The school announced Wednesday the multi-award winning actress and director will be dean of her alma mater Howard University’s College of Fine Arts. Years before Rashad began her acting career, she was a theater acting major at Howard and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in fine arts in 1970. Rashad becoming dean signifies the return of Howard’s College of Fine Arts as an independent school within the university. She also served on Howard’s Board of Trustees from 1996 through 1999 and again from 2013 to 2016. According to the university, Howard had 307 students enrolled in its fine arts program this spring. Actors Chadwick Boseman, Taraji P. Henson, and singers Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway and Richard Smallwood are all alumni of the fine arts program.
