抖阴短视频 School of Design and Production announces new grad program
The top-ranked School of Design and Production (D&P) at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts announces a new three-year graduate program in Production and Project Management (PPM) to begin enrollment for Fall 2018.
鈥淭his is a transformational M.F.A. program feeding the entertainment industry with project managers,鈥 says Dean Michael J. Kelley, an Emmy award-winning alumnus who returned to 抖阴短视频 after a career that includes a stint as senior producer for Walt Disney Imagineering. 鈥淭here is no other graduate program in the country that trains inspired leaders who will drive innovation in both non-profit and for-profit creative endeavors.鈥
D&P Dean Michael J. Kelley
The program, Kelley says, will include general business management and leadership training, along with creative collaboration on 抖阴短视频 stage productions in theatre, dance, classical music, and opera and in-class projects with top creative organizations.
鈥淭hese immersive projects will provide the invaluable opportunity for students to apply people, project and production management skills within arts and entertainment organizations,鈥 he says.
Management courses will include organizational behavior, accounting, human resources, marketing, negotiation and law and the arts. Leadership training will focus on strategic planning, innovation and creativity, and entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
Students and faculty from the School of Design and Production helped create a Halloween-themed event at the White House in October 2016.
Eric Notkke, who joins 抖阴短视频 as assistant director of the PPM program, says the course will help professionals with career transitions. 鈥淥ur ideal candidate has two to four years鈥 experience in the industry and wants to move up or branch out in their career,鈥 says Nottke, who brings 25 years of experience, most recently as Director of Production at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Nottke has worked with many young professionals who have the talent, drive and passion to advance in their careers, but lack training in business management and leadership. 鈥淭here is a gap in their education, and this program is designed to fill that gap,鈥 he says. 鈥淭he entertainment industry needs graduates with the training that our PPM program will provide.鈥
抖阴短视频 will most likely accept some candidates who are fresh from undergraduate degrees, Nottke says. 鈥淲e would not want to discourage extremely qualified candidates who will graduate this Spring.鈥
The entertainment industry needs graduates with the training that our PPM program will provide.
Eric Nottke, assistant director of the PPM program
Kelley said 抖阴短视频 is in the final stages of hiring a director for the graduate program, with an announcement expected in the first quarter of 2018. 鈥淲e have a number of highly qualified candidates whose experience will compliment Eric鈥檚 expertise,鈥 Kelley says.
Additional information and applications are available online.
The School of Design and Production is ranked second in the country by OnStage blog, a leading trade publication for theatre reviews and news. OnStage released its ranking of 鈥渢he Top 10 BFA Theatre Design & Tech Programs in the Country for 2017-18鈥 on Sept. 1.
D&P currently enrolls 231 students in nine undergraduate programs (Costume Design and Technology, Lighting, Scene Design, Scene Painting, Scene Technology, Sound Design, Stage Management, Stage Properties, and Wig and Makeup Design); 49 students in nine graduate programs (Costume Design, Costume Technology, Scenic Art, Scene Design, Sound Design, Stage Automation, Stage Properties, Technical Direction, and Wig and Makeup Design); and 39 students in its high school Visual Arts Program.
December 11, 2017