Carroll College of Arts and Sciences
With more than fifty academic programs, the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences is the liberal arts hub of Le Moyne College. Our talented faculty and staff have an unwavering commitment to maintaining a supportive learning environment and to delivering a rigorous, high-quality, student-centered education in the Jesuit tradition.
Better Together
Moving the Carroll College Forward as a Preeminent Liberal Arts Hub
Better Together, the strategic plan of the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne College, advances the larger institution-wide vision of Tomorrow Together, which is itself inspired by our identity as a Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts college. Building relationships is at the heart of Better Together — relationships between and among students, faculty, alumni/ae, staff, and administrators. We honor our Jesuit heritage by emphasizing both the cultivation of the imagination and the practical applications of studying the liberal arts. Organized into three Strategy Constellations, Better Together is grounded in our values, reflective of our mission, and aimed toward our vision “to seek and to reveal the humanity of the world, and to instill in our students a sense of wonder, a passion for life-long learning, and a deep commitment to the common good.”
Strategy Constellation: Imagination, Growth, and Transformation
Through the establishment of the Imagination Commons, we are creating a flexible, collaborative environment where faculty and students engage in experiential learning and transformative research.
Our vision for a holistic student experience is realized through Carroll Communities—new living-learning communities that emphasize resilience and mentorship—and specialized academic support for our scholar-athletes. By strengthening resources for non-traditional learners, including veterans, first-generation students, and working parents, the Carroll College ensures that a premier liberal arts education remains an accessible and vital force, shaping a future defined by imaginative teaching and lasting community impact.
Strategy Constellation: Applying the Liberal Arts
Through the new Center for Applied Liberal Arts and Careers, we are explicitly translating the “essential life skills” of our curriculum into tangible career outcomes and clear marketing for the modern workforce. This mission is bolstered by the Applied Liberal Arts Lab, a high-tech research hub equipped with everything from AI simulation platforms and cybersecurity tools to semiconductor equipment. By launching interdisciplinary credentials in partnership with our professional schools—in fields like Medical Humanities and Global Business—and establishing an Alumni Advisory Council of industry leaders, we ensure our students are guided by real-world success. From securing paid internships to developing innovative graduate programs for emerging workforce needs, we are proving that a liberal arts education is the most practical preparation for the future.
Strategy Constellation: Networks of Engagement
By launching a unified resource hub for domestic and international travel, we are streamlining opportunities for students and faculty to engage in world-changing service and study. Our commitment to being a “community-engaged hub” goes beyond theory; it involves deepening our relationships with local indigenous communities through sustained listening and revitalizing our service-learning tradition in partnership with the Grace Center. Whether through collaborative research at the Center for Urban and Regional Research (CURAR) or pioneering cross-generational learning that welcomes older adults into our academic fold, the Carroll College is fostering a culture of environmental stewardship and inclusive dialogue that resonates far beyond our campus borders.
Curious about how we’re planning to become Better Together?
Our Values, Mission, and Vision
Guided by the Ignatian principle of cura personalis, the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences at
Le Moyne College values:
- Intellectual curiosity, which drives the critical thinking, growth, and transformation of our students, faculty, and staff.
- Engagement with local and global communities, with a focus on the importance of meaningful relationships.
- Social justice, promoting equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, grounded in our commitment to the common good.
- Creativity, with an emphasis on the contribution of interdisciplinary connections toward student, faculty, and staff empowerment and fulfillment.
Guided by the Ignatian principle of cura personalis, the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences at
Le Moyne College values:
- Intellectual curiosity, which drives the critical thinking, growth, and transformation of our students, faculty, and staff.
- Engagement with local and global communities, with a focus on the importance of meaningful relationships.
- Social justice, promoting equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, grounded in our commitment to the common good.
- Creativity, with an emphasis on the contribution of interdisciplinary connections toward student, faculty, and staff empowerment and fulfillment.
The Carroll College of Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne College provides a foundation that enables students to navigate a complex and changing world through comprehensive programs in the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences.
Rooted in the Jesuit tradition, the Carroll College prepares students to be discerning, empathetic, curious, and creative citizens who pursue fulfilling and integrated lives.
The Carroll College of Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne College provides a foundation that enables students to navigate a complex and changing world through comprehensive programs in the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences.
Rooted in the Jesuit tradition, the Carroll College prepares students to be discerning, empathetic, curious, and creative citizens who pursue fulfilling and integrated lives.
To seek and to reveal the humanity of the world, and to instill in our students a sense of wonder, a passion for life-long learning, and a deep commitment to the common good. Our devotion to cura personalis will propel the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences forward as a preeminent and comprehensive liberal arts hub.
To seek and to reveal the humanity of the world, and to instill in our students a sense of wonder, a passion for life-long learning, and a deep commitment to the common good. Our devotion to cura personalis will propel the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences forward as a preeminent and comprehensive liberal arts hub.
Meet Travis Newton, Interim Dean
With a career that has included work as an arts and higher education administrator, musician, and faculty member, Dr. Travis Newton serves as interim Dean of the Carroll College of Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY.
Previously, he served as director of the Le Moyne College music program, leading the program through a period of renewal and growth. He also founded the College’s undergraduate and graduate arts administration programs, successfully preparing students for careers at such varied not-for-profit institutions as the Manhattan School of Music, the San Diego Zoo, the National Museum for African American Music, Barrington Stage, and Cornell University.
Prior to his current role as interim Dean, Travis served as associate professor and chair of the department of visual and performing arts, facilitating the work of dozens of faculty and hundreds of students to further integrate the arts into the culture of the Le Moyne College campus, and to engage with the broader Syracuse community.
Dr. Newton’s research is focused on orchestra management and the relationship between professional symphony orchestras and their communities. In 2022, Oxford University Press published his Orchestra Management Handbook. His work has also been published in the Journal of Arts Management, Law & Society, American Journal of Arts Management, Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, and book chapters published by Routledge and Oxford University Press, including a co-authored chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Arts and Cultural Management. Dr. Newton previously served as an officer of the Association of Arts Administration Educators Board of Directors and as a board member of Classical Kids Music Education, and he currently serves on the board of the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, as well as Social Theory, Politics, & the Arts (STP&A).
As an arts administrator, his previous experience includes serving as Operations Director of The Florida Orchestra in Tampa Bay, managing the 74-member orchestra’s daily operations,
including approximately 200 rehearsals and concerts each season. Travis also served in numerous roles at the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, including Operations Manager, Education Manager, and Director of Community Engagement.
Travis has played and conducted more than 500 performances of Broadway musicals across the U.S. and Canada as well as multiple guest conducting appearances with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and Central New York’s professional orchestra, The Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria). He is a frequent guest conductor of all-county and area all-state orchestras, and has performed as section violinist with the orchestras of Syracuse, Charleston and Greensboro, as well as the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra at Eastern Music Festival, where he previously served as a faculty member. He is also the co-creator of Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets!, which has received dozens of performances, including the New York Musical Festival and a recent month-long run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The GRAMMY-winning label Broadway Records released a recording of the show, produced by Dr. Newton, in July 2019.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in music performance (violin) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an MBA from Le Moyne College, and a Ph.D. in Arts Administration from the University of Kentucky.
