the sesquicentennial year |
the year in review
The Boston College Jesuit Community and the Faber Jesuit Community celebrated five jubilarians with a Mass at St. Mary’s Chapel on October 19, the feast of the North American Martyrs. J. Donald Monan marked 70 years in the Society of Jesus, William Russell marked 60, and James Bernauer 50, while Terrence P. Devino and Paul McNellis each celebrated 25 years in the priesthood. Lynch School of Education Professor Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., was appointed interim director of the University’s Center for Ignatian Spirituality. The unexpected election March 13 of former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the first Jesuit pope brought a throng of news reporters and camera crews to the Boston College campus, and spurred scores of media requests for context and comment from members of the faculty and the Jesuit community. A capacity crowd packed Gasson 100 on April 16 for the School of Theology and Ministry’s second annual Dean’s Colloquium on Religion and Public Culture, a forum on “Income Inequality and Our Responsibility to the Poor.”
of the division of student affairs. She has served as assistant chancellor for student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and associate vice president for student affairs at Ball State University. She replaces Patrick Rombalski, who resigned in November. The Office of Residential Life, which houses 7,400 undergraduates each year, arranged special-interest housing for more than 700 students in campus living and learning communities such as the Honors House, Casa Hispánica, and the Healthy Living Community. The Office of Health Promotion certified more than 70 peer health coaches, who assisted some 200 fellow students and helped run 30 group programs. More than 15,000 students turned out for Nights on the Heights programs—alcohol-free events across campus that featured music, movies, games, contests, and other opportunities to socialize. The Volunteer and Student Learning Center’s BC BIGS program paired Boston-area elementary-school students with 150 undergraduate “big brothers” and “big sisters,” who spent a total of 17,760 hours with the children. Some 115 organizations and 1,760 students participated in the annual Career Fair.
student life The University named Barbara Jones vice president of student affairs. Jones came to Boston College from Miami University of Ohio, where she was vice president
In an appointment made by the U.S. State Department and the United Nations Association, Presidential Scholar Brooke Loughrin ’14 was named the first U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations.
boston college deans (standing, from left) Thomas B. Wall, University Librarian; Susan Gennaro, Connell School of Nursing; Alberto Godenzi, Graduate School of Social Work; Rev. James P. Burns, Interim Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies; Andrew C. Boynton, Carroll School of Management; Mark S. Massa, S.J., School of Theology and Ministry; (seated) Maureen E. Kenny, Interim Dean, Lynch School of Education; David Quigley, College of Arts and Sciences; Vincent D. Rougeau, Boston College Law School.
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