College of Fine and Performing Arts

Shaping and translating global culture in the 21st century.

The College of Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) promotes a lifelong relationship with the arts that enhances, challenges and inspires both the individual and the community.

About

The CFPA offers hundreds of performances, presentations, and exhibitions each year featuring the talents of our students and faculty, special guest lecturers, professional performers, and visual artists. These include many of our successful alumni who return to share their expertise with our students to prepare them for their own careers.

We provide our students with rigorous visual and performing arts education. Our students, faculty, and alumni are recognized nationally and internationally.

Impact

The generosity of friends of the CFPA has made a invaluable impact on our students and the community we serve. Gifts fund:

professional performances and exhibitions open to the public
crucial K-12 education outreach
scholarships for students in all our departments
academic programming, including
- clinics
- masterclasses
- guest lecturers
- student travel
- faculty professional development
- symposia

Learn more about our departments

Mission

The goal of the College of Fine and Performing Arts is to nurture a comprehensive understanding of the languages of Movement Art, Visual Art, Theatre Art and Music in order to create thinking artists and artistic thinkers who will shape and translate global culture in the 21st century.

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To fulfill this mission, the College of Fine and Performing Arts aims:

To maintain a viable connection with the liberal arts tradition of the university.
To equip students with the creative and intellectual tools necessary for success in the arts.
To enable students to value, understand and challenge traditional concepts.
To maintain an environment that supports diversity, reflection and dedication to creative pursuits.
To promote critical thinking, innovative ideas and active arts leadership.
To provide world class and multicultural experiences in the arts for both students and members of the community.
To prepare students for a dynamic, lifelong relationship with the arts.

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Leaderboard

Top 5 WWU Fundraisers

These are our Top 5 Leaders for WWU. NOT based on dollars but donor count contributing to their department, program or scholarships success.

Rank	Prize	Department	Gifts
1	$1,000	Men's Crew	117
2	$1,000	Marketing Department	102
3	$1,000	Women's Volleyball	101
4	$1,000	Racing	87
5	$1,000	Behavioral Neuroscience	74
6		Childcare Development Center Playground Renovation	62
7		Scholarships and Diversity Initiatives	61
8		Western Washington University	53
9		Manufacturing and Supply Chain/ OPS Management	52
10		Chemistry	52
11		Woodring College of Education	52
12		Honors Program	47
13		Men's Soccer	40
14		Accounting	39
15		Cross Country & Track and Field	34
16		Great Puzzle Hunt	34
17		Compass 2 Campus	28
18		Computer Science	26
19		Women's Basketball	23
20		Sailing	23
21		Women's Ultimate Team	22
22		Volleyball Sport Club	22
23		Engineering and Design	21
24		Veteran Services	21
25		Undocumented Student Support	21
26		Marion Van Nostrand Scholarship	20
27		College of Business and Economics	20
28		Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies	19
29		Huxley College of The Environment	19
30		Geology	18
31		College of Humanities and Social Sciences	17
32		Men's Lacrosse Sport Club	17
33		Tennis	16
34		Palliative Care Institute	15
35		History	15
36		AMSEC	15
37		Liberal Studies	14
38		Ice Hockey	14
39		Health and Human Development	13
40		Political Science	13
41		Sociology	13
42		Linguistics	13
43		Wakeboarding	13
44		Food Pantry	13
45		Ethnic Student Center	13
46		IDEA Institute	12
47		Institute for Energy Studies	12
48		Mathematics	12
49		Men's Ultimate	12
50		MBA Program	12
51		IDEA ChangeMaker Fellows	12
52		Music Department	11
53		Physics/Astronomy	11
54		English	11
55		Libraries	11
56		Communication Studies	11
57		Communication Sciences and Disorders	10
58		Modern and Classical Languages	10
59		Anthropology	10
60		Young Democrats	10
61		Mac Ohana Memorial Scholarship	10
62		Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies	10
63		Campus Recreation	10
64		Alumni Association	9
65		College of Science and Engineering	8
66		Samson Scholarship	8
67		Biology	8
68		FACET	8
69		Journalism	8
70		Management Information Systems	8
71		Ray Wolpow Institute	8
72		Women's Soccer	8
73		NeRDS	8
74		Psychology	6
75		Water Ski	6
76		Women's Rowing	6
77		Economics	6
78		Climbing Team	6
79		Adoptees Club	6
80		Huxley Graduate Programs	6
81		Merle Prim Scholarship for Diversity and Inclusion	6
82		Design Department	5
83		Environmental Studies Department	5
84		Education Abroad	5
85		Theatre & Dance Department	5
86		Quidditch Club	5
87		Student Services and Programs	4
88		Water Polo	4
89		Environmental Science Department	4
90		Native American Student Union (NASU)	4
91		Cycling	4
92		College of Fine and Performing Arts	4
93		Art & Art History	4
94		Living Snow Project: Alpine-Based Citizen Science	3
95		Write in my designation	3
96		Men's Basketball	3
97		Student Technology Center's Booster Fund	3
98		Institute for Watershed Studies	3
99		Children’s Literature and Poetry	3
100		Men's Ultimate Disc Club	3
101		AS Clubs	3
102		Black Student Union	3
103		Dead Parrots Society	3
104		Salish Sea Institute	3
105		Sebastian Mendes Memorial Scholarship	3
106		Prevention and Wellness Services	3
107		Help Support the NSTA Student Chapter	3
108		Parents and Families	3
109		Scholars Week	3
110		Western Gap	3
111		Society for Professional Journalists	3
112		Canada House Programs	3
113		Shannon Point Marine Center	2
114		Men's Golf	2
115		East Asian Studies	2
116		Diana L. Jones Endowment for Community Research	2
117		Extended Education	2
118		Western Community Outreach	2
119		OTHER	2
120		Fencing Club	2
121		Ingrid Stahlbrand Kassler Memorial Scholarship	2
122		Alpha Kappa Psi	2
123		Equestrian Club	2
124		Huxley College on the Peninsulas	2
125		Huxley's North Cascades Institute Residency Progam	2
126		Club Wrestling	2
127		KUGS Public Support	2
128		Cascadia Climbers	2
129		Viking Athletics	2
130		International Business Program	2
131		Society of Economic Geologists	2
132		Larry and Marilyn Richardson Endowment Forensics	1
133		Art Photography Scholarship	1
134		Kay French Hovde Scholarship	1
135		Mountain Environments Research Institute	1
136		Baseball Sport Club	1
137		Facing the Future	1
138		Figure Skating Team	1
139		Graduate School	1
140		Morse Challenge for Student Research Experiences	1
141		Outdoor Center	1
142		Western Gallery	1
143		Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights	1
144		Counseling Center	1
145		Bruce and Cyndie Shepard's C2C Scholarship	1
146		Management	1
147		Rock Campus Ministry	1
148		Vietnamese Student Association	1
149		Western Aces	1
150		TAG (Transgender and Non-Conforming Team)	1
151		Hillel of WWU	1
152		SEA Discovery Center	1
153		Programs, Centers and Institutes	1
154		Hillel of WWU	0
155		Canadian Studies	0
156		CBE Investment Management and Scholarship Fund	0
157		Cheer	0
158		Climbing Sport Club	0
159		Ella Higginson	0
160		Engineers Without Borders	0
161		Filipino-American Student Association (FASA)	0
162		Free Ride Ski and Snowboard	0
163		Humans vs Zombies	0
164		Huxley College Spatial Institute	0
165		Huxley College Resilience Institute	0
166		Institutions and Programs	0
167		Khmer Student Association (KhSA)	0
168		La Mesa De Espanol	0
169		Mariachi Conference at WWU	0
170		Men's Rugby	0
171		Men's Volleyball Sport Club	0
172		Men's Water Polo Sport Club	0
173		Mixed Identity Student Organization	0
174		Morse Leadership Institute	0
175		Office of Sustainability	0
176		Philosophy	0
177		Professional Women's Association	0
178		SMATE	0
179		Society of Magicians	0
180		Society of Women Engineers (SWE)	0
181		Student Marketing Association	0
182		Swing Kids	0
183		Swimming Club	0
184		The Planet Magazine	0
185		Toxicology	0
186		Washington Campus Compact	0
187		WECU Give Away	0
188		Women's Golf	0
189		Women's Softball	0
190		Women in Economics and Finance	0

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