Episode 11: Noa Tann

Listen to Noa Tann\u27s experiences studying Arabic, Portuguese, and TEFL in the Modern Languages Department. Hear her talk about life after graduating in spring of 2019 and how language skills led to her current job

Episode 32: Daniella Sauri

Listen to Daniella talk about her experiences at UCF before graduating in spring 2019 with a major in hospitality management from the Rosen College of Hospitality Management. She also took part in a study abroad program in Cuba through the Modern Languages and Literatures Department. Hear Daniella talk about how she was able to celebrate her Peruvian heritage by being a founding member of the Peruvian Student Association at UCF. Hear her talk about how these undergraduate educational experiences and her heritage Spanish language skills have influenced her work trajectory in the hospitality industry. Daniella currently works as a consumer strategies and insights analyst for Hilton Grand Vacations

Episode 13: Irina Pidberejna

Listen to Irina talk about her experiences studying in the Russian language program within the Modern Languages and Literatures Department. Hear her discuss her career path since graduating in 2015

Episode 31: Christal Ramirez

Listen to Christal share how she decided to study at UCF. She explains how she found her way into working multiple internships during her last year of undergrad, and the value of those experiences. Christal graduated in 2020 with a major in Political Science & International Relations as well as an undergraduate TEFL certificate from the Modern Languages Department. Hear her talk about overcoming challenges related to graduating in the middle of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic time, and listen to her share stories about the many life lessons learned while working at the Orlando Center for Justice, a local nonprofit, for two years. Note that Christal departed for her placement in the Dominican Republic as a Peace Corps volunteer in February 2023. This interview was recorded several days before her departure

Episode 27: Amy Crawford Weschler

Listen to Amy talk about her journey minoring in Spanish at UCF and interning in Spain before her graduation in 2015. Hear her share stories about completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Spain after graduation and how she uses her language skills at her current job for Delta Airlines

Wood trait preferences of Neotropical xylophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Tree life history strategies are correlated with functional plant traits, such as wood density (WD), moisture content (MC), bark thickness (BT), and nitrogen content (N); these traits affect the nutrients available to xylophagous insects. Cerambycid beetles feed on substrates that vary in these traits, but little is known about how they affect community composition. The goal of this project is to document the abundance of two cerambycid subfamilies (Cerambycinae and Lamiinae) and the WD, MC, BT, and N content in the wood they eat. In a salvage project conducted adjacent to the Panama Canal, trees were felled and exposed to Cerambycidae for oviposition. Disks from branches of differing thickness from the same plant individuals were used to calculate WD, MC, and BT in the field; nitrogen content was determined using mass spectrometry. Thick and thin branches tended to differ in wood trait values; therefore, data were analyzed separately in subsequent analyses. In thin branches, cerambycid abundance and species richness were higher in samples with less dense, moister wood, and thicker bark. Thick branches showed similar trends, but the wood traits accounted for little variability in beetle abundance or species richness. There were no significant correlations between beetle data and nitrogen. Cerambycines emerged more slowly, and from denser, drier wood, than lamiines. Cerambycines might be more drought-tolerant than lamiines, and therefore more resistant to the longer, more severe dry seasons that are predicted to occur due to climate change

Episode 7: Looking Ahead to the Spring 2021 Season

Click here to listen to our fall 2020 mini-season acknowledgements and details about the Futures in Languages spring 2021 season starting in January

Episode 33: Wrapping up Season 4 and looking ahead to Season 5

Listen to this short episode wrapping up our Spring 2023 season of Futures in Languages and looking ahead to our Fall 2023 season. As mentioned in the episode, if you have a question about language learning or opportunities that can come from language learning, please send us a message at [email protected] with the subject title “Questions for Alumni.” Who knows, you might hear your question answered by a guest in a future podcast