New Students Invited to ‘Embrace Emerson’
First-year and transfer students were welcomed to Emerson in a bunch of different ways at the Embrace Emerson orientation event Tuesday, August 27.
Information for Saturday, August 31
As President Pelton referenced in his message this morning, a group sponsoring a “straight pride” parade has been granted a permit to march this Saturday, August 31. In anticipation of crowds, the college is implementing standard safety plans, as follows:
First-Year Students Get Exuberant Welcome to New Little Building
Excited. That is the best way to describe how first-year students, student orientation leaders, parents, and basically everyone else, felt on Monday as the newly renovated Little Building opened its doors to its newest occupants.
Professor’s Documentary on Creativity Earns National Award
What is creativity and what does it mean? From its scholarly definition as problem-solving to the wider interpretation as creativity being unique to one’s own human experience, different perspectives on the topic were compellingly strung together in the award-winning documentary, “YesNoMaybe,” by Emerson Marketing Communications Professor Thomas Vogel and Emerson alumnus Jasraj Padhye G’18.
A Message About Upcoming Events
Fear and ignorance, humanity’s most potent cocktail, masquerading as freedom of speech,
have been given permission (i.e. given a license) to hold a Straight Pride Parade on August 31, which, barring the Boston Police determination that doing so would be unsafe, will march by our campus – an affront to the wonderfully pied beauty of our affirming and diverse commonwealth of learning.
Photos: Move In Day — Gold, Glitter, Tutus, Helping Hands, Meeting Roommates
Check out scenes from move-in day for first-year students at the Little Building.
Emerson Launch Leads Conversation on Voice Technology with Summit
Emerson Launch and the School of Communication recently hosted the first-ever Voice of Education Summit, a daylong conference where educators and industry leaders discussed how voice-enabled technology can be used in and out of the classroom.
Emersonians Remember What Classes Inspired Them
We all had classes that changed the way we thought, changed how we viewed life, or changed what profession we wanted to work in.
Photography Faculty Member David Akiba Remembered as Calm, Patient, Gifted
Photographer and long-time Emerson faculty member David Akiba died Saturday, August 24, after battling cancer. He was 78.
WCVB’s Eyeopener Segment Features Freshman Move In Day
WCVB’s Eyeopener features Emerson College orientation leaders and Resident Advisors welcoming the Class of 2023 to campus for move in day – Monday, August 26.