Podcast
Supporting medical frontliners
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
April 29, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we support the medical frontliners who are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, with producer Melissa Rosales, Vice President for Government and Community Relations in Emerson College, Margaret Ings, junior Theater and Performance major, Devin Davis-Lorton, and nurse...
Giving back during the COVID-19 crisis
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
April 14, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we discuss the importance of kindness and lending a hand to those in need during the pandemic, with producer Melissa Rosales, visual media arts professor and head of the Spirit of Emerson group, Tom Cooper, and Emerson alumni Shay Sinnott and Julia Gutierrez. ...
How to care for your mental health during a pandemic
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
April 7, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we continue our monthly how to series, “Emerson Survival Kit,” with producer Melissa Rosales, Emerson Counseling and Psychological Services (ECAPS)’ Director Elise Harrison, and Staff Social Worker and Substance Abuse Counselor, Natalie Waggaman. ...
Emerson College professors discuss the first week of transitioning to online classes
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
March 30, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we discuss the first week of transitioning to online classes, with producer Melissa Rosales, Delia Cabe, senior affiliate faculty member at the Writing, Literature, and Publishing Department, Andrew Clarke, playwriting professor, and Craig Mathers, associate professor...
How the coronavirus outbreak is affecting students’ lives
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
March 22, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we discuss how the coronavirus outbreak affects students’ lives, with producer Melissa Rosales, Berkeley Beacon’s opinion editor, Ziqi Wang and senior visual media arts major Ruoyan Chen. ...
Emerson Staff Union Hosts Valentine’s Meet and Greet
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
February 24, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we speak with the Emerson Staff Union, with producer Melissa Rosales, Christopher Wilson, a union member from the journalism department, and Dennis Levine, Emerson staff union chair from the Emerson IT department. ...
How to cope with trigger warnings
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
February 16, 2020
On this week’s episode of The Beacon, we continue our monthly how to series, “Emerson Survival Kit,” with producer Melissa Rosales and Healing and Advocacy Collective’s Dr. Melanie Matson, Greta Spoering, and Truman the four-legged beagle. ...
Marlboro College proposed merger with Emerson College on “expedited” track
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
February 9, 2020
MARLBORO, VT—On this week’s episode of The Beacon, producer Melissa Rosales and audio engineer Connor Gallant travel to Marlboro College to cover the latest updates on the proposed Emerson-Marlboro merger. The Board of Trustees Meeting Saturday revolved around expediting the proposed merger deal, studio art spaces on Emerson College's campus, tensions between the alumni and the Board, a...
How to protect yourself in the streets of Boston
By Melissa Rosales, Podcast Producer
January 25, 2020
Producer Melissa Rosales explores safety tips on protecting yourself in the streets
Number of emotional support animals on-campus doubles
November 20, 2019
Listen to "Number of emotional support animals on-campus doubles" on Spreaker. There are 14 total emotional support animals on-campus this academic year, which doubles the number from the 2017-18 academic year. This increase follows a study conducted by the American Psychiatric Association of 155,000 students on 196 college campuses...
Beacon Podcast: College raises undergraduate tuition by 4 percent
April 5, 2019
On March 21, the college announced a 4 percent increase to the undergraduate tuition for returning students. This increased the total cost of attendance to $66,256 per year—$2,556 more than the cost for the 2018-19 academic year. Deputy Enterprise News Editor Abigail Hadfield spoke with President M. Lee Pelto...
Beacon Podcast: Title IX breakdown
February 10, 2019
Beacon reporters Abigail Hadfield and Tomas Gonzalez break down the process of filing a Title IX report and what a Title IX investigation would look like.
