Robert Beseda Endowed Scholarship in Drama

Scholarship benefitting students demonstrating outstanding talent and potential in the School of Drama.

Why establish this scholarship to honor Robert Beseda? In the words of Ashley Gates Jansen…
Because of his 22 years of devoted service
Because of his great wit
Because of his passion as an artist and educator.
Because he kept so many wonderful theatre stories alive and passed them down to
countless students
Because he made me laugh out loud
Because of his stealth acts of tenderness
Because he wrote some of the best letters and speeches I’ve ever heard
Because his heart is bigger than his bite
Because he understood his role and played it with a vivid charm and unsinkable
tenacity.
Because he established a film seminar for the freshmen class ensuring they’d all
be familiar with some cinematic classic gems
Because he was ruthless and relentless in his commitment to excellence for our
beloved school’s sake
Because I and many, many others love him
But most of all because when Gerald asked him to be the Assistant Dean, Robert replied with one magical word revealing his entire spine: Yes.