{"id":564,"date":"2013-07-25T15:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T20:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:17:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts offers an excellent education that prepares students for the challenges and opportunities in a diverse and changing global society. The college\u2019s graduates possess the knowledge, experience, and skills to pursue many promising careers.<\/p>

The college enriches the learning experience of all students at the University through programs that develop critical thinking and promote effective communication, nurture artistic appreciation and expression, and deepen understanding of world cultures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About the Dempsey Family<\/h4>

Due to Joan (’81) and Jack Dempsey’s generous financial commitment, the Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts will continue SAU\u2019s legacy of providing a well-rounded, quality and affordable education to students in the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mission Statement<\/h3>\r\nThe mission of the College of Liberal and Performing Arts is to foster students\u2019 ability to think critically, become tolerant of diversity, adhere to ethical values, communicate effectively, cooperate successfully, and become responsible citizens in a changing global society. In addition, the College seeks to instill in each student an appreciation of literature, languages, history, politics, geography, music, theatre, and art, and to provide the campus and region with opportunities for participation in these disciplines.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dempsey College of Liberal and Performing Arts offers an excellent education that prepares students for the challenges and opportunities in a diverse and changing global society. The college\u2019s graduates possess the knowledge, experience, and skills to pursue many promising careers. The college enriches the learning experience of all students at the University through programs… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-564","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/564\/revisions\/2414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}