T he B oston C ollege
Chronicle march 29, 2012
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A Heartfelt 40th Birthday for BC Campus School For the past four decades, the Boston College Campus School has been a place of hope, of strength and of learning for hundreds of students with severe disabilities and their families. This past weekend, Campus School families, employees and volunteers gathered to celebrate and discuss the role the school has played in so many lives. The anniversary brunch, held in the Murray Room, was part celebration, part reflection on the growth and changes that have occurred over the years, said Campus School Director Don Ricciato. “The program continues to fulfill its mission of educating students with disabilities whose needs are unable to be met in public schools,” said Ricciato, “as well as contributing to the academic enrichment of the many undergraduate and graduate students involved with the Campus
School. “Over its 40 years, the Campus School has made contributions to the field of special education nationally and internationally, through the many educators who have had an experience with the program.” The Campus School is a private, non-profit, publicly funded special education day school for students between the ages of three and 21 with multiple disabilities. Using a transdisciplinary approach, teachers and volunteers work to provide Campus School students educational, therapeutic and health care needs. Located in Campion Hall along with the Lynch School of Education, the school also has become one of the most sought-after volunteer opportunities on campus for BC students. Campus School co-founder Philip DiMattia and Lynch School Interim Dean Maureen Kenny offered remarks at the anniversary brunch. Kenny praised
Last Sunday’s 40th anniversary celebration for the Campus School drew teachers, staff members and students, as well as families and friends. Among those attending was Campus School student Kyle Morin and his family (in photo at right): (L-R) his mother Kristen, co-chair of the school’s Parent Advisory Committee; his father Jeff; and his sisters Grace and Kelley. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini)
the Campus School staff for providing “great care and skill to large numbers of students and their families” during the past 40 years. “Today, the Campus School continues as a vibrant educational center on our campus,” said Ken-
Carroll School Makes Bloomberg Top 10 The Carroll School of Management is ranked among the nation’s top 10, according to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek “Best Undergraduate Business Schools” 2012 rankings. The Carroll School, which enrolls approximately 2,000 students, climbed to ninth among US business schools, up from 16th place last year. The school earned high marks from students for the quality of its teaching, facilities and resources within Fulton Hall,
and career placement services, according to the rankings. The Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings are based on measures of student satisfaction, post-graduation outcomes, and academic quality. Approximately 86,000 graduating seniors at more than 140 universities received a 50-question survey focused on topics ranging from the quality of teaching to recreational facilities. The 2012 responses were then combined with
marks from the 2010 and 2011 surveys to determine the current rankings. According to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek profile, the Carroll School has an 85.9 percent job placement rate, 91 percent of its students obtain internships and top employers of Carroll School graduates are Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte & Touche and Barclays Capital. —Ed Hayward
graduate and graduate students as volunteers.” The Campus School website is at www.bc.edu/campusschool Contact Melissa Beecher at melissa.beecher@bc.edu
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and University President William P. Leahy, SJ, announce the Allston/Brighton-BC Community Fund winners.
12 Community Fund Grants Awarded
BC Looks to Ice Another Title The Boston College hockey team is “zeroing in” on another NCAA national championship, riding a pair of impressive shutout victories in the NCAA’s regional playoff to a berth in next week’s “Frozen Four” title rounds in Tampa, Fla. Coach Jerry York’s Eagles will face the University of Minnesota – the WCHA regular-season champion – in the semifinal round of championship play on April 5 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The BC-Minnesota winner will face the winner of the Ferris State University-Union College semifinal for the NCAA championship on April 7 at 7 p.m. The title game will also be aired on ESPN2. The two Worcester wins extended BC’s winning streak to 17
ny, “which not only serves disabled students and their families throughout the Boston area, but is also a site for research and teaching for Boston College faculty and a center that welcomes a large number of Boston College underLee Pellegrini
By Melissa Beecher Staff Writer
The Eagles hope to keep up the celebration at the NCAA men’s hockey championship in Tampa next week. (Photo by John Quackenbos)
games, the longest unbeaten string in college hockey. The Eagles have not lost a game since Jan. 21 (vs. Maine.) The two wins also boosted York’s career win total to 911 games in his 40-year head coaching career, the most victories of any active college coach. The 1967 BC graduate has
guided his Eagle teams to NCAA championships three previous times — 2001, 2008 and 2010 — and also coached Bowling Green to the national title in 1984. This season marks York’s 10th visit to the Frozen Four in his 18 years as BC’s head coach. —Reid Oslin
University President William P. Leahy, SJ, and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented 12 Allston-Brighton groups with a total of more than $28,000 in grants at the Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund grant award ceremony held at the Veronica Smith Multi-Service Senior Center in Brighton on March 16. The following groups were presented with Fall 2011 Allston/ Brighton-Boston College Community Fund grants of up to $3,000 each: Boston Police Dept./ District 14; Charles River Conservancy; Commonwheels Bicycle Co-Op; Deaf, Inc.; Friends of the Faneuil Branch Library; Friends of the Honan-Allston Branch Library; Gardner Pilot Academy; Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church; Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center;
Oak Square YMCA; Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center; and West End House Boys & Girls Club. Among the initiatives benefiting from these grants are: a child car seat safety program for lowincome families; the revitalization of Allston Herter Park and the Publick Theatre; self-defense classes; technology upgrades for a senior center and youth programs; a bicycle repair workshop; refrigeration upgrades for a food assistance program; a science education program for youngsters, and a social justice literature project for elementary schoolchildren. The Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund Committee is comprised of community residents and representatives of Boston College and the City of Boston. —Kathleen Sullivan