Monday, February 4, 2008

http://www.bobartsinstitute.edu

The Bob Marley School for the Arts Institute's purpose is:


· to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of the arts and media and to encourage awareness of their aesthetic relationship and the opportunity of professional choice among them;

· to extend educational opportunity by admitting unreservedly (at the undergraduate level) a student population with creative ability in, or inclination to, the subjects of Bob Marley School for the Arts Institute's interest;

· to provide a college climate that offers students an opportunity to try themselves out, to explore, and to discover what they can and want to do;

· to give educational emphasis to the work of a subject by providing a practical setting, professional facilities, and the example and guidance of an inventive faculty who work professionally at the subjects they teach;

· to teach students to do expertly the work they like, to master the crafts of their intended occupations, and to discover alternative opportunities to employ their talents in settings other than customary marketplaces;

· to help students to find out who they are and to discover their own voices, respect their own individuality, and improve their self-esteem and self-confidence;

· to offer specialized graduate programs which combine a strong conceptual emphasis with practical professional education, preparing students with mature interests to be both competent artists and successful professionals.

Word of the Day:
Empyrean \em-py-REE-uhn; -PEER-ee-\, noun:
1. The highest heaven, in ancient belief usually thought to be a realm of pure fire or light.
2. Heaven; paradise.
3. The heavens; the sky.