Emerson Today
We are writing to share with you the successful conclusion of Emerson’s Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program (VERIP), which was launched in late July to provide special benefits to eligible employees who elect to retire early from the College.
Lu Ann Reeb wondered how changes brought on by the pandemic would impact students soon to enter the world. So she teamed up with colleagues to create a skills-building seminar.
Last week, staff from the Instructional Technology Group, Information Technology, the Registrar, and Intercultural Student Affairs worked to implement an update to Canvas that allows students (and anyone using Canvas) to designate their gender pronouns for display.
In an effort to provide the community with real-time information, beginning Tuesday, September 8, we will be updating the COVID-19 Dashboard daily with numbers of tests taken, positive results, and positivity rates, as well as numbers of students quarantining or isolating on campus.
As of September 1, 2020, LA County is in the Widespread tier, showing 13.1 new COVID-19 cases per day, per 100,000 population, and a 5 percent positivity rate.
A 20-foot mural of words taken from the late Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis’ final essay now covers a wall of the Quiet Lounge in Piano Row, a powerful rebuttal of hateful graffiti found on campus last spring.
The first ever graduating cohort in Speech@Emerson, Emerson’s online master’s degree program in speech-language pathology, recognize their historic milestone during a virtual celebration on Aug. 23, 2020.
We are so thankful for everyone’s dedication to their required COVID-19 testing, and now that classes have started, we are sending an update on the overall testing process.
Mike Ryan, independent filmmaker and assistant professor of Visual and Media Arts, spoke to The Christian Science Monitor’s chief culture writer about how movie releases may be altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Instead of gathering Emersonians and mediamakers from around the world in Austria this year, the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change will host a series of free and public virtual workshops this fall, beginning with Protest, Pandemic & Power: Media Literacies, Storytelling and Global Futures on Sept. 24.