Administrative Mission Statements
Many of you have asked about the purpose of various departments at Art Center. Below are the mission statements from key administrative departments.
Development
The members of the Office of Development work together to raise funds and create meaningful ways for donors to support leaders in art and design at Art Center College of Design.
Educational Planning and Architecture
To ensure that Art Center realizes the spaces that are planned for both campuses through tenant improvements and planning, programming and pre-construction of major projects.
Finance
To provide decision makers within Art Center accurate and timely financial information and ensure compliance with all laws, regulations, and standards
Human Resources
To support and ensure the success of Art Center’s educational mission through the recruitment and retention of the best possible faculty and staff.
International Initiatives
To boldly position Art Center at the center of international dialogue by creating programs that make the College an international destination, facilitating collaborations with other leading institutions, and promoting a deeper awareness and understanding of contemporary world issues.
Real Estate and Operations
To manage the sale and acquisition of property and oversee all campus operations, including facilities, transportation, safety and security, food services, the student store, copy services and the model & props department.
Marketing and Communications
To elevate the level of design and content of the College’s publications and communications—both in print and online; and build increased awareness for the College in the media and among its various constituencies around the world.
Technology
To support students with a firm grounding in traditional analog tools as well as access to and knowledge of cutting-edge digital techniques.
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Carly:
June 18th, 2008 at 5:38 pmwhy is one department called “real estate and operations”? doesn’t that name suggest an ongoing mission to buy and sell land? how does art center’s education purpose dovetail with this seeming goal to empire-build? perhaps the problem is the name “real estate” in the title. can you revise that title so that people don’t get the wrong idea? how about “facilities and operations”
Anonymous:
June 21st, 2008 at 11:48 amInternational Initiatives.
How do you measure success for these international dialogs? In terms of spending, where does the money come from to support these initiatives? I hear they are very expensive and time consuming to stage. I hear portion of this is funded by the Education Budget … specifically Erica Clark’s team. Is this true or is this rumor? What percentage is this as part of the Education Budget? If it’s not from the Education Budget, where does this appear in the schools financials? Why has there been no clear answer on this?
If making the college an international destination is a goal, can you clarify for whom is Art Center a destination for?
If it’s targeted at prospective students, employers and donors? Have you tracked the effectiveness of these tactics? Press coverage is a nice soft metrics, but they don’t bring in students nor dollars. It’s a slow burn to see results… Hmmmm….it’s almost 10 years since Art Center has an International Initiative. Can you give us a status report and all the accomplishments of this department?
Given the number of conferences on innovation, technology and design like Technology Entertainment and Design, All Things Digital, IIT Strategy & Design Conference, POP Tech!, IDEA, ICOGRADA and Dwell Green Conference with similar speaker roster, what’s the compelling reason for Art Center to be in the Conference Business. The conference business can be brutal on the financials. There were many sponsors and they paid for a part of the expenses— Did Art Center make money or lose money on this? How many paid attendees were there? On financial terms only, what is the ROI (return on investment) for such an endeavor
Anonymous:
June 21st, 2008 at 12:29 pmAlong the same lines as Carly’s question, why are “Educational Planning” and “Architecture” lumped together into one office? Is it so that its budget can overflow into the education department’s and thereby be less transparent for its true purposes, i.e., Mr. Koshalek’s empire-building?
Community Forum Moderator:
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 amThanks for your questions and comments. We have forwarded them on to the appropriate staff and hope to have some answers for you very soon.
Ashley:
July 25th, 2008 at 2:27 pmI am curious what happened to those answers - it’s been almost a month.
Looking at these mission statements all together, I’m seeing objectives that are redundant and departments that overlap. “International Initiatives” appears to be a PR campaign, so shouldn’t that be a part of Marketing? Can’t the Marketing department use some of our Graphics, Photography, and Advertising majors so that they not only don’t have to hire out but can highlight the work of our students? “Educational Planning & Architecture” should include “Technology” since the housing of technology is the main need cited when discussing new architecture. Having these departments separated from each other is redundant and inefficient. As for the EP & A department itself, please highlight some positive physical benefits that it has facilitated on behalf of the main student body. As an undergraduate illustration major, I find the Sinclair Pavilion uncomfortable and a bad working environment and the South Campus inefficient and cramped. I am sorry that such large projects feel so useless to the majority of undergraduate students. What else has the EP&A done in 10 years?
Community Forum Moderator:
July 30th, 2008 at 1:25 pmHi Ashley,
The questions posed above that I believe you are referring to were not answered because they were sent by anonymous individuals.
You may want to check out Patricia’s response regarding the Sinclaire Pavilion, posted here under the South Campus discussion topic on June 19.
Also, please check out the tab above entitled “Task Forces” for the latest updates on the individual groups.