Howard University Names College Of Fine Arts After Late Chadwick Boseman
May 26, 2021
The late, great Chadwick Boseman, has been forever immortalized at Howard University, his alma mater. The prominent HBCU has named their re-established College of Fine Arts to the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts. This comes after news broke that the new college is now helmed by famed actress Phylicia Rashad as Dean.
Not known to most Rashad, also taught Boseman acting while he attended HU. After his untimely passing, Rashad talked to People magazine about what it was like teaching Boseman in her acting class. “I remember his smile and gentle way,” she said in 2020. “I remember his unending curiosity and his love of study, studying many things all of the time.
Actress Phylicia Rashad poses for a portrait at the 2014 American Black Film Festival at the Metropolitan Pavillion on June 21, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
The University has named the multi-award winning actress and director the dean of its College of Fine Arts.
Although she is the recipient of honorary doctorate degrees she is one of a few deans without a postgraduate degree.
As dean, she will focus on modernising the curriculum and expanding the school’s enrollment.
On 12 May 2021, Howard University named multi-award winning actress and director Phylicia Rashad as dean of its College of Fine Arts.
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The award winning actress and director said she looks forward to returning to her alma mater.
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Phylicia Rashad, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show, can now add university dean to her list of career accomplishments.
The Washington Post, the school announced Wednesday the multi-award winning actress and director will be dean of her alma mater Howard University’s College of Fine Arts.
Years before Rashad began her acting career, she was a theater acting major at Howard and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in fine arts in 1970.