“I remember seeing all of the memorials and things that were still set up around the finish line [after the Boston Marathon bombing]. I thought that was very meaningful and showed the community around the marathon,” Mikkelsen said.
Acting Out
“You couldn’t get any further away [from lacrosse]. It was a direct, complete 180. And people looked at me like I had two heads—but I did it. And I just decided I was going to be an actor,” Del Negro said.
A Fifty Year French Love Story: Jeff and Margaret Flagg
“We’ve learned so much more about each other, the good and the bad. When you teach literature, you form an intimate connection with the soul of the author. That’s so important to us. To share that together is amazing.”
Out of the Channel and Into Criminal Justice Reform
“It gives me the possibility of both my primary job—teaching students to be the best lawyers they can be—while at the same time helping the students do good in the world.”
Truth Be Told: Dr. Julianne Malveaux
“And I realized the reason there was such a wealth gap … between whites and African Americans is because African Americans used to be somebody’s property.”
Answering Antagonism with an Acronym: Valerie Lewis-Mosley and the Birth of AHANA
“At the [center] of BC, they have never dealt with a core perception that they have not been inclusive and diverse in dismantling the issues they needed to dismantle on their campus. At the core, there is no understanding of zero tolerance on this campus,” Lewis-Mosley said.
More Than a Core: AADS Makes Students Feel Welcome
“We don’t expect political science to mentor students at a kind of personal level, or to, like, take an interest in them in terms of their kind of psychic well being, or whether they feel welcomed on campus. But we do expect that of black studies programs or departments.”
Integration or Isolation: After 42 Years, Julius Harper Reflects on His LTE
“Have you ever stopped to consider what the meaning of integration has meant in the past?”
Taylor Jackson and Alejandro Perez: Community, Collaboration, Commitment
“I think that—well not ‘I think that’—I know that I want it more than the other candidates just because BC is so close to my heart and it’s always been really close to my heart,” Jackson said.
Michael Osaghae and Tiffany Brooks: Intentionality, Innovation, Intersectionality
“I believe in the people in UGBC. … Something that isn’t always present at other universities but is here: when communities are targeted we always stand up for each other in solidarity. We always fill those roles.”