Commencement program, 2004

The University of the Arts is the nation's first and only
university dedicated to the visual, performing and
communication arts. Its 2,100 students are enrolled in
undergraduate and graduate programs on its campus
in the heart of Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts.
Its history as a leader in educating creative individuals
spans more than 126 years.

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126th Commencement

May 20, 2004

College of Art & Design

College of Media & Communication

College of Performing Arts

Awards Ceremony

Merriam Theater
250 South Broad Street

Graduate Hooding Ceremony

Chambers-Wylie Church
315 South Broad Street

Commencement Ceremony

Kimmel Center for

the Performing Arts

Broad and Spruce Streets

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The University
of the Arts®

Board of Trustees

Ronald J. Naples, Chairman

Miguel Angel Corzo, President

George A. Beach

Sigrid Berwind

Irvin J. Borowsky

Ira Brind

Ronald L. Caplan

Paul Curci

Karen Daroff

Eleanor L. Davis

Deanna DeChemey

Jill R. Felix

Melissa Heller

Glenn K. Hoick

Stephen R. Holstad

Richard P. Jaffe, Esq.

William G. Krebs

Al Paul Lefton, Jr.

Elaine Levitt

Jeff Lotman

Karen Lotman

Seymour G. Mandell

Dr. Noel Mayo

Francis J. Mirabello, Esq.

Adolf A. Paier

Lawrence S. Reichlin

Jerry J. Siano

Judith F. Terra

Kenneth I.Trujillo, Esq.

James P. Vesey

Harriet G. Weiss

William Wilson

Albert E. Wolf

Life Trustees

Dorrance H. Hamilton, Chairman Emerita
Sam S. McKeel

Emeritus Trustees

Mary Louise Beitzel
Anne F. Elder
Thomas V. Lefevre
Sondra Myers

Faculty Representative

Professor Richard Farnum

Awards Ceremony

May 20, 2004

Merriam Theater

250 South Broad Street

• Welcome

Miguel Angel Corzo
President

Presentation of Awards

Virginia Red
Provost

Stephen Tarantal

Dean, College of Art and Design

Neil Kleinman

Dean, College of Media and Communication

Richard Lawn

Dean, College of Performing Arts

Benefactors

Department Chairpersons
School Directors

Closing Remarks

Miguel Angel Corzo

Award Recipients

Academic The Friends of Carol Moore Award

Achievement Ashley Gehman

Program Scholastic Achievement Awards

Garrett Hartle
Christina Lamancusa
Stephanie Murphy

Art Education The Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize

for Graduate Study in Art Education

Donna Liese
Jacqueline White

Diane Taylor Foxman Award
in Art Education

Steven O'Boyle
Ojeni Lambson
Lindsey Rosenfeld

The Peter J. McCahill Memorial Award

Jillian Seibert

The Sylvia G. Wexler Memorial Award
in Art Education

Michele Hart

The Art Education Service Award

Sarah Deering
Jennifer Szeto

The Art Education Department Achievement Award

Elizabeth Tecza

Book Arts/ The Lenore Adelman Award for Book Arts

Printmaking Cait|in Perkins

The Eugene Feldman Commemoration Award

Britt Stadig

The Elizabeth C. Roberts Prize for Graduate Study
in MFA Book Arts/ Printmaking

Valerie Carrigan
Katie Baldwin

MFA Book Arts/ Printmaking Faculty Award

Lindsey Mears

Color and Mark Award

Angela Driscoll

Communication The William Stroh Award

Chad Jenkins

The George Beach Foundation Award

Sekayi Weaver-Nixon
Sharif Pendleton

Crafts

Rosalie Borowsky Belkin Award for Fibers

Kelly Raspa

The William Daley Studio Achievement in Crafts Award

Nick Lenker

The Addie Grossman Annual Memorial Award
in Jewelry Design and Creation

Claudia Crisan

The Oscar E. Mertz, Sr. Memorial Award
in Wood for the Outstanding Finished Piece

Rachel Hildebrand

The Standard Ceramic Supply Company Award

Ned Motley

The ChemTech Specialties, Inc. Award

Myra Landes

Metals Faculty Award

Sarah McKenna

Wood Faculty Award

Sarah Sheber

Fibers Faculty Award

Katie O'Neill
Tara Neil
Abby Schmidt

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Jack Bowling Memorial Award
in Metalsmithing

Charissa Francioni

The Marcus A. Renzetti Memorial Award

Elaine Quave

The Harmony Lodge #52 Award

Kelly Raspa

The William E. Ridgeway Memorial Award
in Jewelry/Metal Design

Amanda Edmondson

The Hammill & Gillespie Inc. Award in Ceramics

Ned Motley

The Zeldin Family Foundation Award

Amber Johnston

Dance The Blumenthal Prize for Service

to the School of Dance

Heather Bare
Kelly Hunter

The Choreography Prize

Elly Laff
Kristi Reim

Faculty Recognition Awards

Michelle Chung Terry Slade

Jessica Jennings Kristen Wellinghoff

Rachel Mclssac

The Aleksej Judenic Ballet Prize

Amanda Paquette

Most Dramatic Improvement
Since Freshman Year

Jon Kennett
Brendon Dahill

The Stella Moore Prize for Four- Year Achievement

Dara Stevens

Outstanding Performance in Jazz Dance

Trina Moffett
Christina Hedrick

Outstanding Performance in Modern Dance

Daneen Shari Wright
Jessica Daley

Outstanding Performance in Tap Dance

Christina Merrill

Outstanding Performance in All Dance Styles

Patty Foster

Outstanding Student Teachers

Tara Keating
April Bell

The Leadership Award

Juliet Mahon

Foundation

Crazier Prize Fund for Outstanding Achievement
by a First -Year Student

Leighann Bogner
Eoin Burke
Choongwon Chae
Elizabeth Henderson
Katherine Lampe
Daniel Payauis
Elise Pennington
Thad Reid
Michael Ryan
Agnes Szoltysek
Daniel Trauten
Aviva Westheim
Rachel Wilder

The Emily W. Mercer Memorial Award

Kelly Jones

Graphic Design The Elmer 0. Aaron Award

Jene Conrad

The Ailing and Cory Paper Award

Matt Paul
David Hanas

The Randee Berman Memorial Award

Sonya Volkova

The CRW Graphics Award
for Excellence in Typography

Sean Nitchmann

The Graphic Design Faculty Award

Molly Stewart Jiri Seger

Kevin Hammond Ali Zandi

The Ken and Eleanor Hiebert Award
for Excellence in Graphic Design

Ryan Thacker

The Today's Graphics, Inc. Award

for Excellence in Design Using Electronic Media

Robert Bigwood
Greg van Brug

The Armin Hofmann Award

for Excellence in Graphic Design

Andrew Rementer

Graphic Design Senior Project Citations

Kevin Hammond
David Hanas
Sean Nitchmann
Andrew Rementer
Prab Sandhu

|iri Seger
Ryan Thacker
Danne Woo
Carrie Worth

Illustration Alumna Award for Outstanding Commitment to

Progress in Illustration

Marion Fatemizadeh

The William H. Ely Award
for Excellence in Illustration

Kirsten Harper, First Place

Christopher Consul, Second Place

Christine Larsen, Third Place

Rachel Reinfurt, Third Place

Sabina Anna Maria Trandafir, Honorable Mention

Brandon Zimmerman, Honorable Mention

The Roger T. Hane XXVIII Annual Memorial Award

Rachel Reinfurt
Nominees:
Christopher Consul
Brandon Zimmerman
Kirsten Harper

The Albert Gold Drawing Prize

Brandon Zimmerman

The William H. Kennedy Award for Excellence
in the Representation of the Human Figure

Yaicha King

The Henry Perry Leland Prize

Katie Barnes

The Plastic Club Award in Illustration

Christine Larsen

The Thornton Oakley Medal

Aaron Artessa

The Marcel Vertes Award to a Senior
Whose Drawing of the Human Figure
Has Been Outstanding

Christopher Consul

Illustration Faculty Awards

Sabina Anna Maria Trandafir
Jason Grant
Brian Oberg
Emily Royer
PeterThobaben

The Mary Margavitch Hankin Memorial Award

LindseyTrella

Industrial Design The Samuel H. Grossman Annual Memorial Award
for Packaging Creation and Design

Jillian Hoover

Industrial Design Department
Special Merit Citation Award

Eliza Leydon
Gabriel Nathanson
Luise Schoen

The Philadelphia Chapter of the
Industrial Design Society of America
Merit Award

Emily King

Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts Award for Writing in the Freshman Year

Chuck Hubbard, Music

The Liberal Arts Writing Award

Lisa Barnshaw, Photography

The Giulio and Carina Novelli Memorial Award
for Excellence in the Liberal Arts

Erin Haley, Writing for Film and Television
Phoebe L. Kowalewski, Printmaking

Fanny Grossman Risner Annual Memorial Award
for Excellence in the Art of English Usage

Anita Schillhorn van Veen, Film and Digital Video

Media Arts The Barbara Blondeau Memorial Grant

Lindsay Baker
Kelly Alcock

The Calumet Photographic, Inc. Emerging
Photographer Award

George Kocis, Senior
Dustin Kremper, Junior

The Christina Cullen Memorial Award

Manuel Dominquez

Fuji Film Award For Documentary Photography

Brad Jamula, Sophomore
Ryan Lavine, junior
Erin Delucia, Senior

The Alfred J. Ignarri Award for Junior Studio Photography

Sonja Forster

The Nikon /Ben Rose Prize

David Gonzalez

Northern Liberties Purchase Award

Marianne Dages

Peters Valley Craft Education Center
Photography Studio Scholarship

Michelle Stacey
Concetta Barbara

Silicon Gallery Digital Award

Bradley Blackaway

The Annie E. Sinnott Animation Award

To Be Announced

The Annie E. Sinnott Film Award

To Be Announced

Museum Museum Studies Award

Studies for Academic Achievement

Trade Dean CarlyOfsthun

Sarah Ganiere Amy Phillips-lverson

Tracy Haerther Katherine Trzaskos

Jessica Kindt Christopher Veit

The Museum Studies Award for Highest Academic
Achievement

Maria Aguado Molina Barry King

liana Bruton Lucy MacDonald

Linda Carpenter Magdalena Nijander

Emma Fernandez Cine Ostrow

Asli Guvenc Rachel Rogers Dolhanczyk

Kelly Huschke

The Museum Education Award for Service
to the Museum Field

Emma Fernandez
Lucy MacDonald
Amy Phillips-lversen
Christopher Veit

The Museum Studies Award for Community Impact

Jamese Newsome-Williams

Richard C. von Hess Museum Studies Internship Award
Baltimore Museum of Art

Emma Fernandez

Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore

Jennifer Hensell

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Shir-Ly Camin

Music Hannah P. Stroh Award

Earl Phillips

The Jacob's Music Co./Steinway Pianos Award

Darren Hyest

Director's Award

Becky Stepler

The School of Music Jazz Award

Josh Lawrence

Jazz Master's Award

Sean McGowan

The School of Music Faculty Award

Earl Phillips

The School of Music Merit Award

Martin Brown
Alden Hoke

The School of Music Saxophone Award

Aaron Marisi

The School of Music Drumset Award

PhilHutchins

The School of Music Vocal Award

Laurin Frierson

The School of Music Vocal Faculty Award

Chad Beegle

The School of Music Jazz Vocal Award

Brian Baker

Modern Drummer Magazine Journalism Award

Mike Dawson

Michael Brecker Saxophone Award

Steve Marr

Rick Kerber Memorial Trumpet Award

Josh Lawrence

James Bruno, Sr. Memorial Guitar Award

Ben O'Neill

Carl Allen 'Keep Swingin' Jazz Drummer Award

Justin Freeland-Sokol

Mary Luznicky-Poth Memorial Award

Robert Randolph

Peter Nero Jazz Award

Aaron Marisi

MENC Award for Student Teaching

Mark White
Sharin Rello

Paul D. Patterson Memorial Percussion Award

Mike Dawson

College of Performing Arts Faculty Senate
Award for Composition

Steve Tirpak

Bernard Peiffer Memorial Piano Award

John Icaro

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording
Academy Award

Joshua Musselwhite

Philadelphia Music Alliance Award

Bakari Jackson

Painting The Alumna Award for Outstanding Commitment

and Drawing to Progress in Painting

Angela Davidson

The Larry Day Scholarship Award

Kirk Seyfert
Anthony Harrington
Francis X. King, III

The Stuart M. Egnal Prize in Painting

Jacob Lyon Goddard

The Ernest W. Greenfield Annual Memorial Award
in Painting

Emily Gustafson
John Webster

The Michael Leone Award

for Outstanding Progress During the Junior Year

Kathleen Eastwood
Lacey Lechner

The Philadelphia Water Color Society Award

Printmaking The Lenore Adelman Award in Printmaking

Terese Bonnadio

The American Color Print Society Award

Alex DaCorte

The George R. Bunker Fine Arts Summer Study Award

Eric Young

The Kaplan/Feldman Prize

Phoebe Kowalski

The Perakis Frames Award

Thomas Patterson

The Print Center Awards

Thomas Patterson
Terese Bonnadio

The Berthe von Moschzisker Annual Printmaking Award

Catherine Kane
Shannah Naylor

The James Eiseman, Sr. Memorial Award

Sarah Pohlman

Sculpture

The Walter Erlebacher Memorial Award
for Excellence in Figure Modeling

Kathy Fogel

Outstanding Achievement Award
to a Senior Elective Student

Maggie Casey
John Reeb

The Plastic Club Award

Jessica Ward

The Sculpture Faculty Award

Cora Charpentier
Jay Hardman

The John F. Martin Welding Award

Pam Sprecher

Standard Ceramic Supply Company Award

Jillian Lydon

Theater Arts

Combat Awards

Bryan Merganthaler
Kenrick Burkholder

The School of Theater Arts Faculty Award
for Academic Achievement

Timothy Weir

The THEAS-Theater Ensemble Awards

Robert Tucker
Melissa Warburton
Talia Brinson

Director's Choice Award for Outstanding Performance

Justin Jain
Jasmine Anderson

The Laurie Beechman Memorial Scholarship

Robert Tucker

Writing for Film The Paddy Chayevsky Writing Award

and Television Erin Haley

Special Awards

The Library Purchase Awards

Sarah Pohlman, Printmaking

Angela Driscoll, MFA Book Arts, Printmaking

The Rohm and Haas Fine Arts Achievement Award

Rachel Hildebrand, Crafts

The Lorraine and Ben Alexander Award

Michael Carter, Sculpture

The Florence Whistler Fish Award for Student Excellence

Jean Prominski, Crafts/Glass

The Brown Partners Creative Community Impact Award

JeannineCook Sekayi Weaver-Nixon

Kimberly Pimental

The W.W. Smith Prizes

Bryn Lafferty, Crafts
Rory Diller, Theater Arts

The Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award

Anna Beresin, Liberal Arts

Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation
Minority junior Faculty Award

Mi-Kyoung Lee

The Mary Louise Beitzel Award for Student Excellence

Darren Krape, Multimedia

The Mary Louise Beitzel Award
for Distinguished Teaching

Andrew Pap, Dance

Ted Carey Prize

Alex DaCorte, Fine Arts/Printmaking

Richard C. von Hess Travel Fellowship and Scholarship

Trevor Young, Fine Arts/Painting

Richard C. von Hess Faculty Prize

Sharon Church, Crafts/Metals

President's Awards

Erin Haley, Writing for Film & Television
Earl Phillips, Music
Jonathan Etkins, Animation

Academic Hooding Ceremony

May 20, 2004

4:00 pm

Chambers-Wylie Church
315 South Broad Street

• Welcome

Virginia Red
Provost

Richard Lawn

Dean, College of Performing Arts

Stephen Tarantal

Dean, College of Art and Design

Hooding of Degree Candidates

Barbara Suplee

Director, Master of Arts in Art Education

Frank Mitchell

Director, Master of Arts in Museum Communication

Anne El-Omami

Director, Master of Arts in Museum Education

Barbara Suplee

Director, Master of Arts in Teaching in Visual Arts

Patricia Smith

Director, Master of Fine Arts in Book Arts/Printmaking

Carol Moore

Director, Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics

Polly McKenna-Cress

Director, Master of Fine Arts in Museum Exhibition, Planning and Design

Carol Moore

Director, Master of Fine Arts in Painting

Carol Moore

Director, Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture

Jamer Hunt

Director, Master of Industrial Design

Patrick Jones

Division Head, Master of Arts in Teaching in Music Education

Don Glanden

Chair, Master of Music in Jazz Studies

Master Degree Candidates

Master of Arts
in Art Education

Helena Domenic Anderson **
Donna Marie Liese **
Linda Karp Rudow
David J. Weidner
Jacqueline M. White

Master of Arts

in Museum Communication

Lauri Martin
Christopher Veit
Angelique Jeanne Weger

Master of Fine Arts

in Book Art/Printmaking

Kathleen Amelia Baldwin
Valerie Ann Carrigan
Angela Catherine Driscoll
Lizbeth Lindsey Mears
Caitlin Emma Perkins
Britt E. Stadig

Master of Fine Arts
in Ceramics

Anne Carter Foster**

Master of Arts

in Museum Education

Maria Aguado Molina ***

liana Bruton***

Linda D. Carpenter

Tracie Lynn Dean

Emma Fernandez

Sarah Diane Ganiere

Tracy Haerther

Jessica Elizabeth Kindt

Barry M. King

Lucy Jane MacDonald

Jamese Lesley Newsome-Williams

Magdalena T. Nijander

Carly C. Ofsthun

Amy Phillips-lversen

Rachel Rodgers Dolhanczyk

Cynthia M. Scheuer ***

Katherine Marie Trzaskos

Kjerstin A. Wendland

Yuka Yokoyama *

Master of Fine Arts
in Museum Exhibition
Planning and Design

Summer M. Brown
Yuchih Chung
Asli Guvenc
Kelly Ann Huschke
Kristin Maria Metropoulos
Cine J. Ostrow
Damon Andrew Yarnell

Master of Fine Arts
in Painting

Jean S. Burdick**
Justin Joseph Bursk**
Morgan Self Craig**
Cynthia Westbay Herron **
Khalilah A. Sabree **

Master of Arts in Teaching
in Music Education

Sean M. Arleth
Michael Joseph Drobish
Rebecca Larson
Frank V. Machos
Michael Jay McCarthy
Sharin Grace Rello
Kyle Justin Rogers
Estavia M. Rowe *
Larisa Vedensky
Mark A. White

Master of Fine Arts
in Sculpture

Courtenay Dean Bennett **

Atsushi Hanano **

Laurel Marie Schwass-Drew **

Master of Industrial Design

Thomas William Corlett, Jr.
Mark David Havens
Jason Lempert
Kirk Michael McCarthy
Denise Joy Ramzy

Master of Arts in Teaching
in Visual Arts

Theresa Joan Cerceo **
Sarah Hardy Deering **
Michele Lee Hart
Ginger S. Huebner**
Ojeni Margina Lambson
Michael Christopher Mann
Jennifer M. McCarthy
Steven Nicholas O'Boyle **
Stacy Michelle Potter**
Erin Judith Ruepp
Bethany Ann Sandone
Judi Margaret Schettler **
Megan Ashley Sigel
Jennifer Szeto
Elizabeth S. Tecza **
Julie Ann Zick*

Graduates, families and friends
are cordially invited to attend a
reception for graduate students
immediately following the Academic
Hooding Ceremony in the Elaine C.
Levitt Auditorium, Cershman Hall prior
to the Commencement Ceremony at the
Kimmel Center.

Master of Music
in Jazz Studies

Brian Baker
Michael Ray Dawson
Sean C. McGowan
Joshua Caleb Musselwhite
Rocky Raful **
Brent White

* Degree Conferred August 31, 2003

* Degree Conferred December 31, 2003

* Degree in Progress

This program is not an official
graduation list. The University's
official registry for conferral is the
student's permanent academic
record kept by the Office of
the Registrar.

The Processional

Led by the Grand Marshal carrying the University mace, the
academic procession begins with the graduating seniors and
graduate students, followed by the faculty from the three colleges
and the division of Liberal Arts, who in turn are followed by the
directors, deans, vice president, provost, distinguished guests,
members of the Board of Trustees, chairman of the Board and the
president of the university.

The tradition of academic regalia dates from the twelfth century
and is heavily influenced by clerical attire. The gowns for
holders of a doctorate degree have bell-shaped sleeves, and are
often trimmed in velvet. Master's degree hoods are usually shorter
than those for Doctoral degrees. The color of the hood lining
usually denotes the school's official color, and the velvet trim, the
earned degree. For example, brown is the color reserved for fine
arts degrees, pink for music, blue for philosophy, yellow/gold for
science, purple for law, and white for literature. The color and
shape of the hats and tassels is a matter of national, institutional
or personal preference.

Students who are graduating with academic honors are wearing
red sashes to denote their accomplishment.

The three students who have attained the highest grade point
average over four years in their respective Colleges, are wearing a
University medal in addition to their red sashes.

Alumni are distinguished by a rosette in the school colors of
cardinal red and white.

Members of the Board of Trustees are designated by a rosette
with gold ribbon, connoting their dedicated service and generosity
to the University.

Commencement

May 20, 2004

7:00 pm

Kimmel Center for the

Performing Arts

Broad and Spruce Streets

• Processional

Grand Marshal

Marshals of Students

Marshals of Alumni
Marshals of Faculty
Marshal of Trustees

Dr. John Klinzing

Susan Viguers
GeneTerruso
Gerald Nichols
K. Lynne Koval-Bauer

Eugene Bolt
Kathe Scullion

Adrienne Stalek
Laura Zarrow

Rona Sebastian

Welcome

Miguel Angel Corzo
President

Student Address

Students with the highest Grade Point Average within
their College*

Laura M. Danelski, College of Performing Arts
Erin Haley, College of Media and Communication

*one of whom will give the Student Address

University Historian

Sara J. MacDonald

Alumni Awards

Donald Chittum, Class of '63 (DA)
Joseph Musso, Class of '63 (BFA)

Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts

Leilani Lattin Duke
Roberto Memmo

Conferring of Degrees, Certificates, and Diplomas

Ira Brind

Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees

Closing Remarks

Miguel Angel Corzo

Recessional

•Audience will rise

Past Alumni Award Recipients

1955

1973

1993

Tina Leser

Noel Mayo

Stanley Clarke

Irving Penn

1974

Joseph Dante

1956

Barry Wilke

1994

Raymond Ballinger

Eugene Feldman

Ruth E. Fine

Henry Pitz

1975

Florence Quivar

1957

Richard Reinhardt

1995

Wharton Esherick

1976
Olaf Skoogfors

John E. Davis

Charles Sheeler

Deborah Willis

1958
Earl Milliette

1977
Elaine Kurtz

1996
Tom Butter

Sol Mednick

Janine Cappello

1959
Frances Lichten

1978
Albert Gold

1997
Edd Kalehoff

Warren Blair

1979

Kathy Rose

i960

Charles Santore

1998

John Williams Brown

1980

Janice & Stanley

Marguerite Gaudin

Evelyn Copelman

Berenstain

Dana P.Vaughn

1981

William R. McCann

1961

Marguerite Walter

1999

Irene Laverty
Boris Drucker

1982
Philip Eitzen

Irene Bedard
Johnny Irizarry

1962

Mildred Jantzen

1963
Virginia Gifford

1964
Al Bendiner
Jerome Kaplan

1983
Thomas F. Schutte

1984
Kevan Moss

2000
C. Samuel Micklus
Brian T. Vernon

2001

Margaret Garwood

1985
Jacob Landau

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray
2002

1965
Joseph Kramer

1986
Wesley W. Emmons

Diane Monroe
Eileen Neff

Theodore Miller

1987

2003

Morris Lomden

Robert Capanna

Jennifer Childs

Bernard Glassman

Steve & Peggy

Richard Kidney

1966

Zablotny

Rudolph Freund

1988

1967
Morris Berd

William G.Krebs

Barbara Silverstein

1968
Arnold Roth

1989
Stephen Albert
Kenneth Carbone

1969

Leslie Smolan

William Stephens

1990

1970

Marjorie Levy

George Krause

1991

1971

Lydia Artymiw

Sidney Goodman

Ed Colker

1972

1992

Paul Keene, Jr.

Jerry Pinkney
Pearl B. Schaeffer

Alumni Award Recipients

Donald R. Chittum

Dr. Donald R. Chittum received a Doctor of Music degree from the Philadelphia
Conservatory of Music in 1963, and has remained connected to his alma mater
for fifty-two years. Over that time, he has excelled as both a student and a
teacher of music, working with Vincent Persichetti and Boris Koutzen, among
others. Professor Chittum has participated in and influenced almost every step of
the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music's transformation into the School of Music
of The University of the Arts, in the capacity of Chairman of Composition and
Theory, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of the School of Music, and
esteemed faculty member.

In addition to his work at UArts, Professor Chittum has served as President of the
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, Eastern Division President of the Music
Teachers Association, National Chairman for Theory/Composition of the same
Association, President of the Pennsylvania Center for Excellence in Education,
and Director of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, where he is now
Director Emeritus. Professor Chittum continues to serve as a consultant to the
State department of education and other educational institutions.

Professor Chittum's books and numerous articles on music theory and education
have been published widely. His awards include Teacher of the Year from the
Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association and the Beitzel Award for outstanding
teaching from The University of the Arts.

Known to students and colleagues as "Doc," Professor Chittum is loved and
revered by the UArts community.

Joseph Musso

Joseph Musso graduated from The University of the Arts in 1963 and began his
distinguished career in the motion picture industry in 1964. A historical illustra-
tor and conceptual artist in the Art Directors Branch of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, Mr. Musso has been President of the Illustrators and
Matte Artists of the Motion Picture Industry since 1978.

Mr. Musso has worked with such bright lights on the silver screen as Alfred
Hitchcock, Walt Disney, John Huston, David Zucker, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Paul Newman and Clint
Eastwood. His filmography includes Mike Nichols' Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf, Alfred Hitchcock's The Torn Curtain, Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy, and
Gary Winick's 13 Going on 30.

While his work is represented in the permanent collection at the Warner Brothers
Museum, Mr. Musso's career continues to evolve and flourish in Hollywood. He
is featured in the Timeline Films documentary, Masters of Production: The
History of Motion Picture Art Direction, which aired on PBS this year.

Past Honorary Degree Recipients

1961

1977

1990

Harold Taylor

Saul Steinberg

Katherine Dunham

Aurelius Renzetti

1978
Mercedes Matter

Lukas Foss

1962

Nam June Paik

Senator Claiborne Pell

Benton Spruance

1979

1963

Paul Rand

1991

Karl Sherman

Richard Rogers
Liv Ullman

Ivan Chermayeff
WillardG. Rouse, III

1964

Ellen Stewart

Saul Bass

1980

Victor D'Amico

Helen Frankenthaler

1992

Rudolf Nureyev

Mary Ellen Mark

1965

Bernard C.Watson

Eugene Grigsby

1981

Edward Hopper

H. OberHess

1993
Claire Van Vliet

Erwin Panofsky

Leo Steinberg

Mrs. Malcom Lloyd

Walter Terry

William H. Cosby, Jr.

1966

1982

1994

Edwin Dickinson

Placido Domingo
Jack Lenor Larsen

Joan Myers Brown
William P. Daley

1967

Harvey K. Littleton

Richard Saul Wurman

Edmund Bacon

Paul Froelaich

1983

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Joel N. Bloom

Susanne Langer

George Crumb

Philip Glass

1968

Thomas Wilfred

Alwin Nikolais

Henry Holmes Smith

1996

Robert M. Greenberg

Louise Nevelson

1984

LessingJ. Rosenwald

Joseph Castaldo

Marjorie Samoff

1969

Alice Neal

1997

Robert Oldenburg

R. Sturgis Ingersoll

1985

Edward G. Rendell

Howard Mitchell

Andrew Heiskell
Denise Scott Brown

Grover Washington, Jr.

1970
Berthe von

Robert Venturi

1998
Richard S. Gurin

Moschzisker

1986
Roger L. Stevens

Peter Nero

1971
Alexey Brodovich

Judith Jamison
Richard Reinhardt

1999
Arthur Mitchell

(posthumously

Arnold Newman

accepted by Irving

1987

Penn)

Laurie Anderson

2000

Howard A. Wolf

J. Carter Brown
Joseph Papp

Lily Ye h

1972

2001

G. Robert LeRicolais

1988

Helen W. Drutt English

John Szarkowski

Dorrance H. Hamilton
Armin Hofmann

Jane Golden

1973

Sam S. McKeel

2002

Anais Nin

John W. Merriam

Walter E. Dallas

1974

Thomas M. Messer

Herbert Bayer

Howard A. Wolf

2003
Mildred Constantine

Pater DeGelleke

1989

Robert A. Moog

1975

Martin Friedman

Edward R. Tufte

Milton Glaser

Maurice Sendak

1976
Anni Albers

Meredith Monk

Josef Albers

Honorary Degree Recipients

Leilani Lattin Duke

Leilani Lattin Duke is not an artist or art educator - at least not on paper. But
her background in political science and liberal arts did not divert her from
dedicating her career to advocating the importance of art-based education in
schools across the nation.

Beginning as a federal aid coordinator for Senator Jacob Javits of New York, she
moved up to lead three national arts groups, then served 17 years as founding
director of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, which, during her tenure,
embarked on a decade-long national reform effort in arts education to transform
the way art is taught in public schools. The Institute funded regional centers
where more than 1,000 teachers from 400 districts learned to integrate the arts
into existing curricula.

Ms. Duke is now Director of the Reading by 9 Initiative with the Los Angeles
Times, a five-county child literacy project, and Chairman of the American Crafts
Council, where she continues to promote the arts at a national level.

Roberto Memmo

Roberto Memmo has been a highly successful developer and industrialist in Italy,
Monaco, Great Britain and the United States. In 1972 he created the Fondazione
Memmo, a cultural organization dedicated to the dissemination of cultural
heritage and art in Italy as broadly as possible to all levels of society. The
foundation is supported privately and works in partnership with banks, television
and publishers. The Fondazione Memmo has organized over twenty major
international exhibitions on a wide variety of subjects, from Caravaggio to Julian
Freud, from Cleopatra to the Aztecs. These exhibitions are accompanied by
television documentaries, books and CDs that reach hundreds of thousands of
people of all ages.

Through his foundation, Mr. Memmo has restored the magnificent Palazzo
Ruspoli, a 16th century architectural and artistic jewel, to its present condition
and has been a staunch supporter of the conservation of monuments in Lecce, a
splendid southern Italian baroque city. He is the recipient of various international
recognition and awards.

Degree Candidates

Master of Arts
in Art Education

Helena Domenic Anderson **
Donna Marie Liese **
Linda Karp Rudow
David J.Weidner
lacqueline M. White

Master of Arts

in Museum Communication

Lauri Martin

Chris Veit

Angelique Jeanne Weger

Master of Arts

in Museum Education

Maria Aguado Molina ***

liana Bruton ***

Linda D. Carpenter

Tracie Lynn Dean

Emma Fernandez

Sarah Diane Ganiere

Tracy Haerther

Jessica Elizabeth Kindt

Barry M. King

Lucy Jane MacDonald

Jamese Lesley Newsome-Williams

MagdalenaT. Nijander

CarlyC. Ofsthun

Amy Phillips-lversen

Rachel Rodgers Dolhanczyk

Cynthia M. Scheuer ***

Katherine Marie Trzaskos

Kjerstin A. Wendland

Yuka Yokoyama *

Master of Arts in Teaching
in Music Education

Sean M. Arleth
Michaeljoseph Drobish
Rebecca Larson
Frank V. Machos
Michael Jay McCarthy
Sharin Grace Rello
Kyle Justin Rogers
Estavia M. Rowe *
Larisa Vedensky
Mark A. White

Master of Arts in Teaching
in Visual Arts

Theresa Joan Cerceo **
Sarah Hardy Deering **
Michele Lee Hart
Ginger S. Huebner **
Ojeni Margina Lambson
Michael Christopher Mann
Jennifer M. McCarthy
Steven Nicholas O'Boyle **
Stacy Michelle Potter**
Erin Judith Ruepp
Bethany Ann Sandone
Judi Margaret Schettler **
Megan Ashley Sigel
Jennifer Szeto
Elizabeth S. Tecza **
Julie Ann Zick *

Master of Fine Arts

in Book Art/Printmaking

Kathleen Amelia Baldwin
Valerie Ann Carrigan
Angela Catherine Driscoll
Lizbeth Lindsey Mears
Caitlin Emma Perkins
Britt E. Stadig

Master of Fine Arts
in Ceramics

Anne Carter Foster**

Master of Fine Arts
in Museum Exhibition
Planning and Design

Summer M. Brown
Yuchih Chung
Asli Guvenc
Kelly Ann Huschke
Kristin Maria Metropoulos
Cine J. Ostrow
Damon Andrew Yarnell

Master of Fine Arts
in Painting

Jean S. Burdick**
Justin Joseph Bursk**
Morgan Self Craig**
Cynthia Westbay Herron **
Khalilah A. Sabree **

Master of Fine Arts
in Sculpture

Courtenay Dean Bennett **

Atsushi Hanano **

Laurel Marie Schwass-Drew **

Master of Industrial Design

Thomas William Corlett, Jr.
Mark David Havens
Jason Lempert
Kirk Michael McCarthy
Denise Joy Ramzy

Master of Music
in Jazz Studies

Brian Baker
Michael Ray Dawson
Sean C. McGowan
Joshua Caleb Musselwhite
Rocky Raful **
Brent White

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Animation

Katelyn Matthew Beuttel
Dion Franklin Champion
Lauren Ann Cipollo
Bryan Scott Clancy
Adam Thomas Cusack
Carmine DePari
Michael F. Doonan, Jr. **
Jonathan Richard Etkins
Christopher Peter Farinella
Kyle Emerson Jentes
Liesje Anne Kraai
James E. Marone *
Stephen Murphy
Michael R. Murro
Louis Peng
Daniel Pipito
Matthew Scott Quickel

Aqeel Hammam Sabb *
Stephen Michael Shivers
Manminder Singh
Christopher Earl Smith
Andrew Francis Toutant
Gregg Thomas Tugya
Robert Gregory Watson
Adam Louis Weaver
Stephanie M. Yuhas

Bachelor of Science
in Communication

KimberlyAnn Burghart
Lynne M. Gibson
Julian Goldklang
Chad lenkins **
Joshua B. Kirschner
Kevin Welz Ritchie
Alicia Jeanne Underwood

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Crafts

Shihoko Amano **
Nick V.Arnold

Jacqueline Michelle Boruch ++
Christopher John Bruno
Claudia Ana Crisan
Vanessa Marie Cronan
Adriane Nichole Dalton
Eliza Amber Dietz
Elizabeth Anne Eberwein
Amanda Elizabeth Edmondson
Charissa Marie Francioni
Cari Anne Freno
Bethany Lynne Heist
Rachel Danielle Hildebrand
Amber Elaine Johnston
Erika Ann Jorjorian
Tuesday Wells Kay**
Bryn Ashley Lafferty
Amy Lee Lanza
Jessica Rose Leddy
Claire Maher McDermott
Sarah Elizabeth McKenna
Schotland Judith McQuade **
Misty Lee Meekins
Amelia Jane Messec
Tara Jean Neil
Andrea Lee Oliver
Katie Patricia O'Neill
Christine Plauski
Jean C. Prominski
Kelly Lyn Raspa
Heather Lynn Rowe
Emmanuelle Josepha Salamon
Mika Sawamura
Abby Elizabeth Schmidt
Sarah Jane Sheber
Linda L. Smyth
Anthony Tammaro
Heather Lynn Veneziano
Sharon Stella Wit**

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Dance

Heather K. Bare
Brandon L. Brown
Krista Leigh Brueno
Jennifer Aleya Cady
Michele Ching-Yun Chung
Brendan McGowan Dahill
Jessica Lynn Daley
Laura M. Danelski
Devon Elizabeth Eisley
Amanda Teresa Fair
Leslie Ann Ferrelli
Christine Marie Fisler
Patricia Foster
Julia Alexis Grubb **
Christina Rae Hedrick
Kelly DeHaven Hunter

Jessica Lynn Jennings
Laura Jayne Johnson
Jon Kennette
Robin Kurland *
ElanorT. Laff
Curtis Perry Lassiter, II
Christina M. Merrill
Trina Marie Moffett
Maxine Montilus
Amanda Alix Paquette
Rebecca Shaw Patek **
Daryl James Philibert
Kristi Leigh Reim
Krysta Logan Scott
Melissa Lynn Sells
Kate Sicchio
Terry Slade
Blythe Erica Smith
Erica Rae Smith
Maureen Elise Toner
Cheryl Ann Valo
Kristen Marie Wellinghoff
Alissa Marie Westervelt
Daneen Shari Wright
Rachel Theresa Zimmerman :

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Dance Education

April Lynn Bell
Karen A. Cleighton
Ebony LaShawn Dukes
Monica Lisa Horowitz
Tara Marie Keating
Megan Rae Lewis
Rachel C. Maclsaac
Juliet Lauren Mahon
Carolyn Marie Marcinkiewicz
Faith Jonelle McPherson
LaCeda Nelson
Dara Jomani Stevens
Stacy Lynn Wunderlich

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Film/Digital Video

Benjamin Glassford Comstock

Jeremy S. Doe

Jesse Gorham-Engard

Gary S. Hanna

Daniel Martin Kelly

Marshall C. King

Ryan Z. Panis

Bladimir Perez

Corinne Michelle Podrasky

James Dustan Rolfe

MaxSainvil

Anita Schillhorn van Veen

Mark Charles Walkowiak

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Graphic Design

Gina Awadallah
Angela Rae Bergdoll
Robert N. Bigwood, Jr.
Lauren A. Cannizzaro
Tracy E. Christian
Veronica J. Cisneros *
Jene Pablo Conrad
Valerie Noel Daniel
Cristina Elise Everhart
Jessica Lynn Flores
Isaac Fortoul **
Jason C. Ganski **
Christopher Geevarghese
Louis James Greco, Jr.
Emily Ruth Green
Jean R. Guzzi
Kevin Andrew Hammond
David J. Hanas
Laura Ann Hanson
Adam Hetherington
Elizabeth E. Hoffman

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Graphic Design (cont.)

Enrique Jones*

Matthew George Kabel

Namrata D. Kalola

Stephen K. Kuznicke

Alia Lapin

Gregory Joseph Marandola

Crystal Ray Marinelli

Andrew Paul McDonald

Danne Alexander Merritt Woo

Olga Meyerovich

Rachel L. Mikolyski

Sean Patrick Nitchmann

Carrie Beth Paul

Matthew Daniel Paul

Cassandra Louise Pedersen **

Jessica F. Phelan

Gina Podrup

Jacqueline Marie Quinn

Andrew Donald Rementer

Pier Blusette Robinson

Prabkeerat Singh Sandhu

Thomas R. Scrivner*

Hilary Campbell Sedgwick

Jiri Seger

Zachary Michael Shiffer

Christopher G. Smith *

Thomas Christopher Smith

Molly Suzanne Stewart ++

Robert D.Tatusko

Ryan Elliot Thacker

Gregory G. van Brug

Sonya G. Volkova

Charles Edward Wilkins , Jr.

Arthur Lee Williams

Carrie Jane Worth

Kristina Mary Zalenski

Alireza Namdari Zandi

Marina Zhukov

P. Kyle Shelton Zimmermann

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Illustration

Aaron A. Artessa
Kathleen S. Barnes
Martha Yana Benari
Kristin Marie Burtoft
Julia Sarah Cagninelli
Cristina Elizabeth Cianci
Christopher Lee Consul
Daniel C. Dejesus
Robert Kaipo Fields
Kodwo Ghartey
Jason L. Grant
Kirsten Corinne Harper
Chrysse L. Haynes
James Christopher Heimer
Nicole Adrian Hoffman ++
Yaicha Annette King
Christine Marie Larsen
Nathaniel David Lee
Brian Stephen Letizia
Lauren Marie Lopez
Jason McKittrick
Brian Christopher Oberg
Daniel Michael Paquet
Andrew Christopher Pulskamp
Andrew James Purcell
Alexis Jade Ramos ++
Rachel Ingrid Reinfurt
Logan Patrick Rouse
Emily Clare Royer
Adam Martin Ruane
Wilfredo Santiago
William John Stank
Michael Stern
Shannon Maria Sterner +
Peter Nicholas Thobaben
Sabina Ana Maria Trandafir
Reid Thomas Uhrich
Isabel C. Urdaneta **
Barbara J. Vasiliadis
Joseph Francis Victor
Joseph Frances Werr
Jarreau Amin Wimberly
Brandon Lee Zimmerman

Bachelor of Science
in industrial Design

Christopher Carl Alston

Tiffany Lenore Burnette

Matthew Thomas Germain

Kenneth Edward Grimes

Emily MacPherson King

Jae Yu Lee

Michael Emilio Masoero

Machele Christina Nettles

Derek Spence

Litasha Surles

Tiffany Adena Tabeek

Jason Alan Trojanowski

Katherine Vollenhover Wise

Justin M. Witman

Robert Christopher Wizmerski

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Multimedia

Adam Corey Baker **
Jennifer M. Barker
Hevan CharazChan
Marisa Ann Cipko
Damien Lee Correll
Jonathan R. Elison
Denice M. Fedorowycz **
Joseph L. Fritz
W. Cooper Gill
Brian Michael Hansell
Jamie Scott Kosoy
Darren William Krape
Justin William MacNair
Brian Thomas Mietz
Megan Dawn Miller
Shanna M. Morales
Maya G. Pakhomova
Michael Pelton
Khamsavanh Tee Phiathep
Jonathan P. Reeb
Michael Scott Richards
Julian Carter Wycko
JianXu **
John R. Zankowski **

Bachelor of Music

Chad Russell Beegle
Martin Caleb Brown
Brendan J.Cain *
Nadine Ann Cooper
Victor Jovan Cummings
Matthew Robert Engle
Jason Brandon Fine
Justin Ian Freeland-Sokol
Laurin Talese Frierson
Anthony C. Genovese
Michael James Hojlo
Alden E. Hoke
Phillip James Hutchins
Darren R. Hyest
Bakari L.Jackson
Jaime Lee LaBonte **
Joshua David Lawrence
Timothy J. Leland
Aaron Anthony Marisi
Stephen Evaldo Marr
Benjamin Joseph O'Neill
Charles John Ortiz
EarlC. Phillips, III
Robert Randolph
Adam Benjamin Riser
GinaMarie Rongone
Richard Paul Saldibar, Jr.
Vahe D. Sarkissian
Marcus Sartor**
Daniel Joseph Scofield
Jason A. Smircich
Becky Sue Stepler
Stephen E. Tirpak
Tiffany Shea Trezzo
Jonah Benjamin Wilson
Robert C.Wolter**

Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Painting and Drawing

Dane Thomas Borda **
Amanda Ruth Cohen
Jaime Lynn Connolly +
Angela Michele Davidson
Ricardo EricGalvez **
Jacob Lyon Goddard
Emily Gustafson **
Michael A. Lach
Noelle L. Leone
Scott Peter Lunny
Patrick Gordon O'Neill
Rachel Hannah Oresky ++
Kirk Andrew Seyfert**
Erica Lee Siderits
Barbara Andrea Vielma ++
John Patrick Webster, Jr.

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Photography

Olufemi Ekow Akiwumi-Assani
Andrea Jeannette Alongi
Bradley A. Blackway
Rachel Lee Brown
John I. Ciuppa, Jr.
Kaitlin Elizabeth Clark +
Lauren Michelle Clauser
Marianne Francoise Dages
Erin Kathleen DeLucia
RoseMarie Dispensa
Manuel Dominguez, Jr.
Paul Michael Falchetta
Chrysta Michelle Giffen
David Gonzalez
Clayton Oliver Jones**
George Michael Kocis
Mary Anne Patricia Moffett
Andrea Joy Monzo
Danielle Nowak
Michael J. Persico
Regina Marie Pietanza
Jillian Kristen Pisarek
Marissa Lee Raymond
Lauren Marissa Scheller
Victoria L. Skowronski
Matthew Raymond Stewart +
Kimberly Anne Stoner

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Printmaking

Teresa Lea Bonaddio
Catherine Ashley Kane
Phoebe Lynn Kowalewski
Colleen T. Master**
Shannah E. Naylor
Thomas Dave Patterson, Jr.

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Sculpture

Cora Lee Charpentier
Jay Blake Hardman
Matthew Russo
Scott Charles Schriver
Pamela Kay Sprecher
Sophie Louise Walker ++
Jessica Rose Ward ++

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Theater Arts

Candice Leigh Alustiza
Jasmine Carinne Andersen
Brian Christopher Angello
Joseph Aniska III
Jessica Erin Asch
Holly Marie Birch
Jason Edward Blanks
Brittany Seton Brazill
Tallia LeNiece Brinson
Kenrick Travis Burkholder
Billy J. Bustamante
Lorraine Michelle Cink
Ariel Elizabeth Coleman-Turner
Danielle Jeanette Coyle
Roberta Crownover-Bear *
Nima Dabestani
Rebecca Lynn DeVoy
Elaine M. DiFlavis **
Rory Valentine Diller
Brett Donohue-Barrett
Jeremiah Baron Downes
John Joseph Filizzola
Amanda Louise Fink
Anthony J. Giruzzi
Michelle C. Hammonds **
Colleen Ruth Hazlett
Erika D. Hicks**
Johnnie Hobbs, III
Sandra Diane Hoyt
Matthew Alexander Hultgren
Justin Eamon Jain
Lisa Marie Joachim **
Cedric Le'mont Johnson, Jr.
Alexander Ramball Jordan
Danielle Martin
Bryan James Mergenthaler
Serena Ebony Miller
Avery Frances Moss
Randall John Moyer
Nicole Craig Nickerson
Stephanie A. Okupniak
Elyssa Marjorie Phillips
Jillian Patricia Pirtle
John Wesley Reid **
Tai Alexandra Ricci
Jonathan Mark Shade
Shannon Leigh Taylor
Robert T. Tucker
Anna Marie Vukmanovich **
Melissa Nichole Warburton
Timothy Wesley Weir
Christopher Michael Wilgos
Tyler Daniel Zeisloft

Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Writing for Film
and Television

Brian Joseph Fagan
Erin Haley
Dale John Jacobs
Tiffany Marie Kelly
Mariko Jenjen Lee
Amy K. Miller
Erik Fredrikson Miller **
Brian Patrick Small
Molly Elizabeth Sullivan

Certificate in Dance

Lauren Elliott
Shannon Gaffney
Emily Jane Luderitz **

* Degree Conferred August 31, 2003
** Degree Conferred December 31, 2003
*** Degree in Progress

+ Art Education Teacher Certification

Program
++ Concentration in Art Therapy

Diploma in Music

Timothy Randall Esterly
John David Icaro

This program is not an official graduation list. The University's
official registry for conferral is the student's permanent academic
record kept by the Office of the Registrar.

The University of the Arts

The University of the Arts evolved from two century-old
institutions: the Philadelphia College of Art and the
Philadelphia College of Performing Arts.

The Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) was created in 1876
along with the Museum of Art. Initially known as the
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, the
institutions were established in response to the interest in
art and art education that was stimulated by the country_s
Centennial Exposition. In 194$, the school became known
as the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, respecting the
expanded programs that trained artists in many other
areas, including the arts. The school received accreditation
in 1959, and in 1964 separated from the Museum to
become the Philadelphia College of Art. Today, the College
of Art and Design of The University of the Arts offers
curricula in design, media arts, fine arts, crafts, and
museum and art education.

The performing arts programs of The University of the
Arts date from 1870, when three graduates of the Conser-
vatory of Leipzig opened one of the first European style
conservatories of music in America: the Philadelphia
Musical Academy. The Musical Academy became an
independent college of music in 1950, granting a Bachelor
of Music degree after a four-year course of study, one of
only eight such music colleges in the nation at the time.
While still offering only a music program, the school
changed its name to the Philadelphia College of Performing
Arts (PCPA) in 1976, the first such college in Pennsylvania.
One year later the former Philadelphia Dance Academy
became part of PCPA, and in 1983 the School of Theater
was created, achieving the college's ideal balance of
performing arts: dance, music and theater arts.

In 1985, PCA and PCPA joined to become the Philadelphia
Colleges of the Arts, and a true visual and performing arts
university was in its formative stages. With its inauguration
in 1987, The University of the Arts is the largest compre-
hensive educational institution of its kind in the nation,
preparing students for professional careers in design, fine
arts, crafts, dance, music, and theater arts.

In 1996 the University added a new College of Media and
Communication, offering degrees in communication,
writing for film and television, and multimedia.

The University's 2,100 undergraduate and graduate
students are taught by 115 full-time and 375 part-time
faculty members. In addition to the 25 undergraduate and
1 1 graduate programs, UArts offers courses of study for
artists of all ages. The Center for Continuing Studies offers
professionals the chance to advance their careers or explore
their creativity. Teachers are able to earn graduate credits
at the Professional Institute for Educators, which provides
innovative approaches to teacher education. Children
from K-8 learn from professional artist-teachers at the
Saturday Arts Lab; and high school students sample UArts
courses in the popular Pre-College Programs.

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