Wellness and Health Promotion Services (WHPS) is proud to offer: FreshU Kitchen Cooking ClassGet hands-on experience in the kitchen and learn how to make delicious, healthy food! You get to eat what you make and take home the leftovers, too. Check out our schedule below. All classes take place under the WHPS office awning. This class is open to UCF students only.Registration required, space is limited. Email Marlana.Vazquez@ucf.edu with your student ID and food restrictions/preferences to reserve your spot. You will receive a reply email to confirm your spot in the class. Registration opens for each month's classes at the beginning of the month.

Out of Order | Let Down is a two-person exhibition by Kristen Letts Kovak and Grace Mikell Ramsey. This exhibition explores complex visual language of abstraction, naturalism and fantasy to engage in dialogue on the nuances of female perseverance. Through visual storytelling, the two artists reflect and represent ongoing issues of female bodies, gender roles, societal expectations and biases. The intuitive and formal experimentations engage visceral emotions and encourage active consideration and questioning of expectations and consequences for women through our lived experiences. Kovak's paintings investigate harmonious states of disequilibrium, reverberating between representation and abstraction. Her works reflect her experiences living with a hidden and unpredictable disability. She resists clarity and swims head-first into uncertain waters. The cumulative effect of her work is of vibrance and animation that welcome the viewer to embrace unexpected detours of creative discovery. Ramsey's paintings explore the complexities of nurturing in depictions of motherhood, pregnancy and the female body -- a reflection on intimacy, both its toils and possibilities through storytelling. The paintings function in a dreamlike narrative space between fantasy and reality, but they are rooted in the artist's personal experiences as a mother: feeling at the mercy of forces beyond one's control, the way that ordinary choices can be freighted with epic stakes, a notion of being observed and needed that is undercut by feelings of isolation.Join us for the opening reception and Artist Talks Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 from 5 -7 p.m. with Artist Talks by Kristen Letts Kovak and Grace Mikell Ramsey at 6 p.m. | [Register](https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/opening-reception-out-of-order-let-down/e-mbyjzb)Additional information and programming coming soon! ________________________________________________________Exhibition dates: Jan. 9, 2025 - Feb. 7, 2025 | Opening Reception and Artist Talks: Thursday, Jan. 9, 5-7 p.m. | [RSVP](https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/opening-reception-out-of-order-let-down/e-mbyjzb)Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on major holidays Admission is FREE _________________________________________________________The UCF Art Gallery at the University of Central Florida serves as a catalyst for visual art experiences and education, culture and community engagement. Our mission is to encourage dialogue and engagement between students, faculty, members of the community, and artists by providing a framework for intellectual and creative inquiry. The gallery hosts exhibitions and programming that examine cultural and social contexts and support contemporary art practices.Free parking is available in Garage F next to the Addition Financial Arena. Parking lot H4 or Garage I requires [purchasing a $5 daily virtual visitor permit](https://parking.ucf.edu/permits/visitor-permits/). Please note that visitors should park in green student spaces ONLY, as the $5 daily virtual permit does not cover red and blue spaces. After 5:30 p.m., daily virtual visitor permits are allowed to park in faculty, staff, unreserved or student spaces. Visitors can register their vehicle's license plate information into the online parking system. Registration Link: https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/opening-reception-out-of-order-let-down/e-mbyjzb Registration Info: Admission is free and open to the public.

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

Out of Order | Let Down is a two-person exhibition by Kristen Letts Kovak and Grace Mikell Ramsey. This exhibition explores complex visual language of abstraction, naturalism and fantasy to engage in dialogue on the nuances of female perseverance. Through visual storytelling, the two artists reflect and represent ongoing issues of female bodies, gender roles, societal expectations and biases. The intuitive and formal experimentations engage visceral emotions and encourage active consideration and questioning of expectations and consequences for women through our lived experiences. Kovak's paintings investigate harmonious states of disequilibrium, reverberating between representation and abstraction. Her works reflect her experiences living with a hidden and unpredictable disability. She resists clarity and swims head-first into uncertain waters. The cumulative effect of her work is of vibrance and animation that welcome the viewer to embrace unexpected detours of creative discovery. Ramsey's paintings explore the complexities of nurturing in depictions of motherhood, pregnancy and the female body -- a reflection on intimacy, both its toils and possibilities through storytelling. The paintings function in a dreamlike narrative space between fantasy and reality, but they are rooted in the artist's personal experiences as a mother: feeling at the mercy of forces beyond one's control, the way that ordinary choices can be freighted with epic stakes, a notion of being observed and needed that is undercut by feelings of isolation.Join us for the opening reception and Artist Talks Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 from 5 -7 p.m. with Artist Talks by Kristen Letts Kovak and Grace Mikell Ramsey at 6 p.m. | [Register](https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/opening-reception-out-of-order-let-down/e-mbyjzb)Additional information and programming coming soon! ________________________________________________________Exhibition dates: Jan. 9, 2025 - Feb. 7, 2025 | Opening Reception and Artist Talks: Thursday, Jan. 9, 5-7 p.m. | [RSVP](https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/opening-reception-out-of-order-let-down/e-mbyjzb)Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on major holidays Admission is FREE _________________________________________________________The UCF Art Gallery at the University of Central Florida serves as a catalyst for visual art experiences and education, culture and community engagement. Our mission is to encourage dialogue and engagement between students, faculty, members of the community, and artists by providing a framework for intellectual and creative inquiry. The gallery hosts exhibitions and programming that examine cultural and social contexts and support contemporary art practices.Free parking is available in Garage F next to the Addition Financial Arena. Parking lot H4 or Garage I requires [purchasing a $5 daily virtual visitor permit](https://parking.ucf.edu/permits/visitor-permits/). Please note that visitors should park in green student spaces ONLY, as the $5 daily virtual permit does not cover red and blue spaces. After 5:30 p.m., daily virtual visitor permits are allowed to park in faculty, staff, unreserved or student spaces. Visitors can register their vehicle's license plate information into the online parking system. Registration Link: https://www.ticketsource.us/ucf-art-gallery/opening-reception-out-of-order-let-down/e-mbyjzb Registration Info: Admission is free and open to the public.

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

The CCIE virtual bi-weekly research circles includes presentations and conversations from UCF's College of Community Innovation and Education (CCIE) faculty, as well as faculty from other colleges at UCF with a focus on collaborative, innovative, interdisciplinary, community-based research initiatives.Presentations provide opportunities to connect with faculty in CCIE and share opportunities of mutual interest.Presenters from the community and government agencies are also invited to join in the discussion and explore ways to engage in research and innovation at UCF.DATES and TOPICSSeptember 4, 2024 Centers: CREST, CASTLE Lab, PEERSeptember 25, 2024 CCIE Research Administration Services Team (RAST)October 9, 2024 NIH Funding Success (rescheduled for November 6)October 23, 2024 Tips for SuccessNovember 6, 2024 NIH Funding SuccessJanuary 22, 2025 Writing and Publishing in Peer-Reviewed JournalsFebruary 5, 2025 Faculty Research Fellows: Tips for Success and Value of CollaborationFebruary 19, 2025 International EngagementMarch 5, 2025 University and College Communication Resources for Amplifying Research VisibilityApril 2, 2025 Efforts to Engage Communities and Researchers to Strengthen Community ResilienceApril 16, 2025 Public Safety - NIJVirtual Location URL: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fucf.zoom.us%2Fj%2F95467357801%3Fpwd%3DBEJi8BK83dcTcf72VUL986wwmxZkUb.1&data=05%7C02%7CSandra.McCall%40ucf.edu%7Cbd7a58466ad544fe5d5308dcc696dd0b%7Cbb932f15ef3842ba91fcf3c59d5dd1f1%7C0%7C0%7C638603598476639541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dhb9aG1M5WzwRurQDxawZSb56R3SdKi5rHDQZyWN5%2FE%3D&reserved=0

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

The chart-topping Flying Horse Big Band is composed of students in UCF's jazz studies program. Under the direction of saxophonist and American jazz musician, Jeff Rupert, the Flying Horse Big Band performs at festivals and concert halls regionally and nationally. Registration Link: https://cah.ucf.edu/events/music/ Registration Info: $20, $10 Student/UCF ID, Free SPA

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

Imogen Says Nothing is a contemporary comedy featuring Imogen, a character who only appears in the First Folio of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, speaks no lines and is probably a typo.Aditi Kapil's bold and irreverent comedy tells the tale of an unforgettable woman in Elizabethan England who seizes the chance to break boundaries by participating in a performance traditionally reserved solely for men. As she takes the stage, the lines between identity and reality blur, especially since Imogen is also a bear. Imogen Says Nothing is a riotous exploration of empowerment and the enduring quest for visibility, ensuring that Imogen's voice will be heard loud and clear.Registration Link: https://arts.cah.ucf.edu/event/imogen-says-nothing/ Registration Info: Tickets: $25, $10 with UCF ID

Wellness and Health Promotion Services (WHPS) is proud to offer: FreshU Kitchen Cooking ClassGet hands-on experience in the kitchen and learn how to make delicious, healthy food! You get to eat what you make and take home the leftovers, too. Check out our schedule below. All classes take place under the WHPS office awning. This class is open to UCF students only.Registration required, space is limited. Email Marlana.Vazquez@ucf.edu with your student ID and food restrictions/preferences to reserve your spot. You will receive a reply email to confirm your spot in the class. Registration opens for each month's classes at the beginning of the month.

The UCF Symphony Orchestra opens the doors for a dress rehearsal in preparation for their concert the following night as part of the St. Lukes Concert Series featuring Rebecca Burkardt as Guest Conductor. The UCF Symphony Orchestra is a full orchestra with strings, brass, woodwind and percussion. The group performs literature of the highest caliber by master composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Mahler.

The UCF Symphony Orchestra is a full orchestra with strings, brass, woodwind and percussion. The group performs literature of the highest caliber by master composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Mahler. The ensemble performs locally and regionally for various concerts and festivals and is open to all students regardless of major, but participation is by audition only, taking place at the beginning of each semester.

Franz Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey) is probably the most respected and performed song cycle ever written. Published in 1828, it is a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Muller. This performance is a product of Thomas Potter's voice studio, each singing 2 or 3 of the songs, accompanied by pianist Julie Tompkins. It was designed to introduce the UCF voice students to this monumental work, and to share it in a public performance.

Dr. Shuler has been heard throughout the United States, Spain and Japan. She has performed with the Roswell Symphony, Southwest Symphony Orchestra, Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera, Kansai Clarinet Ensemble, Concert Band of Central Illinois and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra.Dr. Shuler has served as principal trumpet of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and guest principal trumpet of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Shuler has also performed with additional orchestras including the Moscow State Radio, Illinois, and Green Bay Symphony Orchestras.

The UCF Concert Band and university band is an open-enrollment ensemble designed to offer continued performance opportunities for those students who wish to keep music in their lives as a recreational and aesthetic activity.

UCF has two Jazz Chamber groups. These small groups perform music appropriate to the level of musicianship in the group. Repertoire and improvisation skills are the main focus of these groups. The Jazz Chamber groups perform frequently around Central Florida.