Ithaca
(IC)
2
College
Demonstration
Projects
Periodic Update Report
Date of Submission:
December 18, 2009
Project Title:
Classical Opera and Contemporary Musical Theater
Principal Investigator:
Brian DeMaris
Department:
Performance Studies
School/Division:
Music
Project Co-Principal Investigators (if any):
Reporting Period:
Fall 2009
Executive Summary of State of the Project:
Project planning is still underway, as planned. Not without challenges, the project is on schedule as per the project time-line outlined in the original
final proposal. Key challenges have been adequately addressed with the valuable input and aid of Dean Gregory Woodward, Associate Provost
Bashar Hanna, and Provost Kathleen Rountree. The next step for the project is to formally contract the recruited faculty advisors as soon as possible,
and for said advisors to begin planning the course in February.
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I.
Key Accomplishments to Date (or Since Last Report):
A. Created job descriptions for faculty advisors
B. Determined with the aid of Associate Provost Bashar Hanna and Dean Gregory Woodward, that the course will be a full year
course encompassing Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semester that 16-20 student will enroll in for 2-3 credits. The course will be offered
through the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies so that it may be accommodated into any degree program at the discretion of any
dean or department chair.
C. Submitted job announcement for faculty advisors in Intercom newsletter (see “Key Challenges” below).
D. Formally enlisted Paula Murray-Cole (Assistant Professor, Theater Arts) as faculty advisor
II.
Key Challenges to Date:
A. Recruitment of faculty outside of the School of Music and Department of Theater Arts has been problematic. Many faculty site
lack of support for the IC(2) initiative in general or busy schedules.
B. Intercom ad was not visible enough
III.
How were these Challenge(s) addressed:
A. Provost Rountree and Dean Woodward suggest enlisting only 2 faculty advisors outside of the School of
each with 3 credits of release time (as opposed to 1).
Music, and providing
B. Brian DeMaris and Paula Murray-Cole will be meeting with Sean Eversley Bradwell (Assistant Professor,
Culture, Race, and Ethnicity) to entertain the notion of his serving as the second faculty advisor.
Center for Study of
IV.
Expenditures to Date:
None.
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V.
Project Assessment:
The project is on schedule, but still in planning stages.
Project Goal
Recruitment of faculty
advisors by December,
2009.
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Actions
Intercom Ad
Measure(s)
Multiple informal letters
of interest received by
Brian DeMaris
Outcome(s)
Paula Murray-Cole
accepted. Sean Eversley
Bradwell, possibly
interested.
Next Steps
Formally contract Paula
Murray-Cole, and continue to
encourage Sean Eversley
Bradwell to accept and contract.
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VI.
Student Learning Assessment:
Not yet applicable
Student Learning
Objective (SLO)
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Method of Instruction
(How was this SLO
taught)
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Type of Measure (Direct
and Indirect)
Outcome
Possible Reason for
Outcome
(interpretation)
Revision
(if any)
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