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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Dean has sent out message to everyone but I don’t think all of you were included – so here you go.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stephanie James<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair, Department of Art<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Fine Arts<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: (850) 644-8254<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: sljames@fsu.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Shelby Heitmuller <sheitmuller@fsu.edu> on behalf of James Frazier <jfrazier@fsu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 2:58 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Aaron C Thomas <acthomas@admin.fsu.edu>, Amber Vann Lee <avann@fsu.edu>, Anthony Gunn <acgunn@fsu.edu>, Anthony Rhine <arhine@fsu.edu>, Antonia Collins <acollins3@fsu.edu>, Barbara Geathers-Thomas <BGThomas@admin.fsu.edu>, Elizabeth Osborne <bosborne@fsu.edu>,
Bradley Brock <BBrock@admin.fsu.edu>, "C. Jackson" <ccjackson@admin.fsu.edu>, Casey Hagwood <chagwood@fsu.edu>, Chari Arespacochaga <Chari.Arespacochaga@fsu.edu>, Christina Nabity <cnabity@fsu.edu>, Colin Campbell <cacampbell@fsu.edu>, Colleen Muscha <cmuscha@fsu.edu>,
Dale Jordan <dfjordan@fsu.edu>, Debra Hale <dhale@fsu.edu>, Elliott Turley <eturley@fsu.edu>, Fred Chappell <fchappell@fsu.edu>, Jason Estala <jestala@fsu.edu>, Jason Tate <jptate@fsu.edu>, Jean Lickson <jlickson@fsu.edu>, Jennifer Riker <jriker@fsu.edu>,
Jessica West <jpwest@fsu.edu>, Jim Lile <jlile@fsu.edu>, Jo Sanburg <jsanburg@fsu.edu>, Joshua Wickham <jwickham@admin.fsu.edu>, Kassidy Coburn <klcoburn@fsu.edu>, Kate Gelabert <kgelabert@fsu.edu>, Kellen Hoxworth <khoxworth@fsu.edu>, Kevin Grab <kgrab@fsu.edu>,
Kris Salata <ksalata@admin.fsu.edu>, Marcia McClellan <mmcclellan@fsu.edu>, Mary Dahl <MKDahl@admin.fsu.edu>, Megan Mowery <mmowery@fsu.edu>, Michele Diamonti <mdiamonti@fsu.edu>, Robert Coleman <rcoleman@fsu.edu>, Sarah Goodson <sgoodson@admin.fsu.edu>, Sarah
Jahnke <smjahnke@fsu.edu>, Sukanya Chakrabarti <schakrabarti@fsu.edu>, Teddy Moore <tmoore6@fsu.edu>, Terri Bourus <terri.bourus@fsu.edu>, Thomas Ossowski <tossowski@fsu.edu>, Zachary Cramer <zcramer@admin.fsu.edu>, Amy Fleming <ajfleming@fsu.edu>, Allison
Spence <aespence@fsu.edu>, Ananda Balingit-LeFils <ajb03e@fsu.edu>, Anne Stagg <astagg@fsu.edu>, Carolyn Henne <chenne@admin.fsu.edu>, Carrie Ann Baade <cjonesbaade@fsu.edu>, Jessica Comellas <jcc09e@fsu.edu>, Charles Badland <badland@neuro.fsu.edu>, Clinton
Sleeper <csleeper@fsu.edu>, Cynthia Hollis <chollis@fsu.edu>, Daniel Luedtke <dluedtke@fsu.edu>, Denise Bookwalter <dbookwalter@fsu.edu>, Dorrie Sanders-Duarte <dsandersduarte@fsu.edu>, Edward Toner <etoner@fsu.edu>, Liz DiDonna <edidonna@fsu.edu>, Holly Hanessian
<hhanessian@fsu.edu>, Jeff Beekman <jbeekman@fsu.edu>, Jessica Ingram <jingram2@fsu.edu>, John Mann <jmann@fsu.edu>, Judith Rushin <jrushin@fsu.edu>, June Dollar <jdollar@fsu.edu>, Kathy Bailey <kbailey@admin.fsu.edu>, James Patterson <kpatterson2@fsu.edu>,
Keith Roberson <kroberson@fsu.edu>, Kevin Curry <kcurry@fsu.edu>, Lilian Garcia Roig <lgarciaroig@fsu.edu>, Mark Messersmith <mmessersmith@fsu.edu>, Marty Fielding <mfielding@fsu.edu>, Robert Berg <rberg@admin.fsu.edu>, Rob Duarte <rduarte@fsu.edu>, Stephanie
James <sljames@fsu.edu>, Tenee Hart <tahart@fsu.edu>, Terri Lindbloom <tlindbloom@fsu.edu>, Tom Hall <thall4@fsu.edu>, Tra Bouscaren <abouscaren@fsu.edu>, Ann Rowson <ann.rowson@fsu.edu>, Amber Ward <award2@fsu.edu>, Antonio Cuyler <acuyler@fsu.edu>, Barbara
Parker-Bell <bparkerbell@fsu.edu>, David Gussak <dgussak@fsu.edu>, Jeff Broome <jbroome@fsu.edu>, Nancy Gerber <ngerber@fsu.edu>, Patricia Villeneuve <pvilleneuve@fsu.edu>, Rachel Fendler <rfendler@fsu.edu>, Sara Shields <skshields@fsu.edu>, Theresa Van Lith
<tvanlith@fsu.edu>, Victoria Barr <vbarr@fsu.edu>, Tori Cole <vcole@fsu.edu>, Adam Jolles <ajolles@admin.fsu.edu>, Doron Bauer <dbauer@fsu.edu>, Jack Freiberg <freiberg@fsu.edu>, Jean Hudson <jhudson@fsu.edu>, Juan Barcelo Gonzalez <juan.barcelo@fsu.edu>,
Karen Bearor <kbearor@fsu.edu>, Kristin Dowell <kdowell@fsu.edu>, Kyle Killian <kkillian@fsu.edu>, Lauren Weingarden <lweingarden@fsu.edu>, Lynn Jones <lajones@fsu.edu>, Michael Carrasco <mcarrasco@fsu.edu>, Paul Niell <pniell@fsu.edu>, Robert Neuman <rneuman@fsu.edu>,
Sheri Patton <spatton@admin.fsu.edu>, Stephanie Leitch <sleitch@fsu.edu>, Tenley Bick <tbick@fsu.edu>, "inb18b@my.fsu.edu" <inb18b@my.fsu.edu>, "acc18h@my.fsu.edu" <acc18h@my.fsu.edu>, "jfg18c@my.fsu.edu" <jfg18c@my.fsu.edu>, "al19x@my.fsu.edu" <al19x@my.fsu.edu>,
Justin Sosnicki <jsosnicki@fsu.edu>, Breanna Bruner <bbruner@fsu.edu>, Amy Huber <amattinglyhuber@fsu.edu>, Amy O'Keefe <aokeefe@fsu.edu>, "alo05@my.fsu.edu" <alo05@my.fsu.edu>, Deborah Alexander <dlalexander@fsu.edu>, Jill Pable <jpable@fsu.edu>, Jim Dawkins
<jdawkins@fsu.edu>, "jud813@gmail.com" <jud813@gmail.com>, Kelley Robinson <kgrobinson@fsu.edu>, Kenneth Saginario <ksaginario@fsu.edu>, Kenan Fishburne <kfishburne@fsu.edu>, Marlo Ransdell <mransdell@fsu.edu>, Maxim Nasab <mnasab@fsu.edu>, Sarah Ashcroft
<sashcroft@fsu.edu>, Stephanie Sickler <ssickler@fsu.edu>, Steven Webber <swebber@fsu.edu>, Yelena McLane <ymclane@fsu.edu>, Santiago Martinez <smartinezoropeza@fsu.edu>, "cliffglowacki@gmail.com" <cliffglowacki@gmail.com>, Alayna Lee <aalee2@fsu.edu>, Anjali
Austin <aaustin@fsu.edu>, Anna Singleton <ASingleton@admin.fsu.edu>, Ansje Burdick <aburdick@fsu.edu>, Caleb Mitchell <cmitchell5@fsu.edu>, Carla Peterson <cpeterson2@fsu.edu>, Chris Cameron <ccameron2@fsu.edu>, Currie Leggoe <cleggoe@fsu.edu>, Daniel Smith
<djs3749@fsu.edu>, David Atkins <dnatkins@fsu.edu>, Diane Riley <dlriley@fsu.edu>, Donna Uchizono <duchizono@fsu.edu>, Douglas Corbin <dcorbin@fsu.edu>, Gregory Golden <ggolden@fsu.edu>, Gwen Welliver <gwelliver@fsu.edu>, Hannah Schwadron <hschwadron@fsu.edu>,
Ilana Goldman <igoldman@fsu.edu>, Willa Zollar <wzollar@fsu.edu>, Jeffrey Bray <jbray@fsu.edu>, Jen Atkins <jatkins@fsu.edu>, Josephine Garibaldi <jgaribaldi@fsu.edu>, Kehinde Ishangi <kehinde.ishangi@fsu.edu>, Andrea-La Toya Davis-Craig <ldavis3@fsu.edu>,
Rachel Hunter <rshunter@fsu.edu>, James Sandifer <RSandifer@admin.fsu.edu>, Sally Sommer <ssommer@fsu.edu>, Suzanne Farrell <sfarrell@fsu.edu>, Tiffany Rhynard <trhynard@fsu.edu>, Timothy Glenn <tglenn@fsu.edu>, Tom Welsh <twelsh@fsu.edu>, David Atkins <dnatkins@fsu.edu>,
Jennifer Petuch <jpetuch@fsu.edu>, Anabel Bordelon <abordelon@fsu.edu>, Meagan Helman <mhelman@fsu.edu>, Maddie Kurtz <mrkurtz@fsu.edu>, Erika Leeds <eleeds@fsu.edu>, Kameron Chatman <kmc16b@my.fsu.edu>, "nd18bf@my.fsu.edu" <nd18bf@my.fsu.edu>, "C.J. Everett"
<ce16g@my.fsu.edu>, "gary@gfcreativemusic.com" <gary@gfcreativemusic.com>, Benjamin Gunter <bbg4940@fsu.edu>, "ian.evans.guthrie@gmail.com" <ian.evans.guthrie@gmail.com>, Arun Holmes <aholmes2@fsu.edu>, "benjaminrhodes2@yahoo.com" <benjaminrhodes2@yahoo.com>,
Kieron Sargeant <ksargeant@fsu.edu>, "adeline.r.saylor@gmail.com" <adeline.r.saylor@gmail.com>, Aaron Spotts <aspotts@fsu.edu>, "jacob.kight92@gmail.com" <jacob.kight92@gmail.com>, Scott Freese <sfreese@fsu.edu>, "gb17e@my.fsu.edu" <gb17e@my.fsu.edu>, Ethan
Bigelow <ebigelow@fsu.edu>, Ryan Boehme <rboehme@fsu.edu>, Rebecca Fitton <rfitton@fsu.edu>, Brenna John <bjohn@fsu.edu>, Jamin Koster <jkoster@fsu.edu>, "claire@tasicon.com" <claire@tasicon.com>, James Woodworth <jwoodworth@fsu.edu>, Celeste Ivory <mivory@fsu.edu>,
Charity May <cimay@fsu.edu>, Cristina Izquierdo <cizquierdo@fsu.edu>, Jay Fox <jtfox@fsu.edu>, Jessica Comas <jcomas@fsu.edu>, Kendal McDowell <kmmcdowell@fsu.edu>, Meredith Mank <mmank@fsu.edu>, Nathaniel Leonard <nLeonard@innovation.fsu.edu>, Nicholas Parparian
<nparparian@fsu.edu>, Pavel Protsyuk <pprotsyuk@fsu.edu>, Rachel Collins <racollins@fsu.edu>, Saleshia Ellis <sdellis@fsu.edu>, Scott Shamp <sshamp@fsu.edu>, Shelby Heitmuller <sheitmuller@fsu.edu>, Thomas Jones <tajones3@fsu.edu>, Kelly Overstreet <koverstreet@fsu.edu>,
Edda Barrios <ebarrios@fsu.edu>, Marvin Bouquette <mbouquette@fsu.edu>, Erika Blanco <edblanco@fsu.edu>, Brianna Cady <bcady2@fsu.edu>, Casey Copeland <cgcopeland@fsu.edu>, Orlando Lewis <olewis2@fsu.edu>, Tory Dellafiora <tdellafiora@fsu.edu>, Carolyn Henne
<chenne@admin.fsu.edu>, Denise Bookwalter <dbookwalter@fsu.edu>, Judith Rushin <jrushin@fsu.edu>, Marty Fielding <mfielding@fsu.edu>, Rob Duarte <rduarte@fsu.edu>, Jean Young <jdyoung@fsu.edu>, Annie Booth <albooth@fsu.edu>, Meredith Lynn <mllynn@fsu.edu>,
Preston McLane <pmclane@fsu.edu>, Wayne Vonada <wvonada@fsu.edu>, Kelly Hendrickson <khendrickson@fsu.edu>, Ivan Penafiel <ipenafiel@fsu.edu>, Elton Burgest <eburgest@fsu.edu>, Rachel Hudson <rwhudson@fsu.edu>, Jamaal Shakespeare <jns18@fsu.onmicrosoft.com>,
"emb16c@my.fsu.edu" <emb16c@my.fsu.edu>, Andrei Malaev <andrei.malaev@conservatory.fsu.edu>, ChrIstopher Mcvicker <chris.mcvicker@conservatory.fsu.edu>, Debi Schalch <debi.schalch@conservatory.fsu.edu>, Eliza Ladd Schwarz <eliza.ladd@conservatory.fsu.edu>,
Gregory Leaming <greg.leaming@conservatory.fsu.edu>, Jonathan Courtemanche <jonathan.courtemanche@conservatory.fsu.edu>, Jonathan Epstein <jonathan.epstein@conservatory.fsu.edu>, Patricia Delorey <patricia.delorey@conservatory.fsu.edu>, Eddie Page <epage@fsu.edu>,
Emily Johnson <etjohnson@fsu.edu>, Melissa Sinclair <msinclair@fsu.edu>, June Dollar <jdollar@fsu.edu>, Michele Diamonti <mdiamonti@fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>A Letter From The Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear College of Fine Arts Faculty and Staff Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As we move through the third week of remote education, I am reaching out to you not with another update on the state of the University, but to say how thankful I am to each of you for the work that you are doing. So far, it
has been relatively quiet in the College of Fine Arts (CFA). Hopefully, little-to-no-news is, good news.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I am in regular communication with the academic chairs and the directors, who keep me apprised of the ways that you all are engaging in planning and working through the challenges of maintaining curricular integrity, to the
degree that is possible, given our present circumstances. For that, on behalf of the students, myself, and the institution, I am most thankful to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I understand that what has been required of you is not one size fits all. For some, the transition to remote teaching was added work (for sure), but it was doable, without feeling as though the quality or content of your teaching
is compromised. For others, what you’ve been asked to do may feel in complete conflict with the substance of what you teach and how you teach it. To re-envision and repackage how you engage students in physical, and/or necessarily intimate and interpersonal
interaction as something done at a distance, without the essential components like tools and equipment or hands-on guided instruction, or the multi-layered sensory experience that is critical to your disciplines, is no small order. And for some, there are
added concerns about certification and licensure, where what students know and are able to do is of heightened significance in relation to professional readiness.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The fact that colleagues around the nation are suffering the same challenges as we are is of little comfort. The uncertainty of what will be weighs heavily. I cannot, in my role as dean or as a person, a father, a son, or brother,
pretend to be unaffected, unafraid, or sure. I am worried – concerned about the health and well-being of you, of our students and staff. Likewise, I am worried about the future of higher education. Nevertheless, like you, I remain steadfast and committed to
advancing the mission of the College and the University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In the weeks prior to moving to remote teaching and operations, and since, I have appreciated the manner in which University upper administration has engaged deans and required that we do the same in gathering perspective and
consensus from our academic units around critical decisions. I am heartened by the care and attention given to protect all members of the University community and the decided focus on student services and support. I’m proud to be a part of Florida State University
and very proud to be at the helm of the College of Fines Arts, where the faculty and staff have risen to meet the challenges of each day with integrity, grace, creativity, and critical and strategic thinking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you for the excellent work you are doing. I hope that you are able to find time for yourselves and for those you love, as you attend to the needs and requests of your students and administrators like me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I wish you well and I hope to see you when we can safely do so without the need for electronic devices or apps, masks or gloves, or unnatural distance. In the meantime, Associate Dean Scott Shamp, the Dean’s Office Staff, and
I are here to assist you, should you need us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Take good care,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">James Frazier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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