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February 3, 2022
Around Campus
Women’s Summit on Saturday
Snapshot
After the Flakes Fell
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Women’s Summit keynote speakers Leah Thomas, left, and Sarah Kay
The 2022 Boston College Women’s Summit takes place on campus this Saturday, featuring keynote addresses by environmental and social justice advocate Leah Thomas and slam poet Sarah Kay, founder and co-director of Project VOICE, a group dedicated to using spoken word as an educational and inspirational tool. In addition to the keynote events in Robsham Theater—Thomas will speak at 10 a.m., Kay at 1:45 p.m.; both will be joined by the Women’s Summit planning team—the summit will offer workshops on a range of topics such as preparation for post-graduation life; how to make volunteerism more meaningful; the experiences of women of color in STEM fields;
and innovation in the fashion and retail industries. The workshops will take place in Fulton Hall from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and 12:45-1:30 p.m. With the goal of empowering women of all backgrounds to realize their individual and collective potential to rise together and enact change, the summit is sponsored by the Boston College Women’s Center and the Boston College Office of Student Involvement, in partnership with the Council for Women of Boston College, the Undergraduate Government of Boston College, SLAM!, and Women in Business. Details about the Women’s Summit are available at https://bit.ly/womens-summitbc. —University Communications
Students, faculty, and staff trudged across a very wintry campus as the week began, thanks to Winter Storm Kenan (as named by the Weather Channel), which dumped upwards of two feet or more of snow in Eastern Massachusetts January 29-30. The National Weather Service predicted moderating temperatures mid-week, with rain on Thursday but possible mixed precipitation on Friday. March 20, the official first day of spring, is 45 days from today.
A New ‘Carney Kitchen’ Opens After seven months of renovations, the redesigned Carney Kitchen dining hall on the third floor of McElroy Commons began welcoming diners to the modern facility on January 14. The space consists of four different stations, each with a unique concept and meal options which rotate on a three-week schedule. “I’ve been here 20 years and seeing the transformation from when I started to this, it’s amazing,” said Sharyl Thompson, general manager of Boston College Dining Services in McElroy Commons. “Being able to provide the service that we know that we can provide, the customizable items, that’s exciting for cooks. That’s what they want to do. That’s why they’re here—to make the students happy and give them what they want. Now we’re able ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
Jack Dunn SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
to do that.” New amenities include a gas-powered oven at the Eagle Oven station serving pizzas every day for lunch, a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine which provides soda options through a touchscreen, and a coffee corner with fair trade products. The new facility was designed to give customers options for how their meals are made, according to BC Dining Services. Diners can create omelets to order at the Upper Grill station, for example, and customize their bowls of greens at the BC Fresh station. Carney Kitchen also aims to address concerns of students with allergies: They can pre-order a meal which will be prepared in a safe environment and then labeled for pick-up, or opt for a “plain and simple” offering that is made free from the
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Sean Smith
top nine allergens including milk, fish, and peanuts. Dining Services also continues to promote sustainability by offering reusable to-go containers through the Green2Go
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program and partnering with Fill It Forward, a company that contributes to charitable projects when a reusable water bottle is refilled. —Christine Balquist
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