Planned and organized a workshop series of aging adult to stay acting in performing arts doing. This interactive workshop series consisted of four in-person engagements that took place in February and March of 2019. Guest teaching artists included Dr. David Frego, Dr. Andy Belser, Dr. Gwen Walker, and Dr. Susan Russell.

The Center for Pedagogy in Art and Design is working in collaboration with Penn State’s

Teaching and Learning with Technology to build a new state-of-the-art teaching lab that will serve as the new home for C-PAD. This space includes multiple projectors that students can control for group work, writeable walls and surfaces, a flexible layout and movable furniture, a high-resolution visual display, high fidelity surround audio, an observation area for faculty professional development, and imbedded technology for communicating with artists and scholars from around the world. The C-PAD Teaching Lab is available by appointment to all Arts and Architecture faculty for innovative teaching and learning projects. C-PAD teaching lab opened in Fall 2019.

Each year, thousands of soon-to-be Penn State students attend New Student Orientation, a process of onboarding where they participate in conversations with peers and develop an understanding of the university’s values. However, universities nationwide have found that presentations on common issues — such as alcohol abuse and sexual harassment — don’t always stick with students. This student-written, C-PAD produced musical theater production, provides every new Penn State student an engagement in the arts to teach powerful lessons before they even arrive on campus for Fall classes.

 

In collaboration with New Student Orientation and Student Affairs, C-PAD has expanding this project to provide over 45 presentations of Results Will Vary* over the 10-week period of new student orientation. This project employs 12 School of Theater students and Austin Ayers, Assistant Professor, in summer employment for the duration of New Student Orientation.

 

 

News:

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_4090fe92-480c-11e8-a033-37f394f454f3.html

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_f04cb7b0-061a-11e8-b481-5379a48e58c3.html

 

Media:

https://radio.wpsu.org/post/penn-state-students-put-new-spin-freshman-orientation (WPSU Broadcast)

https://news.psu.edu/video/532099/2018/08/20/arts-and-entertainment/first-year-students-learn-about-college-life-through (PSU News Video)