#ecorientation

I hope you’re getting hyped for Emerson College Orientation 2015! Here’s your chance to ask me anything and everything about what to expect, what to do, or who to see. I mainly set this up so that anyone who wanted to ask a question anonymously could, but please, everyone should feel free to ask anything! 

7:30am-9:30am

Breakfast- Dining Hall, 80 Boylston Street, Second Floor

  9:00am-5:00pm

Orientation Info Center - Office of Student Life, Max Mutchnick Campus Center, 150 Boylston Street

  9:00am-7:00pm

Off Campus and Transfer Student Gathering Place - Student Lounge, Max Mutchnick Campus Center, 150 Boylston Street, Second Floor

  9:00am, 10:00am, 12:00pm and 1:00pm SHARP!

Academic Advising Meetings, Various Campus Locations

Room 202, Walker Building, 120 Boylston Street

Room 210, Walker Building, 120 Boylston Street

Room 233, Walker Building, 120 Boylston Street

Room 503, Ansin Building, 180 Boylston Street

Room 517, Paramount Building, 555 Washington Street

Multipurpose Room, Max Mutchnick Campus Center, 150 Boylston Street

  10:00am-12:00pm

Drop-In Tour of Iwasaki Library- Iwasaki Library, 120 Boylston Street, Third Floor

  10:00am-12:00pm

Writing and Academic Resource Center (WARC) and Disability Services Open House - WARC, Union Savings Building, 216 Tremont Street, Fifth Floor

  10:00am-12:00pm

Emerson Channel Open House - Vin Di Bona Studios, 10 Boylston Place, Eighth Floor

  10:00am-1:00pm

WERS/WECB/ETIN Open House, WERS Studio, 180 Tremont Street, Lower Level

  11:00am-1:15pm

Athletics Open House – Skybox and Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker Gymnasium, Max Mutchnick Campus Center, 150 Boylston Street, Lower Level 2

11:00am - Noon - Women’s Volleyball Viewing from Skybox

12:15pm-1:15pm - Yoga

  12:30pm-1:30pm

Lunch - Dining Hall, 80 Boylston Street, Second Floor

  12:30pm and 1:30pm

Student Employment Meeting - Greene Theater, 10 Boylston Place, Sixth Floor

  12:30pm and 1:30pm

Intro to Money Matters -Room 914, Tufte PPC, Ninth Floor

  1:30pm SHARP!

International Student Visa Meeting (for late arrivals only) - 10th Floor Conference Room, 120 Boylston Street, 10th Floor  

  2:00pm-5:00pm

Job Fair – Bill Bordy Theater and Auditorium, Union Savings Building, 216 Tremont Street

  3:00pm-3:45pm and 4:15pm-5:00pm

Using Emerson's Technology Resources - Room 633, Walker Building, 120 Boylston Street, Sixth Floor

  4:00pm-5:00pm

Greek Life Info Session – Room 503, Ansin Building, 180 Boylston Street, Fifth Floor

  4:30pm-5:30pm

International Student Dinner - Cabaret, 80 Boylston Street, Lower Level

  5:30pm-7:00pm

Dinner - Dining Hall, 80 Boylston Street, Second Floor

Ticket Distribution for Friday Comedy Showcase at promo tables outside of the DH during dinner; Sign Ups for Open Mic event

  5:30pm-7:30pm

“A Multicultural Taste of Boston” – Semel Theater, 10 Boylston Place, Third Floor

  7:00pm and 8:30pm

Friday Comedy Showcase - Bill Bordy Theater and Auditorium, Unions Savings Building, 216 Tremont Street (tickets distributed at DH promo tables from 5:30-7:00pm)

  7:00pm

Monty Python Live (Mostly): Bright Family Screening Room (Room 402), Paramount, 555 Washington Street, 4th Floor - Tickets required.

  7:30pm - 10:00pm

Open Mic - Cabaret, 80 Boylston Street, Lower Level

  7:30pm - 10:00pm

Campus Center Carnival , Max Mutchnick Campus Center, 150 Boylston Street

At the Beacon, we report on all aspects of campus life—covering events, profiling our creative student body and its work, and breaking important news. We tell the stories at Emerson that need to be told.

To learn more about the Beacon, come to our info session on Thursday, August 28 (free pizza and lemonade!) at 12:30 pm in the Piano Row multipurpose room. Writers, photographers, filmmakers, journalists, social media mavens, and storytellers of any major are welcome. Tweet at @BeaconUpdate if you can't find it.

Here are some highlights from our coverage last year (top to bottom):

The eerie music of Anne Malin

Wayans' World | Pedaling for diabetes research, student makes and films history

Doing time with Laverne Cox

Outside the Lines: Emerson softball star brings talents to Red Sox | Busker sells hand-typed poems in Harvard Square T stop

At Town Hall meeting, community discusses sexual assault