Emerson College

Emerson College celebrated the Class of 2024 during the 144th Commencement at Agganis Arena in Boston, MA on Sunday, May 12, 2024.

The Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies honored students in spring 2024 at the end of the academic year, recognizing students for their achievements, which included Interdisciplinary Studies student awards and Honors thesis awards.

The following students are named to Emerson College's Dean's List for the Spring 2024 semester. The requirement to make Dean's List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester.

Emerson College students participated in Emerson Stage's production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 from April 18-20 at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, MA. Written by Dave Malloy, directed by M. Bevin O'Gara, with music direction by Sariva Goetz and choreographed by Christopher Shin, The Great Comet is an electropop opera based on a portion of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Thirty-seven seniors were inducted into the Purple Key Leadership Society for the 2023-2024 academic year during the ERA (Emerson Recognition & Achievement) Awards ceremony on April 12. Purple Key recipients demonstrate exceptional leadership and service, a strong commitment to civic engagement, and solid academic achievement.

More than 100 seniors and juniors were inducted into Emerson's Gold Key Honor Society on April 3, 2024 in a ceremony in the Semel Theater located in Boston, Massachusetts. The Gold Key Honor Society is an interdisciplinary organization founded at Emerson in 1962 to "recognize and encourage outstanding academic achievement." Juniors in the top 5 percent of their class, and seniors in the top 10 percent of their class who have earned at least 48 credits are eligible.

Yasmin Defne Dadikhi '26 earned an All-Academic Individual Award from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for her combination of scholastic and placement in the top 35 at Regionals during the 2023 NCAA Division III cross country season. Additonally, the Emerson College Women's Cross Country Team earned National Academic Ratings for the 2023 NCAA DIvision III season. Announced by the U.S Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, the team placed 13th in the nation with a team GPA of 3.81.

Emerson College student Carol Rangel Gomes participated in an internship with C-SPAN in the fall semster of 2022. The internship took place in collaboration with the Emerson College Washington D.C program. The program allows students of any major to gain experience working in government; nonprofit, environmental, media, and communication organizations; arts, humanities and educational institutions; social advocacy groups, businesses, economics and trade firms; and law and criminal justice agencies.

An Emerson College student from the Emerson College Forensics team is a member of the first place team in International Public Debate at Hofstra University's Off-Broadway Swing Forensics Tournament. The event was held on December 3rd-4th and drew about 120 competitors from 15 colleges in nine states, according to Trent Webb, director of forensics at Hofstra University.

These awards were established to recognize excellence in writing by Senior WLP majors. They are given based on a competition that is open to all 2021-2022 graduating WLP Seniors.

Emerson College students received a sports programming award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in their work for The Box Score, a student-run sports talk show.

Emerson College student Abigail Lee was awarded the AAJA Vincent Chin Memorial Scholarship. AAJA annually offers up to $20,000 in scholarships and grants to journalism students to help offset the costs of education, internships, living expenses and other opportunities.

Emerson College student honoted with the Jeff Arch Screenwriting Award.

The School of Communication Student Awards occurred in the spring and celebrated the close of an extraordinary academic year, as well as recognizing student achievements within the School of Communication.

The School of Communication Student Awards occurred this spring and celebrated the close of an extraordinary academic year, as well as recognizing student achievements within the School of Communication.

The 2021 School of Communication Student Awards occurred on April 28th and celebrated the close of an extraordinary academic year, as well as recognizing student achievements within the School of Communication.

The Marlboro Institute Honors Thesis Awards was held at the Honors Program Graduation Dinner in the Emerson SPC Theatre on Thursday, May 5th from 5:00-6:30 pm.

Emerson College student Robert Schinder is a recipient of a grant from The Virgin Unite Social Impact Fund.

Olivia Strauss recently won an award during this year's E3 Expo, an annual pitch competition event at Emerson College, celebrating creativity in business. Students showcase their ventures and compete for monetary awards and donated services to help launch their business. Students who are involved in the E3 minor (Emerson Experience in Entrepreneurship) go through the paces of thinking up, developing, and marketing a business or nonprofit venture.

By getting enthusiastically dressed up, the sisters of the Emerson College sorority Xi Gamma Nu and additional contributors raised over $7,575 in donations for the MSPCA-Angell on Valentine's Day.