Fee approves software to Nationwide Affiliation of Faculties of Dance
KENNESAW, Ga.
(Sep 27, 2022) — The Division of Dance at Kennesaw State College (KSU) has been accredited for accreditation
and affiliate membership within the Nationwide Affiliation of Faculties of Dance (NASD). This
recognition from NASD supplies nationwide validation and approval for the Division of Dance, the Faculty
of the Arts, and KSU.
and affiliate membership within the Nationwide Affiliation of Faculties of Dance (NASD).
Based in 1981, the Nationwide Affiliation of Faculties of Dance (NASD) is a company
of faculties, conservatories, faculties, and universities with over 80 accredited institutional
members. It establishes nationwide requirements for undergraduate and graduate levels
and different credentials for dance and dance-related disciplines and supplies assist for
establishments and people engaged in creative, scholarly, instructional, and different
dance-related endeavors.
“With this achievement, the Faculty of the Arts at KSU earns the excellence of getting
each one in every of its items nationally accredited,” says Dr. Ivan Pulinkala, Interim Provost and Vice President of Tutorial Affairs and Professor of Dance. He
based the dance program in 2005 and has nurtured its strong progress—from a handful
of scholars to over 120 at the moment.
Now the biggest collegiate dance program in Georgia, KSU Dance joins 83 faculties of
dance who’re nationally accredited, together with the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance
Schooling, and the College of Georgia. Positioned simply north of Atlanta, KSU Division
of Dance provides a Bachelor of Arts diploma with concentrations in ballet and modern
trendy dance.
Marsha Barsky, Chair of the Division of Dance, says, “NASD is the authoritative accrediting company
for dance, and this honor speaks to the standard and integrity of KSU Dance. We are going to
proceed to stick to nationwide requirements and comply with the Fee’s pointers and
suggestions to take care of excellence in schooling and coaching at KSU.”
Barsky credit the KSU Dance school for his or her help within the honor, because the division’s
full-time school and employees members had been concerned in drafting, organizing, analyzing,
evaluating, and writing the self-study and subsequent report. In 2020, the method
for accreditation started with a complete self-study of instructional requirements and
competencies in curriculum, school, programming, and operational circumstances, and,
in April 2021, NASD evaluators visited the campus.
“Nationwide accreditation is a serious milestone as a result of it acknowledges our important
contributions to the sphere of examine,” says Harrison Lengthy, Interim Dean of the Faculty of the Arts. “The KSU Faculty of the Arts is lucky
to have achieved this excessive honor in all arts disciplines.”
To be taught extra, please go to arts.kennesaw.edu/dance.