{"id":3177,"date":"2023-11-28T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:53:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/college\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\" style=\"min-height:511px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1229\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2383 lazyload\" alt=\"big city banner about page featuring students in a park uptown\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2000\/1229;object-position:53% 43%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"53% 43%\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1-1000x615.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1-1536x944.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1-1400x860.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/05\/Theater_Uptown_23004_7023_ah_1-300x184.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-big-header-font-size wp-elements-4eee8d21c547c207a2ac3629dcb0f0cd\">about the college<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s students are incredibly skilled, passionate, curious, and realistic, but they confront global challenges we\u2019re just beginning to understand. The College is committed to preparing students for a lifetime of sustained art-making and creative thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our <strong>92.1% freshmen retention rate<\/strong> and <strong>4-year\/69% and 6-year\/76% graduation rates<\/strong> consistently exceed national numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The College of Arts + Architecture promotes the arts and design as engines of civic imagination through distinction in creative teaching and research, artistic performance, and community-driven work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through investigations in the performing and visual arts, design and affiliated pursuits, we provoke thought, cultivate aesthetic sensibilities, make space for memory and reflection, instigate creative action, and help build communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The College\u2019s vision is shaped by challenges to contemporary arts and architecture and in response to our unique location and institutional context:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The need to catalyze the institution\u2019s mission as an urban research university through creative work, research, student empowerment, and partnerships in the Charlotte region and beyond<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The need for collaboration across disciplines and domains so as to be able to ask bolder and more relevant questions and expand students\u2019 understandings of their roles and opportunities for achievement<\/em>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The need to embrace a rapidly changing arts and design, technology, demographic, economic, higher education, and post-pandemic landscape.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"5971\" height=\"3981\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-44653 lazyload\" alt=\"Aliya grad photo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington.jpg 5971w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/KENNEDYSJPEG-ALIYAHGRAD-22-Aliyah-Brewington-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 5971px) 100vw, 5971px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 5971px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 5971\/3981;\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-niner-green-darkest-background-color has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore Our Blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discover student success stories, dive deeper into different areas of our college, and more! Explore our vibrant community and see how we\u2019re shaping the future of arts and architecture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/node\/10019\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/node\/10019\/\" style=\"color: white;\">Visit Our Blog<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the College\u2019s intention to fulfill the goals and objectives articulated below. As a community of educators, scholars, and practitioners in the arts, design, and affiliated fields, we are also prepared to respond creatively to the unforeseen. Through an inclusive process involving students and alumni, faculty and staff, and community partners, the College completed its<strong> 2021-26 Strategic Plan <\/strong>in Spring 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Advance the College of Arts + Architecture as a robust organization in a post-pandemic reality<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Build the CoA+A\u2019s visibility, reputation, and strength as a college of visual arts, performing arts, design, and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. 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