Academic & Student Affairs The University of North Carolina School of the Arts Thursday, September 22, 2016 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Fishbowl Room 301‐ Hanes Student Commons OPEN SESSION AGENDA
Committee on Academic and Student Affairs * Greer Cawood (Chair) David English, Interim Provost * Anna Folwell Karen Beres, Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs * Mark Land Ward W. Caldwell, Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs * Tareake Ramos Virginia Riccio, Staff * Michael Tiemann (ex officio) David L. Harrison, General Counsel Sandi MacDonald Renata Jackson, Faculty Council Leslie Kamtman, Faculty Council Laurel Banks, Staff Council
*Denotes voting members
1. Convene Meeting, Welcome and Confirm Quorum Greer Cawood
2. Approval of April 28, 2016 Open Session Minutes Greer Cawood
3. Student Affairs Report a. Enrollment 2016‐2017 Ward W. Caldwell b. Introduction of Student Government Representatives Ward W. Caldwell i. Student Body President Report Tareake Ramos ii. Sarah Bryant – High School Student Government President
4. Academic Affairs Report a. Introduction of New Faculty David English b. New Faculty Orientation/Faculty Enrichment Day Update Karen Beres c. Tuition and Fees David English d. School of Music – Private Lessons for Pay Karen Beres
5. Strategic Plan Update a. Enhancing the Living and Learning Environment i. Enrollment Management and Scholarship Awards Ward W. Caldwell b. Launching Transformative Programs and Curricula i. The First Year Experience/Gen Ed Revision Dean Wilcox ii. Production Calendar David English iii. Student Workload Betsy Towns iv. Institutional Effectiveness David English/Jill Lane c. Becoming a Creative Incubator Jim DeCristo
6. Other Business Greer Cawood
7. Adjourn Greer Cawood DRAFT Minutes of Committee to Board of Trustees Academic & Student Affairs Committee The University of North Carolina School of the Arts Thursday, April 28, 2016 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
OPEN SESSION MINUTES
Members Present: *Greer Cawood (Chair) Members Absent: *Mark Land *Michael Tiemann *Rob King (ex officio) *Allison Burkholder Sandi MacDonald * Anna Falwell Phil Nelson
*Denotes voting members
Guests: Tareake Ramos, 2016‐2017 Student Government Association President Vicki Weavil, Library Director
Staff Present: David P. Nelson, Provost David English, Vice Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs Ward W. Caldwell, Vice Provost and Dean of Student Affairs David L. Harrison, General Counsel Leslie Kamtman, Faculty Council Betsy Towns, Faculty Council Virginia Riccio, Staff
Convene Meeting, Welcome and Confirm Quorum Committee Chair, Greer Cawood convened the Open Session of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Academic and Student Affairs Committee at 2:00pm. A quorum was acknowledged.
Approval of Minutes Motion: Michael Tiemann made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 11, 2016 Academic and Student Affairs Committee. The motion was seconded by Anna Falwell and unanimously approved.
Student Affairs Report Ward Caldwell, Dean of Students, gave an update on his area and reported on enrollment for 2016‐ 2017. New furniture is being purchased for the residence halls ArtistCorps members have worked over 700 hours this year. The Financial Aid Office has sent notifications to incoming students. Enrollment: (Handout) UNCSA had 2018 applicants for 2016‐2017. This was a 13.2% increase over last year and the same increase as the year before. There was a total of 633 acceptances. Deposits are 19% higher than last year at this time. Our acceptance rate is 29.88%.
Student Government Report Allison Burkholder introduced next year’s SGA President, Tareake Ramos, a student in the Contemporary Dance Program. She reviewed SGA’s accomplishments for 2015‐2016. Worked with Campus Police to improve campus safety Played an important role when BOG was on campus Developed a social media presence on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Represented students for issues with the new housing database Sat on many committee – QEP, Pickle Jar remodel, etc. Created a memorial service for a student we lost this year
Academic Affairs Report Library Usage and Acquisitions Vicki Weavil, the Library Director has been keeping monthly statistics on library usage for the year. (See handouts.) The Library added an hour to the schedule this year based on student requests. The statistics show that people are using their own devices instead of computers in the library. Copiers are linked to the One Card System – you can send a job from your device and it is sent to the copiers on multiple floors. The usage of the 12 study rooms is very high. The building is being used consistently for meetings and classes.
SACS Reaccreditation update The SACS onsite visit went very well. The committee had only two recommendations. One is to evaluate part‐time faculty using the current form for the evaluation of full‐time faculty. The second is to enhance our institutional effectiveness program. Institutional effectiveness is about setting program goals, how we evaluate ourselves against these goals and use this data to improve. We do a great deal of review at UNCSA but are missing the translational piece that aligns with other universities. We are currently partnering with a contractor, Kara Penfield, who has been meeting with the deans. Jill Lane will have a half time appointment serving as our Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator. The SACS Committee had no suggestions regarding the QEP. They were very complimentary. UNCSA has to submit a report in August to report on the two recommendations. We will demonstrate significant progress. Our accreditation will be reaffirmed in September. Search Updates David Nelson reported that we will soon announce the hire of Martin Ferrell as the new Dean of High School Academic Programs who will start in January 2017. Elaine Pruitt has agreed to stay on as the interim until he comes. The Music Dean search is at the finalist stage. The Music search committee is expected to make their recommendation to the Chancellor on Tuesday. Provost Transition David Nelson David English will be the interim Provost. Karen Beres will be the interim Assistant Provost. The Provost Search Committee is about to post the position with the hopes of a hire in January.
Motion to Move to Closed Session Motion: Michael Tiemann moved that the Academic and Student Affairs Committee go into closed session to prevent the premature disclosure of an honorary degree, scholarship, prize or similar award under N.C.G.S. 143‐318.11 (a)(2) and to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, or condition of appointment of a public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee under N.C.G.S. 143‐318.11 (a)(6). Allison Burkholder seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Report from Closed Session Chair Cawood reported that the committee approved the closed session minutes from the February 2016 meeting.
Adjournment With no further business to discuss, Chairman Cawood adjourned the meeting at 2:57pm.
Submitted by: Virginia Riccio Recording Secretary New UNCSA Faculty 2016-2017
Scott Beckwith: Scenic Technology, School of Design and Production He is a two-time graduate of UNCSA, with a B.F.A. in Technical Direction and an M.F.A. in Stage Automation. Beckwith has worked in a variety of entertainment venues, including themed entertainment, corporate installations, theatres, churches, arenas and cruise ships. Theatre credits include the Las Vegas production of Jersey Boys, Tarzan: The Broadway Musical, the first national tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie and Spiderman Live. He has been a navigator instructor and automation systems integrator for Tait Towers in Lititz, Pa., a world market leader in staging, scenic design, kinetic architecture, LED integration, show control and automated rigging.
Kira Blazek: Contemporary Dance, School of Dance A performer, choreographer and educator, she has performed with Shen Wei Dance Arts, Pilobolus, Douglas Dunn & Dancers, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Co., Hubbard Street 2 and Hedwig Dances. Her choreography has premiered in California, New York, Florida and Oklahoma. With an M.F.A. in Choreography from California Institute for the Arts and a B.F.A. in Modern Dance from the University of Oklahoma, she has taught at California State University at Long Beach, California Institute for the Arts, the University of Oklahoma, East Central University in Oklahoma, Princeton University, San Jacinto College in Texas and Playwright Horizons Theater School of New York University. Blazek was certified in teaching Countertechnique under the direction of founder and master teacher Anouk van Dijk in Amsterdam.
Lila Brown: Viola, School of Music She has taught at The Boston Conservatory since 2009, and has also taught in Germany, England and Vienna. Brown has given master classes, courses and seminars at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Texas at San Antonio, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Iowa, Interlochen Arts Academy, The Eastman School of Music and UNCSA. She was principal violist with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Camarata Academica Salzburg (Germany). She was a member of the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, Germany, for six years and is a founder and director of the Music from Salem Chamber Music Festival in Salem, N.Y. Radio broadcasts include BBC Radio in London, WQXR in New York and NPR’s “Performance Today.”
Caroline Crupi: Aural Skills, School of Music She has a Doctor of Musical Arts, a Master of Music, and a post-master’s certificate in music theory pedagogy from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Arts in music from Florida State University. She has been a private voice instructor in Greensboro for six years and was a voice instructor at UNC-G’s Summer Music Camps for two years. Crupi comes to UNCSA from an adjunct faculty position at Averett University in Danville, Va. She has directed and produced UNC-G’s Opera Scenes and Summer Opera Scenes, and Le nozze di Figaro for the North Carolina Young Artists Project at Meredith College. Opera performances include UNC-G Opera Theatre, Greensboro Light Opera and Song, Theater A la Carte, Palm Beach Opera and Florida State Opera. Crupi is co-founder of the Carolina Vocal Arts Society in Greensboro, and is a founding board member of Vivace-Greensboro Symphony Young Professionals.
Jessica Davis: Science, High School Academic Program She is a 2016 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and communication studies. She was a research assistant in UNC’s Joint Applied Mathematics and Marine Science Fluids Lab, and completed an independent study in network science for UNC Applied Mathematics. Davis was a group leader for Girls Talk Math, investigating mathematical concepts with high school girls during a two-week day camp.
Eric Eason: Directing, School of Filmmaking His critically acclaimed first feature film, “Manito,” which he wrote and directed, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize. It also won awards at South by Southwest and Tribeca. He also wrote and directed the feature films “Journey to the End of the Night,” and “‘Murica,” currently in post production. As a writer, his credits include “Kings Higway” with Leonardo DiCaprio as executive producer, “Ready Player One,” directed by Steven Spielberg and due out in 2018, and “A Better Life,” which was named one of the Top 10 films of 2011 by the African American Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review. Eason has been a guest lecturer in film programs at State University of New York- Purchase, Columbia University, University of Buenos Aires and Miami International University. He has studied at Ohio University, and at Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York.
Toni Graves: Art History, High School Academic Program She has three decades of teaching experience, including the Career Center High School for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Glenn High School, Winston-Salem State University, High Point University, Forsyth Technical Community College and the Sawtooth Center for Visual Art. She has a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and an M.F.A. in Painting and Sculpture from UNC-G.
Ashley Hall: Trumpet, School of Music She performs as principal trumpet with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, solo cornet with the North Carolina Brass Band, and chamber musician with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass. She’s been a featured soloist with North Carolina Brass Band, Sheldon Theatre Brass Band, Poijat Finnish Brass Band, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Miami Valley Symphony, EUROBRASS, Lima Symphony and the Northwest Florida Chamber Orchestra. Hall was an adjunct professor at St. Olaf College (Minn.) and the University of Dayton, a trumpet instructor at the Lutheran Summer Music Festival and a guest clinician at UNCSA, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, St. Olaf College and Miami University of Ohio. She has a Bachelor of Music from the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music and an artist diploma from Longy School of Music at Bard College in Cambridge, Mass.
Calvin Jones: German, Division of Liberal Arts Since 2008, he has held the title of professor emeritus from the University of South Alabama, where he taught German for 29 years. He also taught at Purdue University in Indianapolis and was a teaching assistant at UNC-Chapel Hill. Jones has a Ph.D. in German Literature from UNC- Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for study at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. Jones’ writing has been published in many journals, including the Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, the Encyclopedia of German Literature, and the South Atlantic Review. Since retiring from the University of South Alabama, he has resided in Winston-Salem, where his volunteer work includes the UNCSA Associates, voter registration drives and rides to the polls, RiverRun International Film Festival, and English as a Second Language tutoring for the YMCA Literacy Program.
Kevin Jones: Creative Producing, School of Filmmaking Jones, a founding member in the Film M.F.A. program, is a veteran studio executive, independent producer, manager and educator, comes to UNCSA from the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles, where he was named head of creative mentors in 2012. He’s worked at The Ladd Company, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures. His credits with studios include “Forrest Gump,” “Coming to America,” “Hunt for Red October,” Spike Lee's “Get on the Bus,” “Groundhog Day,” “Money Train,” “Multiplicity” and “The Net.” As an independent film producer, his credits include “Duets,” “Love and Sex” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” He has a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.F.A. from the University of California at Riverside. He’s been a visiting faculty member at UNCSA and also has taught at the University of California at Riverside.
Krisha Marcano: Dance, School of Drama She is an educator, performer and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of professional experience. Marcano has led workshops across the United States for The Broadway Dance Collective and taught with Stage Door Connections in Boston, Dallas and Omaha, Neb. She has taught summer intensives for The Joffrey Balley School, Dance Theater of Harlem and the Fordham/Ailey Program. As a performer, she danced in the ensembles of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Martha Graham Dance Company and the Michael Mao Dance Company. She performed on Broadway in Motown the Musical, and in the show’s first national tour. Additional Broadway appearances include The Color Purple, Sweet Charity, Aida and Fosse! Since 2011, she has been CEO and business consultant with KM Studios, teaching entrepreneurship and professional survival skills to artists. Marcano has an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship from Kenney College and a B.F.A. in Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase.
Matthew Melchiorre: Stage Management, School of Design & Production A visiting faculty member at UNCSA during the spring of 2015 and fall of 2014, Melchiorre is a theatre professional with 15 years of experience as a stage manager, assistant stage manager and production assistant for Broadway and off-Broadway productions, national tours, regional theatres, workshops and readings. He is stage manager for the national tour of Steve Martin and Martin Short …An Evening You’ll Forget for the Rest of Your Life. This summer he was assistant stage manager for the New York City Center Encores! Series productions of Cabin in the Sky and Do I Hear a Waltz. Melchiorre has worked extensively with Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre Company and the Sundance Institute Theatre Program. While at UNCSA in 2015, he was stage manager for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a joint production of the School of Drama and the North Carolina Symphony. Melchiorre has a B.A. in Theatre from Fordham College at Lincoln Center in New York.
Darren Miller: Producing, School of Filmmaking Miller joined the School of Filmmaking in January 2016 as a visiting faculty member. He co- founded Montage Media Group in 2008, where he heads the talent management, consulting, film and television divisions. For more than a decade he served as senior executive and producer for Paramount/Viacom, with credits including “The Eye;” “Mission Impossible” I, II and III; “Ask the Dust;” “Suspect Zero;” “Shattered Glass;” “Elizabethtown;” “The Last Samurai;” “Narc;” “Vanilla Sky;” “The Others;” and “Without Limits.” He has a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in Business Administration from the University of San Diego.
John Roberts: Editing and Sound Design, School of Filmmaking His editing credits include the series “From Dusk to Dawn” for Netflix, “Sleepy Hollow” and “Glee” for FOX, ABC’s “The Black Box” and “Mind Games” and television movies “Crazy, Sexy, Cool” for VH1 and “Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle” for the History Channel. He studied in UNCSA’s Film School and received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Michael Sharpe: Costume Design, School of Design & Production An alumnus with a B.F.A. in Costume Design and a high school diploma from the Visual Arts Program, Sharpe also studied fashion design at Parsons School of Design in New York. He assisted designer Susan Hilferty on the Broadway, London, Chicago and Toronto productions of Wicked, directed and produced by alumnus Joe Mantello. He also assisted on the Broadway productions of Into the Woods and Jekyll & Hyde. As a designer, Sharpe’s theatrical experience includes Creating Claire, Roger is Dead, A Walk in the Woods, Ctrl+Alt+Delete and Master Class for George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, N.J.; White People for Starry Night LLC in New York; Sabina for Primary Stages in New York, and Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me for Westport Country Playhouse in Conn. Design experience for film includes “Beautiful Child,” “The Dig,” and “The Frenchman.” Design credits for television include “Marvel’s Tiara” and “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” for ABC, “Madame Secretary” for CBS, “Smash” for NBC and “John Adams” for HBO Films.
Kent Stephens: Acting and Directing, School of Drama Previously, he conceived, designed and led the undergraduate theatre program at the University of Minnesota, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the College of Liberal Arts. He held guest artist teaching residencies at Cornell University, Emerson College and Carleton College. Stephens is the founding artistic director of Stage Force, a professional nonprofit theatre in Kittery, Maine. He was an artistic associate of Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis and interim artistic director of Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. He has been stage director of more than 175 productions for organizations including Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre Co. of Minneapolis, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Illusion Theatre, Cricket Theatre, Brass Tacks Theater and Mixed Blood Theatre, all in Minneapolis. Gary Tieche, Screenwriting, School of Filmmaking Tieche, a founding faculty member in the Film M.F.A. program, has been a professional screenwriter for more than 20 years, working in both film and television. His most recent project is adapting the hit Japanese television show “The Beautiful Neighbor,” for USA Network with Dan Sackheim (“Game of Thrones” and “The Americans”) attached to direct. He wrote the four- hour miniseries “Seven Deadly Sins” and also wrote for “Medium.” He created and was executive producer for ABC’s “MDs,” which starred William Fichtner, Jane Lynch and Thomas Lennon. Tieche has sold several features and pilots including “Speaking of Sex” starring Bill Murray, Catherine O’Hara and James Spader and “Supreme Courtships” starring Leslie Odom and Kurtwood Smith. He is a graduate of the screenwriting program of the University of California at Los Angeles, where he taught in the M.F.A. directing program from 1998 to 2001.
Aaron Willey: Science, High School Academic Program She has a Master of Science in Education, a Master of Science in Polymer and Fiber Science, and Bachelor of Science in Animal and Veterinary Science, all from Wake Forest University. Willey graduated with honors from NASA’s Endeavor STEM Teaching program at Columbia University Teacher’s College. She taught honors chemistry, chemistry, physical science and advanced placement environment science at Reagan High School in Pfafftown, and was the recipient of the 2012-13 Promise Award for the top new high school teacher in the district. She taught engineering for Project Lead the Way at the Career and Technology Center in Wiliamston, S.C., was a process engineer for Michelin Tire Corporation in Greenville, S.C., and research assistant for the Bioengineering and Material Science Departments at Clemson University in S.C.
Robert Young: Saxophone, School of Music He previously taught in the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, where he was assistant professor of saxophone. He has also taught at Wichita State University in Kansas, as well as Albion College, the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts, all in Michigan. He has performed and recorded with PRISM Saxophone Quartet. Additional performance experience includes the Ke-nekt’ Chamber Music Series at the State University of New York at Oswego and guest artist at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the New England Saxophone Symposium and Assembly Saxophone Quartet, on the faculty of the Dakota Chamber Musical Festival, and as soloist with Crane Wind Ensemble at the Crane School of Music. Young has a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan and Bachelor of Music, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina. He is a member of the North American Saxophone Alliance and the College Music Society, and is a Selmer Performing Artist and D’Addario Performing Artist.