SVAD MFA Student Adds Magical Touch to Disney’s 50th Anniversary
October 28, 2021 From a childhood dream to her dream job, SVAD MFA student Ana Beltran ’19 brings imagination to life through animation.
SVAD Alumnus Helps Bring Visions to Life for FX Network
October 25, 2021 As an art director and visual effects supervisor for FX Network, Michael Viscione ’08 blends creativity and technology to create viewer experiences for big-budget shows.
NSM Today: UCF Documentary on LGBTQ Oppression Finds Relevance 10 Year Later
October 21, 2021 “The Committee,” an Emmy award-winning documentary created by history professor Robert Cassanello and film professor Lisa Mills, dives into the lives of victims of the Johns Committee, which was initially formed by Senator Charley Johns in 1956 to remove communism in Florida.
NSM Today: The Language of Friendship: Pen Pals Project Helps Students Connect
October 21, 2021 During the Connecting Classrooms project, American and Russian students are paired up as pen pals and given monthly tasks to present information about each other and their cultures in the target language they’re learning.
UCF English Alumnus Selected as Orlando’s Poet Laureate
October 07, 2021 As the City Beautiful’s official storyteller, Shawn Welcome ’17 will present original poems at local events to inspire other artists in the community.
History Alum’s Heritage and Research Informed His Time in the Peace Corps
September 30, 2021 After conducting research about East African history at UCF, Luis Santana Garcia ’21MA’s time in Malawi allowed him to learn more the culture of the region firsthand.
Alumni Spotlight: Ramon Paradoa ’20MA Follows His “Screams” as a Halloween Horror Nights Performance Captain
September 27, 2021 Theatre M.A. graduate Ramon Paradoa ’20MA has spent years developing his creative career through events such as Halloween Horror Nights.
Three SVAD Alumni Selected for Artists-in-Action Residency with Maitland Arts Museum
September 21, 2021 SVAD alumni Leo Cordovi ’19, Mar Martinez ’20, and MJ Torrecampo ’14 have been selected for the 2021-2022 Artists-in-Action (AiA) program at Art & History Museums of Maitland!
Spotlight: UCF College of Arts and Humanities 2020–21 Year-in-Review
September 09, 2021 Spotlight, our college’s annual year-in-review, features stories, photos and videos that shine a light on the impact of the arts and humanities.
NSM Today: Eclectic Knights Art Exhibit Provides a Healing Outlet for Artists
September 07, 2021 Eclectic Knights XIII exhibited art by students, alumni, faculty and staff at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Knights Do That Podcast: SVAD Grad Reina Castellanos ’16MFA Uses Culture to Create
September 07, 2021 SVAD grad Reina Castellanos ’16MFA discusses her life as an artist and her latest design project with Target’s Latino Heritage Month line.
12 Animated, Fantasy and Superhero Films Made by UCF Grads
August 10, 2021 UCF animation alumni worked behind the scenes on some of the biggest movies from the last decade.
4 Theatre UCF Alumni Seen on the Big Screen
August 02, 2021 Meet a few of the Theatre UCF alumni that you may have seen performing in some of your favorite television shows and films.
Music Composition: A Dynamic Field with a Spectrum of Styles
July 13, 2021 Beyond the broad range of career options available for today’s music composition students, significant gains have been made in the field’s diversity, both stylistically and demographically.
Theatre Studies Alumna Heading to Tokyo’s Summer Olympics
July 13, 2021 Theatre studies alumna Kristen Thomas ’16 is headed to Tokyo’s Summer Olympics as the co-captain of Team USA’s rugby sevens team.
Alumna Uses Literature to Support Holocaust Education
June 24, 2021 English alumna Tiffany Sidders ’21 studied an important approach to Holocaust education — using literature to teach people about the atrocities.
John Norton ’20MA Tackles Tragedy Through Theatre
June 02, 2021 John Norton ’20MA, a former Theatre UCF graduate student, has been awarded a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award for his play Triggered.
Angela Kafka ’21: Redefining Technical Communication
June 02, 2021 With a passion for revolutionizing the technical communications field and empowering the community, Angela Kafka ’21 has made a name for herself as a powerhouse in her field.
Alumni Poet Spotlight: Emma Reinhardt ’16 ’19MFA
April 30, 2021 Emma Reinhardt ’16 ’19MFA is a poet whose work explores the juxtaposition between the expectations we have of life, relationships, society, and gender roles as children with the realities we face in our adulthoods.
Alumni Poet Spotlight: Malcolm Kelly ’16 ’20MFA
April 07, 2021 Malcolm Kelly ’20 is a poet, essayist and spoken word performer. His work deals with race, sexuality, queerness and the idea of love.