Alumni and current students gathered at the McMullen Museum of Art for Arts Career Night, an event sponsored by Arts Council and the Career Center.
New Writing Center for Undergraduates Opens
The Boston College English department opened a new writing center for undergraduate students on Oct. 1. The center, which is located in room 418 of Stokes Hall South, houses 10 peer mentors, who offer appointments for students hoping to improve the strength and quality of their general writing skills. The main coordinators of the writing…
BC Launches Prison Education Program
Boston College opened up its latest satellite campus this fall in a less-than-traditional location: the Massachusetts Correctional Institute, a men’s correctional institute in Shirley, Mass., (MCI-Shirley), where 16 men are currently taking classes through the University’s new Prison Education Program. The program is modeled on and supported by the Bard Prison Initiative, which has offered…
Increasing Diversity Remains Focus of Office of the Provost
Boston College, led by Vice Provost for Faculties Billy Soo, is working to continue to diversify its faculty population through a variety of programs and initiatives. Forty-two percent of the current faculty is female and 20.4 percent is AHANA+, according to Soo. As with racial diversity, an obstacle to increased gender diversification at BC is…
ABLED@BC Brings Faculty With Disabilities Together
Boston College recently established a new affinity group for faculty and staff members with disabilities, Awareness Benefiting Leadership and Employees about Disabilities, or ABLED@BC. Affinity groups at BC serve as a way for staff and faculty members to promote education and awareness for a common interest in order to sustain an environment that celebrates inclusion. …
Osaghae, Brooks Talk Priorities With BC Trustees
President and Vice President of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College Michael Osaghae, MCAS ’20, and Tiffany Brooks, MCAS ’21, met with the Board of Trustees on Sept. 30 to discuss their top priorities for the upcoming school year.
Vice Provost and Former Dean Alberto Godenzi Dies at Age 66
Alberto Godenzi, vice provost for Global Engagement and a former dean of the BC School of Social Work, died on Sunday from leukemia complications.
Alqassemi Uses Art to Revisit Arab Political History
The lecture was centered around works of art that addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iran-Iraq War.
Newton Apparel Line Celebrates Freshman Community
To get the word out, the group reached out to some Instagram pages dedicated to BC freshman content.
Power Outages Affect Upper Dorms, Off-Campus Houses
The email said that BC facilities staff and Eversource, a New England utilities company, are working on a solution.