2018-19 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.
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, 6-10 years of service with the School of Visual Arts & Design | Read more
2017-18 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.
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.
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.
Thomas Heller
2017-18 Faculty Awards
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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
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.
Kristina Tollefson, School of Performing Arts (Theatre)
UCF Allies Initiative
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.
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.
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)
Trustee Chair Award
The Trustee Chair Awards were established to both retain outstanding UCF faculty and attract exceptional faculty to UCF.
Jeff Rupert, School of Performing Arts (Music)
Stella Sung, CREATE and School of Visual Arts & Design
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.
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
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.
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, School of Visual Arts & Design
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.
Lauren Becker, School of Performing Arts
Arlene Flores, School of Performing Arts
Christine Michel, School of Visual Arts & Design