By: David Cote
Boston College will begin its Sesquicentennial celebration this month with a mass at Fenway Park on Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. The event will be open to BC students, faculty, alumni, and other guests who have preregistered online. The mass is the first in a series of events that will highlight various aspects of BC’s history and dedication to education in the 150 years since its founding in 1863.
John Cawthorne, former associate dean of the Lynch School of Education (LSOE), passed away from cancer at the age of 70 in August. Cawthorne, an expert in urban education and a popular faculty member and administrator, retired from Boston College in the spring of 2012 after serving for 13 years as associate dean for students…
Noted philanthropist Oprah Winfrey visited Boston College on Aug. 2 to meet seven graduates of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG) who recently studied at BC as part of a summer enrichment program. Oprah’s visit, a surprise for the students from South Africa, involved a personal meet-and-greet with the world-famous author and talk…
By: David Cote
The University’s central plaza has a new, green look this fall, following construction over the summer months. The area in front of O’Neill Library has been regraded, and grass and trees have been planted to give campus additional green space in light of construction on the site of the former Dustbowl.
