Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
| Dean | Allen Sabinson |
|---|---|
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | University City Campus |
| Affiliations | Drexel University |
| Website | www.drexel.edu/westphal/ |
The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, formerly the Nesbitt College of Design Arts, is one of the colleges of Drexel University. In 2005, the college was renamed after alumnae Antoinette Passo Westphal at the request of her husband after one of the largest private donations to the university in its history.
The college is the home to the Mandell Theater, the Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel’s television station (DUTV), the Kal Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies, MAD Dragon Records and Drexel’s Historic Costume Collection.
The college was originally created within the Drexel Institute as the Department of Domestic Economy in 1891. Throughout its existence it has been known as the School of Domestic Science and Arts, the College of Home Economics, the Nesbitt College of Design, Nutrition, Human Behavior, and Home Economics, and the College of Media Arts and Design. In 2005 it was renamed the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design after alumnae Antoninette Passo Westphal.
In January 2009, the Westphal College received the largest public philanthropic gift ever recorded at Drexel University, $25 million. The gift is being used for the development and expansion of the college, purchasing a 130,000 sq ft (12,000 m2). Robert Venturi Building on Market St. The Venturi building is one of two buildings that will serve as new homes for the design programs of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design.
The college offers sixteen undergraduate and six graduate programs in media, design and the performing arts. Like other programs of study at Drexel, the Antoinette Westphal College offers students the ability to go out on co-op tailored to the college's area of study. Additionally AWCoMAD offers summer programs to high school students involving one of five areas of study: Architecture, Design, Music Industry, Photography, and Screen writing.
In January 2010, the college launched its 14th undergraduate program in Product Design and will seat its first class in fall 2010. This was followed by the launch of three separate programs in Digital Media in June 2010. The original Digital Media program was split into Animation & Visual Effects, Game Art & Production and Web Development & Interactive Design.
DesignIntelligence, a journal published by the Design Futures Council, in 2009 ranked Drexel University's Interior Design programs among the top ten in the nation. The undergraduate Interior Design program is now ranked 6th in the nation.
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