UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media

🎓13 Practical and Profitable Degrees
🏆Over 100 Award-Winning Faculty
📚Communication | Film & Mass Media | Games & Interactive Media | UCF FIEA

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Adjunct Lecturer Jennie Jarvis’ TV pilot script “The Mannings” is now a finalist for the first ever Raindance Discovery List at the 34th Raindance Film Festival Script Competition. Later this month, she will be traveling to London to pitch her script to film industry executives.

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🎉👏 NSCM faculty, staff and students were recognized at the annual Year-End Celebration, honoring their outstanding contributions over the past academic year.

Congratulations to this year’s honorees!

#UCF #NSCM #ChargeOn #FacultyExcellence #StaffAppreciation #StudentSuccess

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Where art meets computation

NSCM Associate Professor Matthew Mosher is exploring the crossroads of creativity, code and materiality through an exhibition of artworks and sculptures.

Congratulations on a successful exhibition that was on display at Elon College.

#UCF #NSCM

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🎬🏆 Congratulations to alumnus filmmaker Ross Widener on winning Cinemaslam at the Miami Film Festival for his documentary Ghost of the Marsh!

Learn more: https://t.co/HGav6KTwWb

#UCF #NSCM #FilmUCF #StudentSuccess #DocumentaryFilm #ChargeOn

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NSCM digital media student Tanuj Vishwa Priyameena collaborated with the @lunar_vise team to bring the purpose of this historic NASA mission to the moon to life.

Learn more about Lunar-VISE: https://t.co/3HwRmx5TJT

#UCF #NSCM #LunarVISE #NASA #StudentSuccess #ChargeOn

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🎉NSCM is celebrating graduate student excellence!

We’re proud to recognize our 2025–2026 NSCM Graduate Student Award winners, honoring outstanding achievement in research, creative work, teaching, and service 📷

#UCF #NSCM #GraduateExcellence #StudentSuccess #ChargeOn

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Congratulations to Assistant Professor Betsy Kalin for the continued success of her latest documentary project, which is gaining recognition through national festival screenings, media attention and community engagement.

Learn more here: https://t.co/7rW9IA1qWw 

#UCF #NSCM

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Games and Interactive Media alumni have brought their senior project to life with the official launch of their game, VeilWood on Steam! 👏

Watch the trailer here: https://t.co/RqiwCPP3eI

Play now: https://t.co/bYgJZrxCbA

#UCF #NSCM #GameDev #IndieGame #ChargeOn

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🏆 Congratulations to NSCM student Claire Macchiarola on earning statewide recognition from the @FLAHistorical

Claire received the 2026 Hampton Dunn Digital Media Award for her radio segment, “Remembering Silent Christmases in Cuba.”

#UCF #NSCM #StudentSuccess #Journalism

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Celebrating excellence at NSCM!

Please join us in congratulating Betsy Kalin on receiving the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award this Founders’ Day.
We also proudly recognize our faculty celebrating 20 years of service at UCF.

#UCF #NSCM #FoundersDay #FacultyExcellence

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Congratulations to NSCM student filmmaker Modar Kajo for his documentary, In God’s Hands, which has been nominated for Best Florida Short at the @FloridaFilmFest!🎉

For those who want to attend, tickets are available for purchase.

#UCF #NSCM #FilmFestival #StudentFilmmaker

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Congratulations to the UCF Speech and Debate team, who brought home six state championships at the Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Association tournament, marking their 9th straight year finishing in the top two!

#UCF #ChargeOn #SpeechAndDebate #StudentSuccess #GoKnights

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🎉 Huge congratulations to our talented students who represented the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the UCF Student Scholar Symposium!
🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/HsbPCkNf3T
#UCF #ResearchWeek #StudentSuccess #NSCM #ChargeOn

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From UCF to the Olympics!
NSCM alumna, Madelyn Dickinson ’24, recently worked behind the scenes with @NBCUniversal as a Digital Operations Intern supporting coverage of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
#UCF #ChargeOn #DigitalBroadcasting #SportsMedia #Olympics #NBCSports

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From classroom concept to published product

GaIM students at UCF’s NSCM have officially published two original tabletop games, Crumbs and Curses and Murder Under the Binary Suns, turning collaboration, creativity and late-night design sessions into commercial success.
#UCF #NSCM

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NSCM Associate Professor Dr. Rufus Barfield is extending UCF’s impact beyond the classroom through leadership in maternal health and youth wellness initiatives across Central Florida.

#UCF #NSCM #CommunityEngagement #HealthCommunication #ChargeOn

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🎮Student creativity is taking center stage

GaIM Live, a new student-produced livestreamed podcast apart of the Games and Interactive Media program, is placing a spotlight on innovative projects and creative conversations from across the GaIM community. @gaim_live.

#UCF #NSCM

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🎬 We’re proud to highlight the work of Evan Conlan, a film and mass media student at the NSCM, whose latest project, Inside UCF's Robotic Library, is now featured as an episode of the Florida Road Trip series with @wucftv.

🔗 Watch the full video here: https://t.co/oMENaFfs8G

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👏 Congratulations to Joseph Wachowski, Film and Mass Media Lecturer at NSCM, for receiving the Knights Choice Award through the AIM High Initiative at UCF!

#UCF #NSCM #GoKnights #ChargeOn

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Celebrating our outstanding Knights! Three Nicholson School of Communication and Media alumni have been recognized in UCF Alumni’s 2026 Class of 30 Under 30, honoring graduates who are making meaningful impacts in their industries and communities.

#NSCM #UCFAlumni #30Under30