In accordance with Boston College's Jesuit tradition of service, 75 members of BC's Master of Business Administration program came together for the first-ever "Jesuit MBA Cares National Day of Service" at the Jackson-Mann Community Center April 21. Students helped out by raking, sweeping, and cleaning windows at the center. The Jackson-Mann Community Center is home and host to preschoolers, after-school programs, and the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. "Hopefully, we're sparking a passion for serving others," said Warren K. Zola, assistant dean for graduate programs for BC's Carroll School of Management, in an Allston-Brighton TAB article. "With privilege comes responsibility."
ON CAMPUS BC alumnus travels to India with scientific research group Michael Scahill, BC '05, recently returned from India after having spent the past two years working at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Delhi, India, and studying malaria vaccines. Scahill's research was funded by a Fulbright scholarship. "I really had no idea what to expect. I knew though that it was going to be a rather unique adventure," said Scahill in a Science magazine article. "I chose India because I got the sense that it was a place that encourages science growth and has special research opportunities," he said. Scahill is one of a small group of American researchers who are looking to conduct their research in Asia.
UNIVERSITIES BSU to host annual mud volleyball tournament Ball State University's annual mud volleyball tournament is coming up, featuring Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and FIJI fraternity. The proceeds from the Smackdown Mud Volleyball Tournament will go to the sorority's and fraternity's philanthropies, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and The Red Cross, respectively. The tournament is open to the entire campus, and costs $50 per team of six. "We tried to do a lot of our planning as soon as we could," said Mary Olds, the Kappa Alpha Theta philanthropy chairwoman. "We've worked really well together to try and make this event really successful."
UNDER REPORTED Ripening English cheese attracts internet audience A large block of English cheddar cheese has become an Internet star, now having attracted more than 1 million people who have tuned in to watch it ripen at www.cheddarvision.tv. The cheese was first placed in front of a Web cam in December by the Westcombe Cheddar Company and has attracted viewers from 119 different countries, including Albania and New Zealand. "The whole idea was to show people how real food is made - and it seems to be working," said cheesemaker Tom Calver. "It takes a year for the cheese to mature. This is not fast food. It is slow food."
Be the first to comment on this article!