Momentum Award: Mary Joe Hughes

Honors Professor Inspires Students Through Own Love Of Learning, Teaching

When Mary Joe Hughes was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College, in the years before it merged completely with Harvard University, she sat in on an MIT class about existentialism and literature. The lecturer was philosopher Hubert Dreyfus, whose courses a friend of hers had recommended, and Hughes had a habit of writing in the margins thoughts that she had while taking notes on the subject matter. “Years later I found my notebook from that class,” Hughes said. “I found that in the margins among my notes on his lectures, I had written, ‘I have to teach.’”

Momentum Award: Larry Scott

Professor's Research And Guidance Has Helped Chemistry Department Flourish

A lot  has changed in the chemistry department since Lawrence Scott first came to Boston College.

The current Louise and Jim Vanderslice and Family professor in chemistry arrived on the Heights in 1993, just after the construction of Merkert Hall, still the only academic building on campus dedicated to a single department.

Momentum Award: Tim Koch

BC To Boston Pioneer, Student Mentor Connects Undergraduates With City

Tim Koch, A&S ’14, knows the meaning of being a man for others. He has spent his now three years at Boston College helping to shape the BC community and the student experience through both his work as an Orientation Leader (OL) and his involvement in UGBC.