CategoryNews & Stories

Sam Presti is interviewed by Jacob Rosenberg.

Posted December 10, 2019 News & Stories

OKC Thunder GM Sam Presti ’00 Talks Lions Basketball, Drumming, and Concord

ESPN hosted its first-ever live Woj Podcast with the network’s Senior National Basketball Association Insider Adrian Wojnarowski on December 5 in Emerson’s Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gym. Woj’s guest was Emerson alumnus and Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager Sam Presti ’00. Before the podcast, Presti spoke with Emerson Today about his time at Emerson, his success in the NBA, and what he does when he’s back home in Massachusetts.

jeff raymond walking with lionel ritchie

Posted December 10, 2019 News & Stories

Alumnus Jeff Raymond Reaches the Stars as LA Entertainment Executive

World renowned entertainers continue to turn to Emerson alumnus Jeff Raymond ’94 for talent representation — a 25-year career during which he has served clients such as Britney Spears, David Beckham, Lionel Richie, Stephan Curry, NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson and Vin Diesel.

Posted December 9, 2019 News & Stories

Emerson Students Welcomed to Marlboro Campus over Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving, students from Emerson and Marlboro colleges shared a meal and their perspectives on Marlboro’s southern Vermont campus just three weeks after the two institutions announced that they were exploring an alliance beginning next summer.

Posted December 6, 2019 News & Stories

Kindness Counts: New Award Celebrates Caring and Community

An anonymous donor has collaborated with the Spirit of Emerson Committee to debut a new campus-wide award in Spring 2020 celebrating the act of kindness.

Posted December 6, 2019 News & Stories

VMA Professor’s ‘Poetic Cyber Movement’ Tackles Mass Incarceration at the ICA

People investigate how mass incarceration affects low-income families and communities of color through many lenses: poverty rates, education levels, health metrics. Visual and Media Arts Assistant Professor Rashin Fahandej uses the lullaby.

Posted December 4, 2019 News & Stories

Jade Catta-Preta ’07 Ready to Dish It Out For E!’s The Soup

Jade Catta-Preta has gone from majoring in Musical Theater at Emerson to hosting E!’s The Soup.

Posted December 4, 2019 News & Stories

No Debating It: Exhibit Explores Emerson’s History of Prison Education

Over the past few years, Emerson has developed a robust and cutting edge prison education program. But nearly 70 years before the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) launched, the College was facilitating the exchange of ideas inside prison through its award-winning debate team.

Posted December 3, 2019 News & Stories

Sustainable Tourism for (and in) an Ecuador Cloud Forest

In the remote mountains of western Ecuador, a small group of families operate an ecolodge and care for the surrounding 1,800 acres of cloud forest reserve. That’s where Emerson students will travel this summer, to help the families grow their business. In the process, they will earn college credit while studying biodiversity conservation, local cultural preservation, sustainable tourism, and marketing.

Posted December 2, 2019 News & Stories

First-Year Roommates Led to Discount Tacos and Lifelong Friendships

Who knew that when we met freshman year we’d be friends for life?

Posted November 27, 2019 News & Stories

Emerson Alumna Leads Campaign to Defy Negative Stereotypes Around Aging

Boston anticipates its senior citizen population to grow nearly 50 percent by 2030. To better serve these residents, the city organized the Age Strong Commission, and Cassandra Baptista ’11, MA ’19 is leading the effort to promote positive messaging around growing older.