Jacob Rosenfarb Archives | 麻豆原创 News Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:30:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/blogs.dir/20/files/2019/05/cropped-logo-150x150.png Jacob Rosenfarb Archives | 麻豆原创 News 32 32 Professor’s Composition to Be Performed at U.S. Capitol Concert /news/professors-composition-performed-u-s-capitol-concert/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:31:53 +0000 /news/?p=77948 One of 麻豆原创 Professor Stella Sung鈥檚 longtime dreams has been to have one of her musical compositions performed on a national stage 鈥 and this summer she will achieve that goal when the National Symphony Orchestra plays one of her songs at a Labor Day concert to be broadcast from the U.S. Capitol lawn.

John Morris Russell, guest conductor for the NSO and conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, selected The Peace Corps from Sung鈥檚 Rockwell Reflections collection to play at the annual event. He also will conduct the piece at a Fourth of July celebration in Cincinnati.

鈥淚t just feels so amazing to finally have that dream come true,鈥 said Sung, who also is director of the Center for Research and Education in Arts, Technology and Entertainment (CREATE) at the university鈥檚 downtown Center for Emerging Media.

Sung wrote the Rockwell Reflections collection for the Orlando Philharmonic in 2007. At that time, a collection of paintings by artist Norman Rockwell was touring the country and Sung became so inspired she created orchestral pieces for five of his works.

The Peace Corps was the final composition in the set and inspired by a painting of President John F. Kennedy with a group of the organization鈥檚 volunteers.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a very inspiring illustration, it just personifies that really wonderful American spirit and hope and service because that鈥檚 what the Peace Corps was all about,鈥 Sung said. 鈥淭his piece is reflective of those Peace Corps feelings.鈥

Russell said Sung鈥檚 composition was inspiring.

鈥淚t has the grand, open sonorities reminiscent of Copland, an epic scope worthy of John Williams, capped by a beloved melody by Irving Berlin,鈥 Russell said. 鈥淚t is as American as apple pie: inspirational and stirring.

Sung鈥檚 music has been played all around the world by a multitude of different orchestras such as the German Ministry of Culture, the Dayton (Ohio) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and others.

鈥淚 really am forever indebted to all the other orchestras, the youth orchestras, the university orchestras, regional orchestras, that have played my music,鈥 Sung said. 鈥淚 owe a debt of gratitude to all my colleagues and musicians because you can鈥檛 start with major orchestras. You build and have those years of support and it has finally come to fruition.

鈥淭his is one of my favorite pieces. Even if it doesn鈥檛 get played by another orchestra, I鈥檒l be really happy with how everything turned out.鈥

 

 

]]> 3 麻豆原创 Teams Honored for Saving Taxpayers鈥 Money /news/3-ucf-teams-honored-saving-taxpayers-money/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:32:31 +0000 /news/?p=77909 Three 麻豆原创 employee teams were honored recently for their creativity and ability to save taxpayers鈥 money.

The employees received the Prudential Productivity Awards at a luncheon Thursday organized by Florida TaxWatch, a nonpartisan and nonprofit government watchdog.

The teams were the creators of the Universal Design Online聽Content Inspection Tool, a program that suggests changes to online classes to make them accessible for students with disabilities; two designers who developed a course for faculty on how to create, manage and teach online classes; and two employees who made Quiz Extensions, a computer program that helps professors efficiently provide qualified disabled students extended time on their quizzes and tests

The awards went to:

  • For UDOIT, Jacob Bates, Karen Tinsley-Kim, John Raible, Nancy Swenson, Eric Colon, Fenel Joseph and Emily Sachs, whose program helps students who are deaf, blind, have limited mobility, or have other disabilities.

    • 麻豆原创鈥檚 Center for Distributed Learning, which assists faculty teaching online classes, and its UDOIT group worked with professors who suggested changes to improve online classes for students with disabilities. UDOIT鈥檚 program has saved faculty hours of work.

    Previously 鈥淚 would spend two, three, maybe more hours evaluating one course,鈥 Tinsley-Kim said. 鈥淣ow, I can go start to finish within an hour.鈥

  • Kathleen Bastedo and Sue Bauer, two instructional designers, created the new IDL6543 course that updates the university鈥檚 original course to instruct faculty how to create, manage and teach online classes. The original course was from when 麻豆原创 started offering online courses about 20 years ago.

    • 鈥淚t was not keeping in contact with graduates of the course and providing them with current information,鈥 Bastedo said.

  • Quiz Extensions, created by Matthew Emond, an assistant web application developer, and John Raible, an associate instructional designer, in the Center for Distributed Learning. Their computer program helps professors more efficiently provide qualified students extended time on their quizzes and tests.

    • About 3 percent of 麻豆原创鈥檚 64,000 students qualify for extra time under the American with Disabilities Act.

    鈥淪aving the faculty time on administrative tasks allows them to engage more with students and work on the teaching and learning process rather than worrying about logistics,鈥 Raible said.

     

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