College of Visual & Performing Arts
Minutes of the Faculty Assembly
Friday, August 30, 2002 - 2:00 p.m.
119 Rutledge Building

II.    Introduction of new faculty –  Dr. Jeannie Woods, Associate Dean
       Linda Aaron, Interior Design
       Gerry Derksen, Graphic Design
       Kurt Heinlein, Theatre
       Ron Parks, Music
       Danelle Smith, Theatre
       Natalie Smith, Dance
       Stacey Garrett-McConnell, Dance

III.   Approval of Minutes (April 12th, 2002) - Approved

IV.   Department/Unit Reports

        Office of Student Services – Kimberly Wright, Coordinator
        Dean's Teas
        Graduation Receptions
        Dean's Student Advisory Board

        Office of Community Arts – Nadine Dresbach, Director
        CVPA Calendar
        Arts Express
        Medal of Honor in the Arts - October 25th

        Winthrop University Galleries - Nadine Dresbach (for Tom Stanley)
        Opening Reception, Thursday Sept. 5th for High & Low (curated by Dr. Laura Dufresne) and
        Ways with Wood
        Workshop - Friday, Sept. 6th, 10 a.m. - Bob Kopf, artist, Ways with Wood

        Department of Art & Design – Jerry Walden, Chair
        Enrollment is up
        Secured classroom on the 3rd floor of Tillman Hall
        23 Part-time faculty

        Department of Music – Don Rogers, Chair
        Enrollment is steady
        Lorraine Gorrell is about to have her second book published:  Discordant Melody: Alexander
        Zemlinsky - His Songs, and the Second Viennese School.  Published by Greenwood Press.
        Bob Edgerton's choral composition of "Somewhere," from West Side Story, has been published
        internationally by the Theodore Presser Company
        We now have a Rock Hill Chamber Orchestra after several years of it being disbanded
        The Music Department will offer more than 50 music performances this semester

        Department of Theatre and Dance – Annie Laurie Wheat, Chair
        Enrollment is up - especially dance
        Entering Benedictions into the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. 
        Benedictions will be at the state festival (SC Theatre Association Festival).  If the judges like it,
        we could be invited to the regional festival in Savannah, GA.
        The Amy Marshall Dance Company will be in residence here in October through a Winthrop
        University Research Grant.

V.     Mentor/Protégé Program – Dr. Jeannie Woods, Associate Dean
         Designed to assist junior faculty members in the tenure/promotion process.  Additionally, the
         CVPA Mentor/Protégé Program will offer guidance to CVPA faculty mentors.
         First meeting is Friday, September 13th in 308 Tillman Hall.

VI.    Elections for 2002-2003 Committees
         Elections were held for the following university and college committees:

         University Library Committee - to replace Laura Caldwell from CVPA - term ends July 2004
         Laura Dufresne, Art & Design

         University Faculty Concerns Committee - to replace Laura Caldwell from CVPA - term ends
         July 2004
         Peg DeLamater, Art & Design

         University Teacher Education Committee - to replace Diane McGhee from CVPA - term
         ends July 2004
         Seymour Simmons, Art & Design

         CVPA Curriculum Committee - to replace Diane McGhee from CVPA "at large"- term ends
         July 2003
         Chad Dresbach, Art & Design

         CVPA Petitions Committee - to replace Phil Moody from CVPA "at large"- academic year
         2002-03 only
         Mary Beth Thompson, Theatre & Dance
         (replacing Phil Moody who is on sabbatical in the fall semester. Professor Moody will complete
          the 2003-04 term on this committee. )

VII.   Revision of CVPA By-Laws
         The office of the Dean made a motion to make two changes in the CVPA By-Laws:
         1.  The chair of the CVPA Petitions Committee will be the CVPA Student Services Coordinator,
              instead of the CVPA Associate Dean
         2.  The Chair of the CVPA Graduate Faculty Committee will be the CVPA Director of the
              Graduate Program, instead of the CVPA Associate Dean
         The motion passed unanimously

VIII.   Old Business - None