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.

seven dancers in red light, with one dancer propped on the floor at angle in front

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.

projection of the words "Animation Exhibition" on the side of a 5-story building

 

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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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