Fall 2007 Dean’s Office Bill Byrnes served as the Director of the 21st Century Task Force for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT). He worked with the USITT board of directors, staff, and a consulting firm to coordinate an organizational assessment and the development of a strategic plan for USITT. Dr. Dan Frezza, CPVA Academic Advisor, appeared with the SUU Wind Symphony at their Halloween Concert October 30, 2007 in the Ballroom at the Sharwan Smith Center as the narrator in Stephen McNeff's “Ghosts.”
Art & Design Fall 2007 The Department of Art & Design grew at a rapid pace. The number of majors this fall reached 196, nearly doubling what it was in the fall of 1999! The new digital computer lab is up and running and is packed at all hours of the day. A new Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History has started under the capable leadership of Dr. Andrew Marvick. Arlene Braithwaite and seven art students traveled to the Escalante Canyon Art Festival in October. Students painted on location, and received instruction and advice from professional artists. Two students, Kate Montoya and Mitch Grimshaw, sold the work they created in the Plein Air Painting Competition Exhibition. Arlene won the $2,000 Grand Prize for her pastel painting Morning Light on Calf Creek Cliffs. Eric Brown had three ancillary materials published by Prentice Hall for use with Marilyn Stokstad's textbooks Art: A Brief History: 3rd Edition; Art: A Brief History: Instructor’s Manual; Art: A Brief History: Student Study Guide Plus, and Art: A Brief History: Test Item File. Eric also had a work accepted into the 22nd Annual Religious and Spiritual Art of Utah Exhibition at the Springville Museum of Art. The show ran October 31 through December 27, 2007. Dr. Andrew Marvick launched a new website for his artwork: www.andrewmarvick.com. On November 9th, 2007 he presented his paper, "Realist vs. Modernist Form and their Reception in the Landscapes of Fernand Khnopff" at the 49th
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