March 22 at 10:30 a.m. – Bernhardt is inaugurated

Bernhardt was officially inaugurated as the college’s 13th president at an investiture ceremony inside the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Among those in attendance were members of Bernhardt’s family, members of Emerson’s Board of Trustees and Board of Advisors, faculty, students, alumni, delegates representing more than 35 colleges, and three of the college’s former presidents. In his inaugural address, Bernhardt detailed his time at Emerson over the past nine months.