Berklee-Blogs: Feature on International Students and Blogging in Languages other than English

We continue to develop our blogging efforts at berklee-blogs. One exciting new initiative includes having some of our international students writing about aspects of Berklee life. Here's an example from one of our Korean students and a piece on the BIRN, the Berklee Internet Radio Station.

Check it out!

Don Was - Legendary Producer at Berklee

One of the really extraordinary things that students experience at Berklee is access to music industry professionals. Don Was, a producer who has worked with Bob Dylan, Bonne Raitt, the Rolling Stones and others, came to Berklee recently and performed several songs and spoke to students about production. Here's both the media coverage and, what he has to say about Berklee:

Health Insurance and related programs at Berklee

As students and parents plan ahead for enrolling at Berklee for one of our upcoming semesters (students can enter in January, May or September), one of the most common questions they have is about health insurance and other services. Berklee has an excellent health insurance program which serves both domestic and international students. It also includes benefits related to dental and eyecare. A complete website with all the pertinent information was recently created - check it out here.

Berklee Groove - Student Voice - Website Now Live

Our student "newspaper" is no longer a paper! The completely digital version of the "Berklee Groove" is now live!

Check out the site here. It comes with excellent writing, twitter feeds, all kinds of links to gigs and happenings in Boston and a super cool calendar feature so students can be sure to catch all the great events on campus. This is a major accomplishment in an extremely short period of time by some very committed students, supported by Berklee staff. Congratulations to all...

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

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

Welcome to Berklee - Entering Class of 2009

It's finally arrived! Move in day and Orientation are underway at Berklee today. Over 1000 students from around the world are descending on Boston today and tomorrow. Our Student Affairs and Orientation teams are doing an awesome job of welcoming students and their parents.

Parking and driving is not easy in this city on a good day, but when thousands of folks arrive to move in at all the area schools (Northeastern, MIT, Harvard and many others are very close to Berklee), it gets pretty wild. I'm glad to see that our students are finding the move-in process a little less stressful than in previous years - in part because of the communications improvements our staff have made...

Anyway...we welcome our new students. It's SO exciting to start another year of school at Berklee!

Student Activities Blog at Berklee

It seems like there's just so much information to get across to people interested in what's happening at Berklee College of Music. It's a very, very busy place.

To help folks get a sense of what is happening on the student activities front, check out this new blog. At the moment, the focus is on our outstanding summer performance program known as "5-week".

Taking care of yourself as a student at Berklee

How can I take good care of my health, wellness and fitness at Berklee? As we outlined in a previous post, Berklee offers a comprehensive wellness program called "LiveWell"

LiveWell Website: http://www.berklee.net/st/Livewell_Information.html
LiveWell Updates also posted on my.berklee.net > Announcements

Here is just a summary of some of the many opportunities offered by LiveWell:

•Sports and Recreation•
Emerson Division III Athletics (fall & spring semesters) | Boston Ski & Sports Club | Intramural and Club Sports | Sunday at Simmons basketball, indoor soccer, volleyball (fall & spring semesters) | Ice Hockey Team | Trips to Area Sites - beaches, parks, hikes, bike rides
•Discounted Gym Memberships + Fitness Programs• Tennis & Racquet Club, YMCA, Boston Kung Fu Tai Chi, Healthworks for Women, Simmons College’s Holmes Sports Center (fall & spring), Emerson Fitness Center

•Movement• Martial Arts | Yoga | Meditation | Dance Classes
Fitness Benefit through Berklee Health Insurance up to $150/year

•Workshops and/or Screenings• Physical + Occupational Therapists, Nutritionists and others

•Student Health 101• Monthly Online Wellness Magazine and 64 page Health Guide

•College Health + Wellness Courses• Yoga, Chi Gung, Anatomy, Wellness & Inspiration. Check the Registration Manual for the latest offerings.

•LiveWell Workshops & Series• SleepWell, EatWell, ChooseWell, HearWell, BreatheWell, PerformWell, LeadWell, LoveWell, ExpressWell, and more.


Have questions about the LiveWell offerings, please email livewell@berklee.edu or call 617.747.2411.

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Wellness programs at Berklee - LiveWell!!!

The life of a musician is challenging to the body. Musicians especially benefit from living a well-balanced, integrated and healthy existence. Healthy habits and practicing wellness principles enhances one’s learning, career, relationships, endurance, strength, flexibility and creativity and helps one through life’s many changes.

LiveWell is Berklee’s wellness and health promotion program designed for the student musician. Serving as a web of support for the student throughout his or her time studying at Berklee, LiveWell provides information on many wellness offerings available on and around campus.

Conveniently located in the Student Activities Center, Room 207, 939 Boylston Street, Jane Stachowiak, Director, can be reached via email: livewell@berklee.edu or phone: 617.747.2411

LiveWell Website: http://www.berklee.net/st/Livewell_Information.html

Berklee Enrollment - This Blog and Its Purpose

Greetings and welcome to all visitors!

The purpose of this blog is to share information and provide balanced and real perspective about enrollment about Berklee College of Music. It is not intended to replace official information about the College which can always be found at our main website, here. What we're trying to do here instead of providing official information is share experience and insight about two main areas:

1) the admissions process (including applications, auditions, interviews, scholarships and financial aid, residence/housing, international student needs (like visas), etc. etc. and...

2) student life - what actually happens when you get to Boston (orientation, registration, academic counseling and advising, more financial aid and scholarships(!), living in Boston, finding work on and off campus, and lots of other fun things).

We'll have a variety of authors here including professionals from admissions, financial aid and scholarships, Registrar's Office, student employment, counseling, advising, student activities, housing, faculty and more.

So visit us often. We'll be posting new and varied information on a regular basis!