summer 2013 cocoa & palm bay knight news
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The Summer 2013 edition of the Cocoa & Palm Bay Knight News, a newsletter from the Cocoa & Palm Bay campuses of the University of Central FloridaTRANSCRIPT
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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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U C F C O C O A & P A L M B A Y
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
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Student Services and Student Government
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U C F C O C O A & P A L M B A Y
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.