College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly AGENDA
Friday, April 15, 2005 - 2 p.m.
Frances May Barnes Recital Hall
 

Ø      The Dean welcomes the assembly and gives a report

Ø      Spotlight on Music

Ø      Elections for CVPA at-large openings on CVPA committees for next academic year.
 - CVPA Curriculum Committee - 2 year term - Laura Gardner
 - CVPA Advisory Committee - 2 year term - Sandra Neels
 - CVPA Advisory Committee - 1 year term - Laura Dufresne
 - CVPA Petitions Committee - 2 year term -  Mary Beth Young
 - CVPA International Arts Committee -  1 year term - Seymour Simmons
 - CVPA International Arts Committee - 2 year term - Tom Stanley

 - For Departmental Representatives please see the list of 2005-06 CVPA Committees

Ø      Faculty Evaluation and Development - Jeannie Woods
 - Dean Svedlow put together a committee to review faculty evaluation and development. 
   As the whole university looks at the issue of faculty evaluation and rewards, this committee
   will work at the college and department levels to review such issues as those listed
   below.  The committee is charged with bringing recommendations to the dean in the coming
   year.
 - Great variety in the roles faculty play
 - Types of Faculty Development Activities
 - Types of Evaluation
     - Student Evaluations
     - Faculty Annual Report
     - Sabbatical, Course Waivers, travel funds
 - Evaluation Awards are not specifically linked
 - Evaluation of arts faculty is different than other faculty
 - CVPA plans to identify faculty roles and link evaluation to development activities

Ø      Department chairs and CVPA program heads give reports

o       Art & Design – Jerry Walden
   - Working on selected Admissions policy for Art & Design
      - prospective students would be admitted based on artistic skill in addition to grades,
       SAT scores, and extra-curricular activities
      - selective admission should be effective Fall 2007
   - Article in The Herald about Phil Moody
      - Radio show with Phil Moody April 19
   - Alf Ward, Tom Stanley, Seymour Simmons, and Shaun Cassidy show at Waterworks Gallery in Salisbury, NC
   - Shaun Cassidy - Joie Lassiter Gallery in Charlotte, NC
   - $32,000 was awarded this past week in Art and Design scholarships and purchase/merit awards from the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
   - Visual Communication Design (VCOM) extravaganza - Senior Portfolios

o       Music – Don Rogers
   - 20 performances will be held before the end of the academic year
   - Interim Faculty Member Jason Nicholson has received a full teaching fellowship to North Texas
   - Undergraduate Student Rachel Hall, senior, is a finalist for the International Collegiate Honor
      Band

o       Theatre & Dance – Alice Burmeister
    - 50th Anniversary - Spring One-Act Play Festival
    - Scholarship Awards
    - Senior Dance Showcase
    - American College Dance Festival - 3 adjudicated pieces
    - SMART classroom is being installed in Johnson Dance Studio
    - New dance floors

o       ABC Project – Christine Fisher
   - Preparing for 16 Summer Institutes
      - 300 arts teachers
      - 170 K-8 classroom teachers
         - integrating arts into the classroom while keeping the integrity of the arts and the subject
   - Senate Bill 400 education bill concerning physical education
       - please be aware of its affect on the arts
         - increased required physical education could limit the amount of time, resources, and
          teachers for the arts
         - some don't consider dance education or marching band to be "physical"

o       Winthrop Galleries – Tom Stanley
    - $11,600 in purchase and merit awards for the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
    - South by South Africa / Crafting Cultural Understanding exhibitions in Spring 2006
       - In conjunction with the South African Department of Arts and Culture

o       Office of Community Arts – Caroline Rust Ward  (handout)
    - Spring 2006 - Mozart's 250th Anniversary
      - Contact Caroline for Mozart Event Sheet if you are interested in submitting a related event
           - forms due by September 1st
    - Medal of Honor in the Arts - Friday, October 21, 2005 - 8 p.m.
    - Work is underway on Fall 2005 CVPA Events Calendar
    - CVPA hosted the Chamber of Commerce's Leadership York County on April 7th
        - 32 York County members from a wide-range of disciplines got a look at the arts at Winthrop
          and how we contribute to the community

Ø      Old Business

Ø      New Business

Ø      Professional Development presentation:  International Faculty Exchanges - Melford Wilson from the International Center
 - $20,000 in scholarships available for International Students
 - Once a month the International Center has a dinner fro the International Students
 - There are planned international trips every Spring
 - Last year 224 Winthrop students went abroad / there are more this year
 - Every CVPA major has an international destination
    - Theatre - London
    - Art - Finland
    - Music - Norway
 - Faculty Exchange - Shanghai
 - Planning a workshop - how to take groups abroad

Ø      Announcements

Ø      Adjournment

Ø      Refreshments