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College of Creative Arts and Media

Pursue your passions in Art and Design, Media and Communications, Music, or Theatre and Dance alongside a community of fellow students and faculty who will encourage, empower and support you throughout your college journey and beyond.

Future Students

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FUTURE STUDENTS

Find information on tuition, auditions and portfolio reviews, and scholarships. Reach one of our recruiters to plan a visit, sit in on a class or meet a professor.

Information for Future Students
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CURRENT STUDENTS

Our College has a robust in-house student services support team to help you navigate everything from scheduling courses to finding an internship. You'll also find information on technology requirements; grants, scholarships and awards; and clubs.

Resources for Current Students
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Alumni and Community

We're grateful for our ever-growing community of alumni and friends, and we're always looking for ways to connect with you, whether it's through student mentorship opportunities, events and museum exhibitions, or service - music and art classes, marketing and design support or other community-focused research and creative activities.

Alumni and Giving Community Engagement

Art Museum

The Art Museum of West Virginia University provides a welcoming and stimulating educational and research environment for diverse audiences to experience the transforming power of art. Exploring contemporary artistic innovation as well as artistic traditions of different cultures helps us to understand ourselves, our communities and our world.

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Places and Spaces

College of Creative Arts and Media students learn, perform and collaborate in 11 buildings across the WVU campus — a massive 150,000 square feet of labs, theaters, studios, classrooms and maker spaces.

Practice Rooms

Students can reserve a time or drop into our four practice suites offering multiple rooms, two for general instrumental/vocal and one each for piano and percussion with instruments and equipment installed.

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Fashion Design Studios

The Fashion Illustration Studio features equipment for hand-drawing and digital fashion illustration, digital flats and technical packages. The Fashion Design Studio provides workstations to learn essential skills in pattern design, layout and cutting, garment construction and draping techniques.

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Gladys G. Davis Theatre

The Davis Theatre creates an immersive experience for actors and audiences in 3 to 4 School of Theatre & Dance productions each year.

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Internships and Career Opportunities

We want to ensure you get the internships and professional experience that lead to a dream career. Our alumni mentors and Internship Alliance partners connect you with opportunities locally and around the world.

Internships and Career Opportunities

Latest News

WVU Theatre students explore how ‘to thy own self be true’ in ‘Something Rotten!’

The WVU School of Theatre and Dance presents the uproariously funny musical “Something Rotten!” from April 23-26 at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.”

Read More: WVU Theatre students explore how ‘to thy own self be true’ in ‘Something Rotten!’

WVU journalism students investigate opioid settlements

For the students in Teaching Associate Professor Ashton Marra’s spring 2025 investigative reporting class, a full semester’s worth of data collecting, analyzing and reporting paid off in the best way possible. The 22 journalism students in the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications worked together on a project that became known as “The Price of Recovery.”

Read More: WVU journalism students investigate opioid settlements

In the family now: WVU Music Biz students gain experience, make connections at Country Radio Seminar

Three WVU Music Business and Industry students interned at the 2026 Country Radio Seminar, the premier national gathering of country music industry professionals. Audrey Hasley, Jarett McHale and Matteo Pandolfi spent three days in Nashville, Tennessee, supporting one of the most influential events in the country music ecosystem and making industry connections.

Read More: In the family now: WVU Music Biz students gain experience, make connections at Country Radio Seminar

Play games, win prizes at Spring Indie Games Showcase

The WVU Game Design and Interactive Media program and MonRiverGames will host the fourth annual Spring Indie Games Showcase beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25, in the Media Innovation Center at Evansdale Crossing.

Read More: Play games, win prizes at Spring Indie Games Showcase

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