“In this full circle moment, Ms. Phylicia Rashad will take the training and skills that she honed as a student at Howard and exuded in an outstanding performing career, and she will share those pearls of wisdom with the next generation of students in the College of Fine Arts. Her passion for the arts and student success makes her a perfect fit for this role,” announced Howard’s Provost Anthony K. Wutoh.
Although he did not live to see those plans through to fruition, it is my honor to ensure his legacy lives on, Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick says in the announcement.
Officials at Howard University are renaming their College of Fine Arts after Chadwick Boseman. The Black Panther star, who lost his battle with cancer last summer, studied directing at the historically Black college from 1997 to 2000 before finding fame as an actor. Announcing the news, Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick said Chadwick had backed plans to re-establish a Fine Arts faculty, having fought its absorption into the Arts & Sciences Department while a student. When Chadwick Boseman returned to campus in 2018 to serve as our commencement speaker, he called Howard a magical place, Frederick said in a press release. During his visit, I announced our plans to re-establish the College of Fine Arts and he was filled with ideas and plans to support the effort in a powerful way.
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