Matthew Rasmussen Wins Poetry Awards
Recently, 2004 Emerson graduate Matthew Rasmussen won both the 2012 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets and the 2012 McKnight Artist Fellowship for writers. Each year, the Walt Whitman Award is given to an American poet who has yet to publish a book of poetry. Poet Jane Hirshfield was the judge for [...]
Emerson Alumni Weekend to Give Awards
Taking place the first weekend in June, this year’s Emerson Alumni Weekend festivities will include honoring the achievements of four Emerson Alumni during a ceremony at Emerson’s Cutler Majestic Theater on June 2nd followed by a post-celebration for the attendees at the Ritz Carlton. This year’s recipients include Bonnie Comely MA ’94 and Paul Santinelli, [...]
Honorary Degrees Given at Commencement
Journalist David Gregory, playwright Tony Kushner, makeup artist Bobbi Brown, and poet Robert Pinsky joined Emerson graduates at the college’s 132nd Commencement in the Citi Performing Art Center’s Wang Theater for honorable mentions this past Monday. David Gregory, who delivered the undergraduate address, is a Veteran journalist and moderator for the political television show, Meet [...]
Sylvia Spears to Join Emerson Faculty this August
Dr. Sylvia Spears has been named the new Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at Emerson College following the retirement of Gwen Bates this past Fall. President Lee Pelton announced in an e-mail on May 11 that Spears will be joining the college’s staff on August 1, 2012. In his e-mail, Pelton described Spears’s duties [...]
Emersonians Nominated for Tony Awards
Several Emerson College alumni were nominated for 2012 Tony Awards on May 2. The Tony Awards recognize achievement in live Broadway theater. Emersonians who received nominations are: Bonnie Comley G’94 and Stewart F. Lane, producers Gore Vidal’s The Best Man Best Revival of a Play Jacalyn Barlia Florin ’81, producer Jesus Christ Superstar [...]
Emerson Debate Team Finishes Successful Year
Emerson Forensics, the College’s nationally competitive speech and debate team, recently finished a successful 2011–2012 competition season with numerous accolades. Two Emerson debaters, Colby Jackson ’13 and Tiernan Cahill ’12, recently made it to the top 32 debaters out of a field of more than 80 at the National Forensics Association (NFA) Championship Tournament at [...]
Emerson Announces Four Honorary Degrees
Emerson College will award four honorary degrees during the College’s 132nd Commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 14, at the Citi Performing Arts Center’s Wang Theatre. Veteran journalist David Gregory, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Tony Kushner, entrepreneur and makeup artist Bobbi Brown, and three–time U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky will be honored. Read more about Gregory, Kushner, [...]
Give Luck a Chance Features Emerson Artists
Emerson College was recently featured in the ProArts Connection’s first annual Give Luck a Chance Spring Arts Festival. Emerson students were featured in the event which allowed students working in all media to meet and collaborate on films, music, visual and literary art projects surrounding on the themes of luck, accidents, and improvisation. Exhibits at [...]
EBONI Launches Alumni Association
Emerson Alumni Brent Jennings, Susan Banks, Leslie M. Davis and others have recently founded an Alumni Association for EBONI (Emerson’s Black Organization with Natural Interests) in Los Angeles. The Association seeks to “help Emerson invest in diversity and transform the landscape of the communications industry” EBONI alumni hosted a reception for Emerson President Lee Pelton [...]
Casey Driven by a Love of Radio
Jack Casey has seen it all. From Boston to Canada to Kansas, Casey’s career in radio began at Emerson and spanned much of the United States and Canada before he returned to his alma mater as a part-time faculty member and general manager of the College’s award-winning radio station, WERS (88.9 FM). For radio students, [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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