Howard University Appoints Phylicia Rashad as Dean of Its College of Fine Arts

[TexasTowelie]

The actress behind Clair Huxtable is returning to her alma mater, as a dean.

Howard University recently named multi-award winning TV, stage and film actress and director Phylicia Rashad as dean of its College of Fine Arts.

Rashad, who is also a Houston native, began her career on Broadway before moving on to play Bill Cosby’s TV wife on the long-running 1980s hit “The Cosby Show.” She was also a theater acting major at Howard when she graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in fine arts in 1970.

Now, Rashad, 72, said she looks forward to returning to the Northwest Washington school that shaped her theatrical skills while she also studied courses such as psychology, French history and Greek theater.

Read more: https://forwardtimes.com/howard-university-appoints-phylicia-rashad-as-dean-of-its-college-of-fine-arts/
(Houston Forward Times)

[abqtommy]

1. That's good news. I've never followed Phylicia's career closely but I've certainly

enjoyed her acting and thought highly of her. And she's the same age that I am! I wish
her well as she begins her new endeavor.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. There is a point where experience trumps education.

The fact that Phylicia Rashad has a vast experience in theater, television, and fine arts demonstrates that she can properly advise students who need to know the challenges, the strategies, and and mindset to succeed. An advanced degree is fine, but so is experience.

[MerryHolidays]

3. From Howard's website

She also has significant higher level teaching experience to go with all her "on the job"/real world accomplishments:

Rashad has served as guest lecturer and adjunct faculty member, conducting master’s-level classes at many colleges, universities and arts organizations, including Howard University, New York University, Vassar College, Carnegie Mellon, Wayne State University, Juilliard, The Black Arts Institute of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the prestigious Ten Chimneys Foundation established at the Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Estate. She also holds the distinction of being the first recipient of the Denzel Washington Chair in Theater at Fordham University.

https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/static/14391/howard-university-announces-legendary-actress-alumna-phylicia-rashad-dean

[no_hypocrisy]

4. IMHO, Rashad is an actor, not an actress or TV star.

She knows the history, the craft, and the future.