boston college vice presidents (standing, from left) James P. McIntyre, Senior Vice President; John T. Butler, S.J., Vice President for University Mission and Ministry; Patrick J. Keating, Executive Vice President; Kelli J. Armstrong, Vice President for Planning and Assessment; Thomas P. Lockerby, Vice President for Development; Michael J. Bourque, Vice President for Information Technology; Thomas J. Keady, Vice President for Governmental and Community Affairs; Terrence P. Devino, S.J., Vice President and University Secretary; Daniel F. Bourque, Vice President for Facilities Management; James J. Husson, Senior Vice President for University Advancement; (seated) William B. Neenan, S.J., Vice President, Special Assistant to the President; Peter C. McKenzie, Financial Vice President and Treasurer; Cutberto Garza, Provost and Dean of Faculties; Leo V. Sullivan, Vice President for Human Resources.
Fame. Her colleague Ann Wolbert Burgess received the inaugural Living Legend Award from the New England chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association for her pioneering work on assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse. Mathematics Professor Solomon Friedberg was appointed the James P. McIntyre Professor of Mathematics. Chemistry Professor Udayan Mohanty was named a fellow of Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry. Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-inResidence in the University’s Center for Irish Programs, was among nine recipients of a 2013 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship. Faculty promoted to full professor were Christopher Baum (economics), Kalpana Rahita Seshadri (English), Tao Li (mathematics), Gerald M. Easter (political science), Elizabeth Kensinger (psychology), M. Shawn Copeland (theology), Mary-Rose Papandrea (Law School), and Ana Martínez-Alemán (Lynch School of Education). Promoted to associate professor with tenure were Brian J.M. Quinn and David Olson (Law School), Thomas Crea (Graduate School of Social Work), Heather Rowan-Kenyon (Lynch School), Jianmin Gao (chemistry), Kendra Eshleman (classical studies), Hao Jiang (computer science), and Gorica Petrovich (psychology).
jesuit, catholic mission On September 15, a Sesquicentennial Mass at Fenway Park inaugurated Boston College’s 16-month celebration of its chartering in 1863. University President William P. Leahy, S.J., the principal celebrant, was
joined by nearly 100 concelebrants—alumni, Jesuit, diocesan, and members of other orders—at the lateafternoon Mass, which drew nearly 20,000 alumni, students, faculty, and friends. The School of Theology and Ministry, the Theology Department, and the Church in the 21st Century Center cosponsored “Women and Interreligious Dialogue,” the fifth and final Boston College Symposium on Interreligious Dialogue, September 20–22. The Church in the 21st Century Center marked a decade since its founding with special issues of C21 Resources magazine dedicated to “Handing on the Faith” and “Exploring the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.” The Center’s hallmark student program, Agape Latte, attracted its largest crowds to date, with 300 to 400 students turning out for each “coffee talk” session, in which a faculty or staff member tells a story about the intersection of faith with everyday life. In collaboration with Campus Ministry, C21 also launched “Expresso Your Faith Week,” the first in what is expected to be an annual program of events celebrating the many ways students express their faith on campus. More than 1,300 students participated in Campus Ministry’s signature retreats (such as Kairos, Beginnings, and Manresa), or in retreats organized by Campus Ministry programs including the Arrupe International Service/Immersion Program, Appalachia Volunteers, 4Boston, Liturgical Arts Group, and Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). Some 2,300 entering students and 3,100 parents and guardians participated in Mission and Ministry’s First Year Experience program. annual report 2013 | 21