1630 family members descended upon the main Emerson campus a week ago for the annual Family Weekend event. Here are some more figures: 379 families of first-year students attended 28 families of Comedic Arts students attended 11 families were unsure of their student’s major Close […]
Author: maureen_hurley
Board Bucks and ECcash and Meal Swipes, Oh My!
Navigating Different Emerson Funds By Mandy Seiner, ’18 In addition to learning how to navigate a college campus and the college years, another thing Emerson students and families must become acclimated to is the variant forms of payment and ID swiping for different services, products, […]
Welcome to the New Year!
Greetings from the Director Dear Parents and Families, I’m delighted to welcome you back to another year at Emerson. September has always felt to me to be a “New Year” so much more so than January. It evokes for those of us in academia the […]
Off-Campus Living
There are plenty of resources provided for transfer, off-campus, and commuting students to build themselves a community both at Emerson and in Boston. Living off campus doesn’t necessarily mean anything different for your student in terms of being at Emerson. The reality is that they’re […]
How To: Talk Like An Emersonian
As with any niche community, at Emerson there’s a good bit of slang and sayings that come with the territory. The school’s community is a big fan of nicknames and abbreviations— things that can make new students and families feel a bit lost if they’re […]
Red Sox and Paw Sox Executive Joins Emerson’s Team
Dr. Charles Steinberg, president of the Pawtucket Red Sox and executive of the Boston Red Sox, was named the Director of Sports Communication at Emerson College in February. Steinberg taught a class in the sports communication program last fall and the past two spring semesters […]
How to: Off-Campus Living
You may have seen the new off-campus housing website launched by Off-Campus Student Services. It is designed to be the one-stop shop to apartment living in and around the city of Boston. Emerson community members will now have the ability to search through hundreds of current apartment listings, […]
A View From Boylston: 2 Boylston Place
A View from Boylston: 2 Boylston Place Our new residence hall at 2 Boylston Place is nearing completion. Joelle Lewis, a first-year student at Emerson, brings us on a guided tour of the new building. For the last year we have watched as this new […]
Money Matters: Emersonians Encouraged to Save
Money Matters is Emerson’s financial education program for current students and alumni. Covering personal finance topics like budgeting, debt management, credit, and identity theft, the goal of the program is to help students become more financially literate so that they can make informed judgments and […]
Spring Family Day, February 18
Parents and Family Members are warmly invited to attend the optimistically named “Spring” Family Day on February 18, 2017. Although we especially invite new families of students who joined our community in January, all are welcome. A Schedule of Events, along with event locations, will […]