College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly MINUTES
Friday, March 25, 2016 – 2 p.m.
119 Rutledge Building
I.
Welcome - Dean David Wohl
a. New staff - Whitney Hough, Director – CVPA Office of Communications & Community Engagement
b. University Budget Meeting progress report – Andrew Vorder Bruegge
c. University Strategic Planning Committee progress report – Dean Wohl
i. Discussion
II.
Approval of Minutes from January 15, 2016 Meeting - APPROVED
III.
Dean’s Report
IV.
CVPA Department / Unit Reports – see below
a. Assistant Dean – Andrew Vorder Bruegge
b. Master of Arts in Arts Administration – Andrew Vorder Bruegge
c. CVPA Graduate Programs – Andrew Vorder Bruegge
d. Arts in Basic Curriculum Project – Christine Fisher
e. Theatre & Dance – Daniel Gordon
i. Long-time adjunct professor Stacy McConnell’s piece from Winthrop Dance Theatre was
presented at the American College Dance Association in March in Atlanta, GA.
1. Entitled THE MIDDLE, the dance piece featured 3 Winthrop dance students.
a. Then selected from schools from the entire region to perform at the gala
performance to end the conference.
b. Only the 2nd time a Winthrop dance piece was selected for this prestigious
honor.
f. Design – Chad Dresbach
g. Fine Arts – Tom Stanley
h. Music – Don Rogers
i. Winthrop University Galleries – Karen Derksen
i. Fri. April 15, 6:30 p.m. – Gallery Opening Reception – Undergraduate Juried Exhibition and
BFA Senior Show
j. CVPA Communications & Community Engagement – Whitney Hough
V.
Reports from CVPA Committees & CVPA Reps on University-wide Committees – see below
a. CVPA Bylaws Committee – Ian Pearson
VI.
Old Business
VII.
New Business
a. Elections – Andrew Vorder Bruegge
i. CVPA Committees – at-large representatives
1. CVPA Curriculum Committee – 2 year term – Jason Tselentis, Design
2. CVPA Faculty Advisory Committee – 2 year term – Emily Morgan, Theatre &
Dance
3. CVPA Petitions Committee – 2 year term - Tomoko Deguchi, Music
4. CVPA Graduate Committee – 2 year term - Shaun Cassidy, Fine
Arts
CVPA Faculty Assembly AGENDA – 03/25/16
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly MINUTES
Friday, March 25, 2016 – 2 p.m.
119 Rutledge Building
5. CVPA International Arts Committee – 2 year term – Anna Sartin, Theatre & Dance
ii. University-wide Committees – CVPA representatives
1. Faculty Committee on University Life – Kristen Wonderlich, Music - 3 year term
2. Graduate Council – Don Rogers, Music - 3 year term
3. Library - Seth Rouser, Fine Arts - 3 year term
4. Teacher Education - Stephen Gundersheim, Theatre & Dance - 3 year term
5. Undergraduate Petitions - Lorrie Crochet, Music - 3 year term
6. University Curriculum – Tracy Patterson, Music - 3 year term
b. Curriculum – Andrew Vorder Bruegge - APPROVED
VIII. Announcements
a. CVPA Graduation Reception – Fri. May 6, 2016 - 5:30 p.m. – Rutledge Gallery
b. Reporting undergraduate creative/research activities to Office of Undergraduate research
i. Undergraduate Scholarly & Creative Activity - SOURCE.
1. Expansion of scope to include all CVPA creative activities throughout entire year.
ii. UG research symposium and abstract book
1. http://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/undergradresearch_abstracts/
c. April 1 - Deadline for Faculty-Led Study Abroad Course Proposals
d. New minor in Community Based Learning proposed by the Interdisciplinary Studies Office.
i. To serve VPA students who started an arts ed major and then dropped it
ii. To serve VPA students interested in career options in community arts
IX.
Adjournment
X.
CVPA Graduate Faculty Assembly
a. Curriculum – Andrew Vorder Bruegge - APPROVED
XI.
Reception – Rutledge Gallery
College of Visual & Performing Arts
CVPA Faculty Assembly – March 25, 2016
Department and Area Reports
Theatre & Dance – Daniel Gordon
DEPARTMENT
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The Department of Theatre and Dance will present Robert Aguirre-Sacasa’s potent and riveting play about an IvyLeague bound senior who becomes the center of a scandal that threatens to destroy his future. Good Boys and
True runs March 23-27 in the Johnson Studio Theatre.
CVPA Faculty Assembly AGENDA – 03/25/16
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly MINUTES
Friday, March 25, 2016 – 2 p.m.
119 Rutledge Building

Kentucky playwright Naomi Wallace brings sharp insight, political anger, and cool, graceful and poetic language to
bloody and tension-filled circumstances in Slaughter City, which looks at the horrific working conditions of factory
workers. Almost dream-like, the play focuses on labor, its gritty realities, and the sparks that ignite change.
Slaughter City runs April 6-10 in the Johnson Theatre. Mature content

Spring One-Act Festival
April 15-16 / 8 pm and April 16-17 / 2 pm in The Studio Theatre
A lively, entertaining and eclectic mix of one-act plays directed by advanced theatre students. Mature
content. Tickets: $8 with WU ID/$15 general public.

Student Choreography Showcase
April 22-23 / 8 pm and April 24 / 2 pm in the Johnson Theatre
Modern dance works choreographed by advanced dance students. Tickets: $5 with WU ID/$10 general public.
For TIX to ALL upcoming Theatre and Dance productions, contact the box office at 323-4014, or email
boxoffice@winthrop.edu for tix.

The Department hosted an African American Monologues Acting Workshop in February with Troy
Scarborough
FACULTY
 Meg Schriffen and Emily Morgan traveled to the National High School Dance Festival in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania in March for a successful recruiting trip, already yielding two applications

Dr. Laura Daugherty escorted students Kevin Aoussou, Taylor Neel, Shivam Patel, and Luna Mackie
to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Charleston, SC where they attended plays,
engaged in workshops, and competed successfully in individual events.

Daniel Gordon, Stephen Gundersheim, and Janet Gray travelled to the Southeastern Theatre
Conference in March to escort a dozen students auditioning and interviewing for professional jobs and
graduate schools, and to recruit among over 700 high school theatre students.
ALUMNI

Alumnus Zachary McCrorey (BA December 2012, THTR DTEC) is travelling to Moscow, Russian with
the dance company Pilobolus.

Alumnus Ashton Waldron (BA Dance 2011) is a teaching assistant at the Mark Morris Dance Center in
New York City.

Alumnus Natalie Kinney (BA Theatre: Design/Tech 2009) is an entertainment specialist with Jurassic
World in Virginia, and spends her free time as a derby girl with the River City Roller Girls.
Department of Design – Chad Dresbach
CVPA Faculty Assembly AGENDA – 03/25/16
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly MINUTES
Friday, March 25, 2016 – 2 p.m.
119 Rutledge Building
Interior Design
Interior Design is hosting the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) Exam for South Carolina
and North Carolina at Winthrop University on April 2nd.
NCIDQ, the National Exam for Interior Design, qualifies interior designers to be in the exclusive and highly
prestigious realm of “Certified Interior Designers.” The exam is among the single, most-important activities
future interior designers can ever participate in, and passing the NCIDQ is like the equivalent of passing the Bar
Exam in law.
For the Department of Design to host the Carolina NCIDQ test is good for professional prestige, reputation of
the faculty/program, and increases respect within the profession – it’s a ‘big deal’. Winthrop students may - or
may not - participate, and may - or may not - ‘pass’; but there will also be other, non-student, professionals
traveling to Winthrop to take this exclusive exam, and the destinations for the sites chosen aren’t made
arbitrarily or lightly. They didn’t choose USC or Clemson or SC State or Converse or anyplace else; they’ve
chosen Winthrop. So, that’s worth something.
Department of Fine Arts Report – Tom Stanley
Student group USA (United Student Artists planned and completed a successful trip to arts facilities in
Washington, DC over spring break.
On Tuesday, March 22, as part of our Art, Business and the Creative Spirit lecture series, we hosted Mark
Richard Leach, former director of the Mint Museum of Craft and Design and later SECCA,
On Wednesday, March 23, as part of our Transforming the Community Initiative in collaboration with Rock Hill
Economic Development and the NEA, we hosted architect and artist Ivan Depeña who spoke to our public art
class in the morning, students at South Point High School in the afternoon, and the public during an evening
lecture.
On Thursday, March 24, our Art History program hosted Dr. Elizabeth Pastan of Emory University in a
presentation titled “What do we really know about the Bayeux Tapestry?”
Senior students are preparing for the 2016 Senior Exhibition with a website and opening April 15.
The department has three M.F.A. students putting the finishing touches on their thesis exhibitions. They
include Lee Ann Harrison, Viv Carey and Tom Seay.
The department is gearing up for a major assessment of programs together with a strategic plan to address
plans for the future.
M.F.A. alumni have planned and will host Winthrop Alumni Exhibition at Hart-Witzen Gallery, with a reception
April 16 from 6:30-11 p.m., 136 E. 36th St., Charlotte. Live Music by Tom Billotto.
Department of Music Report – Don Rogers
CVPA Faculty Assembly AGENDA – 03/25/16
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Faculty Assembly MINUTES
Friday, March 25, 2016 – 2 p.m.
119 Rutledge Building
Upcoming music activities:
March 29
7:30 p.m.
April 6
7:30 p.m.
Hildreth, conductor
April 10
4:00 p.m.
Hughes, director
April 12
7:30 p.m.
Loomer, director
April 13
7:30 p.m.
Hildreth, conductor
April 17
7:30 p.m.
Crochet, conductor
April 18
7:30 p.m.
conductor
April 19
7:30 p.m.
Kathy Kinsey, conductor
April 21
7:30 p.m.
conductor
April 24
7:30 p.m.
conductor
Barnes Recital Hall
Byrnes Auditorium
Emeriti Faculty Series: Eugene Barban, piano
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Symphony Orchestra – Tom
Barnes Recital Hall
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Brass Ensembles – Martin
Barnes Recital Hall
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Clarinet Choir – Deborah
Barnes Recital Hall
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Chamber Orchestra – Tom
Byrnes Auditorium
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Wind Symphony – Lorrie
Barnes Recital Hall
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Collegiate Choir – Phil Suggs,
Byrnes Auditorium
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Chorale & Chamber Singers –
Byrnes Auditorium
Ensemble Series: Winthrop Symphonic Band – Doug Presley,
Byrnes Auditorium
Special Event: Carolinas Wind Orchestra – Lorrie Crochet,
Reports from CVPA Committees & CVPA Representatives on University-wide Committees
CVPA Bylaws Committee
The CVPA Bylaws Committee has been investigating whether or not “appeals procedures” are needed for CVPA
Bylaws to be in agreement with University Policies regarding the evaluation the faculty annual reports. The
committee is also drafting amendments to the CVPA Bylaws for consideration by the Faculty Assembly that
would better define the responsibilities of all involved in the tenure and promotion processes at the
department and college levels.
CVPA Faculty Assembly AGENDA – 03/25/16