Housing, Immigration Concerns Complicate Breaks for International Students

Mei Dasgupta and Lucy Freeman • November 24, 2025

While the end of the semester at Boston College often brings excitement over holiday plans and post-exam relief, many international students approach breaks with a mix of anxiety and uncertainty.

UGBC Passes Statement Condemning ICE as Limited Initiative, Prepares Resources for International Students

Reetu Agnihotri • October 29, 2025

UGBC student senators voted Tuesday night to consider the petition presented last week by Quinten Dragstedt, MCAS ’28, as a “limited initiative” during the Senate meeting.

BC Issues Advisory as Trump Travel Ban Deepens Strain on International Community

Nikita Osadchiy • July 7, 2025

In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting citizens of 19 countries from entering the United States, Boston College’s Office of Global Engagement (OGE) and the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) urged affected international students and scholars to remain in—or urgently return to—the country before the order took effect on June 9, warning that reentry might soon be impossible.

Trump Visa Changes Stir Uncertainty, Anxiety Among International Students

Nikita Osadchiy • June 5, 2025

The Trump administration announced sweeping international student policy changes last week that could affect roughly 12 percent of Boston College's student body, leaving many international students reeling and alarmed about their academic futures in the United States.

BC Reaffirms Support for International Community Amid Trump Visa Revocations

Nikita Osadchiy • April 15, 2025

In response to a wave of student visa revocations and shifts in federal immigration policy, Boston College reaffirmed its commitment to supporting international students and scholars in a campus-wide email from University Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley and Vice Provost for Global Engagement Rev. James Keenan, S.J on Tuesday.

BC International Students Uneasy Over Potential Trump Immigration Policies

Nikita Osadchiy • January 2, 2025

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House on Jan. 20, the prospect of impending changes to immigration policies is raising concern among some international students at Boston College. 

The 12 Percent: BC Must Do More For Its International Students

Indira Marzbani • March 21, 2021

Three years ago, on a muggy August afternoon, I found myself unloading cardboard boxes and oversized duffle bags from a rental car as I moved into my freshman dorm at Boston College. Somehow, the nervous...

International Students Confront Challenges of Virtual Learning

Iris Lu • November 16, 2020

When the University suspended in-person classes in March, Jiayi Wang, MCAS ’22, returned home to Henan, China to finish out the semester in a different hemisphere, and because of U.S. travel restrictions barring entry to those coming from China, she was unable to return to campus for the fall semester.

“Only Things I Want Are a Haircut And an Education”: Travel Restrictions Threaten International Students, Faculties’ Arrival

Owen Fahy • July 7, 2020

A combination of travel bans and immigration restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is making it unlikely that international faculty and students will be able travel to the United States in time for the start of the fall semester.

UGBC Elections Fill 18 of 20 Open Seats

Jack Miller • April 12, 2019

Students in the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 elected representatives to the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s Senate—previously known as the Student Assembly—on Thursday.

UGBC Senate Candidates Release Platforms Ahead of Thursday Election, Not All Seats Will Be Filled

Owen Fahy • April 8, 2019

Elections for the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s Senate, previously known as the Student Assembly (SA), will be held on Thursday.

International Student Population Hits New High

Celia Carbone • February 6, 2019

The Boston College international student population rose to a record high 1,878 students this year, according to the Office of International Students and Scholars.