ANNUAL REPORT period, the retention rate was 43%, Music was 50%, and Theatre & Dance was 34%. In all CPVA departments the 6 year retention to graduation rate has been increasing each year since 1998. 2. Expand Marketing/PR activities and audience development for all CPVA Departments, Programs, and Affiliates. OUTCOME: The CPVA website was redesigned thanks to the hard work of Jill Whitaker. The pva and arts webpage have been consistently seeing increased traffic each year. As for our events, there was a mixture of increases and decreases in attendance and revenue for 0809. The biggest single event of the year was the In Focus: National Geographic Famous Portraits exhibit at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, which attracted 7,203 visitors. A total 2,600 were school children who participated in the education program of the gallery connected to the In Focus exhibit. Total attendance at the Braithwaite from June 2008 to May 2009 was 14,079, the largest in recent history. Theatre and Dance attracted 5,730 for its season and Music saw attendance of 2,197 at its paid concerts. Ballroom Dance and Acclamation, which officially became part of the college this year, attracted 1,563people to their performances. 3. Continue to monitor enrollment management plans in each department to maximize existing resources. OUTCOME: No information is available at this time about these plans. 4. Ensure CPVA faculty are applying for Faculty Development Grants for each review cycle. OUTCOME: In three of the four cycles of grants for FY 09 CPVA faculty were represented. A total of six faculty received seven grants for the year totaling $10,908. However, this total is a bit deceiving because the September round of grants included $4,450 to the Art & Design Dept faculty for the catalog for Zion: A Creative Response. In effect, eight faculty received funding under this one grant. CPVA faculty received 7.5% of the $145,856 in funds dispersed. On the whole, it appears CPVA faculty could take better advantage of this source of funding. 5. Follow up on the accreditation process of all SUU arts departments: o Complete responses to NASM issues in Music by May 2009 - DONE o Complete responses to NASAD issues in Art & Design by Sept. 2008 - DONE o Continue developing self-study in Theatre for future NAST accreditation – IN PROCESS o Dance is maintaining its NASD accreditation and is preparing for a 2001 site visit 6. Enhance the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery education and community engagement programs by seeking more grant support. OUTCOME: As noted in # 2, the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery had a very successful year and its programming for community engagement was very effective. Karen Gale and students from the Art & Design Dept implemented an imaginative educational program for the In Focus exhibit. The In Focus educational program attracted over 2600 schoolchildren to the gallery. The gallery also became engaged in the centennial activities of Zion National Park through a partnership with the Outdoor Initiative and Zion. Grants were secured from the Cedar City RAP tax and the th
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