Providing an opportunity for the great emerging talent in Florida’s high school instrumental music programs to learn and perform through a selective and inspiring ensemble experience, the UCF Bands are proud to sponsor the annual UCF Knights Rising High School Honor Band. This year, students from 30 high schools across Florida were selected from a total of 294 nominations to participate …
Summer B 2022Friday, February 6th, 2026 (3:30 PM – 10:00 PM) and Saturday, February 7th , 2026 (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM) Two days of camaraderie and musical growth where conductors at all levels come together to refine knowledge of technique, repertoire, score study, rehearsal concepts and more. Registering for Friday, February 6th will also grant access to the Conductors Symposium on Saturday, …
Summer B 2022Artist Rachel Simmons and writer Chrissy Kolaya will introduce their ongoing collaborative project, The Society for Speculation, and will lead participants in the Prediction and Divination Toolkit Workshop, a hands-on creative experiment exploring ideas about divination, prediction, and reflection.
Summer B 2022RISO@SVAD: CMYK Imagery Workshop Sign Up Now! Spots are limited. No prior experience necessary. Learn how to separate and print a full-color image using the Risograph machine in this hands-on workshop. Participants will be guided through the fundamentals of color separation, file preparation, and layered printing to achieve vibrant, textured results unique to risograph printing. By the end of the …
Summer B 2022Knights Write is an annual celebration of excellence in writing at UCF. During this event, UCF students, faculty, and invited speakers present research and creative work that explores the importance of writing across contexts, formats, and domains. Join us for an exciting day of posters, presentations and awards that feature thoughtful, engaging, outstanding work! Schedule of Events: 9:00 – 10:30 …
Summer B 2022Knights Write is an annual celebration of excellence in writing at UCF. During this event, UCF students, faculty, and invited speakers present research and creative work that explores the importance of writing across contexts, formats, and domains. Join us for an exciting day of posters, presentations and awards that feature thoughtful, engaging, outstanding work! This event is hosted by the …
Summer B 2022This panel presentation features the findings of five students whose ENC 1102 research projects led them to new discoveries about the writing practices of diverse discourse communities online. Join us to learn more about the effects of writing and research! This event is part of the Knights Write Showcase. To find out more click here. This event is hosted by …
Summer B 2022Understanding, Diagnosing, and Tackling the Flood of Low-Quality AI Content "AI slop" or low-quality AI-generated content is flooding our digital lives, from a deluge of cringey content on social media, to made up citations in research papers, and emails that contain more em-dashes than words. This talk breaks down what AI slop is, diagnoses why it exists, and invites you …
Summer B 2022This panel explores the ways that narratives, comics, and other graphics can intersect with health and medicine to communicate scientific information to lay audiences. Featuring students from ENC 3482H (Graphic Medicine) and ENC 3453 (Writing about Health and Medicine), this panel will challenge attendees to think about writing as so much more than alphabetic text. This event is part of …
Summer B 2022Learn the basics of embroidery and create your own stitch sampler book at the Downtown Campus Library! Open to all skill levels, the aim of this workshop is to get to grips with a few different embroidery stitches in a welcoming environment.
Summer B 2022Contrary to popular discourse, rhetoric isn’t just for politicians—it’s for everyone. In this presentation, five students from various majors will share their explorations of rhetoric and its power in our everyday lives. These ENC1101 projects remind us just how much rhetoric and writing matter even if we don’t always take the time to notice its impacts. This event is part …
Summer B 2022The Knights Write Awards Ceremony recognizes outstanding presentations at the annual event and excellence in publication in several writing-related journals and magazines. We will be joined by College of Arts and Humanities Dean Jeffery Moore to honor and recognize award-winning writers and scholars. This event is part of the Knights Write Showcase. To find out more click here. This event …
Summer B 2022This panel traces narratives of disability across time and space to reveal how seemingly disparate phenomena share common roots in eugenic logic that endures in present-day policies and futures. The presentations explore the ways eugenic ideologies construct narratives of disability that render certain bodies and minds invisible while hypervisualizing others as threats to be managed, controlled, or eliminated. Such narratives …
Summer B 2022In this panel, tutors from the University Writing Center will share perspectives shaped by their work with writers from a wide range of academic programs. In this session presenter will: Offer practical strategies for approaching college writing projects with purpose and an eye toward professional growth. Consider the ways that choices about topics and formats can transform course assignments into …
Summer B 2022This panel spotlights undergraduate students completing honors thesis projects that showcase the range, rigor, and relevance of Writing and Rhetoric research. Each presenter explores how writing functions as inquiry, advocacy, and social action—whether through analyzing digital discourse, examining accessibility in public communication, studying rhetorical strategies in health and science writing, or tracing how identity and language shape communities. Panelist Information …
Summer B 2022This virtual roundtable session will feature “network sense” visualizations (including frequency tables/graphs, word clouds and streams, radial models, heat maps, and more) developed by several students from the Fall 2025 MA Colloquium to make sense of disciplinary trends in the field of Rhetoric and Composition. As described by Derek Mueller, network sense is a means of understanding disciplinarity through the …
Summer B 2022Learn the basics of embroidery and create your own stitch sampler book at the Downtown Campus Library! Open to all skill levels, the aim of this workshop is to get to grips with a few different embroidery stitches in a welcoming environment.
Summer B 2022For the second time in five years, UCF’s Wind Ensemble has received a prestigious invitation to perform at the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Southern Division Conference. This year’s conference will be hosted at the University of South Florida in Tampa, February 19-21, 2026. The UCF Wind Ensemble’s performance will be at 7:00 PM on Thursday, February 19. The …
Summer B 2022Join us this February in Orlando for the first Interactive Performance Summit, presented in partnership with the University of Central Florida. Designed as a creative sampler rather than a deep dive, the Summit offers a wide-ranging exploration of ideas, formats, and approaches to interactive performance. With brief, focused sessions and a “creative buffet” of perspectives to experience, attendees are encouraged …
Summer B 2022The 2026 UCF Oboe Day will feature Guest Artist Philippe Tondre, Principal Oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Instructor of Oboe at Curtis Institute of Music. Mr. Tondre will perform a solo recital and give a masterclass. Students coming to Oboe Day 2026 will have 2 options to participate: As a Performer: $40 fee for performers (capped at 8) Perform one …
Summer B 2022Register Now for PARC 2026Theme: Innovative Solutions for a Complicated World Join researchers, practitioners, and students at the Public Administration Research Conference (PARC 2026) for a dynamic exchange of ideas addressing today’s most pressing public service challenges. Through interactive sessions, collaborative discussions, and poster presentations, PARC 2026 will highlight innovative research and practical solutions shaping governance, policy, and community engagement …
Summer B 2022The UCF Tuba-Euphonium studio welcomes all players to a day of recitals, masterclasses and more. Doors open at 8:30 a.m.
Summer B 2022The University of Central Florida’s Bassoon Workshop features activities designed for high school, college, and community bassoon players, including masterclasses, reed-making, bassoon ensemble reading session, and recital. Bring your bassoon! Guest Artist: Whitney Crockett, Principal Bassoon of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.Free event. No registration required.
Summer B 2022The UCF Trombone studio welcomes all trombone players to a day of recitals, masterclasses and more. Featuring guest artist, Steve Lange from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Doors open at 8 a.m.; Event begins at 9 a.m.
Summer B 2022Sign Up Now! Spots are limited. No prior experience necessary. Discover the magic of Risograph printing at UCF!Join us for a hands-on, three-hour workshop at the School of Visual Arts & Design (SVAD), where you’ll learn how to design, layer, and print your very own Riso creation. Perfect for artists, designers, and print lovers of all experience levels. What Is …
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