In addition, Dr. Sandy Shaw recently returned to Covenant, bringing graduate study in romance languages at Cornell University to the new French and Spanish majors at the College. Covenant will also offer a third semester of Arabic for the first time this fall. “The College is in the process of building a minor in Islamic studies, and the Arabic language sequence is foundational to that effort,” said Dr. Hall.

Finally, a new digital art lab for visual and graphic arts will be established this fall, as well as a concentration in musical theatre within the bachelor of music program.

“Musical theatre has been a club activity through student organization and music department cooperation for the last three years,” said Dr. Hall. “The new concentration will offer academic credit and oversight for students participating in the program.”