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Dear Dodge College Community:<\/p>\n
My heart goes out to you at this incredibly challenging time. It\u2019s so difficult to have your university years interrupted by a pandemic unlike anything any of us have experienced. I want to thank all of you for being so strong, so supportive of each other and so flexible.<\/p>\n
Today is my first day as dean of Dodge College. Ten years ago, when I helped oversee the first \u201cfilm school rankings\u201d as the executive editor of The Hollywood Reporter, I remember being astonished at the waves of phone calls I received from top-level industry members, all touting this hidden gem.<\/p>\n
Not any more.<\/p>\n
Since my appointment was announced, I\u2019ve come to understand why it generates so much passion. We have the best faculty and staff of any film school \u2014 not to mention students who are the most embraced by the industry \u2014 and I\u2019ve spent enough time with others to know.<\/p>\n
Twenty years ago, this was all a dream in the mind of our founding dean, Bob Bassett. Now it\u2019s our mission \u2014 together \u2014 to keep Dodge skyrocketing.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re moving forward with three major goals:<\/p>\n
We\u2019re one of a handful of film and media schools within easy reach of the mecca of global entertainment. We want to maximize this advantage by bringing top-notch film artists, technicians and broadcast journalists to our campus for our students and faculty.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll also be working to create a new, high-level interview series made and shot by a paid student crew. And we\u2019ll be significantly boosting our careers and internships support to give all of you the help you deserve.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re actively looking to see how Dodge can fully reflect the shifting face of Hollywood and America. Through collaboration with the university and community organizations, we\u2019re targeting brilliant high school students to help guide them to an education at Dodge. Providing scholarships is one of our top-priorities.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t realize how extraordinary this school was until I started meeting everyone here. Now I want to make sure the rest of the world knows. Dodge College faculty have created a task force to modernize our brand, fully engage our students and alumni with industry news, and maximize our social media imprint. We\u2019ll also join forces with several major Hollywood organizations and events to boost our activities and student\/alumni gatherings.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s just the start as we position Dodge to be the friendliest, most far-reaching film school in the world.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s our shared goal. Please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out.<\/p>\n
Stephen Galloway Stephen Galloway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1661,"featured_media":15622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>Twyla Reed Martin Dean of Film and Media Arts
\nDodge College of Film and Media Arts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"