Joyce Kulhawik
Joyce Kulhawik | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Simmons College (B.A., 1974) University of Vermont (M.A., 1977) |
| Occupation | TV journalist |
| Website | joyceschoices |
Joyce Kulhawik (born 1952) best known as the Emmy Award-winning Arts and Entertainment anchor for CBS affiliate WBZ-TV News in Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life and career
Joyce Kulhawik, best known as the Emmy Award-winning arts and entertainment critic for CBS-Boston (WBZ-TV 1981-2008), is currently lending her expertise as an arts critic/advocate, motivational speaker, and cancer crusader. Kulhawik is President of the Boston Theater Critics Association, a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, and reviews for National Public Radio on WBUR.
Kulhawik has covered local and national events from Boston and Broadway to Hollywood, reporting live from the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Grammys. Nationally, Kulhawik has co-hosted syndicated movie-review programs with Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. Look for her arts & entertainment reviews online at JoycesChoices.com.
A 3X cancer survivor, Kulhawik testified before congress on the 20th anniversary of the national cancer act. Since 1983 she has chaired the American Cancer Society’s largest spring fundraising campaign, serves on the ACS advisory board, and continues to help raise millions of dollars for the ACS first “Hope Lodge” in Boston. The ACS has honored Kulhawik with its national bronze medal for her work.
The recipient of countless awards, Joyce holds an honorary doctorate in communications from her alma mater Simmons College, and has an endowed scholarship in her name at the Berklee College of Music. In 2010 Kulhawik received the N.E. Emmy’s Governor’s Award for her distinguished career, and in 2007 was an inaugural inductee into the Mass Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Kulhawik has performed as a guest narrator with the Boston Pops, the New England Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva, the Boston Civic Symphony, and the Concord Orchestra. Kulhawik also moonwalks and yodels.
Education
Kulhawik holds an Honorary Doctorate in Communications from Simmons College in Boston. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Secondary Education from Simmons College in 1974. One of the top two graduating seniors at Simmons, Kulhawik received the Crown Zellerbach Award and a Full Fellowship from the University of Vermont, where she received an MAT in in English/Education in 1977. She taught English at Brookline High School from 1976 through 1978, and at the Boston Architectural Center from 1977 through 1979.
Cancer
A three-time cancer survivor (ovarian cancer twice, and melanoma), Kulhawik was called upon to testify before Congress on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of The National Cancer Act. Since 1983 she has served as the Honorary Chairperson for the American Cancer Society (ACS)'s Daffodil Days, the largest statewide annual spring fundraising event.
Awards
-- May 2010, at the 33rd National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Boston/New England Emmy Awards Celebration, she received the 2010 Governor's Award. The president of NTA Boston/ New England chapter, Timothy Egan stated, "The National Television Academy's Boston New England Chapter is pleased to celebrate Joyce Kulhawik's excellence by awarding her the 2010 Governor's Award in honor of her legendary journalism and contribution to the arts. Joyce is a trailblazer for women in the business and one of New England's best known and most talented media professionals."
--The American Cancer Society honored Kulhawik with its National Bronze Medal Award.
-- 1994 Gilda Radner Award from the Wellness Community in Greater Boston "for engendering inspiration in cancer patients via her own valiant fight with the disease."
--1994 the Berklee College of Music honored Kulhawik for her many contributions to the Boston arts community by establishing a $25,000 newly endowed scholarship in her name, in perpetuity. In 1995 the Lyric Stage Company honored Kulhawik with their Arts Support Award.
--1990 recipient of The Boston Theater District Award,[1] which is presented annually to a Bostonian who has made a significant contribution to the stage, screen, and/or television.
--May 2002, Kulhawik received an Honorary Doctorate in Communications from her alma mater, Simmons College. She also received a 2001 Boston/New England Emmy Award for WBZ-TV's Outstanding Team Coverage of Ground Zero.
--May 2007, she was named one of the first inductees to the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.[2]
-In May 2011, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th annual Exceptional Woman Awards, presented by radio station 106.7FM WMJX Boston.
Personal
Kulhawik married Andrew Cohen in 1979. They reside in Wayland, Massachusetts with their daughter, Annelise.[3]
Kulhawik plays the piano, has sung professionally, moonwalks and yodels!
She was the soloist and organist for seven years at her parish church in her home state of Connecticut.
External links
Notes
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- ^ "Local Broadcasting Legends Honored". The Boston Globe. Retrieved on May 18, 2007.
- ^ McCall, Christine. "Trust Your Intuition; Joyce Kulhawik did and it saved her life", Exhale Lifestyle Magazine, March–April 2011 (retrieved 28 January 2014).