Saturday, January 23, 2010
Berklee's Annual High School Jazz Festival March 13, 2010
Our annual jazz festival, the largest of its kind in the United States is scheduled for Saturday, March 13, 2010. You can find out more here at the homepage for the event.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Department of Education Simplifies the FAFSA
The financial aid form for Federal aid has often been described as too complex. The government recently announced some significant changes and improvements. You can learn more, here.
Monday, January 18, 2010
New York City Berklee Auditions January 23 - 26, 2010
We'll have our annual 4 days of auditions in NYC this month (January 23 - 26) and lots of other places in the months ahead! Details on the audition process can be found here: http://www.berklee.edu/admissions/general/audition_dates.html
Friday, January 15, 2010
Berklee President Roger Brown's Statement On Haiti
A Message from President Roger H. Brown
We are deeply saddened by the devastating earthquake and the tragic loss of life that has stricken Haiti. We are contacting the Berklee students who are from Haiti to see if we can be of direct assistance. We know the tragedy has touched at least one of our students, whose mother is missing; he is currently there trying to find her. If you learn of others affected, please let the Office of Student Affairs know so we can offer those students support and help.
As you may know, Wyclef Jean is also currently enrolled as a student, and we have made a donation on behalf of the whole college to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund, which is now a part of Wyclef's Haitian charity organization.
Many of you know that we collaborated with Mercy Corps during the Darfur relief effort, and that my wife Linda Mason serves as chairman of their board of directors. I enclose the links to both Yéle and Mercy Corps in the event that you would like to help directly. Finally, we are in the process of pulling together a benefit event to raise money for Haitian relief.
We send our thoughts and prayers to Haiti, and on behalf of all Haitians hope that the focus on this crisis remains strong for the long months ahead.
Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund: yele.org
Mercy Corps: mercycorps.org
Yours,
Roger H. Brown
President
We are deeply saddened by the devastating earthquake and the tragic loss of life that has stricken Haiti. We are contacting the Berklee students who are from Haiti to see if we can be of direct assistance. We know the tragedy has touched at least one of our students, whose mother is missing; he is currently there trying to find her. If you learn of others affected, please let the Office of Student Affairs know so we can offer those students support and help.
As you may know, Wyclef Jean is also currently enrolled as a student, and we have made a donation on behalf of the whole college to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund, which is now a part of Wyclef's Haitian charity organization.
Many of you know that we collaborated with Mercy Corps during the Darfur relief effort, and that my wife Linda Mason serves as chairman of their board of directors. I enclose the links to both Yéle and Mercy Corps in the event that you would like to help directly. Finally, we are in the process of pulling together a benefit event to raise money for Haitian relief.
We send our thoughts and prayers to Haiti, and on behalf of all Haitians hope that the focus on this crisis remains strong for the long months ahead.
Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund: yele.org
Mercy Corps: mercycorps.org
Yours,
Roger H. Brown
President
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Welcome Entering Students - Spring 2010!
We're very excited to welcome almost 350 new students from around the US and the world who are entering this term. Classes start next week but in the meantime, don't forget to check out the Orientation webpage that has a lot of great information for you: http://www.berklee.edu/orientation/orientation_spring.html
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