{"id":19122,"date":"2016-11-10T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T18:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=19122"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:32:05","slug":"nsc-alumna-orange-new-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/nsc-alumna-orange-new-black\/","title":{"rendered":"NSC Alumna in Orange is the New Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Story by Angie Lewis, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/amanda-stephen-joins-orange-is-the-new-black\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pegasus Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19867\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/11\/Amanda-Stephe.jpg\" alt=\"amanda-stephe\" width=\"507\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/11\/Amanda-Stephe.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/11\/Amanda-Stephe-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/11\/Amanda-Stephe-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/11\/Amanda-Stephe-299x146.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">UCF Nicholson School of Communication<\/a> alumna<strong> Amanda Stephen \u201908<\/strong> is the newest inmate on Netflix\u2019s Orange Is the New Black.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sitting in the audience of a <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/theatre.cah.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre UCF<\/a> performance of <em>A Chorus Line<\/em>, <strong>Amanda Stephen \u201908\u00a0<\/strong>had an epiphany. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m supposed to be doing,\u201d she thought. The next day, she added a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/academics\/theatre-studies\/\">theatre studies major<\/a> to her <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/communication.cos.ucf.edu\/program\/human-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\">interpersonal\/organizational communication major<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery semester was packed,\u201d she explains. \u201cBut I wouldn\u2019t have had it any other way. I\u2019m glad I did it because it helped me push to do more than just what\u2019s required, and I think that helped me in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And push she did. Since graduating, Stephen landed the role of Alison Abdullah in season four of <em>Orange Is the New Black<\/em>, the Netflix original series that has won four Emmy Awards and been nominated for 17.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/amanda-stephen-joins-orange-is-the-new-black\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read more about Amanda and her Q&amp;A with Pegasus, the magazine of the University of Central Florida.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Angie Lewis, Pegasus Magazine UCF Nicholson School of Communication alumna Amanda Stephen \u201908 is the newest inmate on Netflix\u2019s Orange Is the New Black. Sitting in the audience of a Theatre UCF performance of A Chorus Line, Amanda Stephen \u201908\u00a0had an epiphany. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m supposed to be doing,\u201d she thought. 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