Vocal Tech" app now in App Store
March 19, 2013 On March 14th, Jeremy Hunt’s App “Vocal Tech” was approved for sale at the App store, internationally. The App is a vocal pedagogy instructional guide to classical singing. Visit www.appstore.com/vocaltech for more information.
Family Art: Steve and Theo Lotz featured in Pegasus Magazine
March 19, 2013 Theo Lotz didn’t attend UCF, but as he points out, he was educated there. While his father, Steve Lotz, served as the university’s first art professor, young Theo chased snakes and turtles around campus. “That was pretty much what was out there,” he remembers. “Someone told me once that I...
Tobias Receives Citation of Excellence
February 27, 2013 Dr. Scott Tobias, Director of Bands at the University of Central Florida, was presented the Citation of Excellence by the National Band Association during the Florida Music Educators Association Conference in January. The Citation of Excellence is awarded “for an outstanding contribution to bands and band music” and for “inspired...
Folse lectures in Germany
February 27, 2013 Keith Folse was invited to deliver a featured talk at Frankfurt International School in Oberursel, Germany, on February 25. His paper, entitled “Maximizing Academic Outcomes for All Learners” was presented to school faculty and administrators. Folse also conducted two workshops for the foreign language and content teachers.
Folse Lectures at the University of Maryland
February 20, 2013 Keith Folse was invited to present at the University of Maryland – College Park on February 14. His paper, entitled “Teaching Vocabulary: Research Findings and Practical Classroom Considerations,” was presented to TESOL-related faculty from UM’s College of Arts and Humanities and College of Education. Folse also conducted a workshop for...
David James Poissant Signs Two-Book Contract with Simon & Schuster
February 15, 2013 David James Poissant, an English department faculty member, has signed a two-book contract with Simon & Schuster. The first book, a collection of short stories, will be published in spring 2014. The second, a novel, will be published in 2015. Both books were acquired by Senior Editor Millicent Bennett, whose...