Organizations

Alumni Chapter - Department of English

The UCF English Alumni Chapter provides UCF English alumni with resources to create community, to reconnect with fellow students and faculty, to join and/or create writing groups and reading clubs, to find information and assistance regarding employment and graduate school, and to continue exploring a love of reading and writing!

Autobiography of a Community: UCF's Literary Arts Partnership

Autobiography of a Community is a program that uses the literary arts to improve the learning attitude, ability, and self-sufficiency of vulnerable youth and adults in our community. At the same time, this project provides an opportunity for college students to apply their knowledge in the “real world” and builds a bridge between their academic world and the greater community, potentially leading them to careers and long-term commitment in community service

The Cypress Dome Society

The Cypress Dome Society (CDS) is a university approved student club dedicated to fostering the writing and literary community at UCF and in the Central Florida area. CDS creates this sense of community through publication of The Cypress Dome literary magazine; and presenting two reading series: Writers in the Sun, which brings nationally acclaimed authors to UCF, and the Student-Faculty Reading Series, which provides a place for students and faculty to share their work. Please visit our website for more information.

The Eudora Welty Society

The Eudora Welty Society’s primary purpose is to promote and assist Eudora Welty studies through the organization of conferences and special meetings, and to foster scholarship and academic community among Welty scholars. All interested readers of Pulitzer Prize-winning Eudora Welty are encouraged to join. Be sure to visit all our pages, where we offer news and information of interest to Welty scholars.

The Future Technical Communicators Club

This organization provides technical communicators at the University of Central Florida with helpful information about technical writing and upcoming technical writing workshops. FTC members are given the opportunity to attend both FTC and STC meetings as well as become involved in the new mentoring program. Saturday workshops are held by current technical writing students and FTC members who help attendees become more familiar with the industries essential computer applications and technical writing procedures. Finally, this Web site provides information about the Melissa Pellegrin Memorial Scholarship Fund as well as information about the local and national STC organization.

• The April 2004 edition of The Communicator (Adobe PDF Format), the Future Technical Communicator club newsletter.

Sigma Tau Delta

Sigma Tau Delta, the National English Honor Society, has established chapters on campuses of over three hundred colleges and universities throughout the United States and is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. The Zeta Xi Chapter was formed in 1980 at the University of Central Florida. The purpose of Sigma Tau Delta is to encourage the writing, appreciation, and criticism of literature and to convey distinction upon students, faculty members, and professional writers who have achieved recognition in the literature of the English language.

The Technical Writing Lab

The Technical Writing Lab is a computer lab generously funded by the UCF Department of English. This lab is alloted specifically for English Majors, English Graduate Students, or students currently taking a Technical Writing course. The Technical Writing Lab is not a public computer lab. (Please see Computer Services for student labs.)

The University Writing Center

The University Writing Center (UWC) provides free writing support to all undergraduates and graduates at the University of Central Florida. We routinely work with everyone including freshmen writing research papers, international students writing lab reports, and honors students writing theses. We also help with out-of-class writing such as scholarship and graduate school application essays.

Trained Writing Center consultants work one-on-one with students. To work with a UWC consultant, we recommend that you make an appointment, either by using our Online Scheduler, stopping by MOD 608, or calling 407-823-2197. Bring any notes or drafts, a copy of the assignment (if any), and any relevant textbook or handbook.

The UWC's website is full of further information on our services and also provides helpful handouts, links to online resources, bios on our consultants, and a Graduate Gateway, specifically designed to help graduate students.