This is the presentation I gave to the faculty assembled at VPI's Faculty Development Institute's Track Y on Creative Technologies. The aim was to introduce the SVHEC, our successes and innovative programming, and to identify opportunities for collaboration.

1. Southern VA Higher Education Center
Ben Capozzi - Business of Art & Design Coordinator

2. Halifax County, VA
A Unique Place for Education, Entrepreneurism,
The Arts, & Innovation

4. Virginia’s
Higher Education
Centers
- The Concept
- The Distribution
- The Mission
The SVHEC
- Our History
- Our Partners
- Our Students

5. Our Challenges
“A Perfect Storm”
• Loss of manufacturing
• Unemployment
• Non-college going culture

6. W. W. Ted Bennett Jr.
Lawyer
Visionary
State Legislator
Madman
To advance Southern
Virginia economically,
culturally, and socially, by
providing its citizens
affordable and accessible
educational opportunities
through partnerships and
regional cooperation.

7. Dr. Betty Adams
MBA, PhD
Radford, East Carolina, NCCCS
Executive (Rational Mastermind)
Education Entrepreneur

8. “From GED to PhD”
Danville Community College
Southside Community College
Central Virginia Community College
UNC Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
Old Dominion University
Longwood University
Mary Baldwin College
James Madison University
Averett University
Virginia Tech
The Center of Nursing Excellence
Workforce Development

9. The Business of Art Design
The mission of the Business of
Art & Design program is to
develop creative and sustainable
human capital for Industry and
Entrepreneurship in a
collaborative, multidisciplinary
learning environment.

10. “The MFA is the new MBA.”
Routine labor and tasks will be
increasingly automated and/or
outsourced
Multiple jobs will be the norm,
not the exception
Creative capital and the ability to
innovate will be increasingly
important to competitive
advantage
In an age where information is
abundant and nearly
instantaneous, education must
happen differently

11. Creative Thinking * Collaboration * Entrepreneurship
Problem Solving Ability * Innovation * Digital Literacy * Real
World

12. Digital Art & Design Product Design & Development
Curriculum Curriculum
A.A.S. Design & Visual Communication A.A.S. Product Design & Development
Specializations in: Semester Four Specializations in:
Graphic Design Fine Woodworking
Animation & 3D Visualization Computer Aided Design
Multimedia Computer Aided Machining
Interactive Design Integrated CAD/CAM
Creative Technologies Creative Technologies
Certificates in: Semester ree Certificates in:
Arts Entrepreneurship Integrated CAD/CAM
Arts Marketing Artisan Entrepreneurship
Career Studies Certificate:
Arts Entrepreneurship
eater & Performing Arts Semester Two Interior Design
Foundation Sequence
Semester One
The Foundation Sequence of classes establishes a
common, basic skill set for Creative Professionals in the
21st Century including problem solving and analytical
ability, creative thinking strategies, digital literacy,
collaborative achievement and entrepreneurism.
Hospitality & Tourism Architecture
Management
“&mpersand Courses”
Interdisciplinary courses each semester
where students work in collaboration with peers
from other degree programs to address a
common business or design challenge.
Art & Design Curriculum
Culinary Arts Visual Arts Product Design & Development
Curriculum
Projected and Stretch Goals

13. SVHEC BA&D = DA&D + PD&D

14. Digital Art
& Design
Product
Development
& Design

15. AAS in AAS in
Digital Art Product
& Design Development
Fourth Semester & Design
Third Semester
Second Semester
Foundation Semester
Design * Collaboration * Creative Thinking
Innovation * Digital Literacy *
Entrepreneurism

16. The Business of Art Design
Coursework at Secondary AND Post-Secondary Level
• Portfolio driven
• Project-based
• Real-world classwork
• Student-directed
research projects
• Collaboration and
presentation are
fundamental activities in
all classes
• Community is important
• Technology facilitates all
of this

18. Digital Art & Design Laboratory

19. Product
Design
&
Development
Laboratory

20. “The Chair”
A Vehicle for Learning
AWFS 1st Place Winner 2008

21. 2010 Martinsville
Speedway
Clock

23. NYC Design Trip 2010

24. Secondary
15 19 20 22 40 60
10 18 Waiting list
ce 8
in 0
S 0
Post-Secondary l2
Fal
+275
in original BA&D Programming

26. Halifax IDA

27. Education Initiative

28. 2+2+2
Halifax
kids
Other
kids

29. Wood Science
In Partnership with VPI&SU

30. USA Top Solid
Training Center

31. OMGMIT Letterfrack!

32. The Prizery
First Rising Star Award
winner from Virginias for the
Arts honoring up-and-coming
arts orgs with a significant
impact on their community

33. “The Valley of Death”

34. The R&D Center for Advanced
Manufacturing and Energy
Efficiencies

35. American Tobacco Warehouse
Renovation
40k sq ft
LEED Certification
Historic Tax Credits
Daily Tours

40. Make: Lab
for Creative
Technologies

41. Riverstone
Energy Center

42. Spaces for
Design Work

43. Spaces for
Design Meeting

44. iPad Lab:
For Business Services Development

45. Regional Center for Advanced Technology & Training

46. Sir Ken Robinson
Daniel Pink

47. Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering Research

48. Virginia
International
Raceway

49. Digital
Art &
SVHEC
Produc
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Mo d/Sim Opportunity Develo
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& Desig
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Amplification
Riversto
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Energy
DCC IALR
VPI

50. Ben Capozzi
bencapozzi@svhed.org
“bencapozzi” (youtwitface)
mistercsedublog.blogspot.com