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Budget Presentation for

Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts

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New Mass Communication Building(to open Fall 2017)

College Mission Statement

The Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts encompasses programs in art, mass

communication, music, and theatre. The primary purpose of the college is to equip

students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue careers in these

disciplines. The college prides itself on ensuring that its students do what they study:

in its art studios, in its newspaper and television laboratories, and in its concerts,

recitals, and dramatic productions.

Besides providing knowledge and training that will qualify students for jobs, graduate

study, or professional school, the college endeavors to help students develop aesthetic

sensibility, cultural awareness, and social responsibility. The goal is to empower

students to use their talents to enrich and advance society. Thus, the Lamar D. Fain

College of Fine Arts adopts a twofold mission designed to produce graduates who are

both competent professionals and sensitive, reliable, constructive citizens.

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Programs of Study

13 majors and 6 minors

Mass Communication

� B.A. in Mass Communication

5 Minors (Journalism, Public Relations /Advertising, Broadcasting, Digital Media, Mass Communication)

Theatre

� B.F.A. w/ an Emphasis in Performance

� B.F.A. w/ an Emphasis in Design/Technology

� B.F.A. w/ Teacher Certification

Art

� B.A. in Studio Art

� B.F.A. in Studio Art

� B.F.A. in Studio Art w/ Teacher Certification

Music

� Bachelor of Music with Teacher Certification (Instrumental)

� Bachelor of Music Performance (Instrumental)

� Bachelor of Music with Teacher Certification (Vocal)

� Bachelor of Music Performance (Vocal)

� Bachelor of Music Performance (Keyboard)

� Bachelor of Arts in Music

� Minor in Music

Faculty and Staff

*secretary shared with theatre

Department FT faculty Staff

Art 7 2

Mass

Communication

7 2*

Music 9 1

Theatre 4 -

Fine Arts Office 1 1

TOTAL 28 6

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Faculty Salary Comparison

Rank MSU Average

Fall 2016

Fine Arts

faculty

Fall 2016

Difference

Assistant

Professor

$63,801 $52,673 ($11,128)17 % below

Associate

Professor

$80,192 $67,233 ($12,959)16 % below

Professor $95,248 $79,344 ($15,904)17 % below

Faculty Salary Comparison

Rank MSU Average

Fall 2016

Fine Arts

faculty

Fall 2016

Difference

Assistant

Professor

$60,684 $52,673 ($8,011)13 % below

Associate

Professor

$71,092 $67,233 ($3,859)5 % below

Professor $89,796 $79,344 ($10,452)12 % below

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Graduates and Students

Number of

Majors

Fall 15

Number of

Majors

Fall 16

Number of

Majors

Fall 17

Graduates

2013-14

Graduates

2014-15

Graduates

2015-16

ART 81 85 84 15 15 15

MASS

COMMUNICATION 103 114 115 25 20 13

MUSIC 64 67 71 8 7 7

THEATRE 40 42 44 10 7 6

TOTAL 288 308 314 58 49 41

Credit Hours Generated

2014-2015

SCH

2015-2016 Difference Percentage in

Change

ART 2,547 2,148 (399) -16%

MASS

COMMUNICATION 3,360 4,242 882 26%

MUSIC 2,437 2,777 340 14%

THEATRE 1,135 1,379 244 21%

TOTAL 9,479 10,546 1,067 11.2%

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Institutional Sources of

Operating AccountsFine Arts Budget 2014-2015 Budget 2016-2017

� Maintenance and Operations $11,831 $11,831

� Travel (for all 4 departments) $ 8,978 $17,947

� M&O Instructional enhancement $ 4,971 $17,968

Art

� Maintenance and Operations (Gallery) $ 3,420 $3,420

� M&O Instruc. Enhancement $ 15,000 $15,000

� Student Wages - Instr. Enhancement $ 8,600 $8,600

Mass Communication

� M&O Instr. Enhancement $15,500 $16,500

� Student Wages - Instr. Enhancement $ 6,325 $5,235

Music

� M&O Instr. Enhancement (music, band, choir) $35,627 $28,127

� Student Wages - Instr. Enhancement $14,000 $10,500

� Accompaniment Fees – Differential Fee ---------- $23,000

Theatre

� M&O Theatre Production ($ 5,985)* ($5,985)*

� M&O Instr. Enhancement $16,000* $16,000

� Student Wages – Instr. Enhancement $ 19,000 $19,000

� TOTAL $165,147 $199,113

*Self-generated funds placed for theatre productions

Institutional Sources of

Operating Accounts

Budget 2014-2015 Percentage of total Budget 2016-2017 Percentage of total

TOTAL

Fine Arts

$165,147 100% $199,113 100%

State Funded $24,229 14.7% $33,198 16.67%

Self Generated

Funds IEFs

$140,918 85.3% $165,915 83.3%

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Operating Expenses – Comparison to other Institutions

MSU Budget

2016

Comparable

Peer

Accredited

Institutions

Difference in

funding

Fain College of Fine Arts Total $199,133 --

Art (NASAD –public institution less 100

students)$38,956 $71,600 45% below

Music (NASM –public institution less 100

students)$73,563 $198,363 63% below

Theatre (NAST –public institution less 100

students)$52,921 $72,365 27% below

Mass Communication $33,672 --

Operating Expenses - Increases

request justification

Account Budget Expenses Purpose Action Needed

Recruitment Funds 0 $8,000 Recruitment Trips,

Fairs, Events,

Direct Recruiting

Need budget funding for this

area

Part-time 19hr. facilities

monitor for Fine Arts

0 $11,400 Night and

weekends

security and

supervision of

facilities,

equipment and

students

Need funding in this area -

CRITICAL

Mass Communication

Building Operating

0 $10,000 Maintenance and

up keeping of

equipment and

software

Need budget in this area

Theatre - M&O Theatre

Production

$5,985 $5,985

Funds are

typically

withdrawn

To support the

plays, sets, and

ticket selling

online

Do not withdraw the funds

deposited each year –

recurrent request

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Fund Supporting Activities

ART

� Rentals and Agreements - $6,500 in

scholarships with the City of Wichita

Falls (Airport) and Moffett Library

� Adult Classes – Ceramics,

Metalsmithing, Painting, Sculpture,

Drawing, Photography

� Donations – WF Food Bank from the

Empty Bowls program. Amounts have

increased every year since the

program’s initiation in 2011.


MASS COMMUNICATION

� TV Studio

� Wichitan advertising

� Awards dinner tickets

� Funding for Media Monday by private

donations and local businesses

� Social Media event received partial

funding from local businesses

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MUSIC

� Rental of Akin Auditorium

� Akin Series

� Red River Lyric Opera – Ticket Sales

and Rental of Akin

� Kodály Institute – Two week program

in the summer

� Opera Workshop – Ticket Sales


THEATRE

� Ticket sales from productions and

One Act Play Festival

� Costume Sales - every two years

� Facilities Rental Fees – Theatre

� Costume Rentals

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Private Support and Donations

Annual Fund and

Donor Wall 2015-2016

• Art

$3,870 Other

$1,650 Scholarships

• Fine Arts

$696 Other

$26,050 Scholarships

• Mass Communication

$51, 700 Unrestricted

$2,805 Scholarships

• Music

$2,561 Unrestricted

$5,272 Scholarships

• Theatre

$1,305 Unrestricted

$7,855 Scholarships

• Approx. $103,764

Non-quantifiable contributions

� Non-quantifiable good will, image, community relations, positive public image, publicity to the University

� Just in the Fall 2016 we had about 13 POSITIVE articles in the Times Record News for COFA

� 20+ music concerts, 25+ band appearances in football games, student performances in events

� 20+ individual theatre presentations

� 9+ art gallery exhibitions presented throughout the year, including student work and a juried competition

� Two mass communication senior documentaries screenings (4-6 documentaries), weekly student newspaper, weekly “Campus Watch” newscast

� Considerable faculty involvement in the community

� WE HAVE AN ORCHESTRA!

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Cost-Effective Efforts

Reduction of Part-Time Instructional Costs in the College of Fine Arts

*Fill classes with adjuncts for a full-time person on leave and another on medical leave

**Filled classes with adjuncts for a full-time person on medical leave

Academic Year Adjunct Salaries

2009-2010 $81,000

2010-2011 $57,000

2011-2012 $50,000

2012-2013 $42,137

2013-2014 $52,531

2014-2015 $43,082*

2015-2016 $52,713**


Mass Communication

� Repurposing of computers from labs to faculty offices

� Network printing

� Extending the life and use of computers (up to 11 years old)

� Reuse of office and classroom furniture obtained from surplus

� Purchasing of remanufactured ink cartridges for office and computer

labs

� Extending capacity overrides to closed sections

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Mass Communication….cont.

� Purchase of expensive equipment in the most economical manner (eBay)

� In-house repair of high-end electronic equipment

� Use of one software program as opposed to several

� Faculty often purchases and brings their own supplies

� Self-generating funds as described before

� Faculty often travels with external or personal funding and share rooms with roommates

� Working with 1980s technology equipment in TV studio


Theatre

� Reuse of costumes (adjustable costumes)

� Reuse of scenic elements (designed to be reused, lumber

elements)

� Use of student workers for theatre maintenance


Music

� In-house repair of instruments to extend equipment life

� Realigning of facilities to extend practice rooms for students

� Use of copyright-free music


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Art

� Reusing and recycling materials

� Students digitally proof their printed documents and art projects

before printing

� Moved to .75 inch margins in paper submissions

� Installation of a monitor-sensor lighting device in the computer

lab

� Increased use of assigned readings in PDF, digitized for D2L

Fine Arts Office


� Increased used of Google Documents

� Trend for elimination of paper memos and paper files

Challenges, Improvements, Needs

Present and Upcoming Challenges:

� Increase of enrollment to maximize capacity and recruitment efforts

� Competition for recruitment with other institutions – scholarship needs

� Societal emphasis in STEM and non-artistic careers

� Renovation of music, art, and theatre areas and ADA renovations

� Faculty searches – 1 FT for theatre, 1 FT for music, 1 FT for art

� Interdisciplinary programs and technological advances in Fine Arts areas

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Facilities and Equipment Needs

Music

� 6 large practice room modules for

percussionists/chamber groups $300K

� 4 small practice room modules $136K

� Choir Risers w/safety rail for back row $27K

� Recording equipment (NASM) in Akin $15K

� Piano Lab computer upgrades $22K

� Sound proofing in facilities

� Symphonic Instruments $125K

� Band Instruments 8 sousaphones $75K

� Orchestral Instruments $15K

� Piano inventory - Net cost of upgrade

$800K - $900K

Age of MSU Pianos (independent party evaluation 2014)

29% - 0-9 years old 12% - 30-39 years old 6% - 40-49 years old 53% - 50+ years old

Condition of MSU Pianos (independent party evaluation)

0% - excellent 26%- good 26% - fair 48% - poor


Theatre Facilities

� Technology upgrades, theatre maintenance, hardware upgrades (design/tech) -$250-350K

� Theatre facilities ADA compliance - $1M

Art Facilities

� Venting for ceramic studios $100K

� Digital projectors in every classroom

� Faculty computer refreshment (Macs)

� Storage and shelving updates in studios

� Gas kiln in Ceramics Studio to replace existing 50-year old gas kiln

� 3D printers

� Ongoing technology upgrades in classrooms and studios

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Mass Communication facilities addition to Fain Fine Arts – DONE!

It was needed because:

� Fine Arts facilities built in the 1970s, though incomplete, with no Music A-wing

� Mass communication department added in the 1980s

� Two classrooms for the program

� Inadequate partitions for instructional facilities

� TV studio using analog technology, technology 30 years old

� Wichitan room

Operating Expenses - Increases

request justification

Account Budget Expenses Purpose Action Needed

Recruitment Funds 0 $8,000 Recruitment Trips,

Fairs, Events,

Direct Recruiting

Need budget funding for this

area

Part-time 19 hr. facilities

monitor for Fine Arts

0 $11,400 Night and

weekends

security and

supervision of

facilities,

equipment and

students

Need funding in this area -

CRITICAL

Mass Communication

Building Operating

0 $10,000 Maintenance and

up keeping of

equipment and

software

Need budget in this area

Theatre - M&O Theatre

Production

$5,985 $5,985

Funds are

typically

withdrawn

To support the

plays, sets, and

ticket selling

online

Do not withdraw the funds

deposited each year –

recurrent request

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