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The Magazine of the University of Central Florida The Magazine of the University of Central Florida THE ADVENTURE ISSUE | SUMMER 2019 ONWARD AND UPWARD Whether making groundbreaking discoveries, reaching new goals, exploring unchartered territory or smashing personal records, Knights are driven to do more and be more. Such is the case with our UCF rowing team, which earned its fifth-consecutive conference championship title and national top 20 team finish this spring. PHOTO BY BRAD HELTON BY PHOTO Inbox PEGASUS Contents VOLUME 25 • ISSUE 3 • SUMMER 2019 CHIEF OF STAFF AND VP FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING 6 In Focus 24 Too Many Tourists? LUNAR LANDING Grant J. Heston ’13MBA 12 Briefs 26 The Defiant One Fifty years ago this summer, U.S. astronauts left the AVP FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING 14 On Campus 30 The Lost Highway first footprints on the moon, less than a year after Patrick Burt ’08MA 16 The Bold New World 34 Life Without Limits the university — then called Florida Technological EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of Drone Racing 38 Adventures in Ice Cream University — placed its own footprint east of Laura J. Cole Orlando and started classes with the primary 17 The Feed 40 Class Notes CREATIVE DIRECTOR mission of providing talent for the space program. Ron Boucher ’92 18 5 Questions with 42 Weddings & Birth Thad Seymour Jr. ASSISTANT CREATIVE DIRECTOR 46 Why I Embrace Adventure Lauren (Haar) Waters ’06 20 Insider’s Travel Guide STAFF WRITERS 22 The Examined Life Bree (Adamson) Watson ’04 Nicole Dudenhoefer ’17 Jenna Marina Lee ART DIRECTOR Steve Webb DESIGNERS I HAD TO SMILE WHILE Mario Carrillo Janeza Dino THANK YOU FOR THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF READING “WHY I AM Pegasus, which had interesting articles about quite a a Festival Kid” in the COPY EDITOR few women of color. I am especially proud of the staff spring issue of Pegasus Peg Martin for featuring a black woman on the front cover. What because, like the author MULTIMEDIA a step in the right direction. Lexi, “nearly a decade Thomas Bell ’08 Jasmine Kettenacker SHIRLEY BRADLEY ’74MEd after my first time … I’m Nick Leyva ’15 still shaking endless Lauren Schoepfer ’17 amounts of dust out Austin Warren ’19 I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOUR COVER AND STORY of my camp gear.” We went to different places. Lexi’s PRODUCTION MANAGER about Marcie (Swilley) Washington ’83. The fact that first time in 2010 was Bonnaroo; mine was in 2010 at Sandy Pouliot she did not feel she was treated poorly as a black female Burning Man. The magic of the temporary metropolis WEB in the engineering college in 1979 is great testament known as Black Rock City is that everything you can Jim Barnes to the culture of UCF at that time and now. I am very imagine is there because someone else imagined it RJ Bruneel ’97 proud to be an alum. Pat yourselves on the back for and made it happen. And if they didn’t, you can make Jo Dickson ’11 Kim Spencer allowing women to succeed there — including a new it happen. And Lexi, if you’re reading this, you are so Cadie Stockman provost/VP. Go Knights! right. The community, not the music, is the reason Roger Wolf ’07 SALLY HARBOLD ’88 to return year after year. The sequins are just an CONTRIBUTORS added benefit. Caryn Ann Bendrick STEVE HEYL ’82 Tim Bower WHAT A WONDERFUL TOUCHING STORY OF Jonathan Chaves Marcie Washington. Thank you, Robert Stephens, for John S. Dykes Layla Ferris ’18 writing an article that kept my attention all the way to Alan Fyall the end. Elizabeth Gondar JILLIAN CAIN, UCF PARENT Maureen Harmon Gene Kruckemyer ’73 Ali Mac Eric Michael ’96 OUR SON IS A JUNIOR, AND WE HAVE BEEN Katie Schmidt ’12 receiving Pegasus for a few years now. “Unstoppable” Studio Say So was an amazing article about an amazing woman. PEGASUS ADVISORY BOARD Her love of her field, her determination, and her Chad Binette ’06MPA demonstration and witness to the Christian faith are Richard Brunson ’84 all beautiful. This is truly one of the most inspiring For this issue’s cover, we Cristina Calvet-Harrold ’01 ’03MBA articles I have read in the last three years. Please keep hired paper artist Caryn Ann John Gill ’86 Michael Griffin ’84 Bendrick. Using hand-cut articles about past students coming. It embodies the Mike Hinn ’92 importance of a UCF education, academic drive, and layers of paper, she created Gerald McGratty Jr. ’71 ’72MBA providing change and strength in a world that needs a topographic map around Michael O’Shaughnessy ’81 it. Bravo! this issue’s adventure Dan Ward ’92 MARGARET SMITH, UCF PARENT theme: Let’s Go! INBOX SUBMISSIONS Emails to the editor should be sent with the writer’s name, graduation year, address and daytime phone number to [email protected]. Letters may be edited for length and Pegasus is published by UCF Email: [email protected] ©2019 University of Central clarity, and may be published in any Marketing in partnership with Mail: UCF Marketing Florida. All rights reserved. medium. Due to volume, we regret the UCF Foundation Inc. and P.O. Box 160090 Reproduction in whole or in part that we cannot reply to every letter. UCF Alumni. Orlando, FL without permission is prohibited. Pegasus is a registered trademark MOVED RECENTLY? NEED Opinions expressed in Pegasus are not necessarily 32816-0090 of UCF Alumni. those shared by the University of Central Florida. Phone: 407.823.1058 TO UPDATE YOUR INFO? Update your contact information: ucfalumni.com/contactupdates 4 | SUMMER 2019 NEWSPAPER COURTESY OF UCF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES OF UCF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS COURTESY NEWSPAPER In Focus EASY RIDER For competitive BMX rider Robert Barranco ’17, thriving on new experiences is more than a way of life. It’s a business model. The business grad started riding BMX bikes when he was 15 and made his first impromptu trip to Texas for a BMX competition while a first-year student at UCF. With very little money and a supply of peanut butter sandwiches, he pulled off the trip. He’s since made it his mission to visit skate parks all over the world, applying thrifty travel methods to visit 29 countries and hundreds of skate parks. “You don’t always need a plan, and you don’t need a ton of money,” Barranco says. “I’ve always kind of been spontaneous, but traveling has definitely enhanced it even more. Just seeing something for yourself will give you more of an understanding than anything else ever will.” Taken with this idea of trying new things, Barranco and some friends started a clothing company in 2015 called FTE Collective, or “For The Experience.” The online store sells items — such as T-shirts, patches and mugs — that embody their tendency to try things for the sake of experiencing them. His travels and company are gaining followers and sponsors, including Timex, which recently sent Barranco and his colleagues to London to document his trip as part of an advertising campaign. Timex also sells FTE Collective’s products in its Japan store. “At this point in my life, all I want to do is ride my bike with friends and travel,” he says in the 30-second commercial that premiered earlier this year. “You realize you have one life, and you can do whatever you want.” “I feel like I get more out of traveling without a plan because I have to interact with locals who really know the area.” — Robert Barranco ’17 To watch a video and see more photos from Barranco’s travels, visit ucf.edu/pegasus. BARRANCO OF ROBERT COURTESY PHOTOS 6 | SUMMER 2019 UCF.EDU/PEGASUS | 7 In Focus EXPANDING POSSIBILITIES When Matt Ortiz set his sights on college in middle school, his parents wanted to help him go after his dream — even if they weren’t sure how to make that happen for their son, who is intellectually disabled. “I just felt like if we stayed [at home], his life would be small. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But not for him,” says his mother, Kimetta. “I felt like there was something more.” Fast-forward to May 3, when Ortiz was among the first class to graduate from UCF’s Inclusive Education Services program. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, adults with disabilities are three times more likely to be unemployed than those without disabilities. Launched in August 2015, UCF’s certificate program aims to address that discrepancy by preparing students with intellectual and developmental disabilities for employment and providing a college experience for students who may not otherwise have the opportunity. But IES’ students aren’t just attending classes and living in dorms. They intern, teach Zumba classes, are on-campus leaders and take international mission trips. “They are dedicated to finding a career that really aligns with their gifts, their skills and the abilities they’ve been given,” says Adam Meyer, IES director. “And they want to make a difference in this world.” Ortiz plans to make his impact as a full-time teaching assistant at a nearby charter school. “I’m looking forward to working at my dream job,” he said after graduation. “The kids make my day.” “I can’t put him back in the box that he was in before he left for UCF. He’s grown. He’s independent. There’s more to do.” — Kimetta Ortiz, Matt’s mother To watch a video and read more about this year’s graduates, visit ucf.edu/pegasus. 8 | SUMMER 2019 UCF.EDU/PEGASUS | 9 In Focus ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE “It just felt like the whole world fell away, and we were just there in that moment with the wind whipping at our faces … like little explorers or mountaineers,” says marketing and Spanish double major Jasmin Clark of the recent UCF Outdoor Adventure trip to Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina.
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