SFUAD Welcomes Brad Bergsbaken as New Chair of the Business Arts Management Department
Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB)
July 14, 2015
Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD) contributing faculty member, Brad Bergsbaken, has joined the university full-time as faculty chair of the Business Arts Management Department. In addition to chairing the Business Arts Management Department at SFUAD, Bergsbaken will lead the Arts Management Speaker Series that began in Spring 2015 and that connects student majors with prominent leaders in the Santa Fe art and business community. He will also drive the university’s efforts to provide opportunities for Arts Management students to bring theory to practice through hands-on experience both on- and off- campus. This includes collaboration with other students in university-wide projects such as Shoot the Stars!™, Outdoor Vision Fest® and Artists for Positive Social Change®, as well as off-campus local and regional internships.
Bergsbaken holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and has been teaching economics and business courses at SFUAD since Spring 2014. Previously, he has served as an instructor for the American Economic Association’s Summer Program, UNM’s Center for Teaching Excellence and Teaching Assistant Resource Center, as well as the Department of Economics at UNM, teaching courses that range from Introductory Economics to upper-division theory. He received the Susan Deese-Roberts Award for Outstanding Teaching in 2012, presented by UNM Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee.
“I’m really enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with SFUAD students here on a full-time basis,” said Bergsbaken. “My goal is to be a champion for the students and ensure their success both academically and in the professional world. I look forward to leveraging the existing opportunities at the university for Arts Management students to participate in on-site internship work, as well as developing and expanding the concentrations within the Arts Management degree that enable students to develop a skillset and level of experience that will make them competitive in the marketplace.”
To learn more about SFUAD’s Business Arts Management Department, visit http://santafeuniversity.edu/academics/business-arts-management/.
About SFUAD’s Business Arts Management Department:
The Business Arts Management Department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design successfully merges the arts with business skills and community-building strategies. Students have the option to study in a wide range of functional areas, from film and music production, to stage management, gallery and museum curation, and literary publication and journalism. The program is designed to hone a student’s management skills by giving them access to local artists and organizations for mentorship and hands-on learning as they complete their degrees. With internships as a graduation requirement for the major, all Arts Management students gain professional work experience in a variety of locations and customized based on their areas of interest.
About Santa Fe University of Art and Design:
Santa Fe University of Art and Design is an accredited institution located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of the world’s leading centers for art and design. The university offers degrees in arts management, contemporary music, creative writing, digital arts, graphic design, film, performing arts, photography and studio art. Faculty members are practicing artists who teach students in small groups, following a unique interdisciplinary curriculum that combines hands-on experience with core theory and prepares graduates to become well-rounded, creative, problem-solving professionals. SFUAD is a member of the Laureate International Universities network – a global network of more than one million students at 80 campus-based and online universities in 28 countries. SFUAD boasts an international student body and opportunities to study abroad, encouraging students to develop a global perspective on the arts. Santa Fe University of Art and Design is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission.