Faculty Awards

UCF Women of Distinction Award

Presented by the Faculty Excellence Center for Success of Women Faculty for the last seven years, the Women of Distinction award highlights the achievements of outstanding women faculty at UCF.  The three awards given this year – 5 years of service, 6-10 years of service and more than 10 years of service – are for “Excellence in turning your Big Ideas into Big Successes at UCF”: accomplishments and initiatives about complex issues related to teaching, research, campus service, community service, outreach efforts, and/or advocacy.

2018: Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, 6-10 years of service with the School of Visual Arts & Design | Read more

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UCF Inaugural Luminary Award

The inaugural UCF Luminary Award is designed to shine a light on exceptional faculty whose work is advancing their discipline and making a difference.

2017-2018, Inaugural Year

Keith Folse, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design

Anastasia Salter, School of Visual Arts & Design

Eileen Smith, School of Visual Arts & Design

Stephanie Vie, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

Pavel Zemliansky, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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Scroll and Quill Society

During Spring 2016, Faculty Excellence relaunched a streamlined and contemporary UCF Scroll & Quill Society, based on two prestigious faculty clubs established in the 1980s to honor faculty members who brought recognition to the university through: (a) The Quill, to recognize authored books and (b) The Scroll, to recognize significant and sustained peer reviewed publications in national and international journals.

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College Award for Excellence in Research

The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers.

2017-2018: David Brunner, School of Performing Arts (Music)

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College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers.

2017-2018

Cheryl Briggs, School of Visual Arts & Design

Ilenia Colón Mendoza, School of Visual Arts & Design

Edward Dandrow, Department of History

Peter Telep, Department of English

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University Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Faculty Academic Advising

Faculty members are awarded for outstanding teaching, advising, research, professional service, and librarianship. Awardees are recognized at the Founders’ Day Celebration. 

2017-2018: Kristina Tollefson, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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UCF Allies Initiative

2017-2018: Earl D. Weaver, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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UCF Teaching Incentive Program

UCF’s Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) rewards teaching productivity and excellence contributing to the university’s key goals of offering the best undergraduate education available in Florida and achieving international prominence in key programs of graduate study.

2017-2018

Leandra Preston-Sidler, Women’s & Gender Studies Program

Kathleen Hohenleitner, Department of English

Tison Pugh, Department of English

Peter Telep, Department of English

Robert Cassanello, Department of History

Amelia Lyons, Department of History

Florin Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Lisa Nalbone, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Kacie Tartt, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Charlotte Trinquet du Lys, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Claudia Schippert, Department of Philosophy

Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

Lisa Peterson, School of Visual Arts & Design

R. Mark Hall, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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UCF Research Incentive Award

The UCF Research Incentive Awards (RIA) program supports outstanding research, scholarly, and creative activity that advances the body of knowledge in a particular field, including interdisciplinary research and collaborations. This award recognizes employee contributions to UCF’s key goal of achieving international prominence in research and creative activities.

2017-2018

James Campbell, Department of English

Barbara Gannon, Department of History

Ann Gleig, Department of Philosophy

Julia Listengarten, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

Humberto Lopez, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Chiara Mazzucchelli, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Florian Mihai, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Lisa Mills, School of Visual Arts & Design

Shelley Park, Department of Philosophy

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design

Bert Scott, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

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Trustee Chair Award

The Trustee Chair Awards were established to both retain outstanding UCF faculty and attract exceptional faculty to UCF.

2017-2018

Jeff Rupert, School of Performing Arts (Music)

Stella Sung, CREATE and School of Visual Arts & Design

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Women’s History Month Awardees

Presented by the Faculty Excellence Center for Success of Women Faculty, the Women’s History Month Award celebrates 31 women, one for each day of Women’s History Month in March, instrumental in shaping our university from its origins into the amazing institution it is presently.

2018

Anne Bubriski-McKenzie, Women’s & Gender Studies Program

Susan Jefferson, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Alla Kourova, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Maria Cristina Santana, Women’s & Gender Studies Program

Sybil St. Claire, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)

Nichole Stack, Department of Writing & Rhetoric

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LIFE@UCF Women Faculty Recognition Awards

With generous support from the Learning Institute for Elders at UCF (LIFE@UCF), the LIFE@UCF Women Faculty Recognition Awards celebrate and promote women faculty whose scholarship, teaching, and/or service best represent excellence in this strategic mission of our university.

2017-2018: Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design

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CAH Staff Recognition Awards

These annual awards presented to two USPS employees and one A&P employee for their outstanding work and contribution to their school, department or program, and to the College of Arts and Humanities.

2017-2018

Lauren Becker, School of Performing Arts

Arlene Flores, School of Performing Arts

Christine Michel, School of Visual Arts & Design

 

Student Awards

Order of Pegasus

The Order of Pegasus is the most prestigious and significant award a student can attain at UCF. Order of Pegasus recognizes exemplary performance in the areas of academic achievement, outstanding university involvement, leadership, and community service.

2018
Carissa Baker

Porsha Dossie

Ana Beltran

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Honors in the Major Outstanding Thesis Award

The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers. Along with awards for teaching, research and service, the dean of each college selects one undergraduate student pursuing honors in their major and commends them for their outstanding thesis.

2018
Rachael Rothstein-Safra

Founders’ Award

The annual ceremony recognizes the academic achievements, contributions and tenures of students and faculty members from across disciplines and encourages them to continue making strides in their careers. Along with awards for teaching, research and service, the dean of each college selects one undergraduate student a year to receive the $500 Founders’ Award for exceptional work within their area of study.

2018
Thomas Heller