Dr. Jeffrey H. Huberman, Dean

The Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts aspires to offer outstanding regional, national, and international programs in Art, Communication, Multimedia, Music, and Theatre Arts and is committed to:

• a humane, equitable, and intellectually stimulating environment for faculty and students
• dynamic academic programs that prepare students and faculty for opportunities in the 21st century
• cultural diversity among students and faculty
• creative diversity in the academic and co-curricular programs of the College
• innovative collaborative initiatives with colleagues throughout the world
• collaboration of students and faculty on projects in research and creative production
• international study and scholarship
• the technology to support College programs
• external interactions that provide professional development and career opportunities for faculty and students

Values: What we believe

Understanding the Creative Process: A respect for imagination and the creativity that enables its communication; an understanding of the relationships among talent, skill, and practice; a commitment to the exploration of interrelationships among the disciplines of our college.

Diversity and Independence: Recognition of the great strength in the diversity of our disciplines:

• Understanding the communication process including knowledge of the broad field that constitutes modern communication encompassing historical, theoretical, literary, oral, and technological; knowledge of, and experience in, public expression in a cultural context.
• Knowledge and appreciation of the arts including the importance of the variety of artistic expression; participation in making art as well as in studying its historical perspective, theoretical analysis, and critical review; and understanding the nature of symbolic expression.

Mentoring:

The special method of teaching and learning creative disciplines.

Collaboration:

The methodology for much of our creative work and that which enables the communication process.