With a distinctly personal education founded on principals, exploration, and professional pragmatism, the world’s most prepared problem solvers, innovators, and cultural game changers start here. The Midwest’s most diverse creative destination would love for you to SeeSOTA. Ignite your passion and see if you can see your creative self at SOTA. Welcome to SeeSOTA.
Please park in the Kenton Drive Parking Garage and follow the signs to the Health Innovations Lobby. You will receive a validated ticket upon check-in. Please make sure to keep both your original and validated tickets to exit the gates.
Monday, November 4, 2024
9:00 a.m.–1:45 p.m.
Additional optional activities in the afternoon
Let us welcome you to SOTA—where creativity gets real.
9–9:30 a.m. Check-in/registration
Health Innovation [HE] Lobby
9:30–10 a.m. Donuts & Presentation
Health Innovation [HE] Lobby
Enjoy some coffee and donuts and hear a little more about the arts at NKU and SOTA leadership.
No matter where you are in your journey, SOTA is a place where your talents and passion are nurtured. Let us show you where and what your life could look like at SOTA.
10:00–10:30 a.m. Program Tours
Health Innovation [HE] Lobby
Tours are divided by area (Music, Theatre and Dance, Art and Design) and leave from the HE lobby at 10:00 a.m.
10:30–11:00 a.m. Program Q & A Sessions and Audition/Portfolio Prep (students)
· Art and Design: Art Gallery
· Music: Greaves Concert Hall
· Theatre & Dance: Corbett Lobby
10:00–11:15 a.m. Resource Fair (parents)
Corbett Theatre Lobby
Stop by our SOTA resource fair to get all your questions about SOTA and NKU answered. We will have the following tables and representatives set-up in Corbett Lobby (area of lobby near staircase):
SOTA is where passion meets profession. Let us show you what it’s like to be immersed in a living laboratory of creativity. Hear from our alumni, faculty, and staff and experience the creativity and passion of our students.
11:15–11:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Maggie Murphy (Distinguished Alumni)
Greaves Concert Hall
Hear Maggie Murphy, SOTA distinguished alumni, speak about the value of an arts education and how NKU catapulted her career.
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Experience our Creativity
Greaves Concert Hall
Sit back and enjoy hearing about what is possible in our programs. From demonstrations, to performances, to and interactive improv experience, get to know what we do through seeing our artistry in action.
Screen print your own SOTA t-shirt, enjoy a free pizza lunch, and enjoy a casual time of connecting with the SOTA community.
12:30–1:45 p.m. Pizza Lunch and T-Shirt Screen Printing (Corbett Lobby/Atrium)
Lunch! Eat a few slices, screen-print your own T-shirt, and chat with current students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
12:30–1:45 Resource Fair Open
Corbett Theatre Lobby (all welcome)
Stop by our SOTA resource fair to get all your questions about SOTA and NKU answered. Representatives from all SOTA programs, Admissions, and Financial Aid will be available to answer questions.
Optional afternoon activities to experience why NKU SOTA is the best place to create. Take a tour, see our spaces, stop by a class, schedule an appointment.
A long legacy of learning: Take a full campus tour with NKU Admissions
1:45 p.m. Campus Tour with Admissions (depart from Corbett Lobby/Atrium)
We take “make learning personal” personally: Book a one-on-one appointment
In-person and virtual appointments are available during the afternoon or another day/time of your choice. Options are available to set-up an appointment with an advisor, financial aid, or admissions.
Creatives and creativity in the making: check out a class
Options available between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.
On stage, in studios, and in practice rooms, you’ll experience how rehearsals, concepting, craft, and learning are made tangible and always evolving. Stop by a class—drop in for a minute or an hour!
