Clean Out Your Office on June 20
Emerson Staff and Faculty are invited to Clean Out Your Office on Thursday, June 20, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, in the Bill Bordy Theater.
Lee’s ‘Becoming Eddie’ Comedy to Tell Story of Growing Up Asian American in ’80s
Ed Lee’s own experiences growing up as Korean American in New Jersey during the 1980s is the inspiration for his upcoming short film Becoming Eddie.
Com Professor David Gerzof Richard Comments on Controversial Brands in Cape Cod Times
Communications Studies Professor David Gerzof Richard was quoted by the Cape Cod Times in an article about the upcoming opening of a Hobby Lobby store on Cape Cod.
President Lee Pelton Speaks to Chronicle of Higher Education on Gender Parity
President Pelton shared his perspective on the issue of gender parity in a Chronicle of Higher Education article regarding Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, who recently stated that he will no longer participate in all-male panels at conferences.
Visiting Murrow Program Journalists Discuss ‘Age of Disinformation, State of Journalism in Africa, and More
Emerson College recently welcomed a group of 22 international journalists as part of a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program and the WorldBoston organization.
ROAD CLOSURE: Boylston Street from South Charles to Tremont
Suffolk Construction will be removing the Tower Crane at 80 Boylston Street (Little Building) this weekend that will require the closure of Boylston Street from South Charles Street to Tremont Street on Saturday June 15th at 1:00 a.m. until Sunday June 16th at 4:00 p.m.
Preview of New Website
We are pleased to announce that a beta version of the College’s new website is now available to preview at http://beta.emerson.edu. Thanks to the creative vision and strategic engineering of Mike Sarra, former Associate Vice President of Marketing, Jason Beals, Director of Web Services, and their colleagues in the College’s Office of Marketing, the new website has been designed to better reflect Emerson’s inspiring community and leadership in the arts, communication, and the liberal arts.
Boston Globe Checks in with Tony Award winner and alum Eric Cornell
Alum Eric Cornell ’05 won his first Tony Award Sunday evening for his role as co-producer of the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” for Best Revival of a Musical, highlighted by The Boston Globe.
Institutional Advancement Update and News
he search committee has made considerable progress in the search for a new Vice President of Institutional Advancement. The committee members met last week and identified an initial pool of promising and highly qualified candidates. Interviews are scheduled to take place in July, and the committee is optimistic that the new Vice President may be identified before the start of the new academic year.
Emerson Alum Eric Cornell Wins Tony Award for ‘Oklahoma!’
It was only last year that Emerson College alum Eric Cornell ’05 founded Cornice Productions with his business partner Jack Sennott, and they’ve already got a Tony Award.