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INSIDE THIS EDITION:

Staff Appreciation 2

UCF 50th Anniversary 2

Faculty & Staff

Achievements 2-3

Community

Involvement 4

Tech Tip 4

Arts/Sciences 5

Nursing 5

Social Media Team 5

Direct Connect 5

Advising Center 5

Enrollment Services 6

Joint Use Library 6

Student Services 7

New Additions 7

Welcome to the Regional Campuses Dr. Jones!

Southern Region

Main Numbers

Cocoa:

(321) 433-7821

Palm Bay:

(321) 433-7838

Knight News Team

Executive Editors:

Dr. Denise Young

Dr. Lauren Miller Writer/Editor: Megan Haught

New Parking Permits for Cocoa & Palm Bay

Now that BCC has officially become Eastern Florida State College, it

is time for UCF faculty, staff and students to update their Cocoa and

Palm Bay parking permits. You will need to go to the EFSC

Cashier’s office (Cocoa: Bld 11, Rm 208; Palm Bay: Bld 1, Rm 135)

and take your UCF ID card and your vehicle’s tag number.

Students are charged $20 plus tax for their permit which will expire

on June 30 of the following year (ex. 2013-14 school year student

permits expire on June 30, 2014).

Faculty and staff receive free permits with no expiration date.

Please place your permit on the left rear window or left rear bumper.

You are REQUIRED to have a permit to park on the Cocoa and

Palm Bay campuses. Unpermitted cars or cars with expired permits

will be ticketed by EFSC security.

On August 16, 2013, the Southern Region’s Cocoa

campus was visited by J. Jeffrey Jones, the new

vice provost for Regional campuses. During his

visit he did a ‘walk about’ to the key offices

serving students to meet staff and students.

In an article posted by UCF Today on June 6,

2013, Dr. Jones’ letter to the UCF search

committee was quoted as saying, “My entire 28-year career has

been devoted to serving regional campuses of state

universities.” Jones wrote that his experience will help balance

“the demands and desires of our local students, faculty and staff

with the need to successfully collaborate within a large, complex

university system.”

Later the same day, Dr. Jones and Dr. Young met with the

leadership of our partner institution Eastern Florida State College

to discuss collaborations, mutual interests, and future

initiatives. We appreciated Dr. Jones’s visit to our region and

look forward to his leadership in continuing to improve the support

and offerings we offer our students.

For the full article and more background information on Dr. Jones

please visit: http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-names-vice-provost-for-

regional-campuses/

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Happy 50th UCF

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The University of Central Florida is

celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

UCF began as Florida Technical University

in June 1963 when Governor Bryant signed

Legislative Bill 125. FTU grew and thrived

under the careful guidance of Dr. Charles

Millican, the first president, until his

resignation in 1978. Later that year,

Governor Askew signed legislation

approving a name change to University of

Central Florida. Dr. Millican was followed

by Trevor Colbourn from 1979 to 1991. Our

current president, Dr. John Hitt, stepped

into office in 1992. Hitt has helped shepherd UCF from

a small regional

university to

the second

largest public

university in

the nation. He

has proved

there is nothing

we cannot

accomplish.

On May 15, the Cocoa campus, in

partnership with our neighbor, Florida

Solar Energy Center, hosted an Atlas

Launch viewing party to celebrate 50

years of “reaching for the sun and stars

in Brevard County.” A UCF cookie

cake was served along with popcorn and

fresh fruit. This gave the members of

the two staffs a chance to mingle and

get to know each other. The event also

helped mark the 30th anniversary of the

Cocoa campus.

The Palm Bay campus also joined in the fun and hosted

a concurrent

Atlas Launch

viewing party

complete with

Rocket Pops

for

refreshment.

The Early

Childhood

Education

majors joined

staff at the party.

Staff Appreciation Luncheon

In celebration of, and as a thank you to, the

staff that make the UCF Cocoa and Palm

Bay campuses so successful, catered

luncheons were held on both campuses at

the beginning of June. Regional Campuses

administrators Interim Vice Provost Joyce

Dorner, Dr. Stephen Holmes, and Dr. Pamela Cavanaugh, joined the Cocoa celebration. Thank you to our staff

for all you do!

Faculty & Staff Achievements

Three Cocoa & Palm Bay faculty members were among

the 39 UCF faculty whose promotions were announced

this summer: Nancy Brasel, associate instructor,

Education; Dr. Jerome Randall, associate instructor,

Criminal Justice; and, Dr. Karen Mottarella, associate

lecturer, Psychology.

Krisann Draves, Nursing, received a Doctor of Nursing

Practice (DNP) from the University of South Alabama.

Nancy Brasel, Education, was a recipient of the UCF

Teaching Incentive Program award.

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Faculty & Staff Achievements continued

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Dr. Barbara Kinsey, Political Science, and Anca Turcu

presented a paper, “Parties of the Left and the Burqa

Ban: An Organizational/Electoral Competition Model,”

at the 20th International Conference of Europeanists.

Jacqueline LaManna, Nursing, received a PhD in

Nursing from the University of Central Florida. Her

dissertation was titled, “Acute and Intermediate

Hospital-to-Home Transition Outcomes of Older

Adults Diagnosed with Diabetes.”

Dr. John Lynxwiler, Sociology, presented a paper at the

annual meeting of the American Sociological

Association titled, "Religion, Spirituality, and

Attitudes toward Same-Sex Marriage," which was co-

authored with David Gay and Patrick Smith. An

additional paper, "Cohort, Spirituality, and Religiosity:

A Cross-Sectional Comparison," co-authored with

David Gray was accepted for publication in the Journal

of Religion & Society.

Dr. Shelley M. Park, Philosophy, presented a keynote

address at the conference for the Motherhood Initiative

for Research and Community Involvement, entitled

“’Good’ (queer) mothers and ‘bad’ (queer)

mothers: Contested representations of polygamist

women in popular culture.” An earlier version of this

work was presented in May 2013 at the Cultural Studies

Association in May 2013. Her book, Mothering Queerly,

Queering Motherhood: Resisting Monomaternalism in

Adoptive, Lesbian, Blended and Polygamous Families

was published by SUNY Press in June 2013.

Leandra Preston-Sidler, Women’s Studies, received a

UCF Teaching Incentive Program award.

Dr. Adam Pritchard, Sociology, had his article, “Lethal

and other serious assaults: Disentangling gender and

context,” featured as a key article by the international

website Psychology Progress. http://

psychologyprogress.com/lethal-and-other-serious-

assaults-disentangling-gender-and-context/

Congratulations to Christine Suleski for her 20 years of

service to UCF and Felipe Mendez for his 5 years of

service.

Angel Edgecombe has had two proposals accepted by

the National Academic Advising Association

(NACADA) for presentation at the annual conference.

The presentations are “How to Maximize Your Peer

Mentor in a Classroom Environment,” and “Academic

Advising and Career Development: Why they go hand

in hand.” Angel was also accepted into the Diversity

Track of the 2013 Summer Faculty Development

Conference.

Dr. Lauren Miller presented “Doing More with Less” at

the 2013 Annual Florida Association of Branch Campus

Administrators conference. She is also the treasurer and

annual conference chair for FABCA.

Nick Pantloni and Jessica Houts attended FACRAO-

Florida Association of Collegiate Registrars and

Admissions Officers conference in July.

Patricia Terrill and Sheryl Schagen participated in the

Enrollment Services and Advising Services Staff

Retreat on May 29, and the Student Services and

Advising Services Staff Retreat on May 30 to discuss

Strategic Planning.

Andrew Todd was the winner of the 2013 Excellence in

Librarianship Award.

Barbara Thompson, Office of Diversity

Initiatives, presented the diversity

certificate series Race: The Power of

Illusion at the Cocoa campus in June.

Staff and faculty from Cocoa and Palm

Bay participated along with staff

members from Orlando. The following

staff received certificates: Paula Cepero, Jim Costa,

Elaine Cruz, Al Davis, Angel Edgecombe, Darlyne Egan,

Megan Haught, Todd Jennings, Angie Jones, Darlene

Kraft, Dan Miller, Dr. Lauren Miller, Lisa Leininger,

Wendy Perez, Dr. Jerome Randall, Sheryl Schagen, Sue

Sorensen, and Teresa Youngman.

Barbara Thompson also presented a session on “The

Purity Myth” for Cocoa and Palm Bay faculty and

staff.

Environmental Health and Safety conducted an

American Red Cross CPR certification class on the

Cocoa campus for faculty and staff. In attendance (and

receiving certification) were Elaine Cruz, Cara Dixon,

Megan Haught, Wendy Perez, Christine Suleski and

Teresa Youngman.

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Community Involvement

Dr. Deborah Rhyne, Criminal

Justice, volunteered over 100 hours

with the Brevard Public Schools

for the 2012-2013 school year

preparing and proctoring FCAT

testing, working in the classroom

with teachers, chaperoning field trips, and working in the

media center for which she earned a Volunteer

Certificate. She also volunteers with her granddaughter,

Kendyll, at the North Brevard SPCA as a “Bark

Buddy.” They walk dogs and assist with adoption events

at PetCo on Saturdays.

Sue Sorensen volunteered to clear trash out of

Constitutional Bicentennial Park, Nicole Park, and along

the Pineda and Melbourne causeways for Brevard

County Parks and Recreation.

Dr. Denise Young has taken part in many activities to

promote the Cocoa & Palm Bay campuses and their

mission such as:

continued her collaboration with BCC through the

following:

Attendance at BCC Student Services Council

Meetings

Meetings with the BCC Provosts

Attendance at BCC Executive Council

Meetings

Attendance at BCC Board of Trustee

Meetings

Local Direct Connect meeting with Dr. John

Dietrich, VP for Enrollment Management &

Student Success and Dr. Linda Miedema, VP

of Academic Affairs

Continued to be involved with the Brevard

Workforce Development Board through attendance

at:

quarterly Business Workforce Committee

Meeting

“Business Plan and Investor Pitch

Competition” which showcased the Brevard

Workforce Startup Quest entrepreneurial

program.

The Brevard Workforce information

gathering session between the Career Center

professionals and the Individual Training

Account (ITA) vendors

Attendance at the CivMil July meeting covering the

Canaveral Port Authority

Continued involvement with the Economic

Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast

through attendance at:

two quarterly Board of Directors meetings

quarterly Competitive Advantages Council

meeting

Continued her community involvement through her

attendance at the opening celebration of

MidairUSA’s Maintenance and Engineering Complex

and Warehouse at the Melbourne International

airport

Attendance at the 2013 SCSEA Exemplary Science

Teacher Awards at the EFSC Planetarium. Sheryl

Schagen also attended.

Attendance the UCF Space Coast Alumni chapter’s

Starry Knights celebration with Regional Vice

Provost Jeff Jones and his wife, Pam.

Sue’s Tech Tip

Have you ever been asked to set up an appointment and you want that person to know when you completed the

task without inviting that person to the meeting? If you were able to CC or BCC them, it would end up in their

calendar, probably not a desirable option. A work-a-round is to:

Create the meeting and send it to attendees.

Open the appointment

Go to Actions | Forward message.

In the To: line, send this to whoever needs to know that the meeting is happening, but do not plan on

attending.

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College of Arts & Humanities/College of Sciences

The College of Sciences would like to welcome two new faculty members to the Cocoa campus: Dr. Marisol Parra in

Psychology, and Dr. Hyung Sam Park in Sociology.

Dr. Parra previously taught at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Alabama and her dissertation was

titled, “False recognition driven by semantic and lexical similarity: A manifestation of the interaction of two languages in

bilingual memory.”

Dr. Park comes to UCF Cocoa from University of Texas at San Antonio, East Tennessee State University, and Texas

A&M. His dissertation was titled, “A Longitudinal Analysis of the Environmental Movement Sector's Litigation Network

in the United States 1970-2001."

College of Nursing The Student Nurses Association elected new junior officers. The first SNA event will be a back to school event on

Saturday, August 10, 2013. Health screening and health education will be provided for the north Brevard County

community through a joint effort with United Methodist church.

The senior cohort of Nursing students graduated at the end of the Summer term on August 3, 2013.

Cocoa & Palm Bay Social Media Team Facebook tips:

Keep information accurate and current.

Maintain a constant and a consistent presence on the site

at least 35% of Facebook users are over 35 years of age;

users spend 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook;

200 million active Facebook users access the site through their mobile devices; and

Facebook is the second most frequently visited site on the Internet (after Google)

Twitter boasts more than 175 million users, who send out more than 95 million messages per day. Twitter messages –

"tweets" – are limited to 140 characters. Tweets should be concise and to the point.

Direct Connect

Sonya Curtis and Felipe Mendez met with 42 students during

3 Eastern Florida State College (EFSC) orientations in

Palm Bay.

John King, Felipe Mendez, Cara Dixon, and Kim Poppert

met with 52 students during 4 EFSC classroom visits on the

Palm Bay campus.

At a UCF Direct Connect table at building 1 on the EFSC

Palm Bay campus, Felipe Mendez and Cara Dixon met with

86 students between May 28 and July 31.

Advising Center Advising Tips: Study Strategies

Use a regular study area.

Avoid distractions (phone, friends, TV, e-mail).

Take a 10-minute break each hour.

Break up your subjects (one or two hours on one

subject, then study something else).

Study little bits every day -- cramming is not

effective.

Avoid all-nighters -- you'll just be sleepy the next

day.

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Nick Pantloni and Sonya Curtis attended Brevard

Workforce training events in Rockledge and Palm Bay

to share information about Regional Campuses with

over 80 Brevard Workforce employees.

Enrollment Services held Knights Connect Application

Day on July, 26th to assist students with the UCF

application process, financial aid, and completing their

Fall 2013 applications.

Sarah Sacra and Nick Pantloni staffed an information

table set up in front of the EFSC bookstore the first

week of summer classes to provide information and to

answer student questions.

August 1st, was Sarah Sacra’s last day with Enrollment

Services. Sarah has worked with us since August of

2011, and is now moving on to pursue her Master’s

Degree at the Orlando campus where she will continue

to work for UCF as a graduate assistant in the

Department of Sociology. During her time with us, she

has assisted with office functions providing much

needed coverage during our transition with new staff

changes, attended job fairs, coordinated classroom

visits, created how-to-flyers, attended welcome back

events at EFSC and UCF, assisted with Direct Connect,

and as always, has assisted with the many individual

student requests that we get every day.

Thank you Sarah and Best of Luck!

Enrollment Services

UCF Joint Use Library

New! Alexander Street Press Streaming Video Collections

Alexander Street Press (ASP) is a respected academic publisher of award-winning, online collections and videos for

scholarly research, teaching, and learning. They are notable for their excellent production, quality editorial

standards, and commitment to comprehensive coverage of topics. The agreement allows fair use of the content for

educational purposes, including embedding links into Canvas webcourses. Access is available off campus with

EZproxy.

Just check the library catalog, Alexander Street Press database, or OneSearch to locate a video. They are viewable

on the web using a browser and standard plug-ins. They can be streamed to mobile devices.

This page, http://guides.ucf.edu/aspvideos, gives some visuals on embedding a video or clip. If you do this within a

webcourse, students are already logged in and can click on the link to view.

Collections include: American History, Ethnographic, Art and Architecture, Counseling and Therapy Volumes I and

II (more than 700 titles), Education (about 4000 titles), New World Cinema, Filmakers Library, LGBT Studies,

Nursing Education (about 300 titles), and World History.

Only some of the films are captioned in the traditional sense (as in, captioned at the bottom of the screen) and that

includes the films in New World Cinema. For the other films the transcript does scroll synchronously with the video,

but to the right side of, or, coming soon, below the film. Not all of the films have a transcript yet, but eventually

they all will.

If you need online or in-person library instruction, or have any questions about the streaming videos, we’re here to

assist you. Additionally, if you have any recommendations for items to purchase for the library (books, ebooks,

dvds, or streaming video titles), please send your ideas to us. You can contact the librarians by emailing

Barbara.Alderman@ucf.edu or Andrew.Todd@ucf.edu.

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Student Services and Student Government

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The Regional Campuses Student Services Office at the

UCF Cocoa and Palm Bay campuses has a busy fall

term planned with several events on the calendar:

Veteran Orientation:

August 19 – Cocoa –3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

August 21 –Palm Bay- 2:00 p.m. – 4:00pm

Diversity Events:

September 12 – Multicultural Conflict Resolution –

Cocoa, 9:00 a.m. to Noon

October 21 – Diversity Breakfast –8:00 – 10:00 a.m. –

Keynote Speaker: Ms. Jennifer Brown, CEO of

Jennifer Brown Consulting, LLC, New York City

November 7 – Film: “Frieda” – 9:00 a.m. to Noon –

Cocoa, 9:00 a.m. – Noon

November 18 – International Breakfast – 8:00 a.m. to

10:00 a.m.

Other Events to Watch For This Fall:

September 5 – Academic Success Workshop - Time

Management - 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

September 18 - Fall DiversiTea - Call Me Roma, Not

Gypsy: Dispelling Myths and Revealing the Truth -

Guest Speaker: Ms. Sabrina Deaton

September 20 - QPR Training – 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.-

Dr. Teresa Michaelson, Facilitator

October 3 – Academic Success Workshop - Reducing

Test Anxiety - 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

November 11-15 - Veteran’s Appreciation Week –

events TBA

November 14 – Academic Success Workshop - Study

Skills & Test Prep - 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

UCF Homecoming Week – November 2 to November 9

Football game vs. Houston on November 9

Spring 2014 Orientation dates:

UCF Cocoa – 9 a.m. to 12 Noon – Room 271

Tuesday – November 5

Tuesday – December 3

UCF Palm Bay – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Venue TBA

Wednesday – November 13

UCF Cocoa - 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Venue TBA

Friday – December 13 – for the spring 2014 cohort

Basic BSN class only

Student Outreach Services will be hosting several

events during the fall semester, including Welcome

Back during the last week in August, with the Outdoor

Extravaganza on September 1.

New Additions

Paula Cepero began her new position as a Program Assistant in Academic Advising in

July. Prior to this position, she worked for UCF under a FIPSE Grant as the Veteran

Services Program Specialist in Cocoa.

Darlyne Egan was hired in May to fill our new USPS Program Assistant position in the

Cocoa Student Services Office. Since March 2008, she had served as an OPS Program

Assistant in the same office. Darlyne previously worked at the University of Hawaii at

Manoa in the School of Medicine’s Center for Clinical Skills and in the Cooperative

Education Program.