26 Facts About Emerson College

Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts.

Emerson College owns and operates the historic Colonial, Paramount, and Cutler Majestic theaters, as well as several smaller performance venues.

Charles Wesley Emerson College founded the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art in 1880, a year after Boston University closed its School of Oratory.

Emerson College expanded and rented space at 36 Bromfield Street, and moved to Odd Fellows Hall on Berkeley and Tremont Streets in the South End of Boston.

Emerson College introduced the study of acting and stagecraft into the college curriculum.

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Emerson College purchased its first piece of real estate with a new women's dormitory building at 373 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay, and started intramural sports in 1931 with the organization of volleyball games.

At the start of the decade, in 1950, Emerson College became a member of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, an accreditation association for schools and colleges in New England.

In 1953, Emerson College opened The Robbins Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic at 145 Beacon Street, furthering the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program.

John Zacharis became the tenth President of Emerson College and faced a college fractured by the failed move to Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Circa 2001 Emerson adjuncts voted to establish a union and in 2004 ratified its first contract with the college.

In September 2016, every bathroom on Emerson College's campus was converted into a gender inclusive restroom.

Emerson College's permanent move from the Back Bay to its current location revitalized and preserved the distinct character and profiles of the surrounding neighborhoods, which comprise many significant historic landmarks and structures - the most notable being Boston Public Garden and Boston Common.

In 2005, Emerson College announced plans to renovate the Paramount Theatre, building an entire performing arts facility in and around the theatre.

Emerson College purchased the building in 1994 and converted it into a 750-bed dormitory, which opened in September 1995.

Emerson College owns and operates Kasteel Well in the rural province of Limburg, Netherlands, a national historical monument that provides living accommodations, classrooms, a resource center, and related facilities.

Approximately 85 matriculated Emerson College students attend the program each semester, and are chosen through a lottery-style system.

Emerson College is divided into two schools and eight departments offering 31 undergraduate majors and 19 minors, and 12 graduate degree programs .

Emerson College has an extensive film program that is one of the largest in the United States.

Emerson College offers undergraduate programs in Marketing Communications and Business of Creative Enterprises .

Engagement Game Lab is an applied research lab at Emerson College devoted to getting people involved with civic engagement in innovative ways and studying citizenship in a digital era.

Emerson College is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Eastern Emerson College Athletic Conference, and the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference .

Emerson College previously competed as a charter member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference from 1995 to 2013.

Emerson College offers a large number of organizations, most of which are highly active and diverse ranging from curriculum-based activities to social action organizations.

Emerson College holds bi-annual showcases at the end of every semester highlighting student dancers and choreographers, all of whom have auditioned at the start of every semester and applied to choreograph through a selection process run by the company's executive board.

Emerson College has been advised by Senior Dancer-In-Residence in the college's Performing Arts Department, Marlena Yannetti, since its inception.

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Emerson College has a long tradition in the comedy community, including student groups specializing in various combinations of sketch comedy, improvisation, and short films.