The Boston College
Chronicle Published by the Boston College Office of News & Public Affairs november 12, 2015 VOL. 23 no. 6
expand outreach for 2 •Alumni Wreaths Across America •Elevator Pitch Competition •New digs for OISS
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•Albright speaks at BC
•BC Athletics graduation rate fifth in country
4 •Shea Center dedication •Theology’s Gillihan co-leader for Maccabees Project theology 5 •Liberation expert, CRS director
Career Ctr. ‘Endeavor’ Program Debuts in January Initiative helps MCA&S sophomores link liberal arts, career explorations By Jack Dunn Director of News & Public Affairs
The Boston College Career Center has announced a new career exploration program for sophomores in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences to help students maximize the advantages of a liberal arts education in pursuing their career aspirations. The two-day program called “Endeavor: The Liberal Arts Advan-
tage for Sophomores” is designed to help liberal arts students gain greater clarity about their career options by identifying potential career fields and learning to articulate how the skills they are developing translate to the workplace. “Endeavor” will feature handson activities to identify students’ skill areas, career coaching, networking training and career treks into the city of Boston, as well as panel discussions with alumni professionals who will share how their BC liberal arts education prepared them for their careers. The program, which will be offered to 200 sophomores on Jan. 14-15, was developed by Associate
Lee Pellegrini
INSIDE
hoops welcomes 6 •Men’s a special player •BC experts earn place on ‘Influencers in Aging’ list
takes school 7 •Alumnus banner along on his world travels
8 with Burns Scholar 9 •Q&A James Murphy Services’ 10 •Counseling Condon retires •Campus Arts briefs
11 •Welcome Additions;
closing/delay policies
12 •A time to dance
have greater clarity about their career goals earlier, and students have asked us to provide more career preparation earlier in their BC experience.We are excited to respond to that need.” –Joseph Du Pont
Vice President of Student Affairs for Career Services Joseph Du Pont in concert with the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, the BC Alumni Association, the Division of Student Affairs and staff at the
Career Center. Organizers hope that it will become a staple of the sophomore experience. “In the past, it was sufficient for students to start thinking about how Continued on page 3
Searches for Lynch School, SSW Deans Underway
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•Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies launching lecture series •Football at Fenway
“Employers expect students to
“Dan’s just a great resource,” says a student of Dan Bunch, director of the University’s Learning to Learn program. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)
‘World of Difference’ BC’s Learning to Learn Program a national model for helping students adjust to challenge of college Erika Kiyono ’09 knows what a sense of community and a dose of self-confidence can do. Her freshman year at Boston College, Kiyono was enrolled in a writing seminar taught by Dacia Gentilella, who also teaches the Applications of Learning Theory course through the University’s nationallyacclaimed Learning to Learn Program. “I was really struggling through the curriculum and I shared some of those challenges with Dacia, who recommended that I take the
course,” recalled Kiyono, who has returned to campus as a Learning to Learn counselor. “Learning to Learn made a world of difference. It was my hub and had such a strong impact on me that I was an undergraduate teaching assistant for LTL, which is close to my heart. “At the end of the day, it’s all about our students standing on their own two feet and then taking one step at a time. That’s what we hope for.” Many of those steps lead to Continued on page 5
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The quest for new deans in the Lynch School of Education and the Boston College School of Social Work is now underway, as Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley announced recently that search committees of faculty, administrators and alumni have been formed and held their first meetings. The University is seeking successors to Lynch School Dean Maureen Kenny and BCSSW Dean Alberto Godenzi, both of whom announced during the past several months their intention to step down from their leadership posts. Quigley is chairing both search committees. Members of the Lynch School dean search committee are Vice President and University Secretary Terrence Devino, SJ; Brennan Professor of Education Andrew Hargreaves; Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Kalscheur, SJ; Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Nanci Tessier; Kearns Professor of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Mary Walsh; Lynch School Professors Ana Martinez-Aleman and Michael Russell; and Epiphany School Principal Michelle San-
chez, a 1993 alumna who holds master’s and doctoral degrees from the Lynch School. Executive search firm Isaacson, Miller will aid the committee, Quigley added. The BCSSW dean search committee members are Vice President for University Mission and Ministry Jack Butler, SJ; Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau; Vice Provost for Research and Academic Planning Thomas Chiles; BCSSW Associate Dean for Research David Takeuchi; BCSSW Associate Professor Stephanie Berzin and Associate Professor of Macro Practice Tiziana Dearing, co-directors of the Center for Social Innovation; BCSSW Doctoral Program Director Professor Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes; and Boston Medical Center clinical social worker Claire Madden, a BC and BCSSW alumna. The committee will be assisted by executive search firm Witt/ Kieffer. Quigley said the search for both deans will extend through the academic year, with the hope of completing the process in early 2016. –Office of News & Public Affairs
“Women have made important gains in achieving legal recognition of our rights, but often, even if the laws on the books are changed, the reality in villages and communities is not.” –Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, speaking in Robsham Theater, page 3