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Howard University is renaming its College of Fine Arts after one of its most acclaimed alumnis, actor Chadwick Boseman.
On Wednesday, Howard renamed its performing and visual arts school after the “Black Panther” star, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in last year’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Boseman, who graduated from Howard in 2000 with a bachelor of arts degree in directing, died in August at the age of 43 from colon cancer.
The renaming unites Howard University and Walt Disney Co.’s executive chairman, Bob Iger, who will spearhead fundraising for an endowment named after Boseman, as well as help raise money for the construction of a state-of-the-art building on the campus. The new building will house the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, its TV station, WHUT, and its radio station, WHUR 96.3 FM.
University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway announced the appointment of Dr. Eric Lau, Professor of Music – Saxophone and Chair of the Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts, as the dean of.