David Feldshuh:
Hi, my name is David Feldshuh. And I'm fortunate to serve as the Director of Undergraduate Studies here in the department of Performing and Media Arts.
I say fortunate because it gives me the opportunity to meet remarkable students with diverse and interesting stories and talk to them about PMA. And there are three reasons that students frequently want to talk to me.
One, they say I'm curious about what you teach there. And I want to explore, and I also want to reconnect. I used to do this in the past, I'd like to try to do it again. Well, PMA is a great place to be curious to explore and to reconnect.
We have a wide variety of diverse courses, dozens of courses, theater, film, dance media, in all their permutations. I think also, at PMA, you have a special opportunity. It's the opportunity to learn in complementary ways. You can understand the subject, analyze it, reflect on it, but you also have the chance to make the art form yourself.
You can study about film, for example, and you can make your own film. This gives you a chance to strengthen your intellect and your intuition and frequently in a team setting. So you get the chance also to strengthen your ability to lead and collaborate and communicate and complete a demanding project on time. And let me add that PMA in the Schwartz center is simply a great place to meet people and to make friends and to have fun.
So the result of this learning is as fascinating as it is useful. It's an increased awareness about the world and about yourself. So these are transferable skills they can serve you after you graduate. What's my job in all of this?
Well as Director of Undergraduate Studies, my job is to work with our registrar the wonderful Donna Miller to answer questions about the courses, the major, the minor, transfer credits, study abroad, how can you start here in PMA but my main job is to welcome you so please email me let's talk perhaps let's meet we here in PMA want to support you and contribute to your Cornell journey and to your aspirations after you graduate.
Until we meet please stay very well. Enjoy Cornell and thank you for staying with me to the very very end of this video.