August 17, 2022
Greetings, everyone:
Over the past months I’ve been writing to you in this forum I’ve gotten in the habit of commiserating with you over the collective trauma we’ve experienced as a community (in multiple diverse areas) as well as the exhaustion we experience on account of it. But I can honestly say that the approaching fall has boosted my outlook—the season of planning, of syllabi, of office and classroom supplies, of scheduling meetings and brainstorming sessions, of meeting new faculty, staff and students and introducing them to our community, amid the scent of freshly sharpened pencils.
This season, we’re also including a major component of our ongoing DFPA Academic Program Review—a site visit by two consultants (Deans of Schools or Combined Fine and Performing Arts Departments) in which we’ll be able to complement the extensive picture we generated last year in our initial report and key findings with human faces. I am grateful in advance for any and all participation you may have in that visit.
This year, I’m ready and eager for it. I know, we’re still reeling from the past years, but I sense our collective fear and anxiety softening to caution and adaptability. I hope you’ll share my excitement as we start this academic year, and note all the useful information contained below—we begin auditions for lessons, ensembles and public performances almost immediately! As we dig into a new fall semester, a new academic year and a new exhibition and performance season, let’s be sure to do so with a reflective and sensitive enthusiasm that continues to both rely on and support our DFPA community.
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Faculty Profile Updates
If you do not currently have a faculty profile on the DFPA website or would like to update your profile, please complete and submit the Biography and Headshot Form . Faculty pages are among the most frequently visited pages on our website. Students often look up faculty when they’re shopping for classes so it is important to keep your profile current.
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Office or Course Supply Request Form
As a faculty, staff, or student working for the department, use the Office or Course Supply Requisition form for to request office supplies from Warehouse Direct or as a faculty member who is not a departmental Procard holder to request faculty or student supplies for a course. If you have questions about the form, you can reach out to DFPA@luc.edu. The main office handles the placing of orders and the follow up with requestors.
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Save the Date! AUGUST 19
The first DFPA faculty and staff meeting of the 22-23 school year will take place on Friday, August 19, 10:00AM-12:00PM in MUND 203.
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| Updated Contact Information
It is important for a variety of reasons that we have your updated home phone and address while we are working remotely, please complete this form to update our records. Thank you!
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Enterprise Learning Hub
We'd like to encourage all Faculty and Staff, as part of your pre-semester preparation, to check in at the Enterprise Learning Hub, where lives access to any of the required online training sessions about which we often receive reminders or announcements. We ask you to keep up with those required sessions, and complete them in timely fashion so we don’t have to track you down (knowing that the ultimate penalty for non-compliance is removal from email and university systems). I hope we will be able to continue to benefit from the information we get from these relatively painless obligations.
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Newsletter Submission Form
There is now a submission form on the DFPA website for Newsletter articles or announcements. If you have an opportunity or event you would like promoted, please submit by August 26.
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Faculty Development
As you make plans for academic conferences and other professional development activities in the upcoming year, please use this portal to access funding requests, both to CAS and to the DFPA.
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Finally: Conversion from Digital Measures/Watermark to Interfolio Faculty 180
In July 2021, the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness announced the transition from the Digital Measures/Watermark faculty activity system to Interfolio Faculty 180. This transition occurred July 1, 2022 for all faculty who had previously used the Digital Measures/Watermark system (accessed within LOCUS.) These faculty members should be able to access their profiles in Interfolio Faculty 180 at this time. Faculty should look for more information from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness as the platform is live and accessible.
As part of the F180 roll out, faculty can expect increased functionality within Interfolio’s Review, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT) module, already in use at Loyola for tenure and promotion reviews. The RPT and F180 modules will be linked and accessible through a single sign-on. Faculty undergoing an annual evaluation will update their activity entries in F180, generate a preview of their annual evaluation report/CV in RPT, revise their F180 data as needed, attach unit-specific materials, and then submit the evaluation forms directly to reviewers through RPT.
Faculty who previously used Digital Measures/Watermark will be trained in July and August, via ZOOM.
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Upcoming: Family Weekend Concert
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Friday, September 23, 2022
7:30PM CDT
Mundelein Auditorium
Join us for the first concert of the academic year, featuring Loyola’s Symphony Orchestra, University Chorale, University Singers, and Wind Ensemble, as we celebrate Loyola's Family Weekend.
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Anne McGravie, Scottish-born Chicago playwright and former Loyola theatre lecturer, dies at 96.
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Welcome to some new faces!
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Theresa Ham, who joins us as Costume Shop Manager.
Theresa brings much experience and insight to her new role supervising and overseeing operations of our busy costume shop in the lower level of Mundelein.
Dr. DeRon Williams, Assistant Professor of Theatre, will join Theatre’s directing program, and continue his research on Black and women directors in America.
And, some familiar faces are joining us in different, full-time roles:
Dr. Klaus Georg has been appointed Lecturer in Music,
David Josh Cook has been appointed Lecturer in Music,
And Deborah Goodman has been appointed Lecturer in Dance.
There are many new Part-Time faculty joining us as well this semester in Mundelein and the Ralph Arnold Annex. Please join us in congratulating and welcoming all our new friends and colleagues into our DFPA community.
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| Theresa Ham,
Costume Shop Manager
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Dr. DeRon Williams,
Assistant Prof. of Theatre
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Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship
There are a wide variety of development programs available for those teaching or interested in engaged learning practices. Find more details here.
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Campus Operations
Loyola's Return to Campus and COVID-19 websites have now been merged to form the Health, Safety, and Well-Being Update website. This site contains all up-to-date information on required health and safety practices for anyone on our campuses as well as resources for students, faculty, and staff.
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Building Access
Here is the building access information that we have confirmed with Campus Safety. For more information on building access policy, please visit the Our Spaces page on the DFPA website.
Mundelein Center Regular Building Hours
- 7:00am-10:00pm: Monday-Friday
- 7:00am-7:00pm (Campus Safety unlocks/locks the doors)
- 7:00pm-10:00pm (Loyola ID card access)
- 7:00am – 10:00pm: Saturday (Loyola ID card access)
- 9:00am-10:00pm: Sunday (Loyola ID card access)
Ralph Arnold Annex Regular Building Hours
- 7:00am-10:00pm: Monday-Saturday (Loyola ID card access)
- 9:00am-10:00pm: Sunday (Loyola ID card access)
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Room Usage Guidelines
The operations team spent much of the summer working in most our shared academic spaces (and a few of our supervised studios) to provide additional cleaning and equipment maintenance. With the large number of shared academic spaces in the DFPA it is especially important that we all contribute to their upkeep. To that end, please comply with the following Room Usage Guidelines. These guidelines and standard layouts are posted on the wall in most of our shared academic spaces.
- Use only dry erase markers on the whiteboards.
- Clean up the room, including the whiteboards. Place all trash in receptacles, food and drink containers should be put in the main hallway receptacles.
- Do not add/remove furniture or equipment to/from the room without permission. A room inventory is posted in most shared academic spaces.
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Rearranging furniture and equipment within the room is permissible, but the room should be returned to its standard layout at the end of use. A standard layout is posted in most of our shared academic spaces.
- Room schedules are posted outside most of our shared academic spaces. Please vacate the space in a timely fashion in order for subsequent events to begin on time.
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If additional furniture and/or equipment is needed in order to facilitate the effective use f this space, or if there are any other concerns, please send an email to DFPAOperations@luc.edu.
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If a piano is present, do not set anything on the piano; keep liquids away from the piano; and do not unplug the piano from the wall socket.
- Food is not permitted in Music Studios or Practice Rooms.
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Service Requests
It takes a village to keep our facilities in good working order. If you notice something in need of attention by the Facilities Department, please file a Service Request. Anyone with a UVID and password can submit a Service Request. You can file a Service Request via this link, or by visiting the Facilities Department website and clicking on “Service Request” on the left-hand side of the screen. There is also a handy how-to video on this page. If you are in a hurry, you can also visit the Mundelein Center Info Desk and ask the attendant to submit a Service Request.
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Opportunities for Students
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Fall 2022 Mainstage Auditions
Auditions for Fall 2022 mainstage productions of Somewhere and Orlando will take place simultaneously on Tuesday, August 30th on MUND 409. Visit our auditions page for production descriptions, casting philosophies, details, and important dates. Initial information on Second Stage projects for fall is also available. Please check back later this summer for updates.
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Employment Opportunities
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts is hiring student workers for academic year 2022-2023!
Student workers in our department gain skills and experience in all areas of the fine and performing arts - from arts administration, to facilities/shop work, to front of house audience engagement and all areas in between - in a fun and dynamic environment where students, staff, and faculty work together to bring rich arts programming to the public, support rich engaged arts learning, and build a thriving arts community at Loyola.
Login to Handshake today to search and apply for our work opportunities. New to student employment at Loyola? Visit our Student Employment Resources page to learn more.
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Mark E. Lococo, PhD
Professor, Chair
Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Loyola University Chicago
mlococo@luc.edu
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For academic inquiries, contact the DFPA office: 773.508.7510 or DFPA@LUC.edu
Box Office: 773.508.8400 or BoxOffice@LUC.edu
Loyola University Chicago / Department of Fine and Performing Arts
Mundelein Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Suite 1200
1020 West Sheridan Road, Chicago IL 60660
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