President Lee Pelton joined higher education presidents of color Valerie Roberson (Roxbury Community College), Lynn Wooten (Simmons University), and MassArt Acting President Kymberly Pinder in conversation with Callie Crossley on GBH’s Basic Black program to discuss leading during the pandemic and systemic racism.
President Lee Pelton is being honored by Mass Humanities with its Governor’s Award in the Humanities in recognition of his civic leadership and support for the liberal arts.
President Lee Pelton, alongside Greater Boston community leaders, was named to Boston Business Journal’s 2020 Power 50 – Extraordinary Year Extraordinary People list.
There is no one right way to react. If you choose to join in peaceful gatherings or protests, we support making your voice heard. We also want you to be safe.
Staff will be given a paid half-day on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
These senior administrators account for a combined seventy-seven years of service to Emerson College.
President Lee Pelton spoke with WGBH’s Arun Rath this week about the return to campus this fall, as student move-in is well underway.
I am pleased to let you know that the Emerson-Marlboro Alliance has been completed, after many months of tireless work by members of both communities.
Today, I write to you with sorrow and even weariness as I enumerate the actions that we need to take in response to the significant financial losses that the COVID virus has exacted on our beloved community.
Emerson College has filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed July 8 by Harvard University and MIT to block Trump administration rules that would bar international students from studying in the United States if their college courses are conducted entirely online.