Episode 17: (Not So) Total Eclipse of the Arts 2024

Discussions on Writing and Rhetoric

For this episode, we are going to switch things up a little- to our very first episode sharing live recordings of students on a campus event at UCF. On Monday April 28th 2024 UCF hosted the Not So Total Eclipse event, organized by the Florida Space Institute, Department of Physics, and UCF Libraries in partnership with Office of Research. It was basically an eclipse watch party at the reflecting pond on our main campus. Attendees could get safe Eclipse viewing eyewear and participate in a community oriented opportunity to, if not celebrate, at least witness this celestial event. For our part, in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, we hosted a table for the College of Arts and Humanities Total Eclipse of the Arts. This included writing prompts related to the event created and executed by members of our Writing Center for participants to and share their thoughts and experiences with the eclipse and as well as live interviews capturing the thoughts and feelings in the moment.