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Marlboro

“We remain determined that an agreement will be finalized in May by both Boards of Trustees and implemented by June 30th, and will provide a net benefit to Emerson College, from inception,” President M. Lee Pelton wrote.

Marlboro merger still on track as COVID-19 pandemic disrupts life

By Jacob Seitz / April 7, 2020

The Emerson-Marlboro merger remains on its initially scheduled timeline despite the COVID-19 outbreak that forced both colleges to move classes online,...

Nationally renowned painter and Marlboro benefactor dies at 92

Nationally renowned painter and Marlboro benefactor dies at 92

By Faith Bugenhagen, The Marlboro Monitor / April 4, 2020

Cecily Kahn remembers the many times she would accompany her father, Wolf Kahn, to find new subject matter for him to illustrate. Wolf Kahn was a renowned...

Marlboro President Kevin Quigley said it’s still unlikely the campus will remain open on its own.

Emerson-Marlboro merger still on track despite growing opposition

By Jacob Seitz / March 19, 2020
"I Believe in Marlboro College" is pushing back against the merger, now with support from the state's Lieutenant Governor.
The Potash Hill campus was sold in May for $225,000.

Marlboro students say a premature goodbye to Potash Hill

By Jacob Seitz / March 16, 2020

Over the past three years, Marlboro College student Charlie Hickman hasn’t left Potash Hill for more than a few months at a time. If the proposed Emerson-Marlboro...

“We recognize how difficult this decision is for our community, especially given that this is our last semester on Potash Hill,” Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley wrote.

Marlboro to close dorms, transition classes online

By Jacob Seitz / March 13, 2020

Marlboro College asked students to vacate campus by March 28 and announced plans to transition to online classes for at least two weeks after their spring...

Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley looks on as a speaker addresses an audience of Marlboro College students, alumni, and residents on Dec. 14, 2019.

Marlboro preparing for spring break delays

By Jacob Seitz / March 11, 2020

Marlboro College is debating whether to allow its students who will be going home for the college’s upcoming two-week spring break to return to campus...

Marlboro College Senior Erelyn Griffin in her personal studio space on the Vermont campus.

Emerson plans to create visual art studio spaces for incoming Marlboro faculty and students

By Emily Cardona / March 1, 2020

The college is potentially planning on turning vacant spaces on campus into visual art studio spaces for incoming Marlboro College faculty and students...

Marlboro updating Title IX policies months ahead of proposed merger

Marlboro updating Title IX policies months ahead of proposed merger

By Jacob Seitz / February 28, 2020

Marlboro College is set to adopt meticulous changes to its Title IX policy, with less than 12 weeks left in what is set to be the institution’s final...

Marlboro College's dining hall surrounded by snow in early February.

Marlboro College Selectboard to restrict access to detailed Meeting minutes

By Jacob Seitz / February 25, 2020

MARLBORO, VT—Marlboro College’s Selectboard will no longer release detailed minutes of the college’s weekly Selectboard and Town Meetings, according...

Racers from all over the community joined in the decades-old Wendell-Judd Cup.

Marlboro community unites behind ski race tradition

By Ethan McDowell / February 24, 2020

MARLBORO, VT—Dozens of Marlboro community members gathered on the campus’s soccer field Sunday to cheer on over 70 skiers and snowshoers competing...

After 32 years of teaching at Marlboro, Jim Mahoney accepted a faculty position at Bennington College in Vermont. Photo: Jim Mahoney/Courtesy

Marlboro professors face difficult decisions as merger looms

By Maxwell Carter / February 19, 2020

Marlboro Professor Jim Mahoney watched his world fall apart as the proposed Emerson-Marlboro merger progressed over the past few months, forcing him to...

The college was investigated by the Office of Civil Rights twice in the past five years for complaints of disability discrimination

Emerson courts Marlboro students with tour on Valentine’s Day

By Jacob Seitz / February 13, 2020

On a day of love, Emerson College will welcome an expected 46 Marlboro College students to the Boston campus, hoping to charm them with their potential...

Photo: Jakob Menendez/The Marlboro Monitor

Marlboro students subject to Emerson College tuition increase

By Jacob Seitz / February 12, 2020

Attendees at Marlboro College's Town Meeting—a weekly forum of the Marlboro campus and the surrounding townspeople—discussed the transition for students...

Vesper smiling for a photo as she skied across the field.

Youth ski program at Marlboro serves as bright point as merger looms

By Jakob Menendez / February 12, 2020

MARLBORO, VT––The smell of marshmallows and chocolate roasting over the fire filled the air as Spencer Knickerbocker gathered all of the kids together...

Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley (center) at the Board of Trustees meeting Saturday. Photo: Cho Yin Rachel Lo/The Marlboro Monitor

Proposed merger between Marlboro and Emerson College on “expedited” track

By Jacob Seitz / February 8, 2020

MARLBORO, VT—The Marlboro Board of Trustees announced they are attempting to expedite the timeline of the proposed merger with Emerson College at their...

Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley looks on as a speaker addresses an audience of Marlboro College students, alumni, and residents on Dec. 14, 2019.

No date set for Marlboro working group presentation

By Jacob Seitz / February 6, 2020

Marlboro College will potentially miss a self-imposed target deadline for working groups to present their final reports to the Board of Trustees, according...

Emerson will receive control of the 360-acre campus on Potash Hill out of the agreement. Photo credit: Photography Staff

A look at the state of the Marlboro merger

By Jacob Seitz / February 3, 2020

Three months after the Emerson-Marlboro merger was announced, The Beacon is examining how we got here, what's been done, and the questions that remain...

A faculty assembly meeting in January.

Faculty Assembly addresses departmental concerns over Marlboro college merger

By Parker Purifoy, Digital Managing Editor / January 30, 2020
College administrators faced questions about how the merger with Marlboro College would impact Emerson’s tenure and curriculum processes at Tuesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting, which drew over 100 faculty and staff.
“We remain determined that an agreement will be finalized in May by both Boards of Trustees and implemented by June 30th, and will provide a net benefit to Emerson College, from inception,” President M. Lee Pelton wrote.

Marlboro still has restricted assets four months before the proposed merger

By Jacob Seitz / January 29, 2020

Just four months before a formal transfer agreement between Emerson College and Marlboro College is set to be signed, Marlboro has yet to file requests...

A view of part of the old Marlboro College campus.

Marlboro signs three new transfer agreements

By Jacob Seitz / January 22, 2020

Marlboro College President Kevin Quigley announced that the Vermont college is working to cover the difference in room and board costs for students transitioning...