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
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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
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.
2017–2018
Martha García
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Blake Scott
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
James Clark
Department of History
Julia Listengarten
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
Michael Strawser
Department of Philosophy
Ayako Yonetani
School of Performing Arts (Music)
2018–2019
Alla Kourova
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Rudy McDaniel
School of Visual Arts & Design
Florin Mihai
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Maria Cristina Santana
Women’s and Gender Studies
Sybil St. Claire
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
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)
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
Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Ilenia Colón Mendoza
School of Visual Arts & Design
Edward Dandrow
Department of History
Peter Telep
Department of English
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)
UCF Allies Initiative
2017–2018
Earl D. Weaver
School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
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
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
Florin 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)
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, School of Visual Arts & Design
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
6-10 years of service with the 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
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