Parent Programs

Parents Annual Fund Scholarship Campaign

Your gift to scholarship will change the life of a student at Emerson College.

Announcing the Parents Annual Fund Scholarship Campaign

Emerson College offers a distinctive, powerful experience, combining a quality liberal arts education with hands-on training in communication and the arts. Taught and challenged by dynamic faculty members and active practitioners in state-of-the-art facilities, our students are among the most creative and driven young minds in the country. Emerson boasts an impressive list of alumni that includes entrepreneurs, actors, published authors, diplomats, and politicians who maintain their ties to Emerson College through mentoring and hiring fellow Emersonians.

The cost of education is an enormous burden on students and their parents. Many students rely on a combination of loans, grants, scholarships, and part-time work to help cover the cost of the Emerson experience. Scholarships are one of the most crucial sources of funding for Emerson because they do not require repayment and reduce overall indebtedness.

The Emerson Parents Annual Fund Scholarship Campaign is a new initiative of the Parents Leadership Council (PLC) proposed by PLC Co-Chairs, Sheila Tucke P’15 and Tom Ong P’11 & P’14. Sheila and Tom are counting on your to support raise $200,000 for scholarship by June 30, 2013. These funds will be put to immediate use, providing financial assistance to students this coming fall!

What better investment can any of us make than supporting the hopes and dreams of a young person? For students who cannot afford an Emerson education, the future can look unsettled. You will make a life-changing difference with your gift to scholarship aid. Please support the Parents Annual Fund Scholarship Campaign. The entire Emerson community will benefit from your participation!

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Scholarship Recipient, Rebecca Pollock '14

Rebecca Pollock '14 on Receiving a Scholarship

"Sophomore year was by far the most difficult, both academically and financially. With the money I made working at a café and from selling the car I had inherited from my grandmother, I was able to make my final tuition payment. In anticipation of another difficult year, rather than returning to my family in suburban Philadelphia, I stayed in Boston to work seventy-five hour weeks this summer.

When I found out I would be receiving an additional scholarship, I nearly burst with relief. Your kind gift means I won’t be working full-time this semester. Because I can work only part-time, I’ve been able to take an internship with Rose Metal Press.

. . . The past two years have been trying, but I look forward to what the next two bring and again, I am so thankful that you have helped to make this coming year a reality."