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Emerson Today
Dr. Lee Pelton has informed the Board that he will be leaving his position as President of Emerson College at the end of the academic year in June to accept a new role as CEO and President of The Boston Foundation.
As we finish up the fall term remotely, I want to take a few moments to remind you of a variety of resources and services that are still available to you online.
On Giving Tuesday, December 1, Emerson is launching a three-year, $10 million fundraising initiative for student financial aid, so that students like Esse and Eryn McCallum ’22 can go on creating, innovating, and changing the world.
Comedian and Emerson alumnus Bill Burr ’92 was nominated for a Grammy Award earlier this month for the recording of his Netflix comedy special, Paper Tiger.
Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Comedic Arts Martie Cook contributes to an NPR piece about Visual and Media Arts alum Cazzie David ’16 and her newly-published essay collection “No One Asked For This.”
Tony Award-winning producer and alum Bonnie Comley ’94 writes a piece for Thrive Global describing what it has been like to be an artist during this pandemic and experience the loss of your craft.
Writing, Literature, and Publishing professor Jerald Walker recently discussed his new book, “”How to Make a Slave and Other Essays,” with local media outlets.
Online response to these revised recommendations is invited, as is participation in a Community Forum on December 4.
Visual and Media Arts (VMA) Chair Cristina Kotz Cornejo was in Patagonia last spring when COVID-19 began tearing through country after country.
Emerson’s staff union, SEIU Post 888, sent students a video to students on Wednesday, November 25, giving thanks for their care and sacrifice in keeping the COVID-19 caseload at bay during the fall semester.