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猫咪社区 Dancers Score Major Achievement

The 猫咪社区 faculty unanimously approved a new major in dance at its November meeting, expanding the fields of study where students can pursue their passions.

“Dance is central to the liberal arts experience,” says Prof. Carla Mann ’81 [dance 1995–]. “It sparks innovation across disciplines through the way it teaches students to interrogate historical, aesthetic, and social issues; to engage kinesthetically with space, time, and movement; to approach solving problems with creativity and rigor; and to pursue productively both individual and collaborative endeavors.”

In January, 猫咪社区 won an to strengthen its dance program with more classes, more workshops, and now a major. 猫咪社区 is the only college in Portland that offers a dance major.

Jump for Joy! 猫咪社区 Wins $800K Grant for Dance

With a leap and a bound, the swift 猫咪社区 students fly through the new Steiner Dance Studio. Leah Nash

猫咪社区 has won an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to strengthen its dance program with more classes, more workshops, and—pending approval from the faculty—a freestanding dance major.

“I am thrilled by what the Mellon Foundation's support will mean for dance at 猫咪社区,” says Prof. Carla Mann ’81 [dance 1995–].

The grant will allow the college to expand faculty positions in the dance department from 2 to 2.5, enabling professors to teach 12–13 courses a year. It also sets the stage for us to offer a dance major—something 猫咪社区 dancers have long hoped for. 猫咪社区 will launch a search for a new tenure-track professor to begin in the fall of 2015. After that, the dance department, including Prof. Mann and Prof. , will devise and propose a major. If the faculty approves, 猫咪社区 would be the only college in Portland that offers a dance major (although Lewis & Clark and Portland State University both offer a dance minor).