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James Haywood Rolling Jr. Appointed VPA’s Inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
James Haywood Rolling Jr., dual professor of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the School of Education and the chair of art education, has been appointed VPA’s inaugural director of…
College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes Seven New Faculty
Seven new full-time faculty members joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) this fall. Their disciplines span communication and rhetorical studies, computer art and animation, film, industrial and interaction design and music composition. Natalie Draper Setnor School of…
Five Faculty Leaders Begin Yearlong Professional Development Program
With a focus on leadership development among faculty at member institutions, the Academic Consortium of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) formed the Academic Leaders Network (ALN). The goal: to facilitate cross-institutional collaboration among academic leaders while building leadership capacity at…
鶹ƵRanked Among OnStage Blog’s Top 25 Programs for Acting, Musical Theater, Theater Design and Technology
OnStage Blog has ranked 鶹ƵUniversity on its top 25 lists for bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree programs in acting, musical theater and theater design and technology. The ranked programs are housed in the College of Visual and Performing…
Fashion Design Alumnae, Faculty Work Accepted into International Textile and Apparel Conference
Several alumnae and faculty of the fashion design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design had their work accepted into the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Conference, to be held Nov. 6-9 in Cleveland….
鶹ƵUniversity Among Hollywood Reporter’s Top 25 American Film Schools
For the sixth consecutive year, 鶹ƵUniversity was ranked by The Hollywood Reporter (THR) on its list of the “Top 25 American Film Schools.” The 2018 list, which THR compiled after consulting with educators, industry professionals and alumni, ranks Syracuse…
Student Artists to Show Off Their Work Aug. 17 at Nancy Cantor Warehouse
Over the course of six weeks, 19 high school students from the 鶹Ƶarea have worked under the guidance of 鶹ƵUniversity graduate students to expand and explore their artistic practices. Through intense and focused study in drawing, painting, digital…
鶹ƵUniversity Startup PowerSpike Raises $500,000, Joins Techstars Atlanta to Build Live Streaming Influencer Marketing Tools
PowerSpike, the leading influencer marketing and analytics platform for live streaming, announced this week a combined investment of $500,000 by The Sixers Innovation Lab Crafted by Kimball, Techstars Atlanta—in partnership with Cox Enterprises, Dorm Room Fund and other outside investors….
Stephen Mahan, Teacher, Mentor and Director of University-based Photography and Literacy Project, Dies
鶹ƵUniversity learned the sad news this week that Stephen C. Mahan III, founding director of the University-based Photography and Literacy Project and a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), died in a July 26 vehicular…
Band on the Run: 鶹ƵUniversity Brass Ensemble Soaks in Spirit of Bluegrass State
When James T. Spencer, director of the 鶹ƵUniversity Brass Ensemble (SUBE), turned to accept the applause at the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival (GABBF) in Danville, Kentucky, he joked to himself, “Now what do we do for an…