Day Three–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Bedsider
May 18, 2016 Bedsider: Free Network for Birth Control Bedsider.org is an essential resource providing folks with the many, varied contraception options available. The site provides in-depth information regarding nearly everything one needs to know about the range of birth control options. Bedsider features a comprehensive chart that compares different birth control options...
UCF SVAD collaboration brings student artists' talents to University Park
May 18, 2016 Art meets business with a collaboration launching this week between the UCF School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD) and Crocker Partners, owner of the nearby University Park office center. Works by UCF students will be showcased in University Park’s five office buildings, beginning with a May 18 event marking...
Day Two–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Scarleteen
May 17, 2016 Scarleteen was founded in 1998 to provide teenagers and young adults with valuable sex education information. The website prides itself on being an extremely diverse and inclusive online community which welcomes everyone regardless of sexuality, identity, ethnicity, or religion. Scarleteen houses thousands of pages of information regarding nearly every aspect...
Day One–Anna Eskamani Week of Action: Planned Parenthood
May 16, 2016 This week, WGST will feature resources related to Teen Pregnancy Awareness and Education in honor of Anna Eskamani Day of Service. We are hosting a weeklong virtual event so stay tuned for more! A nationwide organization providing important reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people, as...
STEM grant for YWLP
May 12, 2016 WGST’s mentoring program for girls, Young Women Studies Program (YWLP) has been awarded a $7,000 Community Action Grant from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to integrate a STEM sub-program titled SLAM (Science Leadership and Mentoring). SLAM will focus on STEM leadership, education, and careers. Big Sisters will expose,...
Theatre UCF Student First to Win National Environmental Playwriting Award
May 05, 2016 University of Central Florida student Alex Hehr has been awarded the National Planet Earth Arts Award at the Kennedy Center for the American College Theatre Festival, for his original piece Biodegradable Seagulls. He is the first recipient of the national award. The award is given to a play that address...
Who Tells Your Story? Historical Voices in Hamilton
May 03, 2016 Finals week always brings looming deadlines: projects and papers, revisions of a co-authored journal article, and grading final projects submitted by my undergraduate students. When I volunteered several months ago to write this blog post, I planned to write about some in-progress research on climate change communication. Like I’ve done...
Santana inducted to the Sigma Delta Pi Honors Society
May 02, 2016 On Friday, April 29 Dr. Santana was inducted as an Honorary Member to the Hispanic National Society, Sigma Delta Pi. Together with other four students, Santana received the traditional red carnation and red candle symbolizing the passion for the Spanish Language, Culture and Literature. The event also included presentations from...
One-act plays take stage at UCF's Project Spotlight
April 27, 2016 Project Spotlight, the only student-run theater development organization at UCF, performed its biannual one-act festival this past weekend. Four one-act plays, which are usually between 30 and 50 minutes in length, were presented as part of the festival, which ran from April 21 to April 24 at the Theatre UCF...
Exposure to the Arts at Young Age Fosters Creativity in Children
April 27, 2016 I recently ignored the cardinal rule of parenthood and kept my 2-year-old, Huck, awake during his normal naptime. I knew it was risky, but then, so is suggesting he wear a shirt that isn’t his favorite color orange, so I was willing to take my chances. The reasons for my...
From Ashes to Ashé: Carlton Successfully Defends Dissertation
April 26, 2016 Congratulations to Tricia Carlton who successfully defended her dissertation, From Ashes to Ashé: Memorializing Traumatic Events through Participatory Digital Archives. Pictured with Tricia are members of her dissertation committee (left to right): Dr. Bruce B. Janz, Dr. Barry Mauer, Dr. Jeffrey Bedwell (Psychology), and Dr. Mark Kamrath (Chair). Dr. Natalie...
Materiality, emoji, and WHY IS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOUTING AT ME?
April 22, 2016 I’d like to talk about the material nature of digital technologies, which is something that we often overlook…as long as those technologies are operating as we expect. Most of us use a variety of electronic devices- smartphones, tablets, computers- to transmit, receive, search for, comment on, and otherwise interact with...
WGST Students win Service Learning Showcase
April 19, 2016 We are happy to announce that two of our WGST students won online Service Learning Awards at the 2016 Service Learning Showcase. We are proud of their efforts helping others and learning the theory behind it. 1. Engaging Community Online Award (not a monetary award) The award recognizes a service-learning...
Orlando Science Center Fuses Art with Science at New Gallery
April 18, 2016 The national educational movement to promote the seamless working relationship of science and art has taken the next step, teaming up the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design and the Orlando Science Center with a permanent new gallery of science-inspired artwork. “Fusion: A STEAM Gallery” is the name of...
Zachary Beckler Appointed as a Lecturer in Film
April 18, 2016 The School of Visual Arts & Design within the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Central Florida is please to announce the appointment of Zachary Beckler as a Lecturer in Film starting in August 2016. Zachary Beckler is an award-winning filmmaker specializing in narrative horror cinema in...
UCF Celebrates the Arts Week sees students perform 'Life is a Dream'
April 13, 2016 UCF students and faculty presented a theater production titled “The Life is a Dream Project” on April 9 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando as part of the “UCF Celebrates the Arts” week. To read more, please visit Central Florida Future.
WGST to join the Peace and Justice Institute
April 12, 2016 Dr. M. C. Santana, Director, is happy to announce that all WST courses starting summer 2016 will incorporate the Principles on How We Treat Each Other from the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College. Under the slogan “All People, All Voices, All Matter” the principles speak of listening deeply,...
New Chapbook Reno Published by Florida Review
April 12, 2016 Reno, by Memphis author Nat Akin, has been published by Florida Review Publications as the fourth in a new series of chapbooks. The chapbook project was started by former editor Jocelyn Bartkevicius in honor of previous editor Jeanne Leiby, who had gone on from UCF to become the first female...
Russian Language, Cultural Course Offered at Summer Immersion Program
April 12, 2016 A free immersive program at UCF this summer to teach Russian speech and culture is part of a U.S. program designed to prepare students to be proficient in a “critical need” language. UCF’s STARTALK program, under the direction of Alla Kourova, an assistant professor of Russian, will be offered weekdays...
Alumna Clarissa Bonet named 'Work Worth Collecting'
April 11, 2016 Clarissa Bonet is a professional photographer living and working in Chicago. She received a B.S. in Photography from UCF in 2008. Bonet went on to earn an M.F.A. in Photography from Columbia College Chicago where she was also a two-time recipient of the Albert P. Weisman Award. Most recently, Bonet...