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Film and Mass Media Students
NSCM Senior Honored with Prominent Advertising Award
Mar 07, 2024
A big congratulations is in order for Hailey Winder, a senior in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, on being named to the American...
Film and Mass Media Students
Remembering Dylan Lyons
Mar 07, 2024
It has been one year since the tragedy that has occurred with NSCM alumnus, Dylan Lyons. Lyons was a NSCM graduate who worked for Spectrum...
Alumni
Welcoming UCF Alumna Natalie Eck to the Curley & Pynn Team
Mar 07, 2024
UCF Alumni have continued to show excellence after graduating by securing jobs and opportunities in their fields. Natalie Eck is the newest addition to the...
Faculty Staff Students
Spring Break Reminders and Safety Resources
Mar 07, 2024
This year, UCF’s Spring Break is Monday, March 18 through Sunday, March 24, 2024. Spring Break can give students time to recharge and relax. It...
Students
NSCM Students Receive 30 Under 30 UCF Alumni Award
Mar 07, 2024
A huge congratulations goes out to the students that were nominated for UCF’s 30 Under 30 Alumni Award! Two students from the Nicholson School of...
Faculty Film and Mass Media
Award-Winning Filmmaker Releases Documentary
Mar 07, 2024
Assistant Professor and award-winning filmmaker Georg Koszulinski has released his new science-outreach documentary, The Baffin Bay Deglacial Experiment. It will premiere internationally this spring at the...
FIEA
FIEA Welcomes the New Year with its First Game Making Competition
Feb 09, 2024
This past month, FIEA gathered 28 teams of students and professional game developers to compete in its first game jam. These competitions challenge participants to...
Defining Experts
Defining Experts Faculty Film and Mass Media
Defining Experts: Gabby Jarmoszko
Nov 03, 2023
Gabrielle “Gabby” Jarmoszko, advertising instructor in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media discusses her interests in the Ad/PR field and the projects she has...
Defining Experts News
NSCM Launches First Ever Podcast, Behind the Soundbite
Sep 12, 2023
The goal of our podcast is to inform and tell the stories of students, faculty, staff, and alumni from UCF NSCM as well as industry...
Defining Experts Games and Interactive Media
Defining Experts: Dr. Natalie Underberg-Goode and Digital Storytelling
May 05, 2023
For this month’s edition of Defining Experts, I had the opportunity to ask Dr. Natalie Underberg-Goode, Professor and Assistant Director for Games and Interactive Media,...
Communication Defining Experts
Defining Experts: Jonathan Conway and Forensics
Feb 02, 2023
As a former speech and debate student who competed in forensics tournaments, I was particularly excited to speak with the Associate Instructor and Director of...
Defining Experts Faculty Film and Mass Media
Defining Experts: Kate Shults and Filmmaking
Dec 01, 2022
“Create your own visual style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter used...
Defining Experts
Defining Experts: Dr. Jihyun Kim and Technology in Communication
Oct 07, 2022
“Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without talking about the other.” This quote stated...
Communication Defining Experts Faculty
Defining Experts: Dr. Deanna Sellnow and Instructional Risk and Crisis Communication
Sep 02, 2022
“Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather than diminished.” As a professor in higher education, this...
Communication
Communication Featured Students
NSCM Doctoral Candidate Discusses Importance of Black History Month
Feb 09, 2024
Black History Month (BHM) is an important time for acknowledgement and celebration of the critical contributions Black individuals and communities have made throughout the history...
Communication Students
NSCM Graduate Students Publish Article in Distinguished Journal
Feb 09, 2024
A group of students in the Strategic Communication PhD program have recently published an article in the Journal of Emergency Management. One of the authors,...
Communication Students
Strategic Communication Doctorate Students Attend NCA Conference
Dec 06, 2023
The National Communication Association conference took place last month in National Harbor, Maryland and celebrated its 109th annual convention. This conference is dedicated to communication...
Communication Communication Graduate Teaching Assistants Faculty
NSCM Instructors Discuss AI and the Future of Teaching
Dec 06, 2023
Nicholson School of Communication and Media faculty and staff had the exciting opportunity to present a report of what they learned at the Teaching and...
Communication Students
UCF Speech and Debate has High Spirits for the New Year
Dec 06, 2023
Jonathan Conway, Director of Forensics at NSCM, talks about the recent success of the UCF Speech and Debate team and shares his hopes for the...
Communication Conscious Conversations
Conscious Conversation about Inclusive Culture
Nov 03, 2023
November 2023 A note on care during crisis: There are many devastating things happening around the world and the grief and heaviness is real. We...
Communication Students
Persuasion Class Persuades People to Donate to Knights Helping Knights Pantry
Nov 03, 2023
This semester’s Persuasion and Communication class recently put their theory in action to raise money for Knights Helping Knights pantry. KHK is an entirely student...
Film & Mass Media
Film and Mass Media Students
NSCM Senior Honored with Prominent Advertising Award
Mar 07, 2024
A big congratulations is in order for Hailey Winder, a senior in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, on being named to the American...
Film and Mass Media Students
Remembering Dylan Lyons
Mar 07, 2024
It has been one year since the tragedy that has occurred with NSCM alumnus, Dylan Lyons. Lyons was a NSCM graduate who worked for Spectrum...
Faculty Film and Mass Media
Award-Winning Filmmaker Releases Documentary
Mar 07, 2024
Assistant Professor and award-winning filmmaker Georg Koszulinski has released his new science-outreach documentary, The Baffin Bay Deglacial Experiment. It will premiere internationally this spring at the...
Film and Mass Media
Award Winning Filmmakers Receive Esteemed Accolades
Feb 09, 2024
The Film and Mass Media department at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media have wonderful news to share. Alum and professors have incredible things...
Film and Mass Media Students
MFA Student Wins First Place in 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Dec 06, 2023
Congratulations to third year MFA student Melanie Cedeño-López and NSCM Advisor Betsy Kalin for winning first place and a $1000 scholarship at UCF’s Three-Minute Thesis...
Film and Mass Media Students
Film and History Students Exhibit Films at African American History Conference
Nov 03, 2023
UCF Film documentary student Jones Reeves and History graduate student Sebastian Garcia presented two documentary films in September at the Association for the Study of...
Defining Experts Faculty Film and Mass Media
Defining Experts: Gabby Jarmoszko
Nov 03, 2023
Gabrielle “Gabby” Jarmoszko, advertising instructor in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media discusses her interests in the Ad/PR field and the projects she has...
Games & Interactive Media
Games and Interactive Media Students
NSCM Students Create Dating App Video Game
Feb 09, 2024
Celebrated on February 14, Valentine’s Day is a day where couples are celebrated, and single individuals are reminded of their singledom. A solution for people...
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
NSCM Lecturer Taylor Howard Explores the World of the Fallout Franchise
Dec 06, 2023
Taylor Howard, lecturer at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, has just published his first book “The World of Fallout” which explores and examines...
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
Dr. Maria Harrington takes her Virtual Arboretum to the University of Pittsburgh
Oct 09, 2023
Dr. Maria Harrington, associate professor at NSCM, will be presenting the Virtual UCF Arboretum as part of a seminar series at the University of Pittsburgh....
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
Games and Interactive Media Professor Featured in New Exhibition
Oct 06, 2023
Associate Professor at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, Matthew Mosher, is very excited to announce the opening of his duo exhibition with Christy...
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
Limbitless Solutions Receives Epic MegaGrant to Create Multiplayer Prosthetics-Training Game
Oct 06, 2023
Two Nicholson School of Communication and Media faculty members and the nonprofit Limbitless Solutions received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games to develop training games...
Games and Interactive Media
Kicking off Fall Events with 3D Printing
Oct 06, 2023
The Maker Space recently kicked off its list of fall events with a beginner’s workshop on 3D printing. Led by Maker Space Manager Jordan Lipscomb,...
Games and Interactive Media
Dr. Maria Harrington's Virtual UCF Arboretum Gains Attention
Sep 12, 2023
The ACM SIGGRAPH community is a global nonprofit organization serving the evolution of computer graphics and interactive techniques. This year, they celebrated the 50th conference...
FIEA
FIEA
FIEA Welcomes the New Year with its First Game Making Competition
Feb 09, 2024
This past month, FIEA gathered 28 teams of students and professional game developers to compete in its first game jam. These competitions challenge participants to...
FIEA
FIEA Cohort 19 Capstone Game Presentations at Downtown Campus
Aug 02, 2023
Four groups from FIEA’s Cohort 19 will be presenting their capstone projects that will be released soon on STEAM to download and play. The presentations...
Communication FIEA Film and Mass Media Games and Interactive Media Students
Director's Honor Roll Students Recognized at Luncheon
May 05, 2023
On Friday, April 7th, NSCM held its first Director’s Honor Roll Luncheon here on the Main (Legacy) Campus, from 12:00pm – 2:00pm, in NSC 228. ...
FIEA Games and Interactive Media
The Princeton Review Ranks UCF in Top 10 Video Game Design Universities
Apr 03, 2023
The UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media’s undergraduate Games and Interactive Media Program (GaIM) is now the #6 ranked game design program in the...
Faculty FIEA Games and Interactive Media
Dr. Maria Harrington’s Paper Published in a Premiere International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal
Apr 03, 2023
Associate Professor of Digital Media, in the Games and Interactive Media Program at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, Dr. Maria Harrington continues to...
FIEA Games and Interactive Media Students
New FIEA Student Organization Awarded Grant
Mar 02, 2023
Taking a leap of faith and creating a new organization is no small feat. Students in FIEA have recently founded a new registered student organization...
FIEA Students
Central Florida Gaming Studios Support UCF Graduate Students
Jan 04, 2023
Orlando is a city of innovation, widely recognized for the multitude of gaming studios that call it home. The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), UCF’s...
Staff & Faculty
Faculty Staff Students
Spring Break Reminders and Safety Resources
Mar 07, 2024
This year, UCF’s Spring Break is Monday, March 18 through Sunday, March 24, 2024. Spring Break can give students time to recharge and relax. It...
Faculty Film and Mass Media
Award-Winning Filmmaker Releases Documentary
Mar 07, 2024
Assistant Professor and award-winning filmmaker Georg Koszulinski has released his new science-outreach documentary, The Baffin Bay Deglacial Experiment. It will premiere internationally this spring at the...
Communication Communication Graduate Teaching Assistants Faculty
NSCM Instructors Discuss AI and the Future of Teaching
Dec 06, 2023
Nicholson School of Communication and Media faculty and staff had the exciting opportunity to present a report of what they learned at the Teaching and...
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
NSCM Lecturer Taylor Howard Explores the World of the Fallout Franchise
Dec 06, 2023
Taylor Howard, lecturer at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, has just published his first book “The World of Fallout” which explores and examines...
Defining Experts Faculty Film and Mass Media
Defining Experts: Gabby Jarmoszko
Nov 03, 2023
Gabrielle “Gabby” Jarmoszko, advertising instructor in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media discusses her interests in the Ad/PR field and the projects she has...
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
Dr. Maria Harrington takes her Virtual Arboretum to the University of Pittsburgh
Oct 09, 2023
Dr. Maria Harrington, associate professor at NSCM, will be presenting the Virtual UCF Arboretum as part of a seminar series at the University of Pittsburgh....
Faculty Games and Interactive Media
Games and Interactive Media Professor Featured in New Exhibition
Oct 06, 2023
Associate Professor at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, Matthew Mosher, is very excited to announce the opening of his duo exhibition with Christy...
Alumni
Alumni
Welcoming UCF Alumna Natalie Eck to the Curley & Pynn Team
Mar 07, 2024
UCF Alumni have continued to show excellence after graduating by securing jobs and opportunities in their fields. Natalie Eck is the newest addition to the...
Alumni News
Local TV News Anchor Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Sep 12, 2023
Hispanic Heritage Month takes place from September 15th to October 15th every year as a time to recognize and celebrate the histories, contributions, and cultures...
Alumni Communication
UCF Alumni Recognized at Statewide PR Industry Awards Gala
Sep 12, 2023
At the annual Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) Golden Image Awards Gala, several team members at Curley & Pynn Public Relations Management Inc. received awards...
Alumni
UCF FIEA Alum Talks About Experience as a Creator
Aug 02, 2023
Blake Battle, a 2012 MS Alum from UCF Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), is an accomplished producer for Bungie, a game company which has developed...
Alumni Games and Interactive Media
Student Featured in a Leading Media Outlet for Game Development
Jul 07, 2023
Alumni from the Games and Interactive Media (GaIM) program at the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at UCF continues to highlight exceptional work with...
Alumni
2023 Orlando International Film Festival Collaborates with “Art Infusion”
Jul 07, 2023
For the first time, film enthusiasts, artists, filmmakers, producers, directors, and spectators from around the world will gather July 13 -16, 2023, at the newly...
Alumni Students
The Impact of NSCM GaIM and Digital Media Program on Three Alumni
Jul 07, 2023
Ann Martinez – Digital Media “Graduating from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media was a great challenge and...
Students
Film and Mass Media Students
NSCM Senior Honored with Prominent Advertising Award
Mar 07, 2024
A big congratulations is in order for Hailey Winder, a senior in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, on being named to the American...
Film and Mass Media Students
Remembering Dylan Lyons
Mar 07, 2024
It has been one year since the tragedy that has occurred with NSCM alumnus, Dylan Lyons. Lyons was a NSCM graduate who worked for Spectrum...
Faculty Staff Students
Spring Break Reminders and Safety Resources
Mar 07, 2024
This year, UCF’s Spring Break is Monday, March 18 through Sunday, March 24, 2024. Spring Break can give students time to recharge and relax. It...
Students
NSCM Students Receive 30 Under 30 UCF Alumni Award
Mar 07, 2024
A huge congratulations goes out to the students that were nominated for UCF’s 30 Under 30 Alumni Award! Two students from the Nicholson School of...
Communication Featured Students
NSCM Doctoral Candidate Discusses Importance of Black History Month
Feb 09, 2024
Black History Month (BHM) is an important time for acknowledgement and celebration of the critical contributions Black individuals and communities have made throughout the history...
Communication Students
NSCM Graduate Students Publish Article in Distinguished Journal
Feb 09, 2024
A group of students in the Strategic Communication PhD program have recently published an article in the Journal of Emergency Management. One of the authors,...
Games and Interactive Media Students
NSCM Students Create Dating App Video Game
Feb 09, 2024
Celebrated on February 14, Valentine’s Day is a day where couples are celebrated, and single individuals are reminded of their singledom. A solution for people...