Emerson College

Emerson College is private liberal arts university in Boston, Massachusetts focused on communications and the arts.

Unitarian minister Charles Wesley Emerson's study of oratory under Professor Lewis B. Monroe led to Emerson founding the Boston Conservatory of Elocution and Oratory in 1880. The school was re-named several times as its scope expanded to include creative writing, journalism, theater and broadcast media.

• Facts: Institutional Profile

• Founded: 1880

• Faculty: Directory

• Undergraduates: 3,200

• Postgraduates: 900

• 1880: Charles Wesley Emerson founds the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art

• 1881: Name changed to Monroe Conservatory of Oratory

• 1888: Charles Emerson publishes The Evolution of Expression, which becomes the basis of the curriculum

• 1890: Name changed to Emerson College of Oratory

• 1892: The Iwasaki Library founded

• 1908: First meeting of the Student Government Association

• 1931: Sports program launched with volleyball

• 1939: Name changed to Emerson College

• 1947: The Berkeley Beacon commences publication

• 1952: Financial crisis forces the resignation of the Board of Trustees

• 1966: Oversees programs offered

• 1986: Los Angeles program offered

• 1993: Internet access provided for students

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