Anne Beffel (department chair, Visual and Performing Arts) has exhibited integrity in the face of significant challenges often associated with change processes. As of Dec. 20, she will assume her faculty appointment with a research focus in areas for which she is nationally recognized: public art; social sculpture; and mindfulness in creative processes and well being. She will begin work on a recently awarded collaborative public art project focused on the Duwamish River, a Superfund site in Washington.
Jared Anderson (associate professor, music) has agreed to serve as interim chair of the department.