University of Central Florida student Christina Vitolo won the highest award, Top Novice Speaker, at UCF Debate's college invitational. She had an argument as to why she believed it is a necessity to allow temporary work visas to human trafficking victims.
Debate meetings are held every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. in room 254 of the Nicholson School of Communication.
For more information on Vitolo and the debate team see the links below.
http://communication.cos.ucf.edu/content/nassc/debate/tournamentSchedule.html#loader=http%3A//communication.cos.ucf.edu/content/nassc/debate/overview.html
http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-students-shine-at-college-invitational/
Friday, February 25, 2011
Calendar Updates
Looking for something new to attend, check out these COS events!
UCF Winter Workshop 2011: Next-Generation Suborbital
Researchers Conference
Feb. 28
1 - 5:30 p.m. in the Pegasus Ballroom at UCF
| Hominids Anonymous, Anthropology Club Meeting March 3 4 - 5 p.m. in the Psychology building, room 105 Dr. Leslie Sue Lieberman, UCF anthropology professor speaks about, "The Evolutionary Antecedents of the Current Obesity Pandemic" |
| Biology Seminar March 14 3-4 p.m. in the Biology building, room 209 Dr. Nick Brokaw from the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras will be speaking on, "The Ancient Maya and the Modern Forest." |
Save the UCF Arboretum
UCF Aboretum is protected by a conservation easement which is supposed to keep the land protected from any type of development because it is an ecologically sensitive area. However, as of last fall UCF is trying to lift this easement which is currently owed by St. John's Rivers Water District Management to further expand our University.
Since students constantly use the UCF Arboretum as an outside classroom, many are opposed to releasing this easement. UCF's I.D.E.A.S club, who focuses on environmental issues have collectively sent 1500 signatures to SJWDM and letters from organizations such as Sierra Club, Florida Wildlife Federation, 1000 Friends of Florida, and the Florida Native Plant Society to show SJWDM that students of UCF still consider this area an important place for their education.
The school is submitting a request to lift this easement sometime in March. I will keep you posted on the final decision.
Check this out for more information and decide if you are for or against saving the arboretum!
http://knightnews.com/2011/01/ucf-arboretum-release-request-opposition/
Since students constantly use the UCF Arboretum as an outside classroom, many are opposed to releasing this easement. UCF's I.D.E.A.S club, who focuses on environmental issues have collectively sent 1500 signatures to SJWDM and letters from organizations such as Sierra Club, Florida Wildlife Federation, 1000 Friends of Florida, and the Florida Native Plant Society to show SJWDM that students of UCF still consider this area an important place for their education.
The school is submitting a request to lift this easement sometime in March. I will keep you posted on the final decision.
Check this out for more information and decide if you are for or against saving the arboretum!
http://knightnews.com/2011/01/ucf-arboretum-release-request-opposition/
Friday, February 18, 2011
Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship
Check out an archaeological scholarship that you could win!
Established in honor of AIA Past President Jane Waldbaum. This scholarship is help students who are planning to participate in archaeological fieldwork for the first time. Students majoring in archaeology or related disciplines are eligible to apply. The Scholarship Fund provides $1,000 each to help pay expenses associated with participation in an archaeological fieldwork project (minimum stay one month).
The Waldbaum Scholarship will be awarded to junior and senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students only. The committee is expecting to pick up to seven winners. Deadline: March 6, 2011.
For more information, contact Laurel Sparks, Fellowship Coordinator at lsparks@aia.bu.edu. You can also visit this link for application access: http://www.archaeological.org/grants/708
College of Science student wins miss UCF
Jacqueline Boehme, a senior molecular and microbiology major, was awarded the 27th annual Miss UCF crown.
She will receive $1,600 in scholarships and will compete for the title of Miss Florida in July. If Boehme wins the state title she will go on to compete for Miss America.
In August last year, 90 women auditioned for the Miss UCF 2011 pageant. It was then narrowed down to 23 contestants. From there 18 competed in the competition. SGA streamed the show on it's website for the first time in the pageant’s history.
See full story that the Central Florida Future covered on the event
UCF Student selected to compete on America's Next Top Model
Who is Nicole Lucas?
She isn't just your ordinary UCF psychology student, thats for sure.
At a height of 5-foot-11, she has been selected as one of the contestants competing in the new season of “America’s Next Top Model.” The season premiere is Feb. 23 on The CW network.
She will fight against 13 other women to a contract with IMG Models, a fashion spread in Vogue Italia, a cover of Beauty in Vogue and a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl.
For more information on the new season follow the link below!
Physics department hosts conference
Save the Date: Feb. 28 - March 2
About 400 scientists, engineers, and educators from around the world will be listening to leaders of commercial and public institutions talk about a new generation of space vehicles. They plan to deliver payloads, experiments and tourists into space.
The three-day conference will consist of educational and scientific briefings for registered participants. Blue Origin, Masten Space Systems and Virgin Galactic are just a few of the companies coming to announce how they will be building these new spaceships
George Whitesides is coming to speak at UCF
Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference held at UCF from Feb. 27-Mar. 2. George Whitesides, the CEO and President of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic company is coming to speak as part of the conference.
The speech is on Monday February 28 at 8 pm in the Pegasus Ballroom of the UCF Student Union.
photo via virgingalactic.comWhitesides will discuss the promise of space tourism and how vehicles in development will open new avenues for science and technology. A new space age of commercial spaceflight is dawning and the US is leading this innovative new industry.
CHECK THIS OUT! Virgin Galactic is taking reservations for flights to space on its SpaceShipTwo rocket.
Learn about how you may be able to fly and how you can use these services for research discovery.
For more information about the conference visit http://www.virgingalactic.com/ and http://nsrc.swri.org/
You can also e-mail Laura Seward at lauramseward@knights.ucf.edu
photo via virgingalactic.comFriday, February 11, 2011
UCF psychology professor, Dr. Beidel wins $3.5 million grant
Deborah C. Beidel, UCF clinical psychology professor and director of the doctoral program is awarded a $3.5 million grant. The grant was from the Military Operational Medicine Research Program. The purpose of this grant is to allow research to be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two different treatments that are being used on military members who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. In the long run this study is looking to benefit those who are suffering from combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
Looking forward to interviewing Beidel, stay tuned for updates!
Looking forward to interviewing Beidel, stay tuned for updates!
Old news resurfaces in the College of Sciences
It recently surfaced on the COS website that Dr. Fernando Rivera was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. I had pervious written a story in the Central Florida Future regarding the study and how Rivera and his team hope to reduce chaos during national disasters throughout the Central Florida region.
http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/research-group-examines-disaster-relief-1.2357037
Have you kept yourself prepared for Hurricane Season?
Several tropical storms travel through Florida each year. Those storms leave many people wondering how the results can be avoided, or cause less damage.
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it was made apparent to many researchers, specifically UCF faculty members Naim Kapucu, Christopher Hawkins and Fernando Rivera, that something had to be done.
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded UCF $387,556 to help aid rural communities throughout the Central Florida region prepare, respond and recover from natural disasters.
Follow link to read more.
http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/research-group-examines-disaster-relief-1.2357037
UCF Debate is Back
Back when UCF used to be known as Florida Technological University, the school had a team that excelled in debate.
After a long disappearance UCF Debate is back. The director of the debate team is Nicholson School of Communication Instructor Sydne Kasle.
On Feb.11 UCF's first debaters were honored during a ceremony in the Fairwinds Alumni Center. Original debaters included Ed Foster, Richard Millian, Richard Bloomquist, Glen Padgett, Tom Marcinko and Mike Buchanan. Along with their debate coach, Associate Professor Jeff Butler.
A college invitational tournament is Saturday, Feb. 12, and Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Nicholson School of Communication building. UCF’s team will compete against debaters from the University of Florida, University of Miami, Monmouth University and Appalachian State University.
All UCF undergraduates are welcome to join the team. Meetings are held every Wednesday from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in room 254 of the Nicholson School of Communication.
Check out a full story from the Central Florida Future below.
After the speech
Hey guys, here is a follow-up from the DeCanio speech. My article was published in the Orlando Sentinel, check out the link below to read the story.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/ucf/orl-ucf-decanio-talks-climate-change,0,2709307.story
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/ucf/orl-ucf-decanio-talks-climate-change,0,2709307.story
Friday, February 4, 2011
Stephen J. DeCanio "Game Theory and Climate Diplomacy"
Through the Distinguished Speakers series, the College of Sciences is bringing Stephen J. DeCanio to UCF on Monday.
DeCanio is a Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He has an extensive background of research in global environmental protection. His discussion will cover the lack of progress in reaching an international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions due to economic and political situations.
DeCanio is a Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He has an extensive background of research in global environmental protection. His discussion will cover the lack of progress in reaching an international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions due to economic and political situations.
The speech is at 1:30 p.m. in room 117 in the Teaching Academy.
Check out the links below for more information:
Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions (IDEAS) is a 501c3 non-profit that strives to create proactive university/community groups that work towards addressing local, regional, and national environmental challenges while finding realistic solutions to combat issues we face today.
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