Alumni-Student Communication Committee

The Academy has recently launched the Alumni-Student Communication Committee to foster open communication between Academy constituencies through collaboration and outreach.

Mission

The Alumni-Student Communication Committee (ASCC) facilitates open dialogue between Academy students, alumni, board of trustees, faculty and staff, and ensures all constituents are heard and reported back to.

Committee Structure

  • Core CommitteeMembers of the committee include:
    • Board of Trustee members Jennifer Schipf and Susan Wasserstein
    • AANYAA President Tabitha Whitely
    • AANYAA Vice President Carlos Bautista
    • alumni Erin Pollock and Darryl Smith
    • Provost Peter Drake
    • Director of Communications Angharad Coates,
    • Director of Student Services Noelle Timmons
    • 2021 student representatives, Regiane Donadio, Alessandra Hogan and Kayley Kemp.
  • Committee Counsel
    This larger advisory group empowers a greater number of members across constituencies, including MFA & CFA student representatives and interested alumni.

Priorities & Objectives

  • The purpose of the ASC is principally as a listening body, to foster and repair trust and communication between Academy constituencies, especially our alumni and student communities
  • The Committee will identify the individual roles and strengths of its members that will aid communication and the delivery and receipt of information to and from Academy constituencies
  • The ASC is committed to improving the efficacy, and when necessary increase the frequency, of communication between the Academy and its constituencies
  • The ASC seeks to collaborate with Academy administration, board of trustees, faculty, students and alumni on,
    1. fostering open and transparent communication;
    2. ensuring thoughtful and rigorous review of Academy outreach and interactionwith student and alumni communities;
    3. assessing Academy public relations platforms(including Instagram, Facebookand email blasts), to ensure student and alumni satisfaction;
    4. encouraging transparency of Academy operations and institutional goals;
    5. examining the existing Academy culture surrounding internal communicationbetween constituencies;
    6. and working toward an inclusive and supportive environment for students andalumni to express their concerns

Committee Vision

  • Through small meetings with our various constituencies, the ASC hopes to encourage open, one-on-one, and group listening and conversation
  • Through engagement with the ASC, members of our constituencies are asked to express their concerns and viewpoints.
  • The ASC will use continued listening as a foundation for intentional institutional growth and evolution at the Academy
  • To ensure that constituency involvement in the ASC does not burden contributors with creating the solutions for substantive change, but rather creates a channel for better understanding of alumni, student, and global perspectives to more thoroughly inform and prepare the Academy to change, improve and evolve its policies and structures
  • The ASC will work to identify strengths and weaknesses within the Academy’s communication policy and institutional accountability to better reflect viewpoints of its members, constituencies, and contemporaries