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Students at MCI-Concord will now have the opportunity to put those courses toward a bachelor of arts degree in Media, Literature and Culture, through Emerson College, which has become one of only a very few institutions in the state to award degrees to students in prison.
Visual and Media Arts associate professor Marc Fields and assistant professor Shaun Clarke are hard at work building The Banjo Project, a digital museum paying homage to the legacy of the banjo, which has a complicated history.
Assistant Professor Mneesha Gellman, founder/director of the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI), and senior and POWER co-chair Alexis “Lex” Fernander were named this year’s Spirit of Emerson Award winners.
Emerson’s Recognition and Achievement (ERA) Awards were handed out recently to celebrate student and campus leaders during a reception and ceremony hosted by Student Engagement & Leadership that featured singing, dancing and more.
Hip-hop legend Bobbito Garcia with Wes Jackson, Director of Emerson’s Business of Creative Enterprises program, at an April 2, 2019 event that included a screening of Garcia’s most recent documentary … Continue Reading BCE Talks Success, Sneakers, and Spotify During Work Speaker Series
On April 4 and 5, Emerson hosted the inaugural ComEx: Comedy Extravaganza. The two-day featured work from students in the nation’s first BFA in Comedic Arts program, as well as the campus’ dozen or so comedy troupes, and ended with a late-night talk show style panel featuring alumni comedy writers and stand-ups.
Emersonians have their hands, feet and hearts involved in the Boston Marathon in many ways.
Emerson College students recently participated in a crisis simulation in the school’s television studios as part of an exercise conducted in a Crisis Communication course taught by Communication Studies faculty member Owen Eagan.
Emerson College students showed up at the (online) voting booths for last week’s Student Government Association elections — increasing voter turnout by 230 percent compared to last spring’s turnout.
Award-winning journalist, speaker, and author Soledad O’Brien will give the commencement address at Emerson’s 2019 graduation ceremony, and will receive an honorary degree alongside three luminaries in the fields of history, documentary filmmaking, theatre, and higher education.