Julian Higgins ’08 won the Gold Medal for Narrative at this year’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 38th Annual Student Academy Awards for his film, Thief, a fictionalized … Continue Reading Emerson graduate wins Academy Award
President Jacqueline Liebergott shared the sad news that retired staff member Tom Guganig of Monroe, N.H., died May 13, 2011, at Cottage Hospital in Woodsville, N.H., at the age of … Continue Reading Tom Guganig passes away
Jim O’Brien has been named Emerson College’s men’s basketball coach. O’Brien, who was a three-year Boston College letterman during his own undergraduate years while playing for Bob Cousy and Chuck … Continue Reading Jim O’Brien Named Men’s Basketball Head Coach
More than 1,300 degrees were conferred at Emerson’s 131st Commencement exercises, held May 16 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre in Boston. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard LaGravenese delivered the … Continue Reading Commencement brings beginnings to students
Visual and Media Arts graduate student Matthew Hashiguchi has been awarded a grant from the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Foundation. The funds will go toward post-production costs associated … Continue Reading Graduate student wins grant for film on post-Katrina New Orleans
Emerson College announced May 13 that Jeffrey Greenhawt ’68 has been elected chair of its Board of Trustees. He succeeds Peter Meade ’70, who recently became director of the Boston … Continue Reading Jeffrey Greenhawt elected chair of Emerson’s Board of Trustees
The Sixth Annual Emerson College Alumni Association Scholarship Auction goes live on Monday, May 23, and runs through Monday, June 6. Each year, this important drive helps to raise thousands … Continue Reading Auction raises scholarship funds
Ploughshares, Emerson College’s award-winning literary journal, turns 40 this fall and a star-studded fundraiser—hosted by comic and author Denis Leary ’79—is in the planning stages. The celebration will feature readings … Continue Reading Ploughshares runs for 40 years
Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate student Tamika LeRay will deliver the graduate student speech at Commencement 2011. LeRay came to Emerson College from Peekskill, New York, as a junior to … Continue Reading LeRay delivers Graduate Student Commencement
Lynn Herman ’11 Softball player Lynn Herman ’11 has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District Softball Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA). Each year, … Continue Reading Herman ’11 named to Academic All-District Softball Team
