BC announced Tuesday night that the University would be open at 9 a.m. Wednesday, a slight delay.
On Campus, News, Featured Story
Global Engagement Committee Strives to Enhance BC’s International Presence
“BC has been growing from a regional university to a national one,” said Alberto Godenzi, the co-chair of the initiative. “We have been engaged internationally, but not in a strategic way.”
Administration, Top Story, On Campus, News
As Columbia Decides Not to Bargain with Grad Student Union, BC Reaffirms Decision to See Appeal Through
“This is going to establish a trend, a pattern, and a precedent,” Gary N. Chiason, a professor at Clark University, told The New York Times.
Administration, Top Story, News
STM’s Groome to Finish Term as C21 Director
The search for a new C21 director will begin this week and will be chaired by Robert Newton, special assistant to University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J.
Top Story, On Campus, News
Union Stages ‘Work-In’ at Hillside, Calls for BC to Drop Appeal
A number of supporters of the union organized to do their work, displaying signs on the back of their chairs that read “I’m working on …” followed by their subject matter.
Administration, Top Story, News
Leahy Letter Criticizes Impact of Tax Bills on Higher Ed
He wrote to the community to ask students and faculty to call or email members of Congress within the next few days to urge them to include a provisions, which would lessen the impact of the new tax bills on BC.
On Campus, News, Top Story
Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Brings Holiday Spirit to BC
A number of acapella groups performed that night, such as the Heightsmen, the Acoustics, the Liturgy Arts Group, the BC Bells, the Sharps, and the Dynamics.
Administration, Top Story, News
BC Creates Board of Regents to Support Leahy, Board of Trustees
The Board includes two University Trustees: John F. Fish, chairman and CEO of Suffolk Construction Company, and Christian W.E. Haub, the Co-CEO of the Tengelmann Group. Fish is the board’s inaugural chair.
Letters To The Editor, Opinions
LTE: In Response to “Peter Markell, New Chair of Trustees, Discusses Goals, Recent Activism at BC”
“University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J. as the leader of Boston College, should speak out whenever situations occur that especially hurt students. There cannot be a substitute for that.”
Top Story
Institute for Integrated Science and Society to Be Named for Schiller Family
Boston College’s planned Institute for Integrated Sciences and Society will be named after Phil Schiller, BC ’82, and his wife Kim Gassett-Schiller.
