Welcome to this special issue of art/sci, the biannual
newsletter for faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the
College of Arts and Sciences at Case. As the 2005-06 academic
year begins, the fruits of several major initiatives—in student
and faculty recruitment, curricular reform, program development,
and facilities creation—will be visible in the College and
across the university. With so much to celebrate, nothing less
than a special issue seemed adequate to the occasion.
This is the year when SAGES, a program created under the
leadership of Arts and Sciences faculty, will become the general
education curriculum for all Case undergraduates. It is the year
when the university will enroll its largest entering class ever,
and when Arts and Sciences will welcome eighteen new faculty
members, including ten in the humanities and six in the social
sciences. It is a year when several departments will be
significantly expanded, with the appointment of new chairs and,
in some cases, a redefinition of their research and educational
missions.
Finally, this is the year when the newly completed construction
of world-class facilities—including the residential Village at
115, SAGES Central, and the Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman
Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services
Center— will make an unprecedented array of educational
resources and experiences available to Case students and
faculty.
We hope that you will enjoy learning about the remarkable
changes taking place in Arts and Sciences this fall. Thank you
for reading this special issue. |
