Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Printable VPA Graduate Student Handbook [PDF 608KB]

Table of Contents

Welcome to Syracuse University

Dear Graduate Student:

Welcome to the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the home college of your degree program at Syracuse University, YOUR college. The Office of Research, Graduate Studies, and Internationalization provides you with additional resources so you can successfully navigate through the graduate school world. While you have been assigned a faculty advisor in your department, this office exists to provide any additional support you may need. We can offer targeted answers to some of your questions or direct you to appropriate administrative offices when the scope of your need is beyond our capacity.

...

Elisa Macedo Dekaney, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies, and Internationalization

Introduction

Welcome to Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts! 

The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University is dedicated to providing a nurturing environment where the faculty helps students develop their creative and scholarly abilities. The college opened in September 1873 as the College of Fine Arts and was the first college in the United States to grant a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting and a degree in music. Together, students and faculty play a vital role in the academic and cultural life of the University as well as the greater Syracuse community.

...