events sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Program in the College of Arts and Humanities

Friday, April 14, 2017

  • Diversity Certificate Series (Recurring Event)

    Barbara Ying Center: 140

    Must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.Facilitator: Rachel Luce-HittThis four-module program is designed as an introductory overview series of workshops to provoke thought with respect to diversity in general, and more specifically, with respect to several important dimensions of diversity. Participants must attend all four modules to receive completion certificate.Dates Modules 1 and 2: Thursday, February 23 and …

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  • April is Financial Literacy Awareness Month!

    UCF Main Campus

    April is Financial Literacy Awareness Month! There are events happening throughout the month of April to assist students being financially well: - April 5, 2017 Salary Negotiation and Understanding Your Paycheck (2:00pm - 3:00pm in CSEL Room 121) - April 13, 2017 FUNNY MONEY featuring Colin Ryan (Doors open at 5:30pm, 6:30pm - 8:00pm Morgridge International Reading Center) - April …

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  • UCF Celebrates the Arts 2017

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Lobby

    UCF Celebrates the Arts 2017 April 7-14, 2017 The Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts comes alive with a showcase of UCF music, visual arts, and theatre! “I enjoyed EVERYTHING! The students were amazing and we really enjoyed seeing some familiar faces. Providing free performances allows those who normally wouldn’t be able to come to the theater a chance to …

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  • SVAD Banner Art and Arcade Games

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Walt Disney Theater

    Experience top-of-the-line interactive gaming from the UCF School of Visual Arts & Design’s game design students. Housed in custom-built classic arcade cabinets, patrons will be able to play video games created by undergraduate students. This year’s lobby banners display examples of undergraduate student artworks from the areas of Character Animation, Experimental Animation, Architecture, Ceramics, Drawing, Design, Digital Media, Film, Graphic …

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  • Without Borders

    Gallery at Avalon Island

    “Without Borders” features painting, video, sound, sculpture, photography, and performance art by artists from diverse cultural and ideological backgrounds. This show explores themes of identity, perception, blackness, feminism, gender roles, and interactivity. “Without Borders” is a statement of our unique perspectives. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/without-borders/

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  • Theatre UCF Costume Exhibit

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Lobby

    Ooh la la! Get a sneak peek into corsets and petticoats designed and constructed in Theatre UCF’s costume shop. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/theatre-ucf-costume-exhibit/

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  • A Memory Wingding: Nostalgia and Ephemera in UCF Undergraduate Fine Art

    City Arts Factory

    This exhibition features the paintings, photography, and sculpture of eight artists from UCF’s undergraduate BFA program. The show includes works by Gabe Cortese, Emile Mausner, Samantha McCoy, Jordan Pascal, Christopher Rivera, Andrew Snow, Sheherazade Thenard, and Lila Villalobos who all share the theme of the aesthetics of remembrance in psychologically charged spaces. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/a-memory-wingding-nostalgia-and-ephemera-in-ucf-undergraduate-fine-art/

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  • SVAD Multi-media “Multiples” Exhibit

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Lobby

    Discover conceptual visual art pieces in unexpected places throughout the Dr. Phillips Center! Taught as an introduction to principals in conceptual, non-narrative visual art, School of Visual Art and Design professor Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz challenges students to produce interpretations that explored repetitive forms, which would be then used to solve site-specific installation art problems. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/svad-multiples-exhibit/

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  • In the Eyes of the Hungry: Florida’s Changing Landscape

    Terrance Gallery at Orlando City Hall

    Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read and inspired by John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, In the Eyes of the Hungry: Florida’s Changing Landscape inspires and contributes to conversations about demographic, geographic, and ecological shifts, with an emphasis on human relationships with the environment. The selected artists, which include School of Visual Arts & Design faculty …

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  • Engineering's Great Naval Orange Race at the Reflecting Pond

    UCF Reflecting Pond

    All are invited to see how hundreds of engineering freshman students will transport oranges across the UCF Reflecting Pond. Student teams collaborated, designed and hand-crafted miniature racing boats for this entertaining annual event sponsored by the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

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  • Staff Challenge Blood Drive

    Veterans Commemorative Site

    The UCF Staff Council challenges staff to donate blood in the first Staff Challenge Blood Drive! Join us on the bus at the Veteran's Commemorative. The bloodmobile will be there from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Every donation impacts three lives, and donors are the ONLY source. Please help us save lives. _____________________ Blood drives are one of the many …

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  • Biomedical and Health Professional

    Teaching Academy: 130

    This workshop is designed to provide students with an insight look of the careers in the biomedical field.

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  • Cooking Demonstration: Protein Smoothie and Protein Yogurt

    Recreation and Wellness Center

    Wellness and Health Promotion Services presents UCF's first ever Food Truck. Join us for a cooking demonstration featuring Protein Smoothies and Protein Yogurt

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  • UCF Softball vs. USF

    Softball Stadium

    Come on out to support your Knights! Find the full schedule here: http://ucfknights.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

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  • The Flying Horse Big Band: The Bat Swings!

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Walt Disney Theater

    The Flying Horse Big Band, under the direction of Jeff Rupert, premieres new arrangements of music from the beloved 1960s superhero movie and TV show starring Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, and many others. The original theme was composed by Neal Hefti, while the dynamic incidental music was composed and arranged by Nelson Riddle. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/the-flying-horse-big-band-the-bat-swings/

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  • Collide Contemporary Music Series: Steve Reich’s Drumming

    Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Pugh Theater

    The Collide Contemporary Music Series presents Steve Reich’s Drumming, a collaboration between UCF Percussion, Voci Dance, and Theatre UCF. http://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/collide-contemporary-music-series-steve-reichs-drumming/

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