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Dr. Darrin Thornton appointed interim associate dean for academic affairs and outreach
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Thornton appointed interim associate dean for academic affairs and outreach
Darrin Thornton, teaching professor of music and assistant director for undergraduate studies and advising in the Penn State School of Music, has been appointed interim associate dean for academic affairs and outreach for a two-year term, effective July 1. Scott Wing, who has been in the associate dean position for five years, will step down on June 30 and return to the Department of Architecture faculty....
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An introductory examination of music's role in Hollywood narrative film from the classic era (1930s and 1940s) to the present. MUSIC 4 Film Music (3) (GA)The course examines the role of music in narrative film, the premier art form of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The popularity, significance, and value of film art would not be what it is today if music had not become an integral--indeed, indispensable--part of...
SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDENT CARE & ADVOCACY EMERGENCY FUND
As we continue to navigate the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the School of Music expects a number of our students and their families will be struggling with financial burdens this Fall and beyond. Gifts to the new School of Music Student Care & Advocacy Emergency Fund will be made available to music students in financial need who apply for assistance. Gifts for this purpose can...
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