As Lynch School of Educaition and Human Development students prepare for careers in education, they are also bracing for how Trump-era shakeups could impact their careers and the students they aim to serve.

“I think they’re teaching kids to dream,” Heaney said. “That whatever they think they can do, they can do. But, maybe more importantly, what STEM is doing is they’re exposing kids to things that they’ve never dreamt about before.”

Despite the technical difficulties that come with beginning a new academic program and adjusting to a heavy workload, Messina College students have managed to build a community within their 100-person class.

“I think it's a story of a true modern romance,” Hassanein said. “Meeting through Marriage Pact—DMing and stuff—it ended up going way better than I think I could’ve imagined, or Lucy could’ve imagined.”

“BC is his love,” DiPietro said. “So, he is a steward of Boston College, and he is going to make sure that it is successful, that he cares more about the people in it.”