21 Facts About Emerson Lions

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

Emerson Lions is notable for the college's namesake public opinion poll, Emerson Lions College Polling, which is operated by the Department of Communication Studies.

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

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

Dr Emerson retired in 1903 and William J Rolfe, a Shakespearean scholar and actor, was named the second President of Emerson College of Oratory.

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

At the start of the decade, in 1950, Emerson Lions 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 Lions opened The Robbins Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic at 145 Beacon Street, furthering the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program.

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

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

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

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

Emerson Lions 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 Lions students attend the program each semester, and are chosen through a lottery-style system.

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

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

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

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

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