Academics

Academic Excellence
Emerson's academic departments, faculty, staff, and curriculums are empowering our students to change the world.

Your support this Giving Day helps ensure our students are provided the best academic experience possible by acquiring and retaining the most exceptional, experienced faculty and staff, up-to-date equipment and facilities, and top-tier educational programs and experiences.

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School of Arts Dean's Fund
The School of the Arts ensures their students learn to accept stylistic and ethical responsibility for their work, and to place their work in the context of diverse intellectual and cultural traditions. As they embrace that responsibility, and envision their own work evolving in such contexts, students gain the confidence to speak with the authority of the master artists, professionals, and scholars they aspire to be. The School of Arts Dean's Fund empowers Dean Kate Eichhorn to tackle the School's greatest needs.

School of Communication Dean's Fund
Communication is at the core of modern life, and the School of Communication’s innovative programs prepare students to be leaders in areas such as public relations, marketing, advertising, journalism, political communication, sports communication, communication disorders, management in the creative industries, and digital media. The School of Communication Dean's Fund grants Dean Brent Smith the ability to address the School's most urgent needs.

Marlboro Institute Fund at Emerson College
The Marlboro Institute puts the “I” at the center of your education, one that is Individualized, Interdisciplinary, Inquiry-based, and Integrative in approach with respect to the different liberal arts disciplines on offer and their connectivity to the arts and communication strengths of the College. Emerson’s liberal arts curriculum enables students to examine the world across diverse disciplines and perspectives that add depth and intellectual perspective to their professional and creative studies.

ELA Fund
Contributions to the ELA fund will help students gain valuable internship experience, build connections with other students and key players in their chosen fields, and create a footprint in the local community by participating in community service programs. The ELA Fund also helps underwrite specific staff training and partnerships with well respected organizations, professional development opportunities, guest speakers and master classes, improvements to our technology, and general infrastructure expenses — all essential to equip our team so we can fully activate our mission.

Join Emerge
Are you in Emerge yet? Join us! It’s the online community where Emersonians connect, support, and celebrate each other. Connect with people in (and outside of) your industry, learn about job opportunities and upcoming career events, ask for and offer resources, find your old friends, and be part of an ongoing and fruitful conversation designed to support you on your own career journey.

Making It Big in 30 Minutes
What does it mean to make it big? In each episode of Making It Big in 30 Minutes you will meet an Emersonian who’s Making It. Making a living, making a difference and sometimes, making it up as they go along. As far as we’re concerned, if you’re making something, you’ve made it … big time.