Our Mission

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The College of Communication and Fine Arts is founded on the premise that the 21st Century demands global citizens who possess a full understanding of the power, dynamics and responsibility of human communication in all of its aspects and diversity via all the channels that modern technology provides.
The College is committed to:

• providing a learning environment which fosters creative engagement of students and faculty through curricular and co-curricular activities and recognition of research endeavor;
• empowering creative growth through active mentorship;
• promoting an appreciation of communication arts within the diverse cultures in which they exist;
• encouraging flexible and integrative thinking through curricular innovation including interdisciplinary studies;
• assisting every student in the process of finding his/her own voice via the written or spoken word, the musical note or the visual image;
• encouraging independent thinking and research;
• reaching out to the mid-Michigan community via exhibitions, forensics and debate, public presentations and information campaigns, theatrical and musical performances, broadcasts, audio/visual recordings, and in print and online.