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GENERAL INFORMATION 10
Fine Arts Division (FAD)
Added new art courses (Digital Photography‐ART 175‐275 and Directed Readings in Art‐ART 293)
to the curriculum
Offered a new theatre course (Voice and Speech for the Performer‐THR 241)
Offered Music Appreciation (MUS101) to dually enrolled students at a high school site
Created a state‐of‐the‐art digital art studio, unequaled in the area, with the acquisition of new
computers and software for digital photography, graphic design, and computer graphics
Displayed student art in both the Cherry Hall gallery area and the Cunningham Hall gallery area
Sponsored the Wallace Sound and Wallace Chorus in performances at a variety of venues
including counselors workshops, a benefit concert in Kinsey, Alabama, Covenant United
Methodist Church, Troy University, Dothan Rotary Christmas Luncheon, The Lost Carols – a
benefit for the Wiregrass Children’s Home, the Alabama Tourism Board, a workshop with
Huntingdon College, and the African‐American History Month celebration
Presented concerts during both fall (Deck the Rooftop) and spring (Warped) terms featuring the
Wallace Sound and the Wallace Chorus
Celebrated WCC’s 40 th season of theatre
• Collaborated with art faculty to host a student poster contest (Our Town theme),
naming 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd place student winners
• Presented theatre productions of Our Town in fall 2011 and Hairspray in spring 2012
including Wednesday morning matinee theatre performances for area high school
students
• Collaborated with music faculty to present the culminating event of the celebration, the
musical Hairspray (WCC’s first in more than 20 years) to approximately 1,000 patrons
over its 3 night run
Facilitated the acceptance of art majors to four‐year universities and art colleges, including
Savannah College of Art & Design, Full Sail University, Troy State University, and Auburn
University
Facilitated the acceptance and transfer of 9 music majors to four‐year institutions including
Huntingdon College, Birmingham‐Southern College, Auburn University, and Troy University.
Set up a student art portfolio review at the Wiregrass Museum of Art that allowed students to
display their portfolios to an admission representative from Savannah College of Art & Design
and to gain tips for constructing a portfolio for scholarships/applications to any university
Increased piano, theatre and Wallace Sound scholarships
Exhibited faculty artwork at galleries in Oregon, Vermont, Georgia, and Alabama (Jessica
Raetzke)
Art faculty member conducted guest artist’s lectures at McNeese State University in Lake
Charles, Louisiana (Jessica Raetzke)
Sponsored adjunct instructor, Andrew Stroud, in a classical guitar performance
Raised approximately $4,000.00 to benefit the Wiregrass Children’s Home from the Wallace
Sound’s spring 2012 performance of Warped
Theatre students and faculty designed and constructed the National Peanut Festival booth for
the Wallace Community College Display
Enhanced student life with activities of the Theatre Club (Savannah Granberry ‐ faculty sponsor)
• Students served as volunteer ushers for S.E.A.C.T.’s fall theatre production
• Students served as volunteer ushers for S.E.A.C.T.’s spring theatre production
• Students worked with the public relations department to assist in college publicity
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