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MassArt Inaugurates its 11th President

On October 18, 2012, Massachusetts College of Art and Design inaugurated its 11th president, Dawn Oxenaar Barrett. The installation ceremony was preceded by a wildly creative pageant featuring amazing costumes by students, faculty, and staff.

  1. Massachusetts College of Art and Design to inaugurate new president today. ow.ly/eAiUd + @MassArt
  2. I am so impressed by all these wonderful speeches at #barrett2012 's inauguration! Very inspiring I am so proud of MassArt
  3. MassArt is unique in that it is the only public art college in the country. It is a leader in the creative economy! #barrett2012
  4. "@MassArtApply: Two of the amazing costumes from today's inauguration pagent #barrett2012 http://pic.twitter.com/mO0hvfbj" HAHA @gc_moore @Ciaradelli
  5. Desperately missing my @MassArt family today. Wish I could be with you! xx #barrett2012 [I am watching on-line, though ;-)]
  6. .@MCPHS students at inauguration of @MassArt President Dawn Barrett. Congratulations! #Barrett2012 twitpic.com/b5b58g
  7. One more from the pageant: FA3D made a huge MassArt Mastadon. Pres. Barrett leads it to the park. #barrett2012 http://pic.twitter.com/flWqDKn0
  8. "At MassArt, the future is invented every day."--Steven Grossman, Treasurer and Receiver General for Massachusetts #barrett2012
  9. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) needs to be STEAM. We need to add the arts. --Dawn Barrett #barrett2012

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Founded in 1873, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) was the first degree-granting college of art in the U.S. Today, it is the only publicly-funded, free-standing art school in the country.

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