Northwestern University undergraduates interested in building careers across entertainment, media and the arts now have a new way to take the next step. The Bachelor’s to Master’s (B2M) program offers eligible Northwestern undergraduate students an accelerated pathway to the MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises (MSLCE) in the School of Communication. Designed for students who
The Theatre and Live Performance creatives in the MSLCE program arrived from four different starting points — a Loyola theatre major’s office at the Goodman, a fifteen-year career in Los Angeles indie film, a community theatre audition in Indianapolis at age twenty-one, and a childhood in Blaine, Minnesota that began with a violin at age
We’re thrilled to announce that Americans for The Arts CEO, Erin Harkey, will deliver the keynote address at the MSLCE convocation ceremony on August 21, 2026.
Meredith Johnson ’26 –MJ, for short– heard Jessie B. Evans ‘26 before she met him. It was orientation day, after a full program welcome she would later describe as being “hosed down with information.” Outside, the cohort had spilled into a mixer of wine and small plates, the early choreography of a group of people
We’re thrilled to announce our Spring Quarter Creative Connect, with Baobab Studios Co-Founder + CEO and MSLCE Industry Advisory Board member, Maureen Fan! Maureen will be joining us at 12:30pm on Wednesday, April 15, at our home base at the Frances Searle building on Northwestern’s Evanston campus. This event is free and open to the
Questions about the future of work are everywhere. But the answers many leaders are looking for don’t appear as they look toward what’s next. Sometimes, they’re hiding in the details of what already happened. That’s why Professor Leslie DeChurch’s research moves between the two—future and past—and examines how they inform one another. To do this, her work centers on three areas:
In February, the program welcomed Emmy-nominated TV writer and director Sam Bailey to campus for our second Creative Connect of the year. Sam Bailey is an Emmy-nominated writer and director from Chicago. Bailey directed and co-executive produced the first 3 episodes of Marvel’s series IRONHEART. She is the co-creator of the acclaimed Emmy-nominated webseries BROWN GIRLS and
For nonprofits and social impact organizations, today’s funding landscape doesn’t look anything like it used to. Traditionally consistent sources of revenue are drying up or becoming less reliable. Meanwhile, the expectations haven’t stopped: Every day, nonprofits are being asked to stretch limited resources further. As Kellogg School of Management Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of
