BOSTON, Mass. - The Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College honored various students during its annual achievement awards ceremony at the end of the Spring 2021 semester.
Cedar Van Tassel, of Gypsum, was among those honored. Van Tassel earned the The Helen W. Clark Prize & The Robert E. Engel Award.
The Helen W. Clark Prize is awarded by the visual arts faculty to the best Plan of Concentration within the fine arts. The Robert E. Engel Award was established in 2011 in honor of Bob Engel. Engel was a Marlboro faculty member for 36 years. This honor is awarded to a student who demonstrates Bob's passion for the natural world and his keen powers of observation and inquiry as a natural historian.
Van Tassel is pursuing a degree in self-designed and is a member of the Emerson College Class of 2021.
About Emerson College
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city's Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning. The College has 3,700 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups.