PRACTICAL ARTS
For a look ahead at the 2017
theatre season, watch
stevenson.edu/TheatreSeason.
chronic illness, and Moody’s upper-level nursing students
will play nurses interacting with this challenging scenario.
“This is an excellent opportunity for acting students to
create realistic characters and work on improvisation skills
while nursing students will explore a ‘real-life’ patient and
family situation,” he says.
Looking ahead, Clark has spoken with Jeanne Geiger-
Brown, Dean of the Berman School of Nursing and
Health Professions, and Merrie Dermowicz, Dean of the
Fine School of the Sciences, about programming an entire
theatre season with math, science, and health care themes.
For example, he suggests, issues of medical ethics, women
in science, energy policy, and climate change might be
possible areas to explore.
“The key to successful arts programming is the
connectivity with all areas of the university, thus providing
a rich liberal arts experience for every SU student.”
Fashion Design and Fashion
Merchandising
This fall will see the merger of two creative and practical
academic
programs,
fashion
design
and
fashion
merchandising, under one roof—literally and figuratively.
Although both will remain separate degree programs,
they will both be in the School of Design (formerly,
fashion merchandising was in the School of Business and
Leadership), reporting to Forest Bell, Interim Chair of
Fashion Design and Merchandising.
“Regarding these two fields of study, one does not
exist without the other,” Bell says. “Now, we can take
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information and ideas through the entire fashion creation Now, both degrees are fine-tuned to teach students a
and distribution process across both degrees and help balance of both the needed and wanted information that
students better understand the role that each plays.” prepares them for a broad range of careers. Fashion design
In addition to being a sound move for the curricula, positions can range from—among others—art director,
today’s fashion industry also played a role in the decision. fashion writer, and trend forecaster to design product
“With the changing speed in the fashion production developer, fashion illustrator, and costume designer. In
timeline, designers and merchandisers must work in close the field of fashion merchandising, students can consider
proximity to ensure that new design trends, customer working as a marketing manager, merchandise coordinator,
needs, and production timelines are met,” explains showroom manager, stylist, and more.
Bell. “This balance between examining past business “The merger of fashion design and fashion merchandising
performance and adopting current and future trends that is a natural replication of common fashion and retail
are essential to your target customer needs requires a fine environments,” says Bell. “By bringing these two degrees
balance between quantitative and qualitative data. Each together in the School of Design we are offering students
has degree holds an important element in data collection a real-world perspective and opening up the possibility for
and analysis.” further and more in-depth collaborations.”
VENTURES/FALL 2017