Flying Horse Editions on the Cover of Candy Crown, a three-color lithograph produced by artist Will Cotton at Flying Horse Editions this year, is featured on the cover of ARTnews magazine’s summer edition. Will Cotton is a New York City painter known for his surreal candy landscapes. His most recognizable work is found in Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video. Cotton was an artist-in-residence at Flying Horse when Candy Crown was produced. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz was selected from hundreds of artists to participate in the Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art. e annual contest recognizes Florida’s most progressive artists and encourages their ongoing contributions to our community’s cultural vitality. Each year, the museum invites ten artists to participate based on artistic excellence and achievement. Inspired by her diverse background, Raimundi-Ortiz has created a theatrical cast of archetypal characters. Channeling these characters in videos, photographs, graphics and live performances, she explores communication and stereotypes, while examining her own identity. In conjunction with the exhibition, Raimundi-Ortiz presented a lecture and performance on August 26. At leſt: Guerillereina (Guerilla Queen) Raimundi-Ortiz Selected for Florida Art Prize Exhibition CAH Programs Highly Ranked UCF’s Bachelor of Arts in History scored third in a ranking of online history programs by eBestSchools.org. Rankings were based on quality of program, courses provided and faculty strength, as well as awards, rankings, and reputation. Women’s and Gender Studies Program is one of the “Top 12 Best Colleges for Queer Women” according to SheWired. e online magazine made special note of the program’s promotion of conferences and the advancement of women faculty. UCF Students and Staff Serve Community Meal On May 20, together with United Global Outreach, the Women’s and Gender Studies program provided more than 150 Bithlo residents with a free meal. ey were joined by Bailey Callahan Music, Girl Scouts and the program’s advisory board members. New Chair of English e College of Arts and Humanities welcomes Trey Philpotts as chair of English. He joins UCF following his time as professor and chair at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. More highlights and events at www.cah.ucf.edu
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Flying Horse Editions on the Cover of Candy Crown, a three-color lithograph produced by artist Will Cotton at Flying Horse Editions this year, is featured on the cover of ARTnews magazine’s summer edition. Will Cotton is a New York City painter known for his surreal candy landscapes. His most recognizable work is found in Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video. Cotton was an artist-in-residence at Flying Horse when Candy Crown was produced.
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz was selected from hundreds of artists to participate in the Florida Art Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art. The annual contest recognizes Florida’s most progressive artists and encourages their ongoing contributions to our community’s cultural vitality. Each year, the museum invites ten artists to participate based on artistic excellence and achievement.
Inspired by her diverse background, Raimundi-Ortiz has created a theatrical cast of archetypal characters. Channeling these characters in videos, photographs, graphics and live performances, she explores communication and stereotypes, while examining her own identity. In conjunction with the exhibition, Raimundi-Ortiz presented a lecture and performance on August 26.At left: Guerillereina (Guerilla Queen)
Raimundi-Ortiz Selected for Florida Art Prize Exhibition
CAH Programs Highly RankedUCF’s Bachelor of Arts in History scored third in a ranking of online history programs by TheBestSchools.org. Rankings were based on quality of program, courses provided and faculty strength, as well as awards, rankings, and reputation. Women’s and Gender Studies Program is one of the “Top 12 Best Colleges for Queer Women” according to SheWired. The online magazine made special note of the program’s promotion of conferences and the advancement of women faculty.
UCF Students and Staff Serve Community Meal On May 20, together with United Global Outreach, the Women’s and Gender Studies program provided more than 150 Bithlo residents with a free meal. They were joined by Bailey Callahan Music, Girl Scouts and the program’s advisory board members.
New Chair of English The College of Arts and
Humanities welcomes Trey Philpotts as chair of English. He joins UCF following his time as professor and chair
at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
More highlights and events at www.cah.ucf.edu
Follow the Inca TrailLatin American Studies launched its first study abroad program during
Spring Break. UCF students taught English to children at an indigenous school outside of Cusco. English classes were prepared by graduate students of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) under the direction of Marcella Farina. Study abroad director Brian Yeitz led the UCF group as they toured the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Macchu Pichu.
T&T in IrelandPastoral and inspiring, the University of Limerick in western Ireland served as
the backdrop for back-to-back conferences (ProComm 2105 and Sigdoc 2015) on technical communication attended by several Texts and Technology faculty and students who presented workshops and posters during the sessions.Fernández-Rubiera Presents in Iceland
In May, assistant professor Francisco Fernández-Rubiera presented at the 17th Diachrony in Generative Syntax (DiGS17) conference in Reykjavík, Iceland. He presented a paper with Christine Meklenborg Salvesen of the University of Oslo examining the connection between verb-second (V2) word order in Germanic languages and clitic position alternations in Western Iberian languages.
This summer, ten UCF students and six faculty members participated in a trip to Moscow and Saint Petersburg as part of the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program, a U.S. Department of State grant. Principal investigator Alla Kourova, along with Eric Main, Florin Mihai, Rudy McDaniel, Dick Crepeau and Anastasia Salter, worked with students on the project throughout the 2014-15 academic year. All the students are pursuing a minor in Russian Studies at UCF, with some working on a TEFL certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language). Five students were sponsored by the Russian Club at UCF.
The group visited cultural landmarks in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as organizations including the Grot School for Blind and Visually Impaired, Moscow State University, U.S. Embassy and Fulbright Program. They gave presentations, participated in workshops and collaborated with Russian students. Two goals are the centerpiece of this innovative program: for UCF students to learn about Russian language and culture along with TEFL strategies to assist students with disabilities, and for Russian students to learn about English and U.S. culture. In November, students from the Grot School will visit UCF.
Students and Faculty Visit Russia with Peer-to-Peer Program
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Buyssens Exhibits at 3D PrintShow in LondonIn June, Ryan Buyssens’ kinetic sculpture Resistance was exhibited in London as part of the 3D Printshow. Resistance is an interactive, mechatronic sculpture that emulates the articulated flapping of a bird’s wings. The event brings engineers and product designers together to explore 3D printing for industry, business, brands and consumers.
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Nepal Earthquake Relief Print Collection Now on Sale A collection of prints responding to the 2015 earthquake disaster in Nepal is available from the CAH Dean’s Office with 100% of all proceeds funding UNICEF relief efforts. The Nepal Relief Zine was created by Jacoub Reyes (B.F.A. ’13), a graduate in printmaking and drawing, along with UCF alumni, faculty and volunteers. The collection is hand-bound and features woodblock prints on the cover.
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 was created in a single semester, led by associate professor Scott F. Hall. The animators are recent grads Scott Harju, Jason Moorehouse, (Alton) Bradley Bradley and Giselle Jimenez.
In Asking Good Questions: Case Studies in Ethics and Critical Thinking, Nancy Stanlick and Michael Strawser offer students a theoretical tool kit for creatively addressing real-life ethical dilemmas.
In Best Practices for Flipping the College Classroom (Routledge), Julee Waldrop and Melody Bowdon provide an overview and assessment of the “flipped classroom” methodology in which students view lecture videos before devoting in-class time to projects and discussions.
The Heart and the Island: A Critical Study of Sicilian American Literature (SUNY Press) by Chiara Mazzucchelli is the first full-length study of Sicilian American literature and explores the
strong bond between Sicilian American writers and the island of Sicily.
Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies (Univ. Press of Colorado) by Linda Adler-Kassner and Elizabeth Wardle, opens a dialogue about concepts that writing scholars and teachers agree are critical and why those concepts matter to people outside the field.
Nathan Holic’s novella The Things I Don’t See (Main Street Rag) is the story of a fractured family on the fringes of America’s happiest vacation destination.
FACULTY LIBRARYCheck out a selection of recent books from CAH faculty. Visit our website for more.
The Falling Leaf Screens at Four Festivals
Scharrón Debuts Héroes
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Héroes, an album featuring music faculty Eladio Scharrón and Laszlo Marosi, debuted in August. Héroes includes
more than 30 years of works premiered, commissioned by or dedicated to Scharrón by an international group of composers including Antonio Ruiz-Pipó, Jorge Morel, Alberto Rodríguez-Ortiz, UCF’s Stella Sung and others. Marosi conducts the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra on the recording.
Breaking BoundariesSept. 10-25 • FREE • UCF Art Gallery
Fashion and Community of Practice among European MuslimsLecture by Simone Maddanu, Sapienza Univ. of Rome Wednesday, Sept. 16, 3:30 p.m. Psychology Building, Room 226
A History of Central Florida Podcast: A Research PerspectiveThursday, Sept. 17, 5 p.m. • FREEUCF Morgridge International Reading Center
The UnderstudySept. 17 - Oct. 4 • UCF Black Box Theatre $20 standard, $18 senior, $10 student Purchase tickets at theatre.ucf.edu
Jazz Concert with Chuck ReddThursday, Sept. 24, 8 p.m. UCF Rehearsal Hall Auditorium
The Divine SisterSept. 24 - Oct. 3 • UCF Black Box Theatre $20 standard, $18 senior, $10 student Purchase tickets at theatre.ucf.edu
Concert: Nora Lee Garcia, flute, and Rene Izquierdo, guitar Saturday, Oct. 3, 8 p.m. • FREE UCF Rehearsal Hall Auditorium
Piano DaySunday, Oct. 4, 2:00 - 6:30 p.m. UCF Rehearsal Hall Auditorium See music.ucf.edu for tickets and registration
Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat (The Soldier’s Tale)A Collide music program with Theatre UCF Sunday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. • FREE w/ UCF ID UCF Visual Arts Building Auditorium
Art & Algorithms FestivalDigital art, galleries, films and interactive exhibits Oct. 5-11 • FREE • Downtown Titusville
Flying Horse Big BandSunday, Oct. 11, 1 p.m. • FREE Bandshell in Central Park, Winter Park
UCF Symphonic Band & Concert BandSunday, Oct. 11, 7 p.m. • FREE Timber Creek High School
The Slender Man: The Uncanny Lure of the Digital CampfireWith authors Shira Chess and Eric Newsom Monday, Oct. 12, 1:30 p.m. • FREE UCF Teaching Academy, Room 130
Arts & Wellness SymposiumTuesday, Oct. 13, 4:30 p.m. • FREE Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts RSVP at artsandwellness2015.splashthat.com
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock MusicalOct. 15-25 • UCF Main Stage $20 standard, $18 senior, $10 student Purchase tickets at theatre.ucf.edu
UCF Faculty Art ShowOct. 15-30 • FREE Opening Reception: Oct. 15, 6-8 p.m. UCF Art Gallery
Flying Horse Big BandFriday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m. • FREE UCF Communications Building Auditorium $10, $5 students, FREE with UCF student ID
Voice DaySaturday, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. • FREE UCF Performing Arts Center - Music Pre-register at music.ucf.edu/camps
UCF Symphony OrchestraSaturday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. • FREE Osceola County School for the Arts
Character Animation Open HouseMonday, Oct. 19, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. • FREE UCF Center for Emerging Media
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COLLEGE SHOWCASE Saturday, September 19, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.UCF Performing Arts CenterDuring UCF Family Weekend, join the College of Arts & Humanities to learn more about our programs.
