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Art Professor Sells Personal Work to the U.S. Department of State Art in Embassies Program

November 2009

The U.S. State Department Art in Embassies program has selected a monoprint, Reconstruction Vision, Four Heads and Ghost Nike by Ke Francis to be on permanent display in the US Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarah Tanguy, director of the program explained why the work was selected for display in the embassy: "The artwork chosen is from the artist’s Tornado Series. The spirit of recovery that is apparent in this print seemed appropriate to display at this embassy location."

E. Brady Robinson featured in Art of Uncertainty exhibition

August 2009

Art of Uncertainty 2009 curated by Charo Oquet features photographs by Elizabeth Brady Robinson in a group exhibit at Estampas Las Mercedes in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in August 2009. This project created by artist and curator Charo Oquet is a collaboration between Edge Zones Miami and different cultural institutions around the world where the work is on exhibit and viewed at the following venues; The Modern Art Museum of Santo Domingo, Estampas Las Mercedes, Spanish Cultural Art Center, Museum of Royal Houses of Santo Domingo, the Igneri Foundation of Santo Domingo, CENAR of El Salvador, La Fabrika of El Salvador.

• E. Brady Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Art

E. Brady Robinson featured in Paradox Now! exhibition

June 2009

The Arlington Arts Center's PARADOX NOW! features photographs by Elizabeth Brady Robinson. The exhibition which runs June 19 to August 22 presents eight contemporary artists who view history as a fluid dynamic, in dialogue with and affected by the present, and subject to revision.

• E. Brady Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Art

Francis Martin wins The Journal of Popular Culture Top Award

May 2009

Francis Martin received the Russell B. Nye award from The Journal of Popular Culture for his 2008 article, "To Ignore is to Deny: E.W. Kemble's Racial Caricature as Popular Art." The award, named for the scholar of American history and culture who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944, recognizes the best article published in the journal each year.

• Francis Martin is an assistant professor in the Department of Art

Elizabeth Brady Robinson: Solo Art Exhibit

April 2009

Elizabeth Brady Robinson will exhibit her work titled El Super at Heineman Myers Contemporary Art in Bethesda, Maryland from May 2 to June 13, 2009. El Super examines immigration through the lens of commodity and exchange. The photographs of US Mexican convenience stores feature products that contain a variety of cultural signifiers and construct a sense of place.

• E. Brady Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Art

David Haxton presents photography at Prska C. Juschka Fine Art

January 2009

David Haxton presents his photography at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York from January 15 to February 14, 2009.

• David Haxton is a professor in the Department of Art

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E. Brady Robinson Featured in Art Now Fair Miami

December 2008

The photography of Elizabeth Brady Robinson is featured at the Art Now Fair during Art Basel Miami 2008. Robinson's work is represented by Heineman Myers Contemporary Art. Art Now Fair runs December 4-7 at The South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach. A reception will be held on Friday, December 5 at 7:00pm.

• E. Brady Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Art

CAH faculty's award-winning documentary

February 2009

"Rockwell," a short film featuring UCF College of Arts & Humanities faculty has won the Outstanding Cultural Achievement award at the Mofilm mobile short film festival. Rockwell was chosen from 250 films and honored at a ceremony hosted by actor and director Kevin Spacey. Lisa Mills directed the poignant documentary piece that focuses on Stella Sung and her composition, Rockwell Reflections. Sung's piece is written in five movements, each reflecting a painting by Rockwell, and was performed live by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. Sung is the Orlando Philharmonic's artist-in-residence. Mill's award-winning film is featured in the Orlando Sentinel Arts & Letters blog and in the UCF Newsroom.

• Lisa Mills is an assistant professor in the Department of Film
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Sung and Mills contribute to Ellis Island tribute performance

February 2009

Composer Stella Sung and film-maker Lisa Mills have joined Dance Alive National Ballet, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and Ellis Island Foundation to produce One Day. . . Everything!. Choreographed by Judy Skinner, the work is based on modern America's immigrant ancestors who arrived at Ellis Island. It is funded in part through Meet The Composers MetLife Creative Connections and a UCF LIFE grant. The live performance, accompanied by Sung's music and film images by Mills and her students, will premiere on March 20 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, FL. Dance Alive will also perform the first movement of the work at the Orlando Holocaust Museum's fundraising event on March 25 at the Rosen Centre Hotel.

• Lisa Mills is an assistant professor in the Department of Film
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Delia Garcia: University Award for Excellence in Professional Advising

April 2009

CAH Student Advising Director Delia Garcia has received the University Award for Excellence in Professional Advising for building her department from the ground up -- creating a budget, hiring staff and designing their workplace. Garcia's coworkers praise her for her "advising expertise" and her ability to understand students' needs and help them graduate in a timely manner.

• Delia Garcia is the director of the College of Arts and Humanities Student Advising Office

Faculty Members Present Paper at SIGGRAPH

October 2009

Darlene Hadrika and Stella Sung co-presented a paper at the 2009 SIGGRPAH conference in New Orleans, LA. The title of their talk, "Collaborative Animation Productions Using Original Music in a Unique Teaching Environment," focused upon the collaborative aspects of animation and music, and discussed ways in which UCF’s Digital Media animation program presents a unique approach to teaching animation in the academic setting. Since its inception in 2005, the animation program at UCF has taken a "team approach" in which students learn all aspects of production. This includes concept (narrative story), design, drawing, computer graphics, music and audio, and post-production procedures. Each film is screened and critiqued at the end of the spring semester.

• Darlene Hadrika is a research associate in the Department of Digital Media
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Digital Media professors present at SIGGRAPH 2009

August 2009

Darlene Hadrika and Stella Sung co-presented a paper at the 2009 SIGGRPAH conference in New Orleans entitled "Collaborative Animation Productions Using Original Music in a Unique Teaching Environment." The talk focused upon the collaborative aspects of animation and music and the ways that UCF's Digital Media animation program presents an unique approach to teaching animation in the academic setting. Since its inception in 2005, the animation program at UCF has taken a team approach in which students learn all aspects of production. This includes concept (narrative story), design, drawing, computer graphics, music and audio, and post-production procedures. Each film is screened and critiqued at the end of the spring semester.

• Darlene Hadrika is a research associate in the Department of Digital Media
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Craig Saper Editor of Reprinted Book Foretelling the End of the Book

August 2009

Craig Saper edited a new edition of Bob Brown's prophetic book The Readies(originally published in 1930 and published now with Saper's annotations and Afterword with Rice University Press). More than fifty years before electronic forms of abbreviated writing became commonplace in text messages, Brown invented a new format for reading, called "readies" that would replace the book with something that resembled a proto-Kindle. Brown's contraption consisted of a small reel with microscopic text that would pass under a powerful magnifying glass, and as technology advanced, readers would eventually be able to radio readies to this device. Saper provides a contemporary analysis of the book and its impact on technology today. The Readies is available through Rice University Press.

English Professor Completes Philosophical Vampire Novel

August 2009

Susan Hubbard’s vampire novel, The Society of S, offers a fresh, ethical take on the popular vampiric fiction genre. Inspired by a dream, Hubbard’s novel contains characters that will change the way people think about the world around them. “To care about the environment, to care about ethics, to wrestle with questions of identity, these are all so important and in my mind extremely positive,” says Hubbard. Experience a new literary style, framed in an archaic and eerie genre, through The Society of S.

English Professor Holds Signing for New Book

June 2009

University of Central Florida English professor Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés will hold a booksigning for her latest work, "Marielitos, Balseros and Other Exiles," about Cuban-American exiles at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at UrbanThink! Bookstore in Orlando.

Terry Thaxton receives In-House Grant

April 2009

Terry Thaxton has been awarded a 2009 College of Arts & In-House Grant. Thaxton's research project, a book titled Take it Outside: Creative Writing in the Community, is intended for teachers and students of creative writing who want to develop projects that promote writing as a powerful tool for transforming the lives of people in their communities.

• Terry Ann Thaxton, M.F.A. is an assistant professor in the Department of English

Melody Bowdon receives CAH Excellence in Graduate Teaching award

March 2009

Melody Bowdon received the CAH Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award for 2009. Bowdon regularly teaches graduate courses in Technical and Professional Communication, Rhetoric and Composition, and Texts and Technology. Bowdon is currently directing four doctoral dissertations, two doctoral comprehensive exams, and two MA theses. She has served on numerous university and college graduate committees and has directed the Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing since 1999. She served as director of the Ph.D. in Texts and Technology from 2006-2007. According to Bowdon, "The heart of graduate education in the humanities is preparing students to find meaningful ways to enter into the existing streams of conversation in the field."

• Melody Bowdon, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of English

Mill's film screens at the Baltimore Women's Film Festival

October 2009

Peace Corps: JFK's Bold Legacy, a short film by Lisa Mills, screens at the Baltimore Womens Film Festival on Sunday, October 25 at 4:00pm. The documentary features a live symphony performance, revealing a unique "backstage view" of the birth of new music from internationally renowned composer Stella Sung. The film won the Cultural Achievement Award at the Mobile World Congress Film Festival in Barcelona last January.

• Lisa Mills is an assistant professor in the Department of Film
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Dear Mr. Gore: A Somewhat Cinematic Correspondence Awkwardly Tracing a Circular Journey Constructed on a Warming Planet

September 2009

Film faculty member Lisa Mill's film Dear Mr. Gore: A Somewhat Cinematic Correspondence Awkwardly Tracing a Circular Journey Constructed on a Warming Planet screens this week. The 65-minute documentary uses Mills' bicycle commute as a vehicle to explore fear and global warming. It features scenes from Orlando's Critical Mass and a bike ride with Mayor Buddy Dyer. The film screens twice this week at the Global Peace Film Festival: Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, 8:30p.m., Rollins College Bush Auditorium and Saturday, September 26th at 1:15p.m. at the Winter Park Library. For tickets and information, visit www.peacefilmfest.org.

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Christoper Harris' Film Selected for International Festival

September 2009

UCF Film Professor Christopher Harris' experimental film 28.IV.81 (Bedouin Spark) has been selected to screen at the 12th annual Antimatter Film Festival. The festival will be held October 9 to 17, 2009 in Victoria, BC, Canada. Currently an Associate Professor of Film at the University of Central FLorida, Christopher Harris award winning experimental films have screened at festivals, museums and cinematheques throughout North America and Europe, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the VIENNALE-Vienna International Film Festival, the Avanto Film Festival in Helsinki, Finland, the Viper International Festival for Film, Video and New Media in Basel, Switzerland, and Rencontres Internationales-Paris, among many others.

CAH faculty's award-winning documentary

February 2009

"Rockwell," a short film featuring UCF College of Arts & Humanities faculty has won the Outstanding Cultural Achievement award at the Mofilm mobile short film festival. Rockwell was chosen from 250 films and honored at a ceremony hosted by actor and director Kevin Spacey. Lisa Mills directed the poignant documentary piece that focuses on Stella Sung and her composition, Rockwell Reflections. Sung's piece is written in five movements, each reflecting a painting by Rockwell, and was performed live by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. Sung is the Orlando Philharmonic's artist-in-residence. Mill's award-winning film is featured in the Orlando Sentinel Arts & Letters blog and in the UCF Newsroom.

• Lisa Mills is an assistant professor in the Department of Film
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Sung and Mills contribute to Ellis Island tribute performance

February 2009

Composer Stella Sung and film-maker Lisa Mills have joined Dance Alive National Ballet, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and Ellis Island Foundation to produce One Day. . . Everything!. Choreographed by Judy Skinner, the work is based on modern America's immigrant ancestors who arrived at Ellis Island. It is funded in part through Meet The Composers MetLife Creative Connections and a UCF LIFE grant. The live performance, accompanied by Sung's music and film images by Mills and her students, will premiere on March 20 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Gainesville, FL. Dance Alive will also perform the first movement of the work at the Orlando Holocaust Museum's fundraising event on March 25 at the Rosen Centre Hotel.

• Lisa Mills is an assistant professor in the Department of Film
• Stella Sung is the director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment

Luis Martínez-Fernández now Trustee of College Board

November 2009

Luis Martínez-Fernández was installed as Trustee of the College Board on October 23 at the annual meeting of members of the College Board in New York City. He was also elected Chair of the Academic Advisory Board of the College Board. The College Board's Trustees are responsible for assisting in legal and fiduciary decisions; approving the mission, strategic goals and objectives of the organization; establishing policies; and advising those responsible for the management of the organization.

• Luis Martínez-Fernández, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of History

Walters Awarded Grant for Virtual Fair Project

October 2009

Lori C. Walters was awarded a $1.47 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a 3D virtual recreation of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. Virtual fairgoers of all ages will be immersed in an accurately modeled historical world with more than 140 pavilions on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and an array of arts and humanities exhibits. Discovery Points throughout the virtual environment will afford opportunities for in-depth engagement in STEM topics that will empower participants to explore the broader consequences of technological innovations. Project partners include the Queens Museum of Art and New York Hall of Science.

• Lori Walters, Ph.D. is a research associate in the Department of History

History Professor Publishes Book on the History of the American South Workplace

September 2009

History Professor Robert Cassanello has published Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace since 1945 edited with Colin J. Davis with University Press of Florida. Visit the publisher's Web site for more information.

Vladimir Solonari Publishes Book on Holocaust

August 2009

History professor Vladimir Solonari published Purifying the Nation: Popular Exchange and Ethnic Cleasing in Nazi Allied Romania with Johns Hopkins University Press. A description of the book can be found on the Johns Hopkins University Press Web site.

Amy Foster Wins Arthur W. Thompson Award

April 2009

Amy Foster won the Arthur W. Thompson Award for the most outstanding article in the Florida Historical Quarterly published in 2008. Dr. Foster's article titled "The Gendered Anniversary: The Story of America's Women Astronauts" was published in the Fall Issue of Volume 87.

Peter L. Larson Awarded British Academy Followship

April 2009

Assistant Professor of history Peter Larson was awarded a 1-month British Academy fellowship from the Huntington Library for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Peter Larson: University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

April 2009

Assistant Professor of history Peter Larson received the University Award for Excellent Undergraduate Teaching. Larson has made significant contribution to the UCF community by working with many campus organizations, including the Burnett Honors College and the President's Scholars Study Abroad Program.

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Hanson's book investigates the fate of Jesus's family

November 2009

Kenneth Hanson's new book The Blood Kin of Jesus: James and the Lost Jewish Church from Council Oak Books traces the history of the family of Jesus following his death and the legacy of his family within Judaism. Using recent discoveries and original research, Hanson investigates the fate of Jesus's mother, brothers, sisters, and closest followers. According to Hanson, the Jerusalem Church led by his brother James spearheaded a powerful revival of devotion within Judaism, profoundly influencing the subsequent development of the Jewish faith.

• Kenneth Hanson is an assistant professor in the Judaic Studies Program

Kerem Hemed - Hochmat Israel as the New Yavneh -- A New Book by Moshe Pelli on the Hebrew Journal Kerem Hemed

September 2009

Magnes Publishing House of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem announced the publication of a monograph and an annotated index on the Haskalah periodical Kerem Hemed by Prof. Moshe Pelli, director of University of Central Florida Program of Judaic Studies and Abe and Tess Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies.

• Moshe Pelli is a professor in the Judaic Studies Program, and the program director of the Judaic Studies Program

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García participates in NEH Seminar

October 2009

Martha García was selected from a large applicant pool to take part in a Summer 2009 NEH Seminar at the University of Virginia. García participated in the seminar "Celestina and the Threshold of Modernity" directed by E. Michael Gerli, Commonwealth Professor of Hispanic Studies at UVA.

• Martha García, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Gregory Thompson Awarded Grant to Study Dialect in Spain

September 2009

Gregory Thompson has been awarded an In-House Grant Award to study shifting pronunciation patterns in Spain and to investigate how they are changing the traditional view of the dialect of southern Spain. The project will study specifically the shifts in language usage and prestige in speakers of the Peninsular variety of Spanish (spoken in Spain).

Florin Mihai Publishes Guide for TOEFL Students

September 2009

A Complete Preparation Guide to the TOEFL is intended to help students develop the English language skills they need to succeed on the new Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Each test component is explained from a theoretical and practical perspective and is accompanied by a variety of examples and exercises.

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Kerry Purmensky Publishes Book on TESOL Teching Techniques

September 2009

This book on service-learning for teachers learning TESOL techniques addresses the needs of the English Language Learners in the United States - the fastest growing segment of the United States population. Our schools and communities are greatly impacted by this changing population. This book details a highly effective service-learning project which assists preservice teachers in learning the value of critical pedagogy, and how mentoring ELLs can improve TESOL techniques, impact schools, and empower ELLs, using the National ESOL Standards.

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Marie Léticée Publishes Book on Caribbean Identity

September 2009

Education, Assimilation, and Caribbean Identity: The Literary Journey of the French Caribbean, Marie Léticée’s new book, examines the role education plays in shaping Caribbean identity.
ISBN: 9781584325543

López Cruz presents collection of essays on Cabrera Infante

August 2009

Humberto López Cruz's recent book Guillermo Cabrera Infante: el subterfugio de la palabra, published by Hispano Cubana, contains critical essays on the works of late Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Cervantes Award 1998). Infante's innovative prose places him among the preeminent figures of Latin American literature. These essays cover various aspects of his writing while examining a number Cabrera Infante publications as well as his activities as a journalist and editor of the controversial and short-lived newspaper supplement Lunes de Revolución.

• Humberto López Cruz, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

IUP Wind Ensemble to perform Christopher Marshall composition

November 2009

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble under director Jack Stamp will give the second-ever performance of An Emily Dickinson Suite. This work, commissioned by Brian Messier of Amherst, Massachusetts, was composed by Christopher Marshall while Composer in Residence at UCF in 2008. Marshall will assist in rehearsals for the performance and tutor senior composition students. The performance will take place on November 15 at 3:00pm at the Fisher Auditorium on the IUP campus in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

• Christopher Marshall is an adjunct in the Department of Music

Thad Anderson presents at 2009 PASIC Convention

October 2009

Thad Anderson will present a poster presentation titled "John Cage's Fourth Construction: An Imaginary Landscape" at the 2009 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, IN. For more information, visit the PASIC Web site.

• Thad Anderson, D.M.A. is a visiting instructor in the Department of Music

Jeff Rupert swings From Memphis To Mobile

October 2009

Random Act Records presents From Memphis to Mobile, a new album from Jeff Rupert. Rupert, a master saxophonist, is featured in quartet and duet settings, with accompaniment from John Jenkins (drums) and virtuoso pianist Kenny Drew, Jr. as well as fellow UCF faculty members Richard Drexler (bass) and Lyman Brodie (flugelhorn). While continuing the tenor legacies of Lester Young and Stan Getz, Rupert charts his own path, with a gorgeous tone and inspired improvisations. A review from AllAboutJazz describes Rupert's work as "an inviting silk-sound that is never harsh, yet speaks so lyrically it's almost vocal."

• Lyman Brodie is an associate dean in the College of Arts and Humanities, and a professor in the Department of Music
• Richard Drexler is an adjunct in the Department of Music
• Jeff Rupert is a professor in the Department of Music, and the program director of the Department of Music

Yonetani Selected for Florida State Touring Roster

October 2009

Ayako Yonetani was re-selected as an official artist for the 2010-2012 Florida State Touring roster. Yonetani was first selected for the 2006-2008 seasons, and this is the third time she was selected. She is the only official violinist in the state.

• Ayako Yonetani is a professor in the Department of Music

Potter to sing in The Messiah

September 2009

Thomas Potter will sing as bass soloist in Handel's oratorio The Messiah with the Orlando Messiah Choral Society in the Bob Carr Auditorium on Sunday, November 29, 2009.

• Thomas Potter, M.M. is an associate professor in the Department of Music

Percussion Instructor Publishes Timpani Book

August 2009

Kirk Gay has published a book of timpani etudes and solos for beginning to advanced players. The book, titled Pedal to the Kettle, addresses the demands of today's emerging timpanists, bringing new, modern life to performing on this unique instrument. The etudes (written for 2 or 4 drums) are presented in a sequence that graduates in difficulty and focuses on common challenges faced in modern and classic repertoire, all while maintaining a musical approach that is fun for young students to play. The book concludes with a collection of creative concert solos.

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Trumpet Professor Tours Florida and North Carolina High Schools in the Spring

August 2009

UCF trumpet teacher, John Almeida, toured several Florida and North Carolina high schools during the end of the 2009 Spring semester. He performed as a guest trumpet soloist with several superb high-school-band wind ensembles including Lakewood Ranch High School, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Wind Symphony, and Central Davidson High School Wind Ensemble.

UCF Baritone to Sing in Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold"

May 2009

Baritone Thomas Potter will sing the role of Donner in Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold" with the Indianapolis Opera Company and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Mario Venzago. More information may be found at: www.indyopera.org.

• Thomas Potter, M.M. is an associate professor in the Department of Music

David L. Brunner: Recognizing 20 Years of Excellent Service to the University

April 2009

As Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida, David L. Brunner has been honored for his 20 years of excellent service to UCF. Brunner conducts the University Chorus and Madrigal Singers, teaches courses in conducting and music education, and coaches private composition students. He has received multiple "University Excellence in Teaching" awards while at UCF.

• David Brunner is a professor in the Department of Music

Eladio Scharrón receives In-House Grant

April 2009

Eladio Scharrón has been awarded a 2009 In-House Grant that will allow him to finish his work on the recording of the complete works for guitar of Manuel M. Ponce. This Mexican composer is one of the most important classical guitar composers in the 20th century. Three CDs are already in the final stages of production, and Professor Scharron will complete the fourth and final disc as a part of this award.

• Eladio Scharron is an associate professor in the Department of Music

Nora Lee García-Velazquez honored by La Prensa

March 2009

Nora Lee García-Velazquez has been named among 2009's "Hispanic Women Who Make the Difference" by La Prensa, the premier Spanish newsweekly in Central Florida. She won in the Education category along with Linda Rosa-Lugo, also of UCF. La Prensa Publisher/CEO Dora Toro and Justina Gonzalez Marti acted as events coordinator and chair of the selection committee for the awards.

• Nora Lee García-Velázquez is an associate professor in the Department of Music

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Potter with Imperial Symphony in Don Giovanni

January 2009

Baritone Thomas Potter sings the role of Leporello in a fully staged version of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni with the Imperial Symphony in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday, January 24.

• Thomas Potter, M.M. is an associate professor in the Department of Music

Kimberly Saunders Randall and Thomas Potter to perform Donna Elvira and Leporello in Don Giovanni

January 2009

Soprano Kimberly Saunders Randall and baritone Thomas Potter will appear in the January 24, 2009 performance of Don Giovanni with the Imperial Symphony of Lakeland on the Florida Southern College campus. Randall will sing the role of Donna Elvira and Potter will sing the role of Leporello.

• Thomas Potter, M.M. is an associate professor in the Department of Music
• Kimberly Randall is an adjunct in the Department of Music

Milan students explore Gallagher's Phenomenological Mind

November 2009

A group at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan has organized a Winter School for graduate students to discuss the Italian translation of The Phenomenological Mind, authored by Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi. More information is available online here

• Shaun Gallagher is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, and an affiliated member of the Department of English

Philosophy Gets Creative with Ethics

September 2009

Michael Strawser’s proposal on Applying Creativity to Research in Ethics has been accepted for presentation at the 2009 Florida Statewide Symposium, Engagement in Undergraduate Research on September 25, 2009. How should we think about the many ethical dilemmas that face us today? How should research in current ethical dilemmas be conducted to move beyond impasses in judgment towards developing a consensus for action? Strawser will discuss the new Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar on Case Studies in Ethics that he is currently co-teaching with Nancy Stanlick. Their course is designed to prepare UCF students to participate in the UCF Ethics Bowl, which is already a creative act of engagement, but more importantly, they hope to open new possibilities in the study of ethical dilemmas that would allow for creative problem-solving in ethics.

Gallagher attends conference with Dalai Lama

April 2009

Shaun Gallagher participated in an invitation-only conference with the Dalai Lama and eight other scientists in Dharamsala, India at the Dalai Lama's residence. The theme of the conference was Attention, Memory and the Mind and was sponsored by the Mind and Life Institute. Gallagher presented his research on embodiment and intersubjectivity and led one of the morning discussion sessions.

• Shaun Gallagher is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, and an affiliated member of the Department of English

Dr. Nancy Stanlick Awarded First Annual UCF Creed Award for Integrity

March 2009

Dr. Nancy Stanlick has been awarded the UCF Creed Award in Integrity. The UCF Creed Award was created in an effort to honor the individuals who exemplify the tenants of the UCF Creed.

Harry Coverston Awarded CAH Undergraduate Teaching Award

March 2009

Dr. Harry Coverston was awarded the distinguished Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award this year.

Shaun Gallagher receives Distinguished Researcher Award

March 2009

Shaun Gallagher has been selected to receive the 2008-2009 Distinguished Researcher Award for the College of Arts and Humanities. Shaun Gallagher's research is conducted in the area of philosophical phenomenology, the philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences. His work is highly interdisciplinary and draws not only from philosophy, but developmental and experimental psychology, neuroscience, social theory, and robotics.

• Shaun Gallagher is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, and an affiliated member of the Department of English

Gallagher lectures in Berlin

December 2008

Shaun Gallagher is a visiting scholar at the Zentrum für Literatur-und Kulturforschung (ZfL) in Berlin. He presents a lecture on embodied social cognition.

• Shaun Gallagher is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, and an affiliated member of the Department of English

St. Claire Participates in Semester At Sea

October 2009

Sybil St. Claire, a lecturer in the Department of Theatre, was one of 35 faculty members from universities across the nation selected to sail as an Instructor aboard the MV Explorer as part of Semester at Sea's Summer 2009 voyage.

• Sybil M StClaire is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre

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Theatre Faculty Member set sail on the Semester at Sea's Summer 2009 voyage

October 2009

Sybil St. Claire, a Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, was one of 35 faculty members from universities across the nation selected to sail as an instructor aboard the MV Explorer as part of Semester at Sea's Summer 2009 voyage.

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Judy Siegfried Awared "Teacher of the Year" by Tremaine

September 2009

Judi Siegfried, dance faculty member in the Department of Theatre has been recognized as Tremaine’s “Teacher of the Year”. Siegfried was presented the award at the nationally known dance convention Tremaine in July, 2009. Siegfried has taught at Valencia, Rollins, and for over twenty years at UCF. “I am extremely honored to receive this award,” said Siegfried. “Dance education is my passion and I hope that I have made all of my students and UCF proud”. Her student of several years, Allison Terry, was presented with Tremaine’s “Teen Dancer of the Year” award.

UCF Summer Theater Opens with "Greater Tuna"

June 2009

Assistant Professors Mark Brotherton and Earl Weaver star in and direct this year's first UCF summer show, "Greater Tuna." Weaver will also direct "Cole!" later this summer.