Organizational and Curricular Changes

• 1978/79 The Department became The Department of Theatre

• In 1998 the department added the inter-disciplinary minor in Cinematic Art with Mr. Ted McKosky as the director of the program:

• Mr. David Wheeler was hired in the new Technical Director position, and then, in the Fall of 1998, when a new Administrative Professional position for Theatre was added

• For the 1999/2000 academic year, Mr. Charles L. Hayes served as Interim Chair for the Department.

• Mr. Lee Van Dyke (00-03) was named Chair in Fall, 2000.

• In the Fall of 2000 Mr. Wesley A. Young was appointed as a member of the performance faculty. For the past 20 years, Wesley, an extraordinarily gifted actor and director, talented playwright, and dedicated teacher, has brought a high degree of professionalism to the department.

• 2006 after adding the Cinema as a minor a decade early became The Department of Theatre and Cinema

• 2018 The School of Dance and Theatre was dissolved retuning to The Department of Theatre and Cinema