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Chronicle Published by the Boston College Office of News & Public Affairs april 24, 2014 VOL. 22 no. 16

INSIDE •Share Your Sport program, page 2

COMMENCEMENT 2014

Secretary of State Kerry to Receive Honorary Degree Cousy, Morrissey, Finck, Izquierdo-Hernandez also to be given honors

and CEO of Urban Health Plan Inc; and University Trustee Robert Morrissey ’60, founder and senior partner of Boston law firm Morrissey, Hawkins & Lynch.

By Office of News & Public Affairs Staff

•BC Children’s Ctr. alum makes gift, page 2 •Fr. Kalscheur appointed interim A&S dean, page 3 •Du Pont is Student Affairs AVP, page 3 •Committee to help on Human Resources VP search, page 3 •Blood drives continue today and Friday, page 3 •Whole new world for Irish Institute, page 6 •BC senior dies in accident, page 6

US Secretary of State John F. Kerry, a Boston College Law School graduate and former senior US senator from Massachusetts regarded as one of America’s most eminent senior statesmen, will address the graduates at the University’s 138th annual Commencement Exercises on May 19.

University President William P. Leahy, SJ, will present Kerry with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the ceremony, which will be held at 10 a.m. in Alumni Stadium, rain or shine. Commencement information is available at www.bc.edu/commencement.

Connecticut Governor Malloy will speak at BC Law graduation, page 5

John Kerry JD’76

BC will also present honorary degrees to: Ann Riley Finck ’66, an award-winning leader in the nursing profession; Boston Celtics legend and basketball Hallof-Famer Bob Cousy; Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez ’76, president

•Harrington receives leadership award, page 6 •Q&A: GSSW’s Alberto Godenzi, page 7

Following the main Commencement event, some 4,000 Boston College students will receive their undergraduate and graduate degrees at separate ceremonies held around campus.

Following his nomination in December of 2012 by President Barack Obama, John F. Kerry JD’76 became the first sitting Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman in more than a century to serve as America’s top diplomat. Since then, he has

Patrick, Menino, Davis Headline Clough Event

By Ed Hayward Staff Writer

•Shnitser is first Donohue Asst. Prof., page 7 •Presidential Scholars and “Boston Strong,” page 8 •Working with millennials, page 9 •Student entrepreneur competitions, page 9 •Health Talk series, page 10 •Obituaries: Peter Airasian, Kathleen Carney, page 11 •Hopkins exhibit; Gaelic Roots concert, page 12

traveled to many of the world’s geopolitical flashpoints, including the Middle East, Ukraine and Afghanistan, and led diplomatic efforts on issues such as the removal of chemical weapons from Syria, the Middle East peace process, and the South Sudan conflict.

Kerry also has traveled twice to the Vatican to meet with the Holy See on a range of issues.

Prior to his appointment, Kerry represented Massachusetts for 28 years in the Senate, the last four as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he took a leadership role on key foreign policy and national security issues, among them Afghanistan and Pakistan, nuclear nonproliferation, and global climate change. Kerry chaired the Asia and Middle East subcommittees, where he authored and Continued on page 4

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was honored Tuesday night by the Woods College of Advancing Studies, where he earned his degree in 2009. (Photo by Caitlin Cunningham)

Walsh Visits Alma Mater

By Ed Hayward Staff Writer

Earning his bachelor’s degree at age 43 from the James A. Woods, SJ, College of Advancing Studies took personal perseverance, but also a network of supporters who encouraged him to pursue his dream of becoming a college graduate, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh told members of

the Woods College Class of 2014 on Tuesday night.

Walsh relied on a network of family, friends, colleagues – even a few naysayers – and supportive Woods College faculty and administrators to keep up his studies and earn his bachelor’s degree in 2009.

“Follow your dream,” Walsh said.

“It is never too late to follow your Continued on page 5

REMINDER:

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and former Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis will join CNN’s John King in Robsham Theater on May 7 for a Clough Colloquium discussion about the leadership challenges they faced in the wake of last year’s Boston Marathon attack.

The event will bring together three leaders who played pivotal roles in the local and state responses to the deadly bombings on Boylston Street that claimed three lives and injured more than 260 people.

“The motivation behind putting an event like this together is that the conversation can range from the leadership demonstrated by these individuals over a long

period of time, as well as leadership during a crisis situation, such as the Boston Marathon bombing,” said Brooks Barhydt, associate director of the Carroll School of Management’s Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics, which hosts the event.

The Clough Colloquium begins at 5 p.m. and doors open at 4:30 p.m. with seats available on a first-come basis. There will be overflow seating nearby where the event can be watched on a video feed.

CNN’s King, a Boston native who is the network’s chief national correspondent and a BC parent, will moderate the event.

“John King has hosted presidential debates and is one of the nation’s foremost journalists,” said Barhydt. “We look forward to him leading us through this conversation with Gov. Patrick, Continued on page 5

The 16th annual Boston College Arts Festival will begin today at noon and continue through Saturday, with events and exhibits featuring BC musicians, singers, dancers, painters, sculptors, filmmakers, authors and other artists. See www.bc.edu/artsfestival or call ext. 2-ARTS (2787).

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GETTING INTO THE GAME Before he came to Boston College, freshman Michael Wenger attended an all-male military school, where sports seemed such an innate part of the culture that there was little to distinguish athletes from non-athletes.

Wenger found a profoundly different dynamic during his first few months at BC, one that he hopes to change through the student organization he created, Share Your Sport. Its mission is to provide students and student-athletes a meeting ground and a common activity to foster greater understanding and friendship.

“I saw more of a divide here between student-athletes and other students,” says Wenger, an economics major from St. Paul, Minn.

“That was disappointing, because what attracted me to BC was athletics as well as academics. But the student-athletes were on such a different schedule than most anyone else, because of games, travel, practice, and the like, so often the only interaction you’d have with them was in class.

“To me, that meant missing out on interacting with an important part of the student community: Think of people like [Heisman Trophy finalist] Andre Williams, the men’s hockey team members, the BC athletes who’ve gone to the Olympics and were all on campus sometime this year. They are all very accomplished in what they do, and they are also a great presence in the service outreach that BC and

Athletics encourage so wonderfully.

“So what I wanted to do was find a way to share their sporting expertise to benefit the internal BC community, and to encourage more students to think about being active.”

Earlier this month, Share Your Sport held the first of what Wenger envisions as a regular slate of varsity team sessions, in which BC studentathletes offer instruction, competition and insights regarding their particular sport to other students in an informal, friendly atmosphere.

The April 13 event featured the participation of the fencing, volleyball, football and men’s and women’s basketball varsity teams.

Through these co-facilitated sessions with BC Athletics and varsity teams, Wenger believes, students can come to see student-athletes, and the sports in which they compete, from a different perspective — the field of play. Students have the opportunity to discover a new form of exercise, perhaps make new friends, and strengthen bonds within the University community in the bargain, he says.

“Scheduling conflicts, inexperience or other factors can inhibit students from trying a sport. How would you know whether you might like fencing if you haven’t tried it, with the help of an experienced fencer? Or maybe you’re curious about some aspects of a sport: What is the hockey team doing on a ‘penalty kill’? And then there are things that are foreign to

Grupo Cultural Cañaris performed during the recent Archbishop Oscar Romero, SJ, Scholarship Award celebration that took place in the Murray Room of the Yawkey Center. (Photo by Caitlin Cunningham) Director of NEWS & Public Affairs Jack Dunn Deputy Director of NEWS & Public AFFAIRS Patricia Delaney Editor Sean Smith

Contributing Staff Melissa Beecher Ed Hayward Sean Hennessey Rosanne Pellegrini Kathleen Sullivan Michael Maloney Photographers Gary Gilbert Lee Pellegrini

BC varsity athletes gave some pointers to fellow students as part of the April 13 Share Your Sport event. Above, Lynch School of Education student Selena Giroux ’17 tried her hand – or rather, her foot – at place-kicking. (Photos by Frank Curran)

many students: What’s it like to throw a football out in the middle of Alumni Stadium field?

“I think students and studentathletes can get a lot from spending time with one another in a new, low-key setting, and that’s what we hope to accomplish through Share Your Sport,” says Wenger, who ex-

pressed his gratitude to BC Athletics administration and staff for their support and participation.

Associate Athletic Director for External Operations James DiLoreto is equally praiseworthy of Share Your Sport. “We felt it was a great opportunity to provide an informal event for our Superfans to have

greater access to our athletics programs, coaches, and student-athletes outside of game day, to learn more about our programs and get to know our teams on a more personal level.”

For more about Share Your Sport, see www.facebook.com/ShareYourSport.

–Sean Smith

NEVER TOO YOUNG TO HELP At the tender age of nine, Boston College Children’s Center alumnus Jihyun Kang is a budding philanthropist, and the cause near and dear to his heart is his alma mater.

His recent gift of $256.22 has established the BCCC’s Library Fund. The former BCCC preschool student — son of Jungha Gil and Namho Kang MS/MBA ’08, PhD ’13 — asked friends to donate to the cause in lieu of buying him birthday gifts.

“Jihyun’s wonderful idea of collecting funds for our children’s library is totally his own,” said BCCC Director Barbara Krakowsky. “He always loved books and stories so his chosen charity fits well. We do not have an established library fund so he will be the initial contributor and founder.”

During his two-year enrollment at the center, from 2008-2010, “Jihyun really enjoyed his time with us and took advantage of all the learning centers and activities, made friends and had a special bond with his teachers Rose Noonan, Jillian Daly, Karen Cristello

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Boston College Children’s Center benefactor Jihyun Kang with his parents, Jungha Gil and Namho Kang MS/MBA ’08, PhD ’13. (Photo by Stephanie Maoz)

and Stephanie Maoz,” Krakowsky said.

“The family has kept in touch in the four years since leaving BCCC, stopping in on occasion,” she added. “We were touched to receive the e-mail asking if the family could come and present us with the gift. As Rose – from Ireland –

said: ‘Brings a tear to me eye.’

“We are so impressed with Jihyun’s generosity and his ongoing fond memories and attachment to his teachers and BCCC. We hope to keep in touch with the family for years to come.”

–Rosanne Pellegrini

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By Jack Dunn Director of News & Public Affairs

Joseph Du Pont, a nationally respected leader in career services and current dean of the Brandeis University Hiatt Career Center, has been named associate vice president for student affairs at Boston College, where he will oversee the BC Career Center and the University’s career services effort.

Du Pont will be responsible for providing comprehensive career services to undergraduate, graduate and professional students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Lynch School of Education, Connell School of Nursing, and Woods College of Advancing Studies.

In announcing the appointment, Vice President for Student Affairs Barb Jones described Du Pont as a proven career services leader with extensive experience in campus recruitment, career advising and development, and alumni networking.

“We are very excited to have Joe Du Pont join us as our associate vice president working with the Career Center,” said Jones.

“Joe is a national leader in the area of career services with the vision and experience to take our career efforts to the next level.”

Du Pont, who served as vice president for career and civic opportunities at Teach For America and assistant director of career services at New York University before joining Brandeis in 2007, said he is thrilled to take on the challenge of expanding career service opportunities at Boston College.

“Boston College is a valuesdriven institution, which resonates with me, and the Jesuit values of discernment, service to others and high achievement are values that resonate well with career services initiatives,” said Du Pont. “Barb Jones’ goal of having a successful Boston College experience translate to career success is exciting and something I want to be a part of.”

Du Pont, whom colleagues describe as a collaborative problem-solver with a strong sense of possibility, says he is eager to work with BC students and alumni, and to expand ties with leading employers.

“By working collaboratively and intentionally with the entire Boston College community, we can create a united institutional approach to empower students to achieve career success,” said Du Pont. “There are endless pos-

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sibilities for us. That is why I am excited to be coming to Boston College.

“I envision a Career Center that works with lots of different partners to help students reach their goals in a welcoming environment. Defining career success is a very personal process, and thinking about it can be daunting at times. Having a plan and using the many resources available at

BC to help implement that plan can make it less stressful.

“Regardless of their ultimate goals, I want BC students, who are known to be bright, articulate and results-driven individuals, to be resilient, and to graduate with confidence about their career choices. They also need to be comfortable with some level of ambiguity in their lives, given that constant innovation in the workplace means that many of them will be working in roles 10 years from now that don’t even exist yet.”

A graduate of Duke University with undergraduate degrees in history and religion, Du Pont holds a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center and a master’s degree in student personnel administration from New York University. He also serves on the board of directors of the National Association of Colleges and Employers. He will assume his new position in July.

Marathon Blood Drives Continue Today and Friday A series of blood drives sponsored by Boston College and the American Red Cross to commemorate last year’s Boston Marathon tragedy continues today and Friday, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Conte Forum Gate C concourse.

“As we remember the Boston Marathon bombings, we are inviting the community to donate blood to help hospital patients in need, as a healing moment and a special way to mark this solemn occasion,” said the American Red Cross in a press release.

Yesterday’s drive was marked by an appearance by MBTA Police Officer Dic Donohue, who was shot during the intense gun battle last year in Watertown with the accused Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Last April, the American Red Cross sent 600 blood products to Boston-area hospitals in response to the tragedy.

An estimated 300 Boston College students ran in the 2013 marathon, including senior Brian Chung, who is BC Red Cross Club president. “The bombings happened moments after I crossed the finish line and it was terrifying. The BC community, all of Boston and the rest of the nation have come together through this experience and people are being encouraged to do something good in the days following the 2014 Boston Marathon. Blood donation is one of the most powerful ways you can show how much you care about another person.”

Almost 200 BC students signed up to run this year’s marathon together as part of a fundraising effort.

This month, BC has been engaged in a friendly competition with Syracuse University to see which campus can collect the most blood for patients in need. As a show of support, Syracuse University students sent encouraging messages via social media to support BC students during their commemorative blood drives.

“As a neighbor, Boston College graduate and someone who grew up on Heartbreak Hill, I am proud to join this effort to mark this anniversary by giving blood to the Red Cross and help neighbors in need,” said Donna M. Morrissey ’90, director of communications for the American Red Cross Northeast Division. “This four-day blood drive is indicative of this giving spirit of the Boston College community and the noble Jesuit tradition of service to others.”

To make an appointment for the BC blood drive, go to redcrossblood.org, find the search window located in the upper right side of the page and type in the BC zip code (02467); when the entry for Boston College comes up, click on the “Make an Appointment” link and follow directions. You may also call 1-800-RED-CROSS (7332767). ­–Office of News & Public Affairs

Fr. Kalscheur Appointed As Interim A&S Dean

By Jack Dunn Director of News & Public Affairs

Gregory Kalscheur, SJ, senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named interim dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, effective June 1. He will assume the leadership role held by David Quigley, who was named provost and dean of faculties.

During his time as senior associate dean, Fr. Kalscheur won praise from A&S faculty for his work on core renewal, faculty engagement and mentoring, and from students for his continued commitment to teaching.

In announcing the appointment, Quigley praised Fr. Kalscheur as an individual ideally suited to oversee A&S at this time.

“I’ve long admired Greg Kalscheur’s exceptional commitment to teaching and to his students, and his inspiring seriousness of purpose, first at the Law School and for the last few years in Gasson Hall,” said Quigley. “I’ve come to rely on his wise counsel on nearly all matters in Arts and Sciences, and he’s provided important leadership on the Core Foundations Task Force as well as our mentoring programs within the College. As we both prepare for June 1, I’m looking forward to working with Greg to advance undergraduate and graduate education across A&S.” Fr. Kalscheur said he was excited for the opportunity to serve as interim dean and to build on the good work put in place by the dean’s office in recent years.

“I am tremendously grateful to be given the opportunity to serve

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the University in this role,” said Fr. Kalscheur. “Teaching and research in the liberal arts and sciences are at the heart of the University’s Jesuit, Catholic mission, and I look forward to the privilege of working with the outstanding faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences in continuing to advance our commitment to academic excellence, intellectual rigor, and the preparation of our students for full and meaningful lives oriented toward service of the common good.”

Fr. Kalscheur, who holds degrees from Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, the Weston Jesuit School of Theology and Columbia University, joined the faculty at Boston College Law School in 2003. Prior to entering the Society of Jesus in 1992, he clerked for Judge Kenneth F. Ripple, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and worked as a litigator at Hogan & Hartson in Washington, DC. After joining the Jesuits, he taught political science at Loyola College in Maryland and was assistant to the director of Loyola’s Center for Values and Service.

Advisory Committee Will Aid in Search for Human Resources VP

A search advisory committee has been formed to review candidates to succeed longtime Vice President for Human Resources Leo Sullivan, who will retire from the position and transition to a new role as senior advisor to the president beginning in June.

The search committee, chaired

by Executive Vice President Patrick Keating and consisting of faculty, senior administrators and academic deans, will be assisted by the respected executive search firm Brill Neumann Associates, which has begun the process of identifying potential candidates from a variety of academic, business and non-profit institutions nationwide. Keating said the committee hopes to complete its review of candidates’ resumes in the coming months, with the goal

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of submitting finalists to University President William P. Leahy, SJ, by the summer.

“I am pleased with the progress we are making to name a new vice president for human resources,” said Keating. “Brill Neumann Associates has seen significant interest in this position from prospective candidates, and I am confident that we will find an experienced professional who possesses the key qualities of strong leadership, proven human resources skills and a supportive understanding of our Jesuit, Catholic mission.”

Keating said that additional information on the search will be posted in Chronicle and on BCInfo [www.bc.edu/bcinfo] as it becomes available.

–Office of News & Public Affairs

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COMMENCEMENT 2014

Kerry Will Address Class of 2014 at May 19 Commencement

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College of the Holy Cross before the Boston Celtics drafted him in 1950. He helped lead the Celtics to six NBA championships, was a league MVP, 12-time All-Star and was elected to the NBA Hall of Fame. Off the court, he was a leading force behind the creation of the NBA Players Association.

Following his retirement from the Celtics in 1963, Cousy came to the Heights to coach the BC men’s team, where he compiled a record of 117-38 in six seasons. His Eagles teams appeared in two NCAA tournaments and one NIT. He went on to be an NBA coach, a broadcaster, elected president of the Hall of Fame and author of the autobiography The Last Loud Roar and the essential primer Basketball Principles and Techniques.

In recent years, Cousy was accorded a different kind of admiration for his devotion to his wife of 63 years and former high school sweetheart, the late Marie “Missie” Cousy. For a decade during which Missie battled dementia, Cousy quietly assumed the task of primary caregiver to the woman he lovingly referred to as “my bride.”

At Commencement, Cousy will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Ann Riley Finck ’66 is a neuro intensive care nurse and nurse practitioner at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, where she has worked for more than 45 years.

She provides bedside and postoperative care to critically ill patients and manages overall postoperative care of all the patients on the neurological service.

In addition, she works as a preceptor instructing new nurses in critical care and heads the medical center’s group that is tasked with improving care to patients and the hospital environment for their families. In 2012, she was honored with Columbia University’s Clinical Nursing Excellence Award.

A Connell School of Nursing graduate, Finck served a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Jamaica before embarking on her career in nursing. Finck also holds a master’s of science in nursing from Columbia University.

A founding member of the Council for Women of Boston College, Finck has been a dedicated Boston College volunteer, supporter and mentor, serving as chairwoman of the Parents’

Weekend Committee, hosting Freshmen Send-Off events and serving on reunion committees.

Her ties to University include being a parent of five Boston College graduates. She was recognized for her outstanding service as a Boston College volunteer with the 2001 John J. Griffin Sr. Alumni Association Award.

In 2011, she was presented with the Connell School of Nursing’s Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award in recognition of her career accomplishments as a nurse leader, scientist and clinician.

The University will award Finck an honorary Doctor of Nursing Science degree at Commencement.

Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez ’76, president and CEO of Urban Health Plan Inc., is committed to reducing the health disparities in the communities served by her organization. Under her leadership, Urban Health Plan has grown from a single facility to an accredited multi-site,

federally qualified health center network located in the South Bronx and Queens, New York.

More than 50,000 patients are served annually by UHP, which in 2009 was named one of the top 20 community health centers in the country by the Bureau of Primary Health Care.

UHP has been recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for its asthma management program, which has reduced asthma-related hospital-

ization rates in an area where residents suffer in disproportionate numbers.

An examplar of outstanding leadership in community-based organizations, Izquierdo-Hernandez was recently elected to a two-year term as president of the board of the Community Health Care Association of New York State, and also serves on multiple professional and community boards and organizations. She was a member of the NYC Commission for Economic Opportunity, an appointed task force led by the Bloomberg administration, which developed innovative anti-poverty approaches for the city.

In addition to her bachelor’s degree in psychology from BC, Izquierdo-Hernandez holds master’s degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University (in speech and language pathology) and from its Mailman School of Public Health (in health policy and management).

Boston College will award her an Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree.

Robert J. “Bob” Morrissey ’60, a founding member and senior partner of the law firm of Morrissey, Hawkins & Lynch in Boston, has provided valuable leadership to Boston College for more than three decades. A graduate cum laude in economics from BC, Morrissey was first named to the University’s Board of Trustees in 1980. After serving as a trustee associate from 199697, he joined the board again in 1998. His notable contributions to the board include chairing the Investment and Endowment Committee, and helping to plan BC’s “Ever to Excel” capital campaign.

Raised primarily by his mother following his father’s death, Morrissey graduated from BC and entered law school (a mentor told him, “You can go into business from law, but you can’t go into law from business”), before going onto what he describes as “unexpected” career success.

Morrissey is chairman of the board of trustees at Belmont Savings Bank and a trustee of at least four Gabelli Funds. He is chair of the Investment Committee of the Finance Council at the Archdiocese of Boston; a member of the International Investment Mark Alcarez

Continued from page 1 passed major legislation on international drug trafficking and money laundering, humanitarian aid, and climate change. He also worked with Sen. John McCain to investigate the fate of American POWs in Vietnam, and helped negotiate the UN’s genocide tribunal to prosecute war crimes in Cambodia.

He held senior positions on the Finance, Commerce, and Small Business committees, and was a member of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, where he worked across party lines to try and reduce the country’s debt and strengthen its economy.

Shortly before he graduated from Yale University in 1966, Kerry enlisted to serve in the US Navy, and went on to serve two tours of duty. He served in combat as a Swift Boat skipper patrolling the rivers of the Mekong Delta, returning home from Vietnam with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat V, and three Purple Hearts. Back in the United States, Kerry began to speak out forcefully against the Vietnam War. He also began a lifelong fight for veterans as a cofounder of the Vietnam Veterans of America, and later as a senator who fought to secure veterans’ benefits, extend the GI Bill for Higher Education, and improve treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

He is the author of the bestselling books A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America and The Moment on Earth, the latter co-written with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry.

Robert J. “Bob” Cousy is known to countless basketball fans as “The Cooz,” and to many headline writers as “The Houdini of the Hardwood” – an innovator whose passing, playmaking and daring transformed basketball from its set-play origins to the modern pro game recognized today.

The New York City native played college basketball at the

Advisory Committee, Society of Jesus, Vatican City, and chair of the Investment Advisory Board of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus. Additionally, he is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at Harvard Law School.

Morrissey – who says the three loves in his life are his family, the church, and Boston College – and his wife, Alyce, are the parents of five BC graduates.

Boston College will confer an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree on Morrissey.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry JD’76 recently swore in a fellow BC alumnus, Timothy Broas A&S’76, as US ambassador to the Netherlands. Looking on is Broas’ wife, Julie. (State Department Photo)

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Connecticut Gov. Malloy to Appear at BC Law Graduation

By Nathaniel Kenyon Special to the Chronicle

Connecticut Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy ’77, JD ’80 will give the address at the 2014 Boston College Law School Commencement on May 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Conte Forum.

Since he was elected as governor in 2010, Malloy’s top agenda items have included reinventing the state economy by creating jobs, improving public education and stabilizing Connecticut’s finances. He has been responsible for bringing a number of corporate headquarters to Connecticut, and his “Small Business Express” programs have invested in over 700 small businesses across the state.

In 2012, Malloy signed into law a school reform bill that has provided hundreds of millions of additional dollars to school Office of the Governor

well as in programs to support careers in bioscience and digital media, and has funded the creation of a new Office of Early Childhood to ensure that Connecticut children have access to a

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Continued from page 1 Mayor Menino and Commissioner Davis.”

Four days after the bombing and hours after the bombing suspects’ alleged slaying of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, Patrick ordered residents in Boston and several neighboring communities to “shelter in place” as police combed through a Watertown neighborhood and eventually captured surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is now awaiting trial on terrorism and other charges.

Menino was Boston’s longest serving mayor before announcing he would not seek re-election in 2013. Though confined to a wheelchair at the time of the bombing, Menino immediately checked himself out of a Boston hospital, where he was recovering from a back injury, to join Patrick, Davis and other officials leading the response to the tragic events.

Davis, the city’s 40th police commissioner, oversaw the city’s public safety response and the subsequent investigation. Now a private security consultant, Davis previously served as the chief of police in Lowell.

The Clough Colloquium was established through the generosity of Charles I. Clough ’64 and Gloria L. Clough, MDiv’90, MS’96. The program introduces

districts, in exchange for holistic changes that will prepare students to compete in the 21st century economy. He has helped champion further investment in the University of Connecticut as

Appearing at the May 7 Clough Colloquium are: (clockwise from top left) Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, former Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis and CNN’s John King.

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May 7 Clough Event Looks at Marathon

Connecticut Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy ’77, JD ‘80.

members of the BC community to persons of high ethical standards who are leaders in their respective fields.

Barhydt said the conversation is sure to resonate across the audience given how many lives were directly or indirectly affected by the deadly attacks, the subsequent shelter-in-place order and widespread media coverage.

“Everybody has been affected by this in one way or another,” said Barhydt. “Everybody who

quality early childhood learning experience.

Malloy has also focused on fiscal responsibility through reduction in state employees and agencies and a focus on technology to improve efficiency.

Following the Newtown shooting tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Malloy signed what some have called the most comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation in the country.

“Governor Malloy has shown remarkable leadership during his many years in public service,” said BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau.

“I’m very pleased he has agreed to speak at Commencement. His experience as mayor and later as governor — his leadership through tragedy, his fiscal and education reforms, among many other initiatives — should make for a very interesting speech to

will be there felt the impact of those events. We think this is a great opportunity to hear from these three leaders and learn what was going through their heads as events unfolded.”

For more information about the May 7 Clough Colloquium, see http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/ schools/csom/research/leadership/ programs/clough.html.

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Walsh spoke to a crowd of more than 200 students, relatives and faculty and received the Woods College’s first Distinguished Alumnus Award at a ceremony in the Heights Room in Corcoran Commons.

In a friendly and lighthearted talk, Walsh acknowledged how hard it can be to go back to college while balancing work, family and other personal responsibilities.

“I remember getting here after work and sitting in my car parked on Beacon Street and saying to myself ‘I want to go in...I don’t want to go in,’” Walsh said, drawing a knowing laugh from the audience.

Today, his Woods College diploma hangs in his City Hall office.

Sworn in as the city’s 54th mayor during a Conte Forum ceremony on Jan. 6, he is the first undergraduate alumnus of BC elected as Boston’s mayor.

“When someone told me no other BC graduate had served as mayor of Boston, I was stunned. So for all of us graduates and soon-tobe graduates of the Woods College, that gives us bragging rights over the other schools and colleges here at BC,” Walsh said, drawing cheers and applause from the audience.

Walsh attended the Woods College while he represented his Dorchester neighborhood in the state House of Representatives, where he served as an advocate for organized labor, public transportation, workforce development and education.

A son of Irish immigrants, Walsh was born and raised in Boston. As a child he successfully battled cancer and he speaks openly about his recovery from alcoholism.

Walsh said he remains grateful

our graduates.”

Malloy was born in Stamford, Conn., the same town where he would later serve as mayor.

After graduating from BC and BC Law, Malloy was an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn for four years before joining the Stamford law firm Abate and Fox as a partner, where he remained until 1995. That year, he ran for mayor of Stamford and defeated the two-term incumbent and went on to become the city’s longest serving mayor, holding the office until 2009, when he began his run for governor.

More information on the Law School Commencement is available at www.bc.edu/lawcommencement.

–Nathaniel Kenyon is director of marketing and communications at Boston College Law School

to staff at the Woods College – particularly founding Dean James A. Woods, SJ, who led the school for 44 years until his retirement in 2012.

He thanked faculty in the audience, including professors Jeff and Margaret Flagg in Romance Languages, and Ted Murphy in Political Science.

James P. Burns, IVD, the interim dean of the Woods College, said the college wanted to honor Walsh because he embodies the tenets of perseverance and compassion that are central to the college’s mission.

“This year we are fortunate to honor a distinguished public servant and a graduate in Mayor Walsh,” Fr. Burns said. “He exemplifies the ideals and characteristics of our Jesuit, Catholic education and his story of perseverance speaks to our students in the Woods College.”

Walsh’s message resonated with this year’s graduates.

“It’s great to see the mayor here and to know he went through the same experience as I did,” said Elsy Orellana, of East Boston, who studied corporate systems and finance.

“He’s definitely an inspiration to me and my classmates.”

Accepting the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Fr. Burns, BC Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations Joy Haywood Moore, ’81, H’10, and Alumni Association President Vincent J. Quealy Jr. ’75, Walsh said he was humbled by the honor.

“I know how hard it was to get here tonight,” he told the students.

“You balance your studies with family and work. It takes perseverance to get to where you are tonight. You have changed your lives and you change the lives of your families, your communities and your society. As a fellow graduate, I am very proud of you all.”

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Irish Institute Extending Its Mission to the Wider World The Irish Institute of Boston College, whose use of professional education as a means to promote peace and reconciliation has won acclaim in Ireland and Northern Ireland, is expanding its geographical scope and range of disciplines.

Starting in May, the institute will offer leadership training to professionals from around the world, in areas of business, management, social sciences and natural sciences.

A group of MBA students from the Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST) in Kuwait will attend the inaugural Global Leadership Institute (GLI) program, which centers on international business development. A cohort of Brazilian business professionals will travel to BC for the second GLI program, on innovation and social media, later this summer.

The Irish Institute also is exploring a possible partnership through which it would bring its signature professional education/peace-andreconciliation programs to work with participants from Middle Eastern countries.

Driving the change, says Irish Institute Director Robert Mauro, is a combination of factors tied to shifts in America’s geopolitical priorities and the world’s regional economies. Even with a broadened focus, however, Mauro notes that the institute continues its offerings – albeit in modified form – to Irish and Northern Irish professionals,

and will welcome its next group at the end of April.

“Situations and needs never stay constant in this field,” says Mauro, who joined the institute, part of BC’s Center for Irish Programs, in 2011. “There are certain realities we have to face, which is that some resources and opportunities are simply not present in the way they once were. So we’ve asked ourselves, ‘Are there elements of the Irish Institute’s model that are appropriate, and can succeed, outside Ireland and Northern Ireland?’

We believe the answer is ‘Yes.’” Established in 1997, the Irish Institute built on the work of the Center for Irish Management, created five years earlier to formalize programs for emerging business leaders in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Bringing together professionals from government, education, non-profits and business, the institute – with the support of the US State Department – offered a low-key, low-visibility approach to promoting peace throughout all Ireland. BC faculty members played a vital role in the institute’s work, contributing their expertise in lectures and seminars or helping plan programs.

The institute’s programs were widely seen as aiding a push for normalization and cross-border and cross-community cooperation, in addition to strengthening US links to the island’s top practitioners and policymakers.

Despite the breakthrough 1998 peace agreement, political, social and economic concerns remain in both Ireland and Northern

BC Senior Is Killed in New York City Traffic Accident A funeral Mass was held April 16 for Carroll School of Management senior Kelly Gordon, who was killed on April 10 when she was struck by a motor vehicle while in New York City. She was 22.

A native of Brielle, NJ, Ms. Gordon studied marketing and finance and was scheduled to receive her bachelor’s degree at the May 19 Commencement Exercises. She was in New York City to attend job interviews when she was struck by a taxicab while crossing the street, according to police. She was a volunteer in several campus organizations and activities, including 4Boston, Relay for Life and Smart Woman Securities.

In an email to students, Vice President for Student Affairs Barb Jones said counseling was available and noted that all Masses on campus that weekend would be offered for Ms. Gordon and her family.

She is survived by her parents, Lorraine Zimmermann and husband Michael, and Donald Gordon Jr. and wife Robin; her siblings Ali Gordon, Donald Gordon III, Madison Zimmermann and Emily Zimmermann, and step-sisters Ali Axt and Kendall Axt; and her grandparents, Anton and Ursula Mayer, Lillian Gordon, and Jane Zimmermann.

The University will hold a memorial event for Ms. Gordon; details will be announced on BCInfo [www.bc.edu/bcinfo].

Contributions in Ms. Gordon’s memory can be made to Boston College for the Kelly Gordon Memorial Fund, online at www.bc.edu/ give or Boston College, Office of University Advancement, Cadigan Alumni Center, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.

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Ireland. But inexorably the US has turned its attention to other parts of the world, or to matters at home, Mauro says, and resources for work such as that being done by the institute are simply not as available.

Rather than fold up the tent, according to Mauro, the institute is seeking new venues for its programming while still serving the needs of its original target population. A promising market for academicbased professional education has

says Mauro. “So why not make it available to other areas of the world that are seeking to strengthen the knowledge base and skills of their professional workforce?”

Mauro envisions a multifaceted range of specialties and disciplines in GLI programs: a business sequence, for example, that might encompass marketing, strategic operations and social media; a social sciences offering that examines the interrelations of institutions and governments; or areas like renew-

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By Sean Smith Chronicle Editor

“Situations and needs never stay constant in this field,” says Irish Institute Director Robert Mauro (above). “So we’ve asked ourselves, ‘Are there elements of the Irish Institute’s model that are appropriate, and can succeed, outside Ireland and Northern Ireland?’ We believe the answer is ‘Yes.’” appeared in regions marked by impressive economic growth, such as South America, the Far East, and the Persian Gulf, and Mauro and colleagues anticipate where the GLI will draw the most interest.

“We feel that, with the contribution of our BC faculty and our networks in public and private sectors, the institute has a lot to offer in terms of professional education,”

able energy and material sciences, foreign direct investment, and medical technology.

“GLI programs will provide an opportunity for professionals to enhance skills and network abroad – all under the auspices of a top American university,” says Mauro, who notes that the institute plans collaborations with Boston College-Ireland that include the

European market.

The potential Middle Eastbased partnership now under discussion would represent another exciting new dimension for the institute, he adds.

“The concept is that there are aspects of the Irish Institute model, and its track record in aiding peace and reconciliation in Ireland and Northern Ireland, that perhaps can serve as a basis for dealing with regions in conflict elsewhere. We say, ‘Here is a process we set up, these are the conversations we’ve had, and these are the outcomes. Join us and see how it works.’”

But Mauro is quick to note that the institute remains committed to Ireland and Northern Ireland.

From April 30 to June 7, the institute will host two month-long fellowship programs – sponsored with the Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs – that examine how the US seeks to inculcate in its young citizens the importance of justice and rule of law through good governance. Two 16-person cohorts of policy makers, activists, legal experts, youth leaders and youth workers, police and justice officials from Ireland and Northern Ireland will engage with American counterparts, serve internships and travel to Washington, DC, to join in the Professional Fellows Congress.

“Although we’ve changed some aspects of our traditional programming – we’ve expanded the duration to one month, and have each participant focus on one organization instead of multiples – this is at the heart and soul of our mission,” says Mauro. “The Irish Institute continues to be a relevant force for social and economic development in Ireland and Northern Ireland.”

Contact Sean Smith at sean.smith@bc.edu

Harrington Wins Leadership Award Boston College Director of Network Services Joseph E. Harrington is this year’s recipient of the Ruth A. Michalecki Leadership Award from ACUTA, an international nonprofit educational association serving colleges and universities.

The award, presented to Harrington at the 43rd Annual ACUTA Conference in Dallas earlier this month, recognizes persons who motivate and foster collaborations to accomplish their institution or company’s goals, objectives and mission, and who participate in the education, training and mentoring of other

professionals. Award winners also demonstrate initiative in creating programs, projects or activities that affect the community, and engage in activities that benefit ACUTA or the broader higher education community.

ACUTA, in its announcement of the award, described Harrington as “a forward-thinking individual [with] a reputation for being insightful and thorough — two of the many characteristics that make him shine in any leadership role. His department’s central responsibility is to constantly maintain, upgrade, and expand the physical plant while

protecting this substantial investment and core business.”

A former president of ACUTA, Harrington has been active in the association for more than 10 years, serving in roles such as state coordinator, member of the Awards Committee and the Membership Committee, and director-at-large. As president, he was credited with taking a leadership role in forming a task force to facilitate better collaboration and information sharing, and in creating an award to honor ACUTA members’ service work.

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Shnitser, an expert on public pensions and retirement security, will join BC Law this fall

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First Donohue Asst. Prof. Is Named

By Sean Smith Chronicle Editor

Natalya Shnitser, whose research focuses on the hot-button issues of public pensions and retirement security in the US, has been appointed the inaugural David and Pamela Donohue Assistant Professor in business law and will join the Boston College Law School this fall.

Since 2011, Shnitser has been an associate research scholar and lecturer at Yale Law School, and the John R. Raben/Sullivan & Cromwell Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law. In addition to pensions and retirement security, her primary teaching and research interests are in business associations; wills, trusts, and estates; securities regulation, and federal income taxation.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Natalya to the BC Law family,” said BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau. “She is a dynamic young scholar and a wonderful teacher. Her wide expertise in business law, retirement security and pensions, tax, and securities regulation adds to our strength in these subjects, and builds on current areas of excellence at the University, such as the work being done at the Center for Retirement Research. She is an example of our ongoing commitment to bringing the very best scholars to campus.”

In her empirical scholarship analyzing the institutional design of US public pension plans, Shnitser has found that that greater constraints on legislative control over funding decisions – typically through the delegation of control to pension system boards – have been associated with better funding discipline.

Conversely, liability-pooling arrangements that have shrouded individual employer responsibility for underfunding have been associated with worse funding discipline.

“State and local pension plans in the United States are virtually free from federal oversight,” said Shnitser. “This means that the state and local governments that make the pension promises to their employees are also in charge of writing the rules and putting away the money to fund these long-term obligations. As we’ve seen in recent years, for some public plans, the value of

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the liabilities associated with the promised pension benefits greatly exceeds the value of the assets that have been set aside to pay for such benefits.

“With state and local governments examining how to address the multi-trillion dollar shortfall in pension funding, my results suggest that institutional reforms that facilitate consistent government contributions to the pension funds – and that improve the transparency with respect to unfunded liabilities – should be considered as part of any longterm reform efforts.”

Shnitser has presented her work on US public pension plans at numerous conferences, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Conference on Public Pension Underfunding, the American Law and Economics Annual Meeting, the Brandeis University Municipal Finance Conference and the Netspar International Pension Workshop.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University, where she also received her master’s degree, Shnitser earned her law degree from Yale Law School, where she was a Coker Fellow and the editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Regulation.

Shnitser said BC Law appealed to her because of “an incredibly engaged and supportive community of students and faculty dedicated to understanding how legal institutions can be used to advance social and economic justice. I was particularly impressed that this unique commitment spans the entire Law School curriculum – from business law to criminal law to international law – and brings a great sense of passion and purpose to the Law School community.”

She praised the work of the Center for Retirement Research for its role in advancing scholarly debate and public conversation on challenges to retirement security in both the private and public sectors – especially in the wake of the 2008 recession.

“Still, even with increased

awareness about such issues, we’re facing the reality that many US households – 53 percent by one measure – are at risk of not having enough to maintain their living standards in retirement, and that existing retirement savings programs and products do not reflect current demographic, economic, and employment trends.”

David Donohue JD’71, founder and President of International Human Resources Development Corporation, said many factors led him to make his gift to BC Law. “I have been fortunate to build a happy, challenging and rewarding career, and wanted to give back to an institution that helped me realize professional success. This gift also helped me recognize the important guidance I received from my father, who encouraged me to attend a Jesuit institution, having himself been taught by Jesuits for most of his formal education.”

Endowing an asistant professorship in business law represented an opportunity for Donohue to support a part of BC Law that spoke to his personal experience.

A former assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering at Pennsylvania State University before pursuing his law degree, he learned first-hand the many valuable contributions young faculty members can make to an institution. “This gift supports assistant professors who are helping build the school’s commitment to business law. I know how fulfilling a career in business can be, especially when it offers opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship internationally.”

Donohue adds that he wanted to set an example for similar acts of generosity: “I hope my gift inspires others to invest in BC Law’s future.”

“I am deeply honored to be appointed the Donohue Assistant Professor and very grateful to the Donohue family for their support,” said Shnitser, a native of Moscow who emigrated from Russia to California in 1992.

“In the immediate future, the appointment will give me the resources to collect and analyze new data on the legal infrastructure for US private and public pension plans, and to engage actively with social scientists, practitioners, and policymakers in the interdisciplinary challenge of improving retirement security in the United States.”

Contact Sean Smith at sean.smith@bc.edu

Conversations with Boston College’s Academic Deans

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DIALOGUE

ALBERTO GODENZI GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

What do you see as GSSW’s mission, both as an institution in its own right and as a part of Boston College?

Whatever schools of social work do always has to have meaning for the lives Suzanne Camarata of real people and communities, especially those at the margins. The unique identity and value proposition of the GSSW flows from BC’s Jesuit, Catholic mission. The tenets of Catholic social teaching and the Jesuit Social Apostolate widely correspond with the ethics code of the social work profession. All three frameworks emphasize principles such as solidarity, justice education, and empowerment.

What are the primary ways the school fulfills that mission?

We challenge our students to imagine a more just world and provide them with the tools to effect positive change. Our students thrive in the midst of opportunities for transformative change. Our faculty’s research is measured by its impact in the real world. Will their studies and writings promote policies and practices that benefit the marginalized? We believe that our work will be more effective if we keep our ears to the ground through experiential learning and immersion experiences.

Talk about some of the more immediate goals and objectives of GSSW. A top 10 school faces fierce competition. Peer institutions ahead of and even behind us have more resources available than we do. Our distinctive assets are people, ideas and initiatives. Some folks think that rankings do not matter. The opposite is true. A top ranking attracts the best students, faculty and staff. It is an open question if we will be able to sustain our current rank of no. 10. Four factors would help in our steady pursuit of excellence: a name for the school, an undergraduate program, endowed professorships, and a home on campus that matches our standing to that of our peers and to our contribution to BC’s mission.

Long-term, what do you see as priorities and projects for GSSW? Long-term, the school has the potential to cement its reputation as the most innovative and most exciting social work program in the nation. We are more like Apple than Microsoft. While market share is crucial for revenues, our uniqueness is based on excellence, innovation, and BC’s identity. We strive for the same kind of brand distinction that the Kennedy School or the Wharton School enjoy in their respective fields of governance and business. In response to [Jesuit Superior General] Adolfo Nicolás’ call, GSSW has developed a highly rewarding network of partnerships with Jesuit institutions worldwide. This is a foundation and asset that no other school of social work will be able to replicate.

What do you see as the most significant changes in the social work field over the past few decades?

Social work has always dealt with intractable problems, i.e. challenges that have no easy solutions and may in fact never be entirely resolved. Think of poverty, hunger or inequality. In order to address such complex issues, you have to have a long-term perspective. Real change may take decades, if not centuries. But people often expect immediate results and have zero tolerance for failure. Social work has therefore moved towards a more evidence-based approach. Our actions are increasingly guided by scientific evidence rather than good intentions. The shift towards a stronger link between research, policy, and practice may well be the most significant change in our field.

GSSW has become increasingly active in areas such as global practice, immigration, and aging. Why are these issues important to the school and the social work field?

Globalization, human migration, and longevity are key challenges of the 21st century. Our faculty, therefore, choose to focus on these areas, in addition to more traditional fields such as child welfare, health, or mental health. Our students have a leg up in the job market because they acquired the skills to work effectively with immigrants, refugees, and the elderly. They learn about the effects of globalization on almost every facet of their practice, whether or not they ever leave the Boston neighborhoods.

What are facts about GSSW that might surprise people?

GSSW is a laboratory that never stands still. Imagination, innovation, and impact are our drivers. We established a network of global internships before any other school of social work. We teach required and elective social work courses in Spanish to respond to the demographic changes in the US. Our amazing students provide 275,000 service hours per year to hundreds of social service agencies. Our social work faculty includes scholars from neuroscience, public health, sociology, psychology, pastoral counseling, and public policy.

And we are blessed by an unrivaled combination of distinguished teachers, researchers, and former CEOs of large social service agencies.

–Sean Smith

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Presidential Scholars Get to the Heart of ‘Boston Strong’ Sophomores’ project examines what iconic phrase means – and what it leaves unsaid

By Kathleen Sullivan Staff Writer

The Boston Marathon bombings violently and tragically marked the ending of the Presidential Scholars Program (PSP) Class of 2016’s first year at Boston College. But inspired by the resiliency and outpouring of support that followed, coupled with the students’ summer experience in service placements around Boston, the undergraduates dedicated their PSP social justice project to examining what makes Boston Strong – and what is needed to make it stronger.

This month, the PSP sophomores published The Heart of This City: Boston Strong and Becoming Stronger, a book of interviews with victims of and witnesses to the bombings, as well as with people connected to Boston-based social services agencies, who all reflect on the Boston Strong message.

“I think the book is a phenomenal catalyst for discussion, given the range of issues covered.”

–Daniel Lundberg ’16

Among these Presidential Scholars, the connection to the Boston Marathon is probably felt deepest by co-editor-in-chief Lucas Allen, the only Massachusetts native in the group. “Growing up, I always watched the Boston Marathon on Patriot’s Day,” said Allen, whose family home in Marlborough is a few miles from the starting line, and who was jogging around the finish line only hours before the attacks.

For Allen, it made sense to look beyond the marathon for the meaning of Boston Strong since the marathon itself is about so much more than running.

“There are so many people in the Boston Marathon running for charity, running for causes like Dana-Farber.”

“I think the book is a phenomenal catalyst for discussion, given the range of issues covered,” said Allen’s co-editor Daniel Lundberg, who finished

Daniel Lundberg, right, and Andrew Boyce were among the Presidential Scholars Program sophomores who contributed (Lundberg also was coeditor) to a book about the “Boston Strong” slogan. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

last year’s marathon just minutes before the explosions. “It really did manage to ultimately capture the heart of this city by virtue of the amazing voices in it.”

The Heart of This City begins with a letter of support from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Boston College alumnus, who writes: “Instead of calcifying into a slogan, in the hands of these students and these contributors, ‘Boston Strong’ becomes a way to think about what kind of future we want and what we have to do to make it a reality.”

The book’s first section is devoted to reflections on the marathon bombings, particularly from people who were on the scene, such as Boston Globe photographer John Tlumacki, former Boston Herald reporter Dave Wedge ’93, injured runner Dave Fortier, 1976 Boston Marathon winner Jack Fultz, and injured spectator Brittany Loring JD/ MBA ’13, among others.

The remaining sections of the book focus on homelessness, health inequity, immigration and educational disparity in Boston.

One feature is an interview with Katy Erker, who ran the Boston Marathon earlier this week for charity. She said her work at Rosie’s Place has given her insight into Boston Strong.

“I have had the privilege of working with guests who have experienced very real struggles.

They are the most creative, resilient and resourceful people I know. They are also some the strongest people that I know.”

Susan Naimark, who was stopped at last year’s race at the 25th mile and has lived in Boston for nearly 40 years, said she was uncomfortable with the media coverage of last year’s events. “Why don’t we have the same support for [other] victims of senseless violence? The only

answer I could find was that these victims were mostly poor, and mostly black and brown.”

It was a disconnect echoed by Haley House co-founder Kathe McKenna in her essay: “Our neighbors quietly noticed the massive public response to the marathon bombings and could not help but compare it to the virtually non-existent response from the same public to the suffering in their community...The tragic, unspoken conclusion is that their lives do not have the same value as the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.”

Last summer at his service placement at the Italian Home for Children, Lundberg asked the art teacher how they had talked about the marathon with

the young children.

“She said, ‘We didn’t. It never really came up because there is so much violence in these kids’ lives on a daily basis. It was just another thing,’” recalled Lundberg. “Hearing that showed me a different lens to view the events of the marathon.”

Lundberg says he is all for the media coverage and outpouring of support dedicated to the marathon victims, but adds: “This project is an important addition to the dialogue.”

Presidential Scholar Andrew Boyce, whose placement focused on working with immigrants at the Educational Development Group, said he was intrigued

Susan Naimark, who has lived in Boston for nearly 40 years, told the students she was uncomfortable with the media coverage of last year’s events. “Why don’t we have the same support for [other] victims of senseless violence?”

with the idea of applying the solidarity of the response to the marathon attacks to social justice issues like immigration and

homelessness.

Boyce, who ran his first-ever marathon on April 13 in support of the Campus School, said, “I’m so much stronger for having been here [in Boston]. I can’t think of a better place to be.”

Also contributing to the book were Assistant Professor of Philosophy Aspen Brinton, Graduate School of Social Work Associate Professor of the Practice Westy Egmont, Connell School of Nursing Associate Professor Pamela Grace and Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics Tracy Regan.

“We’re very thankful to all our contributors, the Presidential Scholars Program, and the offices that helped to fund the publication’s printing,” said Lundberg. Allen expressed gratitude to PSP Director James Keenan, SJ, and Lynch School of Education Associate Professor Audrey Friedman and Visiting Lecturer Julia Whitcavitch-DeVoy. For Allen, the message of The Heart of This City is simple: “We are members of the same city and we need to take care of one another.”

For more information on the project or to order the book, see http://www.strongmonth.org.

Contact Kathleen Sullivan at kathleen.sullivan@bc.edu

Photo by John Quackenbos

There was no national title this year for the Boston College men’s hockey team, which lost to Union in the Frozen Four semifinals, but junior forward Johnny Gaudreau received the Hobey Baker Award, college hockey’s highest honor. Gaudreau signed with the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames and had his pro debut on April 13, becoming only the fifth player in league history to score on their first shot on goal.

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Millennials? Give ’Em a Break, Says CWF’s Rikleen “The irony is that as parents of millennials, we raised this generation to have a lot of self-respect, to be confident in their skills, to speak up and to assert themselves as they move into their careers. Nonetheless, having told our own kids these messages at home, when these same qualities arise in the workplace we call it entitlement.”

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Exec-in-Residence feels that younger generation is unfairly criticized

By Sean Hennessey Staff Writer

It could be a must-have tool for those working with so-called “millennials,” or persons born between the early 1980s and early 2000s: a book that not only explores who millennials are, but how they think, their approach to work, and how they want others to view them.

You Raised Us – Now Work With Us: Millennials, Career Success, and Building Strong Workplace Teams also helps provide a roadmap for enhancing intergenerational communications, says author Lauren Stiller Rikleen of the Boston College Center for Work and Family, who believes millennials have been the subject of myths and misperceptions.

“The research certainly re-affirmed my initial hunch that the reputation of millennials is inaccurate, that all these words that have been used to describe them – entitled, lacking a work ethic, not being loyal in the work place – just weren’t true,” says Rikleen, a nationally recognized expert on the diverse and multi-generational workforce who is the center’s executive-in-residence.

As the mother of a 24-year old daughter and 26-year old son (both BC alumni), Rikleen – who along with her husband

–Lauren Stiller Rikleen (left)

Sander is a BC Law graduate – was more than familiar with millennial traits. But when she travelled around the country in her role as a consultant and speaker, the Q&A sessions always seemed to focus on the younger generation in the workplace – and the questions and comments were always negative.

“I was surprised at the negativity because millennials always seemed to me to be a remarkably talented generation,” says Rikleen, a lawyer who, after two decades as a partner in a law firm, left to establish the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership and is a founding member of the Council for Women of Boston College. “So I decided I wanted to explore it further and started doing some research, and realized there was enough there to consider a book.”

Rikleen spoke with millen-

nials whenever she could while creating and distributing a survey that drew more than 1,000 responses, with questions like: “Are you aware of your reputation as being entitled?” “What does that word mean to you?”

“Do you think your generation is entitled?” “What do you think about job loyalty?” “What do you think about your reputation for not working hard?”

She also questioned millennials about their views on workplace dress codes, relationships with their families, and anything else that might have a potentially negative influence on their reputation.

“I have come to the conclusion that we misread their selfconfidence and self-respect as being entitled,” says Rikleen. “And the irony is that as parents of millennials, we raised this generation to have a lot of self-respect,

Assobmo Wins Entrepreneur Contest A shortage of doctors and medical resources, along with his mother’s near-death experience, gave Loic Assobmo ’15 the idea of a smartphone app that spreads awareness about life-threatening diseases in his native Cameroon and other countries in Africa.

His invention impressed judges at the second annual Boston College Venture Competition Social Entrepreneurs Envisioning Development (BVC SEED) competition enough to award him the top prize of $2,500.

The app provides users with information on the top five medical illnesses – stroke, HIV, malaria, pneumonia and Ebola virus – and possible remedies until they can get to a doctor. It also alerts users to disease outbreaks while sending helpful information.

“The fact that I will be able to use this app to empower people to recognize things that are kill-

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ing them frequently and give them actual medical suggestions that they can do from home to start taking care of themselves is huge,” says Assobmo, a biology major and aspiring physician.

BVC SEED combines the fundamentals of entrepreneurship with the Jesuit ideals of “men and women for others” by providing an avenue for students looking to found social ventures.

At the April 8 event, Assobmo told judges of the events that inspired the creation of his app – his mother’s stroke necessitated the family’s move to the US for adequate care – and his company Global Enterprise for Medical Enhancement [as he recounted in this Chronicle story: http:// bit.ly/1tecYbX]. Assobmo says he’s implementing changes to his app, a prototype, after receiving positive responses from doctors, patients, and telecommunications companies after returning

to Cameroon last month during spring break.

“My ultimate goal for GEMA is to continue expanding it,” says Assobmo. “I have developed several initiatives that I am still launching. I am working towards obtaining 501c3 certification and expanding my team. However, at the moment I am looking for partnerships, mentorship, and funding to further my ideas and my app.”

Assobmo noted that his mother, although still enduring some paralysis, has recovered well, and recently graduated with from Bridgewater State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work. “She is very passionate about helping others.”

Other teams competing included VolunteerNow, Roadex, WOOF Supplies, and AbilityTro and ROTC Green to Navy.

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to be confident in their skills, to speak up and to assert themselves as they move into their careers.

“Nonetheless, having told our own kids these messages at home, when these same qualities arise in the workplace we call it entitlement.”

Rikleen says millennials’ reputation for not wanting to work hard stems from what she describes as “a much healthier attitude toward work-life integration than other generations have. I think they have learned the lessons from watching their parents’ generation and Gen Xers in the workplace who seem to be working way too hard relative to what they’re sacrificing, and the millennials have come away saying, ‘I’m not going to sacrifice my family life the way other generations did. I don’t want to have to give up my own physical health and not be able to exercise or see friends. And I want to be able to use technology effectively to free up that time.’

“So they become frustrated when they see shortcuts and opportunities for efficiency that

they can’t effectively implement because other people in the workplace lack the understanding of technology that they have and are uncomfortable using tools to allow technology to be more than a tether. So it’s not that they don’t want to work hard, they just want to work smarter.”

Rikleen, who has written two other books, Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women’s Success in the Law and Success Strategies for Women Lawyers, says this project posed challenges not only with finding time to write, but also culling all the data together into something comprehensive and page-turning.

“There’s so much information out there,” says Rikleen. “So I’m trying to take a lot of research and bring it together in a way that’s very interesting. That’s why I was excited that my survey respondents included a lot of anecdotes, which adds some richness and real life context behind all of the data and information.”

Contact Sean Hennessey at sean.hennessey@bc.edu

Carroll School Team Takes 6th Place in Investment Competition A team of Boston College graduate management students went up against some of the best teams in the world at the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) this month and came away with something to be proud of: a top 10 finish.

The Boston College Venture Capital team won the VCIC Northeast regionals in February to earn a spot in the global finals April 10-12 at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The BCVC made the first cut and finished sixth overall out of 66 teams from around the world. Placing first was Columbia University, followed by UNC Kenan-Flagler, and the University of Colorado.

“It is a great accomplishment and we’re definitely proud,” says team member Matthew Trainor, a first-year MBA student. “But it is a bit deflating just because we had so much success up until this point.”

In the VCIC, students play the role of investors, and real entrepreneurs pitch to them. Judges critique the team’s interaction with the entrepreneur, the quality of the questions posed, the accuracy of its valuation of the entrepreneur’s business, and the reasonability of the terms between team and entrepreneur.

“I think the winning teams were a bit firmer during the negotiation stage. But it’s not something we’re disappointed in,” says Trainor. “We had this philosophy throughout not to acquiesce but to work with the entrepreneur a bit more. But I think if we had been firmer with him during the process, we could have possibly placed in the top three.”

–Sean Hennessey

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Health Promotion, Connell School and Robsham Theater launch initiative that encourages students to talk about health experiences, issues Office of Health Promotion Director Elise Tofias Phillips praised the speakers’ willingness Dressed in traditional African to talk about the impact of these garb, in front of a packed room events on their lives, and said she of faculty, staff and students hoped other students would be in a Cushing Hall classroom, encouraged to participate as the Patience Marks ’15 shared her Health Talk program grows. near-death experience as a child.

“These stories are examples of “Unlike the many other chil- personal courage that can serve dren in my village, I’m a survivor as a learning tool for others,” and this is my story,” Marks ut- Phillips said. tered in an emotional voice.

CSON junior Sabrina CarIn 1999, while Marks was liv- affa said she felt compelled to ing with her family in Monrovia, participate in the event to raise Liberia, she became sick for sev- awareness that young people are eral days. No one knew why she not invincible and that life is was in so much pain. quite fragile. Caraffa found that Marks told of the desperate out for herself when she suffered search by her mother to find out a stroke during her sophomore what was wrong with her be- year. Being hospitalized for three fore she was later diagnosed with days, she said, gave her a unique malaria. With medication, her and helpful perspective. health improved in a matter of “I was never supposed to be days. And today, she is a student the patient in the bed,” said Carin the Connell affa, who plans to School of Nursgo into labor and ing with plans to delivery and even“My stroke solidified be a family nurse tually become a practitioner — in my career choice to be- nurse midwife. part because of “My stroke socome a nurse. I learned lidified my career that experience.

“I hope that about the kind of nurse choice to become people will get a nurse. I learned I did not want to be, a sense of my about the kind of health journey and also about the kind nurse I did not and an apprewant to be, and of nurse I want to be.” also about the ciation of their health as well,” –Sabrina Caraffa ’15 kind of nurse I said Marks, who want to be.” was awarded the A third 2014 Martin CSON student, Luther King Jr. senior Nora JeanMemorial Scholarship in Febru- Baptiste, talked of being plagued ary. “My passion for improving with panic attacks, and BC health care led me to the nursing Health Coaches – students who profession. Nurses are educators are trained and certified to coach and patient advocates, and I be- peers on health-related matters – lieve they make a difference in Mark Burns ’14, Griffin Sharp the patient’s health experience ’14, Alexandra Truglio ’15 and and health maintenance.”

Xijun Zhu ’15 presented stories Marks was one of seven un- that focused on binge drinking, dergraduates to speak on March seeing a loved one undergo treat26 at the first-ever Health Talk ment in a hospital, an eating event, a collaboration between disorder, and thyroid cancer. the Office of Health Promotion As part of their talks, students and the Connell School of Nurs- offered some personal advice to ing, with support from Robsham the audience. Caraffa’s was simTheater, that offers students the ple and direct: “Take care of the opportunity to discuss health ex- only body you’ll ever have,” she periences and how these influ- said, “and listen to it.” enced their personal views, life-O. Angela Bowser is a commustyles, educational choices and nications specialist for the Connell career interests.

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By O. Angela Bowser Special to the Chronicle

Theatre to Introduce Lecture Series The Theatre Department hosts celebrated stage director, educator, essayist and theater visionary Anne Bogart next week for the inaugural event in a new lecture series that focuses on theater and performing arts.

Bogart will present “What’s the Story: The Role of Storytelling in the Theater of the 21st Century and Beyond” April 30 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. Her talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored through the Matthew R. DeVoy and John H. DeVoy IV Perspectives on Theatre Series. [Seating is limited for the event; for reservations, contact the Theatre Department at ext.4012 or theatre@bc.edu, or go to http://tinyurl.com/ k2ers7q.]

One of three co-artistic directors of the SITI Company, Bogart founded the innovative ensemble theater in 1992 with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki. SITI’s mission focuses on the creation of original theater work, professional performance training, national and international touring, and collaboration with artists and writers from other disciplines. She has directed the majority of company’s productions, including award-winning works performed in the Boston area.

“There is no better person than Anne Bogart to launch the

“There is no better person than Anne Bogart [above] to launch the DeVoy Perspectives on Theatre Series,” says Scott T. Cummings, Theatre Department chair.

“Her influence on the American theatre is profound and wide-ranging.”

DeVoy Perspectives on Theatre Series,” said Associate Professor Scott T. Cummings, Theatre Department chair. “As director, teacher, author, and instigator of collaborative conversations, her influence on the American theatre is profound and wide-

ranging. What she is thinking about is always of interest.”

Made possible by a gift from the DeVoy family of Newton, Mass., the series will annually bring leading professionals and creative forces in theater and the performing arts to BC, to share their experiences and vision with the campus community, as well as alumni and community members.

Bogart’s lecture is based on her forthcoming book, What’s the Story: Essays about Art, Theater and Storytelling, due for release within days of her BC appearance. She explores how contemporary theater artists can renew their connection with the primal impulse to tell stories as a way of making sense of the world.

A Columbia University School of the Arts professor, she heads the MFA graduate program in directing and has written other books on creativity and theatrical process. Her most recent collaborative project – “Steel Hammer,” based on the folk legend of John Henry – premiered last month at the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New Plays.

She has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades during her distinguished career in American theater.

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Three Decades Later, It’s Keith’s Radio Station Over the course of nearly three decades, Associate Professor of the Practice in Communication Michael Keith has had the distinction as author of the most widely adopted textbook on radio. This year, with the book entering its ninth edition, Keith has an additional honor: His name is now part of the title.

First published by Keith in 1986, The Radio Station is billed as a complete guide for beginning radio professionals to the internal workings of the soundcasting media, including broadcast, satellite and – more recently – Internet radio. The book, which was printed for the eighth time in 2009 and is in use by some 150 universities worldwide, has been cited by Freedom Forum’s Media Studies Journal as one of seven key works published on the topic.

Last year, Keith was contacted about continuing the series, with John Allen Hendricks of Stephen F. Austin State University and Bruce Mims of Southeast Missouri State University updating the work. But while Keith would

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no longer have the author credit, the publisher had an idea for retaining some continuity.

“He suggested retitling the book Keith’s Radio Station: ‘Your name’s synonymous with it, anyway, so why not make it official?’” says Keith. “I was pretty happy about that. I guess if you live long enough, you get to have your name on the product.”

Keith has already reached another publication milestone this year. He’s just released his sixth collection of short stories, The Collector of Tears, continuing his foray into what he describes as

“speculative fiction,” a blend of fantasy/sci-fi/horror/paranormal genres.

“I was always interested in the writing that went into TV series like ‘Twilight Zone’ and ‘Outer Limits,’” says Keith, who was nominated for a Pushcart Award in short fiction in 2010. “Like them, most of my stories have a message or social statement of some sort – ecology, for instance, or the economy – and are less about creatures and monsters than naturalism and realism.”

And on yet another front, Keith has co-scripted a screenplay for his well-received 2003 memoir The Next Better Place, and signed on with an entertainment agency in hopes of a potential film adaptation.

“I enjoy writing about mediarelated subjects, but some years back I felt I wanted to try something else,” he says. “I’m not trying to make a profound impact on literature, just seeing how far I can take my creativity.”

For more on Keith’s work, see michaelckeith.com.

–Sean Smith

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Peter Airasian, 71, LSOE; Assessment, Research Expert A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Luke’s Parish in Belmont on April 15 for retired Lynch School of Education Professor Peter W. Airasian, who died April 9 in Lexington, SC. He was 71.

During his more than three decades at the Lynch School, where he chaired the Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation Program, Dr. Airasian taught, researched and published articles and books on classroom assessment, educational measurement, and statistics. Among his many publications were Minimal Competency Testing, School Effectiveness: A Reassessment of the Evidence, The Effects of Standardized Testing, Teacher Evaluation Toolkit and Assessment in the Classroom. He also collaborated on an article about the Irish public’s views on innovations in education for The Irish Journal of Education.

Well-regarded in his profession, Dr. Airasian served as chair of the American Educational Research Association’s Special Interest Group on

Classroom Assessment, and received the National Council on Measurement in Education Jason Millman Award, which honors scholars whose research has the potential to make a major contribution to the applied measurement field.

Dr. Airasian earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Harvard University, and his doctorate in evaluation and assessment at the University of Chicago. In addition to his work in higher education, he taught high school chemistry and biology.

He is survived by his daughter, Lynn FitzGerald, his son, Gregory, brothers John and Paul, three grandchildren and three step-grandchildren; he was pre-deceased by his wife, Gwendolyn. Burial took place at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

Donations may be made in Dr. Airasian’s memory to the Boston College Campus School, at www. bc.edu/campusschool.

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Kathleen Carney, 59; Was Associate Librarian A memorial service and reception will be held this Sunday in Wellesley for former Associate University Librarian Kathleen M. Carney, who died on March 22 in Cambridge after a three-year battle with cancer.

She was 59.

The service, which begins at 2 p.m., will be held at the Wellesley College Club, 727 Washington Street.

Ms. Carney worked at Boston College for more than two decades before leaving in 2010 to become director of library services at the College of the Holy Cross. In her role as associate university librarian, she oversaw research, instructional and access services, supervising 26 professional librarians and more than 40 staff. In 2001, she was appointed to an advisory board for the then-new Academic Technology Services division, discussing and consulting on courseware, classroom technology standards and faculty technology training issues.

She also served as primary investigator for a $2 million grant from the National Archives/National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

A native of Gainesville, Fla., Ms. Carney graduated from Chestnut Hill College in Pennsylvania and earned her master’s degree in library science from the University of South Florida. She began her career as an academic librarian at Loyola University of Chicago.

Ms. Carney is survived by her wife, Karen Mix; her mother, Dolores Shipp; her sister, Maureen Lux; and her brother, Stephen. She was pre-deceased by her father, Thomas, and brother, Michael.

In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Breast Cancer Investigation Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mail gifts to MGH Development, attn. Heidi Bergmeyer, 100 Cambridge St., Suite 1310, Boston, MA 02114.

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LSOE Participates in AERA Meeting More than 60 Lynch School of Education professors, researchers and graduate students discussed their most recent research and issues confronting their field at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Philadelphia.

Lynch School researchers participated in nearly 70 sessions at the largest gathering of education researchers, which took place April 3-7.

“Lynch School faculty have a strong presence at this conference in disseminating their research findings and policy analyses in dialogue with leading national and international scholars in the field,” said Lynch School of Education Dean Maureen Kenny. “These interactions are a fertile ground for stimulating and advancing innovative research that promotes social justice and informs solutions to critical issues in educational practice and policy.”

To learn more about Lynch School faculty at AERA 2014, see www.bit. ly/1l8qIDS. –Ed Hayward

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Newsmakers On the occasion of the Civil Rights Act’s 50th anniversary, CNN interviewed a group of experts including Prof. Kent Greenfield (Law) on challenges facing the law.

The Huffington Post highlighted remarks by theologian and Center for Human Rights and International Justice Director David Hollenbach, SJ, at a symposium on Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium.

Teachers are playing in global efforts to eradicate poverty, and educators need to be supported by policies that recognize those roles and encourage the development of outstanding teachers, wrote Prof.

Dennis Shirley (LSOE) in Worlds of Education Magazine.

Writing in E21.com – a compendium of news and analysis pieces hosted by a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies –­ Murray and Monti Professor of Economics Peter Ireland said the European Central Bank’s decision to

Carroll School of Management administrators, faculty and students celebrated the school’s high ranking in Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently with a reception in the Fulton Honors Lounge (Photo by Sean Smith)

allow money supply growth to fall precipitously should be a concern for Americans, because economic weakness in Europe means less demand for US exports.

BC BRIEFING The health care field needs to develop a broader understanding of the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis in men, wrote Prof. Sharlene Hesse-Biber (Sociology) in the

NOTA BENE Stokes Hall, Boston College’s newest academic building, has earned another architectural honor: a Palladio Award for New Design and Construction (greater than 30,000 square feet). The awards, co-produced by Traditional Buildings and Period Homes magazines, recognize architectural firms for outstanding work in traditional design for commercial, institutional, public and residential projects.

Designed by Tsoi/Kobus & Associates of Cambridge, Stokes opened in January of 2013 as a symbol of BC’s commitment to promoting the humanities and faculty-student interaction. Last fall, Stokes received a Bulfinch Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art New England chapter. The building also has received awards from AGC Build New England, Construction Management Association and BAC Craft.

Law School Professor R. Michael Cassidy was elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an independent, non-profit organization that is the nation’s leading research institute for the empirical study of law and the most pressing issues facing the US legal system. The ABF Fellows is an honorary organization of distinguished lawyers, judges and legal scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the profession. Less than one percent of US lawyers are nominated by their peers for Fellows membership.

Connell School of Nursing Associate Professor Danny Willis is the recipient of the Nancy M. Valentine Excellence in Leadership Award given by the New England Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (NEAPNA). The award recognizes a NEAPNA member who demonstrates vision, tenacity, perseverance, commitment, initiative and facilitation in improving mental health care and the advancement of the profession of psychiatric nursing. Willis is chairman of CSON’s Department of Nursing. A clinical specialist in adult psychiatric mental health, Willis’ expertise is in boys’ and men’s health and well-being in the aftermath of trauma and abuse, with a focus on the elements of healing.

He has conducted research on adult hate crimes, boys’ experiences of being bullied, child witness to violence and adult survivors’ of child maltreatment. He received funding from the National Institutes of Health for a study on adult male survivors’ healing from child maltreatment. Willis also holds a faculty nurse scientist appointment in the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Huffington Post.

Publications The Cognitive Neuroscience Society blog featured a study by Assoc. Prof.

Jessica Black (GSSW) on the many regions of the brain that must work together to find humor in daily situations, particularly for children.

Honors/Appointments Frederick J. Adelmann, SJ, Professor of Philosophy John Sallis, who is currently pursuing research in the philosophy of art as a senior fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies in Germany, was presented with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Prize for his contributions to philosophical thought by foundation president Helmut Schwartz.

Time and a Half Assoc. Prof. Ralf Yusuf Gawlick (Music) was the O’Brien Distinguished Professor Composer-inResidence at Scripps College, Calif., where he was involved in the west coast premiere of “Kollwitz-Konnex (...im Frieden seiner Hände),” a song cycle for soprano and guitar.

JOBS The following are among the most recent positions posted by the Department of Human Resources.

For more information on employment opportunities at Boston College, see www.bc.edu/offices/hr: Associate Director, Externships, Law School Administrative Assistant, Dean’s Office, Graduate School of Social Work Assistant Director for Program Management, First Year Experience Student Conduct Manager, Dean of Students Office Bakery Manager, Dining Services Senior Associate Athletic Director for Marketing Resident Director, Residential Life Financial Systems Manager Associate Director, Annual Giving Classes, Development

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LOOKING AHEAD Burns Library Celebrates a Legendary Jesuit Victorian Poet

By Rosanne Pellegrini Staff Writer

Boston College is celebrating one of the most influential Victorian poets, Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ (1844-1889), with a special exhibition and related events marking the 125th anniversary of his death.

“The Jesuit Victorian Poet: Gerard Manley Hopkins (18441889) 125th Anniversary” — a Burns Library display now on view until Sept. 30 – comprises singular items from its collection related to Fr. Hopkins and his family. The exhibit’s final day will feature a public lecture by University Professor of English Paul Mariani, a biographer of Fr. Hopkins, about the impact of Jesuit spirituality on Fr. Hopkins’ poetry.

“Rev. Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ, in the form of his poetry, has been a continual presence on the campus over the years,” said Burns Conservator Barbara Adams Hebard, one of the exhibit curators. “Clearly the spirituality of Hopkins’ poems resonates with the Catholic community at Boston College.”

An April 16 opening reception featured remarks from Hebrand and her co-curators: Robert A. Maryks, a Jesuit Institute visiting scholar and City University of New York associate professor of history, who initiated the exhibition; and Jude V. Nixon, a professor of English and dean of

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Burns Library held a reception last week to mark the opening of its exhibit on Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ. Jude V. Nixon, who assisted in organizing the exhibit, and his son Jeremy viewed a display. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

the College of Arts and Sciences at Salem State University, who wrote the accompanying introductory statements and bibliography.

On display are the poet’s clippings, photos and correspondence, and materials related to members of the extended Hopkins family, including manuscripts, poems, drawings, music and photographs.

Works on and about Fr. Hopkins also are on view, including the first biography, by G.F. Lahey, and a page from Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain, in which Merton received spiritual prompting from reading that biography, according to Nixon.

Other items include prints, digital copies, a Hopkins icon, and an essay by Mariani titled “Revisiting the Catholic Imagination.”

(C21 Resources, Spring 2013).

“While the world knows and celebrates Hopkins the poet,” Nixon writes in an exhibition introduction, “scholars and critics are only now beginning to appreciate an otherwise rich if still relatively unknown religious life.

For years, Hopkins the priest had remained largely in relief.”

“The magnificent, profoundly spiritual, and extraordinarily original poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins can no doubt be understood in many ways – and have been,” said Mariani, a poet and author who wrote the awardwinning, critically acclaimed Gerard Manley Hopkins: A Life.

“But from reading him for more than 50 years now, it is my experience that his words can best be understood in terms of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, which so deeply shaped him as a priest and as a

HER STORY Photos by Justin Knight

An overflow crowd came to McGuinn 121 on April 10 to hear Elizabeth Smart discuss how her experiences as a survivor of kidnapping and captivity led her to become an advocate for programs and resources to combat child abduction. She also signed copies of her book, My Story.

poet. By this I mean his sense of composition of place and the radiance of the quotidian, manifesting itself in his sacramental reading of a Spirit-saturated world and of his own increasingly complex, kenotic, and celebratory passage through that world: his and ours.”

Hebard hopes Boston College students see the exhibition “and come away with the idea of Fr. Hopkins as a role model. While a student he came to know the Catholic faith and, despite the opposition of his family, converted and became a Jesuit. It is important for students to know, as they learn new ideas and become aware of opportunities, that they will need courage and conviction to follow their own goals. Fr. Hopkins’ life as a model shows

how, in achieving his own goals, he succeeded in enriching the lives of future generations.”

Visitors will be given complimentary copies of the CD, “The Poems of Francis Thompson and Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ,” read by the late J. Robert Barth, SJ, who was College of Arts and Sciences dean from 1988-99.

The exhibition is open during regular Burns Library hours.

Visitors also may explore more of the Hopkins Family papers in the Burns Library Reading Room.

The Finding Aid for the collection (MS1991-23) can be viewed on the Burns Library website [www.bc.edu//libraries/collections/burns.html].

Contact Rosanne Pellegrini at rosanne.pellegrini@bc.edu

Gaelic Roots Welcomes Musician-Singer Faulkner John Faulkner, one of Ireland’s most respected singers of traditional and contemporary songs – as well as his own material – will perform on campus April 29 as part of the Gaelic Roots series.

The free, public event will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Walsh Hall Function Room.

An accomplished fiddle, bouzouki and guitar player who has been performing for five decades, Faulkner is particularly known for his collaboration with singer Dolores Keane – as a duet co-performer and as musical director and arranger for her band ­– as well as his appearances with eminent figures like De Dannan, Kevin Burke, Arty McGlynn and Nollaig Casey. He has toured extensively throughout the US, Canada, Scandinavia, Europe, the Far East and Australia.

His discography includes two acclaimed solo albums, “Kind Providence” and “Nomads,” and three with Keane; he also has served as a producer or co-producer on six recordings.

As a resident of London in the late 1950s and ’60s, Faulkner had the opportunity to play with one of the folk revival’s most legendary personalities, singer-songwriter Ewan MacColl. He also befriended a number of traditional Irish musicians living in Britain at the time, such as fiddler Bobby Casey, piper and concertina player Tom McCarthy and flutist Roger Sherlock, who were important influences in his musical development.

Directed by Sullivan Artist-in-Residence and master fiddler Séamus Connolly and sponsored by the Center for Irish Programs, Gaelic Roots brings to campus acclaimed musicians and experts in Irish, Scottish and other related Gaelic music traditions. For more on the series and other information, see www.bc.edu/gaelicroots.

–Office of News & Public Affairs