Susan Lilley ’75 ‘80MA has been chosen as Orlando’s first poet laureate after a five month search. Lilley, an English major for both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees and formerly a UCF faculty member for 12 years, was chosen from forty-nine applicants. The three award-winning finalists were all UCF Alumni: Lilley, who teaches creative writing at Trinity Preparatory School, Terry Ann Thaxton, M.F.A, a creative writing professor at UCF, and Curtis X Meyer, a Winter Park slam poet. Read more about Lilley at UCF Alumni Today.