“Great educators are always pushing themselves to learn something new every day. Whether that is through personal professional development, or through an official course of study, that quest for knowledge and self-improvement led me to pursue this degree.” –Mr. Napper, Graduate Student Research Assistant in the Master of Arts in Arts Administration program. Jonathan Napper

In an unexpected moment one evening, my mentor and former boss Leslie Donaldson turned to me and coached me professionally. She essentially asked, “What are you doing now, and what would you like to be doing?” I was taken aback. At the time I had been managing a series of professional development opportunities for artists