Emerson President Jacqueline Liebergott has indicated she will convene an independent examination of the college's tenure standards for minority professors. The decision came one day after the Emerson Faculty Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of such an investigation.
Student-run Emerson Peace and Social Justice presented college President Jacqueline Liebergott today with its petition with more than 500 student signatures, calling for the reinstatement of two black professors, Roger House and Pierre Desir, who have alleged they were denied tenure last summer based on their race.
College President Jacqueline Liebergott announced today the reinstatement of Professor Roger House, who brought a complaint against Emerson with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination last year after he and another black professor, Pierre Desir, alleged they were denied tenure because of their race.
A 2006 Emerson master's graduate, David Twomey, 27, died on June 30 from complications stemming from the H1N1 flu virus, family members and college administrators said.
The Student Government Association denied an appeal to theater organization Rareworks on April 28, the first failed appeal during President Scott Fisher's two-year term.
On Tuesday, April 28, Emerson Police Chief George Noonan sent an e-mail to all students outlining an incident involving an Emerson student's safety that took place on Monday, April 27.
Maid service, queen-sized beds and free cookie deliveries sound awfully appealing to dorm residents who have to go all the way downstairs for desserts and have to clean their own rooms. But many hotel residents say the disadvantages outweigh these perks.
Caps and gowns have been purchased and tickets collected, but while Emerson's class of 2009 may have everything in order for their upcoming graduation ceremony, they are still in the dark as to who their commencement speaker will be.
The best of this week's entries from the ECPD incident ledger.