Berkleemusic.com has introduced a new Berklee Music Network, a social network for creative exchange and communication, collaboration, networking, and discussions. The new format for the online profile changes the look and feel of the profile page to be more like facebook and allocates more server space for each profile page to allow students to upload significantly more files than the previous 10 gig limit. All Berklee students are automatically "Pro" level members and have full access to all the new Network features. Please visit this link to get an overview of how it works:
http://www.berkleemusic.com/welcome/how-to-use-network
Students who currently have a Berklee Achievement Scholarship portfolio posted on BerkleeMusic.com will need to manually transfer all files from their old page to their new page in order to allow anyone including the Office of Scholarships to view the full content of their profile. When you log into your existing account, you will notice that the layout and some features of your page have now changed.
To access the content from your old profile page click on “Profile” at the right top of your home page and then read the message at the top of your new profile that states:
“This profile is now the version that the public sees. Fill it out! Have some fun.
If you need to refer to content from your old profile, you can access it here.”
Click on “access it here” to download your content and save it onto your computer desktop. You must now switch over to your new profile layout and upload all content into the new layout.
If you need technical support please contact the BerkleeMusic customer service at (617) 747-2146.
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Office of Scholarships
Monday, September 28, 2009
Online Time-Sheets Are Now Live for Student Employees!
Paper time-sheets have been replaced with a new web-based online time-sheet system on my.berklee.net. Starting with the current pay period - Saturday, September 26th - Friday, October 9th - Student Employees should log into my.berklee.net and start recording their time worked each day using the online time-sheet. At the end of the pay period, students must electronically sign their time-sheet and submit it for approval by their supervisor. The deadline for students to submit their time electronically is 2PM on the Friday before the pay date. This is a change from the previous 4PM deadline Berklee had for paper time-sheets.
Student Employee Supervisors will log-in to my.berklee.net to access the time approval form at the end of each pay period and they will approve or adjust the time that their student employees submit electronically. The deadline for supervisors to approve time is 5PM on the Friday before a pay date.
For further details, please visit the Student Employment website at: http://www.berklee.net/se/SE_WebTime09.html
Here's how you can contact Student Employment directly if you have any questions or concerns:
Main Office Phone: 617-747-2687
Main Office Email: studentemployment@berklee.edu
Tara Joyce: 617-747-8009 tjoyce@berklee.edu
Jill Stewart: 617-747-2852 jcstewart@berklee.edu
Thank you.
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Office of Student Employment
Berklee College of Music
921 Boylston Street, Room 340
Boston, MA 02215
Student Employee Supervisors will log-in to my.berklee.net to access the time approval form at the end of each pay period and they will approve or adjust the time that their student employees submit electronically. The deadline for supervisors to approve time is 5PM on the Friday before a pay date.
For further details, please visit the Student Employment website at: http://www.berklee.net/se/SE_WebTime09.html
Here's how you can contact Student Employment directly if you have any questions or concerns:
Main Office Phone: 617-747-2687
Main Office Email: studentemployment@berklee.edu
Tara Joyce: 617-747-8009 tjoyce@berklee.edu
Jill Stewart: 617-747-2852 jcstewart@berklee.edu
Thank you.
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Office of Student Employment
Berklee College of Music
921 Boylston Street, Room 340
Boston, MA 02215
Monday, September 14, 2009
Berklee's Response to H1N1 - Swine Flu
The College has a comprehensive plan related to Swine Flu. Details here:
http://berklee.net/sf/H1N1%20Flu%20Virus%20Information.html
http://berklee.net/sf/H1N1%20Flu%20Virus%20Information.html
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Berklee College of Music - Educating Creative People
A recent video that includes President Roger Brown and Vice President for Student Affairs, Larry Bethune:
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Enrollment Strength Continues for Berklee
In a world economy staggering from recession, Berklee is still fully enrolled.
In a U.S. economy where many lenders have either left the market altogether or severely ratcheted up the baseline standard to extending a student loan, Berklee is still fully enrolled.
In an ever-changing world with uncertainty seemingly on every front, students and families continue to make the commitment to a music education, ensuring that Berklee is still fully enrolled.
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Despite world events that have caused enrollment struggles at many colleges, Berklee will open the fall term at its enrollment target of 4,000 students. How has this occurred?
Continuing and Returning Students
The main source of enrollment each term is of course, those who are continuing their education. This year, roughly 3,000 students will continue their path towards a Berklee degree or diploma. In this number are several hundred students who have returned from a leave of longer than one term. These students may have “stopped out” for a term or two or, in other cases, may be returning to Berklee after many years.
As many will know, in light of global economic circumstances, Berklee made a decision last fall to significantly augment its financial aid and scholarship program extending roughly $2 million in additional aid to continuing students. Moving to the current budget year, we further increased aid support so that the annual total is now roughly $5 million more than just one year ago. This commitment from the College is specifically aimed at encouraging and supporting students in their quest to graduate. While we are not in a position to meet every need of every student, we do know that this initiative is making a difference in our ability to support, encourage and retain students.
The Entering Class
More than 1060 new students are joining the College this fall,the largest class in College history. How did they get here? Each of our entering students came from one of almost 50 audition sites in 23 countries. They all went through our admission process which includes the A&I (audition and interview) experience, and a thorough evaluation of their academic history and personal history – ultimately to answer the core question, “is this student a good match for Berklee and is Berklee a good match for this student?” Applications for fall admission also set an all-time record at 4755, up more than 10% from the previous year. As such, we were both blessed by a large group of highly talented students, and challenged to choose our entering class from such an abundance of riches. Ultimately, our matriculating class is extraordinary in many ways. To illustrate, what follows is some simple facts about this year’s entering group:
Number of States Represented: 44
Number of Countries Represented: 65
International Students Enrolling: 237
Primary Languages Represented in the Entering Class: English, Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, French, Greek, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Filipino, Telugu, Norwegian, Serbian, Icelandic, Persian, Bulgarian, Finnish.
Percentage of students receiving scholarship: 47%
Percentage of students receiving some form of financial aid: 77%
Female Students Enrolled: 320
ALANA representation (African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American): 235 students
Commitment to Accessibility, Internationalism and a Diverse Student Body
As the school year starts, once again the College finds itself in the enviable position of not only being fully enrolled, but indeed, fully enrolled with a class that enriches the diversity, depth and breadth of the Berklee experience for all. Our students are extraordinarily talented, committed and resilient.
More than ever, we remain committed to keeping a Berklee education accessible. Our financial aid initiatives have given particular attention to maintaining Berklee’s commitment to excellence while at the same time, supporting our longstanding traditions of attracting and retaining students from many different backgrounds, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and countries. That commitment lives on and with the support of alumni and friends of the College, we hope to augment our ability to make a Berklee education affordable to as many students as possible.
The Road Ahead…
Now that the fall term has begun, our admission staff is quickly shifting gears to focus on recruiting the next group of incoming students for January, May and September 2010. With support from faculty, staff, alumni and partners, our team will again deliver the Berklee message around the globe to prospective students and families. At the same time, enrollment professionals in our Offices of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment and the Registrar work year round to support and retain our current students. Later this year, the College will complete its first Comprehensive Enrollment Strategy which will aim to coordinate and align our efforts to recruit and retain the best student body possible.
In a U.S. economy where many lenders have either left the market altogether or severely ratcheted up the baseline standard to extending a student loan, Berklee is still fully enrolled.
In an ever-changing world with uncertainty seemingly on every front, students and families continue to make the commitment to a music education, ensuring that Berklee is still fully enrolled.
~~~~
Despite world events that have caused enrollment struggles at many colleges, Berklee will open the fall term at its enrollment target of 4,000 students. How has this occurred?
Continuing and Returning Students
The main source of enrollment each term is of course, those who are continuing their education. This year, roughly 3,000 students will continue their path towards a Berklee degree or diploma. In this number are several hundred students who have returned from a leave of longer than one term. These students may have “stopped out” for a term or two or, in other cases, may be returning to Berklee after many years.
As many will know, in light of global economic circumstances, Berklee made a decision last fall to significantly augment its financial aid and scholarship program extending roughly $2 million in additional aid to continuing students. Moving to the current budget year, we further increased aid support so that the annual total is now roughly $5 million more than just one year ago. This commitment from the College is specifically aimed at encouraging and supporting students in their quest to graduate. While we are not in a position to meet every need of every student, we do know that this initiative is making a difference in our ability to support, encourage and retain students.
The Entering Class
More than 1060 new students are joining the College this fall,the largest class in College history. How did they get here? Each of our entering students came from one of almost 50 audition sites in 23 countries. They all went through our admission process which includes the A&I (audition and interview) experience, and a thorough evaluation of their academic history and personal history – ultimately to answer the core question, “is this student a good match for Berklee and is Berklee a good match for this student?” Applications for fall admission also set an all-time record at 4755, up more than 10% from the previous year. As such, we were both blessed by a large group of highly talented students, and challenged to choose our entering class from such an abundance of riches. Ultimately, our matriculating class is extraordinary in many ways. To illustrate, what follows is some simple facts about this year’s entering group:
Number of States Represented: 44
Number of Countries Represented: 65
International Students Enrolling: 237
Primary Languages Represented in the Entering Class: English, Spanish, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, German, Chinese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, French, Greek, Romanian, Thai, Turkish, Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Filipino, Telugu, Norwegian, Serbian, Icelandic, Persian, Bulgarian, Finnish.
Percentage of students receiving scholarship: 47%
Percentage of students receiving some form of financial aid: 77%
Female Students Enrolled: 320
ALANA representation (African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American): 235 students
Commitment to Accessibility, Internationalism and a Diverse Student Body
As the school year starts, once again the College finds itself in the enviable position of not only being fully enrolled, but indeed, fully enrolled with a class that enriches the diversity, depth and breadth of the Berklee experience for all. Our students are extraordinarily talented, committed and resilient.
More than ever, we remain committed to keeping a Berklee education accessible. Our financial aid initiatives have given particular attention to maintaining Berklee’s commitment to excellence while at the same time, supporting our longstanding traditions of attracting and retaining students from many different backgrounds, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds and countries. That commitment lives on and with the support of alumni and friends of the College, we hope to augment our ability to make a Berklee education affordable to as many students as possible.
The Road Ahead…
Now that the fall term has begun, our admission staff is quickly shifting gears to focus on recruiting the next group of incoming students for January, May and September 2010. With support from faculty, staff, alumni and partners, our team will again deliver the Berklee message around the globe to prospective students and families. At the same time, enrollment professionals in our Offices of Financial Aid, Scholarships and Student Employment and the Registrar work year round to support and retain our current students. Later this year, the College will complete its first Comprehensive Enrollment Strategy which will aim to coordinate and align our efforts to recruit and retain the best student body possible.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
NECN Features Cafe 939 at Berklee
An interesting feature from New England Cable Network on one of our performance venues, and in a small way, our unique internship opportunities.
Links referenced include: http://www.cafe939.com and http://www.berklee.edu/events
Links referenced include: http://www.cafe939.com and http://www.berklee.edu/events
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