Boston College Chronicle Oct. 7, 2010

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Stokes Hall Project Gets Underway On Tuesday, the crews began installing the temporary fencing that will encompass the perimeter of the construction area on the Campus Green. The fencing will force the rerouting of foot traffic to McElroy Commons and Carney and Lyons halls, but these and other buildings adjacent to the Campus Green will remain open and fully accessible. Vehicular traffic and parking in the Campus Green area will be prohibited during construction. The project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2012. Stokes Hall was formally approved by the Board of Trustees on Sept. 24. Walsh Brothers, Inc., a Boston-based construction company with a long and successful track record with the University — including the original Bapst Library and 21 Campanella Way — was awarded the construction contract. “The construction of Stokes Hall represents the first of our Master Plan projects and will provide classrooms and academic of-

A view of the future Stokes Hall as seen across the new Campus Green from Carney and McGuinn halls. Work on the building began Monday and will be finished in 2012. (Image by Tsoi Kobus & Stephen Stimson Assoc.)

fice space that will enhance the educational experience for students and faculty at Boston College,” said Executive Vice President Patrick Keating. “It is an exciting time for the University, and the beginning of more than a decade of planned construction projects.” Bearing the family name of current trustee and former board chairman Patrick T. Stokes ’64,

Drawing On Strength and Inspiration Her mother never gave up hope, not even when the family wound up in a homeless shelter. That’s why Adejire Bademosi ’14 (above) won’t give up, either By Melissa Beecher Staff Writer

At a very young age, Adejire Bademosi ’14 lost both her father and her home. Inspired by the example of her indefatigable mother, Bademosi grew up determined to get an education, and to put her skills and talents to use for the good of others. A Woodstock, Md., native, Bademosi was recently named among the “50 Young Champions for Women” by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, an

the retired chairman and CEO of Anheuser-Busch Companies, in recognition of his $22 million gift, Stokes Hall will help to foster interdisciplinary collaboration among humanities departments, while also enabling staff from the Academic Advising Center and Office of First Year Experience to interact with faculty who teach the largest segment of undergraduate students.

A special website, www. bc.edu/stokeshall, has been created to provide information on the project and its impact on BC. Updates will be posted by the Office of News & Public Affairs on the website and on BC Info [www.bc.edu/bcinfo] throughout the duration of construction.

Doctoral Programs Study Has Good News for BC

KC Cohen

After years of planning, work began this week on Stokes Hall, a cornerstone of the University’s Institutional Master Plan and the first academic building to be constructed on the Middle Campus since 2001. The 183,000-square foot building will be built on the Middle Campus between Lyons Hall and McElroy Commons, and will include faculty offices for Classical Studies, English, History, Philosophy, Theology, the College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program, Arts & Sciences Service Center, Academic Advising Center and First Year Experience offices, as well as 36 new classrooms, a commons area, coffee shop, conference rooms and outdoor gardens and a plaza. On Monday, work crews began widening the pedestrian walkways that will serve the Middle Campus throughout the two-year construction project.

international organization formed to promote safe pregnancy and childbirth around the world, particularly in developing countries. As part of the honor, Bademosi attended the “Women: Inspiration & Enterprise (WIE)” symposium in New York City, which featured speakers including Arianna Huffington, Donna Karan, Melinda Gates and Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah. Bademosi recently talked with Chronicle about her childhood, and the role it played in her becoming a “Young Champion.”

“Women Inspiring Women” was the theme for this year’s WIE symposium. Who are the women who inspire you? Irene Bademosi. She is my mother, inspiration, and confidant. Without her, I would definitely not be where I am today. Irene Bademosi was born to two middle class parents in West Africa. Although her parents were uneducated, she vigorously pursued her studies. Her hard work landed her at internationally renowned high school and undergraduate proContinued on page 4

A new study of doctoral pro- zner, Graduate School of Arts grams shows Boston College’s & Sciences associate dean for continuing ascent into the top academic affairs, the NRC study tiers of American research uni- showcased Boston College’s exversities in the qualcellence in doctority of its faculty and “The NRC results indi- al education not students. only in UniverThe National cate that Boston College sity mission-based Research Council is reaping the dividends programs such (NRC), which reas Theology and views 5,000 doc- of its sound investment Philosophy, but torate programs at in doctoral education.” also in Psychol222 of the leading ogy, Economics, —Candace Hetzner English, Chemisresearch institutions in the United try and Physics. States every decade, “The NRC rereleased its longsults indicate that awaited findings last week. The Boston College is reaping the Graduate School of Arts & Sci- dividends of its sound investment ences and the Connell School of in doctoral education over the Nursing’s PhD program partici- past two decades,” said Hetzner. pated in the latest NRC rankings, “The University’s investments in with both schools achieving high the mid-1990s in strategic funds levels of success, particularly in for Theology and the Institute for areas of University strategic in- Religious Education and Pastoral vestment. Ministry, as well as Economics Most noteworthy, adminis- and Philosophy, contributed to trators observed, the NRC data high ratings on various dimenindicated high faculty research sions of the new NRC report, productivity and highly competi- especially with regard to faculty tive doctoral programs, with BC scholarly output and student doctoral students scoring in the GRE scores.” upper reaches of the Graduate The Connell School of NursRecord Exam. ing experienced similar success According to Candace HetContinued on page 4


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