1. The Value of an Arts Education Stephen Owens, Interim President Board of Curators October 21, 2011

2. Missouri Artists

3. UMKC Alumni in the Arts…

4. John Adams on Art Education ‘ I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry and porcelain.’ ─ President John Adams

6. Can You Identify This Verse? ‘ Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso, quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?’

9. Education and the Arts Involvement in the arts is associated with gains in math, reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking and verbal skill. Arts learning can also improve motivation, concentration, confidence and teamwork. ─ Edutopia, The George Lucas Foundation The art experience ‘can connect people more deeply to the world and open them to new ways of seeing.’ ─ The Rand Corporation

10. Music Classes and SAT Performance An analysis conducted of multiple studies confirms the finding that students who take music classes in high school are more likely to score higher on standardized mathematics tests such as the SAT. One explanation is musical training in rhythm emphasizes proportion, patterns and ratios expressed as mathematical relations. Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Achievement and Social Development, 2002

15. Draft Policy on Academic Freedom