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Chronicle Published by the Boston College Office of University Communications APRIL 26, 2018 VOL. 25 NO. 16

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

INSIDE 2 •Seniors present theses

BC junior awarded a Truman Scholarship; two sophomores selected as Beckman Scholars

•Student veterans continue their outreach •McMullen acquires Coptic textiles safety director/ 3 •Public police chief to retire •Contreras-Godfrey is Learning to Learn director •Wall St. Dinner will honor George Mitchell

BY PHIL GLOUDEMANS STAFF WRITER

Lynch School of Education junior Natalee Deaette of Montgomery, Vt., has been named a recipient of a 2018 Harry S. Truman Scholarship, one of just 59 winners nationwide from an applicant pool of 756 candidates.

The prestigious Truman Scholarship, established by Congress in 1975 to honor the memory of the 33rd president, supports the graduate education and personal

development of standout undergraduates committed to public service leadership. Awarded on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability and a strong record of public service, the scholarship requires a detailed policy proposal that addresses a particular societal challenge.

Deaette, an applied psychology and human development major with a community advocacy and social policy concentration, and a minor in managing for social imContinued on page 5

School Pinnacle 4 •Connell Lecture is April 30 Harrington 5 •Photos: Athletics Village dedicated

muse on Hume, 6 •Scholars Good Friday Agreement •Lynch School signs MOU with Irish college •Savage’s book was finalist for literary prize

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•New women’s basketball coach is introduced •Miles is Corcoran Visiting Professor for 2018-19 •BC in the Media; Jobs

College fetes 8 •Woods Kreider at annual dinner •Photos: ALC Showdown

Natalee Deaette ’19

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“PIE’s year one has been, and will be, very busy.”

–David Olson

A Promising Start

Current events offer BC Law’s new Program on Innovation & Entrepreneurship plenty to talk about

BY PHIL GLOUDEMANS STAFF WRITER

The Boston College Law School’s burgeoning Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) couldn’t have picked a more relevant and foresighted event to kick off its 2018 activities.

In January, BC Law Associate Professor David Olson and adjunct faculty member Sayoko Blodgett-Ford coordinated a seminar, “Turning Challenge into Opportunity: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Privacy &

Security,” at IBM’s Cambridgebased security facility. The event, the fifth to be organized by PIE, focused on data and what companies such as Facebook do with that information.

Just a few months later, Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking site’s founder, came under intense scrutiny for failing to safeguard users’ data in the wake of revelations that voter profiling firm Cambridge Analytica harvested personal information of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

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REMINDER:

BY ED HAYWARD STAFF WRITER

Chemistry major Enric Adillon and biochemistry major Eric Snow have been selected as Beckman Scholars, a premier fellowship funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to support outstanding undergraduate students in the sciences.

The sophomores were chosen by a faculty committee established as part of the three-year, $156,000 foundation program award, which Eric Snow ’20 will support the selection of two scholars each year.

“Enric and Eric were selected from a pool of the top students in biology and chemistry here at Boston College who applied for the Beckman Scholars program in early March,” said Associate Professor of Chemistry Jeff Byers, a co-principal investigator on the grant and a member of the selection committee.

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CSON to Offer Doctoral Degree in Nursing Practice

BY KATHLEEN SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

The Connell School of Nursing will launch a new doctoral degree, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), in the fall of 2019 to prepare nurses for advanced practice roles. This new degree will have an increased emphasis on clinical practice, with the goal of improving patient outcomes in an increasingly complex health care system.

The DNP degree was developed to prepare advanced practice nurses — nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives and clinical nurse specialists — at the high-

est level of clinical practice. Across the country, schools of nursing are transitioning advanced practice education from the master’s to the doctoral level, according to Connell School administrators.

At its most recent national conference, the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) stated its support for the DNP as the required educational preparation for nurse practitioners to enter practice by 2025. NONPF is recommending a seamless transition from baccalaureate nursing preparation to DNP preparation for nurse practitioner students and, Continued on page 4

The annual Boston College Arts Festival begins today at noon and continues until Saturday. Programming, most free of charge, for all ages will be presented at the festival, which is open to the public as well as the BC community. There are daily events, exhibits, demonstrations (some with participation from attendees), music and dance showcases, and literary events. For all information, go to www.bc.edu/artsfestival.

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BCSVA LOOKING FORWARD The Boston College Student Veteran Association (BCSVA) will conclude a promising year of growth by participating in a pair of events next week organized by BC Baseball.

BCSVA members will join veterans from the Wounded Warrior Project and the Home Base Project in a softball game on May 3, and will be on hand for the May 5 “Military Appreciation Game” between BC and Louisville.

The group, which seeks to bolster communication among graduate and undergraduate student US military veterans, had its official launch last September with the support of the BC Veterans Alumni Network, Veterans Affinity Group and BC ROTC. Since then, the BCSVA has selected a new slate of leaders while continuing to explore ways to become more involved with BC and veteran communities in the area.

“We are aiming to be a more

visible and active group at BC, strengthening the ties between our group and the University community,” said William Kelley, who spearheaded the founding and development of the group along with fellow students Matthew Goggin, Max Palumbo, Hayley McElroy and Lisa Smith – all of whom will complete their degrees this spring.

“The interpersonal relationships formed within the BCSVA, as well as with the alumni and affinity groups – the three pillars of the BC veterans community – have been extremely valuable, and rejuvenating.”

Kelley expressed confidence in the ability of the BCSVA’s new leadership team of Cody Queen ’19, Aidan Walsh ’20 and Michael Leone ’21 and graduate students David Cote and Alexander Richer to “strengthen the connectivity” between student, alumni, faculty and staff veterans.

For information about the BCSVA, contact walshux@bc.edu.

–University Communications

The McMullen Museum of Art has acquired a rich trove of Coptic textiles, and an extensive library of accompanying volumes, from collectors Donald and Barbara Tellalian of Newton, Mass.

The Tellalian Collection – which comprises 34 Late Antique/Coptic textiles from the fourth to eighth century – is significant due to the quality, importance, and conservation of the textiles, as well as the related comprehensive library of 129 books and folios, many of which are rare volumes. Such textiles are thought to have been produced by Copts (Christian Egyptians) and other weavers throughout the Byzantine Empire. Their designs and motifs influenced the visual repertoire of the early Islamic period.

“These works of art provide material evidence that complements the research and teaching interests of many Boston College faculty who focus on the transition from paganism to Christianity in the Late Antique world,” said McMullen Museum of Art Director Nancy Netzer, a professor of art history.

The goal of the Tellalians – who collected the works over a 40-year period, through the late New York City antiquities dealer Charles Dikran Kelekian, as well as other international dealers and auction houses – is to make available for study and exhibition their carefully curated and conserved collection of textiles. Plans are underway to exhibit the collection at the McMullen Museum, and to publish the works in an e-monograph.

–University Communications Read more about the donation at http://bit.ly/mcmullen-coptic-textiles

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Jack Dunn SENIOR DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Patricia Delaney EDITOR Sean Smith

CONTRIBUTING STAFF Phil Gloudemans Ed Hayward Rosanne Pellegrini Kathleen Sullivan PHOTOGRAPHERS Gary Gilbert Peter Julian Lee Pellegrini

Presenters at last Friday’s annual Senior Thesis Poster Session included Lara Lasic (above), Maren Wilson (left) and Aaron Anderson (below).

Photos by Lee Pellegrini

ALL THEIR OWN WORK An air of celebration, accomplishment and pride filled the O’Neill Library Reading Room last Friday, as 32 Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences seniors presented their theses to peers, professors and other members of the Boston College community.

The Fifth Annual Senior Thesis Poster Session showcased the hard work and interesting research of students nominated by faculty in their respective departments and programs. Projects in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies were presented on poster boards that filled the room.

Many theses were inspired by students’ experiences studying abroad, the work they did as an undergraduate research fellow, or by passions they discovered in the classroom.

Maren Wilson combined her two majors, elementary education and environmental studies, into her thesis, “Student Connection to Nature through Contextualized Science Lessons: A Case Study in an Urban Third Grade Classroom.” Wilson conducted a case study to see how teachers can help connect students to their natural environments.

“I grew up in schools that helped me explore my natural environment,” said Wilson. “My high school acquired farmland when I was a freshman and I got to work there during the school year, and as an intern during the summer as it became a fully operating organic vegetable farm. I learned

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so much by getting my hands dirty and getting to know the natural landscapes around where I lived.”

With this experience as inspiration, Wilson decided to survey students before and after teaching a series of lessons on plants to eval-

uate their connection to nature.

“While this was a limited study in duration and sample size,” said Wilson, “I am hopeful that I’ll continue to do this kind of work in my future classrooms, testing out the best ways to teach students – particularly in urban environments – in ways that enhance their connection to their natural environment.”

Aaron Anderson, a presenter from the English Department, said, “I have been nurturing a deep appreciation for reading, studying, and most importantly, writing poetry. My thesis, ‘Anatomy of Origin,’ is an exploration of myth,

family history, and identity that hopes to combine traditional form and meter with new structural and poetical innovations.”

Lara Lasic, a student in the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program who presented her thesis “Digital Social Entrepreneurship and the Path to Ending Intimate Partner Violence in the Syrian Refugee Population,” decided to participate in the poster session because “I have been working on this project for a year and I wanted to be able to share my results with the BC community.”

Political Science faculty members Associate Professor Jennifer L. Erickson and Assistant Professor Lindsey O’Rourke, who co-organized the poster session, echoed Lasic’s sentiment.

“It’s so important for students – most of whom have been working on their project largely with only one other person, their advisor, all year – to get a chance to share their thesis research with a larger community, engage in conversations with experts and non-experts alike, and celebrate their hard work,” said Erickson, who also teaches in the International Studies Program.

Added O’Rourke, “We hope everyone left as energized and inspired by the depth and breadth of BC senior thesis research as we did.”

The session was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences and Boston College Libraries.

–Christine Balquist

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Director of public safety/BCPD chief to leave at the end of August

John M. King, director of public safety and chief of police at Boston College, has announced that he will retire at the end of August after eight years of service to the University community.

A respected campus law enforcement professional, King is credited with professionalizing the BC Police Department, improving campus security, and building strong relationships within the BC community and local police departments. His retirement marks the end of a distinguished 45-year career in collegiate policing that included leadership positions at Tufts, Bentley and Northeastern universities.

Financial Vice President and Treasurer John Burke thanked King for his dedicated service to Boston College.

“John brought a level of experience and professionalism to the position that enabled him to build a police department considered among the best in higher education,” said Burke.

“He oversaw a successful departmental accreditation in 2014 and reaccreditation in 2017, and led the implementation of a campus security upgrade that enhanced security in residence halls and academic and administrative buildings. He also built strong relations with students, faculty and staff that continue to serve the BC community well. We are grateful for his many contributions and wish him the very best

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BY JACK DUNN ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

“During the past eight years, we always looked for ways to improve our outreach to the BC community and our relationships with students, faculty and staff.”

–John M. King in his retirement.”

King said his eight years at BC were immensely satisfying, both personally and professionally, particularly given the people with whom he worked.

“It was an outstanding privilege to be part of the Boston College community, working with the great staff in BCPD and folks within the BC administration in an atmosphere of mutual friendship and collaboration,” said King. “We were able to work together to problem-solve and keep the community safe. It has been a wonderful experience.”

King said that he was proud of the successful accreditation and reaccreditation efforts he led, which helped the depart-

ment to embrace best practices that guide conduct, processes and systems within BCPD, and cited the campus security upgrade and the merger of BCPD and the offices of Environmental Health and Safety and Emergency Management into one public safety organization as a key factor in keeping the campus safe and secure.

Yet his proudest accomplishment, King said, was building trust within the Boston College community.

“During the past eight years, we always looked for ways to improve our outreach to the BC community and our relationships with students, faculty and staff. I am proud of the great strides we made in these areas, as well as our successes in professionalizing our operations through extensive training and quality staffing.”

King says that he is looking forward to “starting and actually finishing” some home projects after Aug. 31, and to his continued involvement in providing consultation with police departments and associations in need of his assistance.

“I am looking forward to the future, though I know I will miss coming to this beautiful campus every day,” said King. “When you work with a great group of people as I have at BC, you establish relationships that are not just professional. You care about them and their families. I will miss those relationships and being a part of this welcoming Jesuit community.”

Contact Jack Dunn at jack.dunn@bc.edu

Former US Senator George Mitchell, one of the most accomplished American statesmen of his generation, will be honored tonight at the annual Boston College Wall Street Council Tribute Dinner in New York City, where he will receive the President’s Medal for Excellence.

During his career, Mitchell served as a federal judge, Senate Majority Leader and a US special envoy to the Middle East, and was independent chairman of peace negotiations in Northern Ireland, which resulted in the historic Good Friday Agreement. Mitchell also has played a pivotal role in the development of Boston College’s alumni, parents and friends in Ireland and

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Wall Street Tribute Dinner Honors Mitchell

George Mitchell will receive the President’s Medal for Excellence.

has introduced future American leaders to Ireland and Northern Ireland through the Mitchell Scholarship Program. The author

of five books, including A Path to Peace (2016), Mitchell is chairman emeritus of the global law firm DLA Piper.

Some 550 people are expected to attend the event, which over the past 29 years has raised more than $30 million for the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College, an extraordinary honors program that combines rigorous course work, community service, international experience and internships. Nearly 375 Gabelli Presidential Scholars have studied at BC, earning some of the most prestigious academic awards, among them Rhodes, Marshall, Truman and Beckman scholarships and Fulbright grants.

–University Communications

Contreras-Godfrey Chosen to Head Learning to Learn

BY KATHLEEN SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

Rossanna Contreras-Godfrey has been appointed director of the Office of Learning to Learn, Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley has announced. She had served as interim director since the retirement of longtime director Dan Bunch after the 2016-17 academic year.

The Office of Learning to Learn houses the Student Support Services and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate programs, both federally funded.

Learning to Learn seeks to support all Boston College students, particularly those who are firstgeneration, low-income or other underrepresented college students or those with a disability, while providing a nurturing environment where they can achieve their full potential.

Contreras-Godfrey began her Boston College career in 1997 when she joined Learning to Learn as assistant director. She taught Applications of Learning Theory and established one of Learning to Learn’s signature programs, the College Transition Program, which brings a select group of students to campus for a two-week program the summer before freshman year to help them get acclimated to BC and the college environment.

From 2001-3, she worked at the University of Massachusetts Boston as director of GEAR UP, a program that helped prepare lowincome high school and middle school students for success in college. She returned to Learning to Learn in 2003 as assistant director and then associate director of the McNair Program, creating programs and obtaining grant funding to help prepare low-income, first-generation, and other underrepresented students for pathways to doctoral programs and careers in research and academia.

“Rossanna has committed her

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entire career to college access and persistence for first-generation and low-income students,” said Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Akua Sarr. “She is a highly experienced administrator, grant writer, and strategic thinker, and I’m thrilled that she has agreed to take on the important role of leading the Learning to Learn Office on a permanent basis.”

“Learning to Learn is focused on the needs of many students, but especially the first-generation student,” said Contreras-Godfrey, who is a resident of Boston. “We want to let students know we are here to help them and walk with them and support them.

“We are a very diverse office and when students come through our door I feel they can see someone who reflects them and that puts them at ease,” she continued.

“Our wonderful staff is very, very committed to helping students through their challenges, and celebrating their successes.”

Contreras-Godfrey has served as a member of BC’s Oscar A. Romero Scholarship Committee.

She is a member of the Church in the 21st Century Advisory Board and the Chica Project, and treasurer of the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee. She earned a bachelor’s degree and doctorate in higher education administration from Boston College and holds a master’s degree from Boston University.

Caleb Wilson ’21 and Jillian Burns ’21 arranged plants at the annual Earth Day Fair, held last Friday on Stokes Lawn. Several campus organizations ran the event, which promoted ecology, conservation and sustainability.

(Photo by Peter Julian)

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Fruitful First Year for PIE DNP Continued from page 1 “The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal vividly illustrates that personal data has become one of the most valuable assets in our modern age, and it’s central to our daily and future commerce” said Olson, PIE’s faculty director. “While we could not have predicted Facebook’s misuse of the information, the occurrence underscores the need for lawyers and students to fully understand the multiple and complex issues and challenges that result from technological innovations.”

PIE, officially launched last October with a panel about the role of law in an innovation economy, draws on BC Law faculty’s intellectual capital and student energy to develop activities and programs designed to build

in the community – on important I&E [innovation and entrepreneurship] topics. Lastly, we promote scholarly research and discussion on I&E.” Following the prescient cybersecurity conference, in February PIE co-hosted the third Annual Sports & Entertainment Symposium, “Entrepreneurship and Sports Law,” at which BlodgettFord, the chief privacy officer and a firm member at Westwood, Mass.-based GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates, moderated a panel on data privacy and protection in wearable tech, such as activity trackers and smartwatches.

Recent and upcoming spring events include the session “Mobile Apps: Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” and “Powering

“Our educational focus on cutting-edge technology and enterprise, and the crucial, concomitant legal issues so inextricably linked to innovation, enriches and better prepares our students for a rapidly changing, global legal environment.”

–David Olson

bridges between BC Law and the innovation and entrepreneurship communities in Greater Boston.

“It’s particularly fitting that, as part of its mission, BC Law should embrace a deep engagement with these important areas and with the novel legal issues they raise,” said BC Law Dean Vincent Rougeau at PIE’s launch.

“We believe that PIE sets BC Law apart,” said Olson in a recent interview. “Our educational focus on cutting-edge technology and enterprise, and the crucial, concomitant legal issues so inextricably linked to innovation, enriches and better prepares our students for a rapidly changing, global legal environment.

“Simultaneously, it advances our mission of service to the legal community, and frames entrepreneurship and innovation in terms of service to society.”

PIE hosts three types of conferences, explained Olson. “First, we bring speakers to campus who can educate our students about innovation, entrepreneurship, and the corresponding legal issues. Secondly, we facilitate discussion – both on campus and

Change: Women in Innovation & Creativity” to coincide with World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, an annual celebration of IP’s role in stimulating innovation and creativity.

This October, PIE, in collaboration with Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, will host a twoday “summit” for US lawyers and entrepreneurs on intellectual property law specific to the European Union. Seven panels featuring more than 15 moderators and speakers will explore thorny legal issues and risks relating to trademark protections, crossborder transactions, patents, and cybersecurity posed by not only conducting business with a unified Europe but by the upcoming exit by the UK in 2019.

“PIE’s year one has been, and will be, very busy,” said Olson, who counts more than 15 sponsored or co-sponsored events either completed or scheduled during PIE’s first 12 months. “During year two, we plan to facilitate more scholarly activities related to PIE, to focus on its scholastic core so that it’s grounded in a rigorous academic approach.”

Continued from page 1 along with their LACE (legal, accreditation, certification and education) network partners, is working to remove all barriers to seeing this become a reality. This future change will not affect current nurse practitioners with master’s degrees who keep their certification up to date.

The DNP will provide nurse practitioner students with more clinical experience than the Connell School’s current master’s program does, as well as additional content in the areas of quality, safety, informatics, policy and leadership, according to CSON Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Susan Kelly-Weeder, who will oversee the DNP program.

“It is simply a better way to make a nurse practitioner,” said Kelly-Weeder. “The approach is much more comprehensive. Students will learn not only how to provide care but also how to improve care.”

This month, Kelly-Weeder was named president-elect of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, an organization devoted to promoting high quality nurse practitioner education at the national and international levels.

She will hold the post of presidentelect for two years and then assume the presidency of NONPF for the following two years.

She sees a great deal of synergy between her role in NONPF and as head of CSON’s new DNP. “I’m really excited,” said KellyWeeder, who calls this advancement for nurse practitioners “revolutionary.”

Connell School of Nursing Associate Dean Susan Kelly-Weeder, who will oversee the school’s DNP program. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

The movement to doctoral prepared nurse practitioners, said Kelly-Weeder, is in response to the changes nurses are seeing in their patients and within the health care system in recent years.

“Patients are living longer, with complex medical needs. That, combined with the complexity of the health care system, means nurse practitioners need to be equipped with clinical expertise based on evidence-based practice, leadership skills, and an understanding of health care policy.”

A key requirement of the DNP will be the successful completion of a clinical practice project that will be driven by the real-life needs facing the health care settings where students are assigned.

The DNP provides nurses seeking a terminal degree with an option for the PhD. While the PhD appeals to nurses who want to be researchers and work on developing original research, said KellyWeeder, the DNP is for nurses seeking advanced practice roles, the highest level of clinical nursing

practice and the ability to translate research into practice within the clinical setting.

In an increasing number of states – not Massachusetts – nurse practitioners have been granted independent practice (i.e., are not required to have physician supervision) and in fact can open their own practices, said Kelly-Weeder, who is a family nurse practitioner and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

“The DNP will prepare nurses to be the very best advanced practice nurses possible and the BC NP student will be prepared to provide primary care throughout their communities.”

CSON’s DNP will be a two- to three-year program depending on whether students go full- or parttime. Kelly-Weeder expects that CSON will offer the only directentry DNP in the Boston area when it accepts students from nonnursing fields starting in 2020.

Contact Kathleen Sullivan at kathleen.sullivan@bc.edu

Global Health Expert to Speak at Pinnacle Lecture The Connell School of Nursing will host Rear Admiral Susan Orsega, chief nurse officer for the US Public Health Service (USPHS), at its Spring Pinnacle Lecture this Monday at 5 p.m. in the Murray Room of Yawkey Center.

A nurse practitioner with pioneering roles in global health diplomacy, Orsega will discuss how nurses can redefine the culture of health care to better serve marginalized populations in times of public health crises in her talk titled “How to Pack Your Parachute.”

Each semester, the Connell School brings a widely recognized nurse leader to campus to speak on an issue at the forefront of health care. Orsega’s lecture is free and open to CSON students, staff, faculty, alumni, as well as preceptors, practitioners and the wider community.

As chief nurse officer, Orsega leads the Commissioned Corps

of the USPHS Nurse Professional Affairs, and advises the Office of the Surgeon General and Department of Health and Human Services on the recruitment, assignment, deployment, retention, and career development of Commissioned Corps nurse professionals.

An expert on HIV/AIDS global research, advanced nursing practice, health diplomacy, and disaster response, Orsega is a leader in bringing multidisciplinary members from different governments, organizations, cultures and languages together towards a common mission, connecting talents with initiatives. One of her primary goals in every assignment is to disseminate knowledge to improve nursing practice and health systems globally.

She is a senior program management officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, and is responsible for

the operational management of international research partnerships with the South African and Malian governments. In 2015, Orsega played a fundamental role in the NIH’s Ebola response and was instrumental in the implementation of first human vaccine trial in Liberia and the operational management of the first Ebola ZMapp trial in Sierra Leone.

Her disaster care experience includes deployment on a medical team after 9/11 as well as 13 other national and international disaster/humanitarian missions.

She earned a bachelor of science in nursing from Towson University and a master’s degree from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Nurse Practitioner program. She has been inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and in the American Academy of Nursing.

–Kathleen Sullivan

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Eric Snow: “I have enjoyed my time here learning science in the lecture halls, but I am looking forward to creating my own research project in the lab.” (Photo

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Deaette Earns Truman Scholarship Continued from page 1 pact, has been intensely involved in campus activities that reflect her public service commitment and leadership, including the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC); McGillycuddy-Logue Fellows Program; the Montserrat Coalition, which provides support for students with high financial need; the Emerging Leader Program; Appalachia Volunteers; and the Global Medical

dous intellectual gifts, but her passion for fair policies and real-world action,” said Julia DeVoy, LSOE associate dean of undergraduate students. “Natalee always puts others first, does things right – but far more importantly, she does the next right thing. There seem to be no limits to her incredible spirit and no obstacle she is unwilling to tackle in the service of justice.”

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“I was the first in my family to go to college and I have had to work incredibly hard to afford it, so the fact that I am now going to receive support to go to graduate school to study what I am passionate about means the world to me.”

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Brigades, a student-led medical service program that concludes with a service trip to Nicaragua to provide medical care to underserved communities.

During her senior year, she will serve as chief of staff for UGBC and coordinator of the Emerging Leader Program.

“Natalee epitomizes the character and leadership qualities for which the Truman Scholarship was created,” said Stanton Wortham, the Charles F. Donovan, SJ, Dean of the Lynch School. “She possesses a rare blend of intelligence, passion and humility, together with a commitment to students and families from rural backgrounds who, like her, aspire to achieve. She is a very deserving recipient, and we’re proud to have her as a Lynch School student.”

“When I met Natalee, she was a first-year student, and there was clearly something exceptional about her – not just her tremen-

rector of BC’s Emerging Leader Program, offered a similar assessment. “Natalee stands out among the dozens of student leaders I’ve worked with because she serves others wholeheartedly, even when in the midst of her own challenges. In so many ways, her success is due to her resilience, character, and dedication. The Truman Scholarship will enable her to increase her positive impact on those around her, particularly those who need a strong mentor and guide.”

Truman Scholarship recipients receive a $30,000 award toward graduate school, and the opportunity to participate in professional development programming this summer at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Mo., to help prepare them for careers in public service leadership.

“Receiving the Truman Scholarship is such an honor,” said

Boston College honored University Trustee Associate John L. Harrington ’57, MBA’66, H’10, P’82, ’89, ’94 on April 14 with the dedication of the Harrington Athletics Village at Brighton Fields – the Brighton Campus home of BC’s new baseball, softball and intramural fields. The former Red Sox CEO threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the BC softball team’s game against Florida State and received an honorary jersey from University President William P. Leahy, SJ, and Martin Jarmond, William V. Campbell Director of Athletics.

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Deaette, who is BC’s 19th Truman Scholarship recipient overall.

“When I started the application process almost a year ago, it was a pipe dream that I never thought would become a reality. I was the first in my family to go to college and I have had to work incredibly hard to afford it, so the fact that I am now going to receive support to go to graduate school to study what I am passionate about means the world to me.

“I hope to focus my coursework on finding and developing solutions to the inequitable access to higher education, particularly for the often-overlooked population of rural high school students.”

A graduate of North Country Union High School in Newport, Vt., Deaette distinguished herself both as a participant and staff member at Johnson State College’s Upward Bound program, which provides low-income, firstgeneration Vermont high school students with an opportunity to prepare for collegiate success.

“Working with Upward Bound is what ultimately has pushed me to pursue a career in public service,” said Deaette, who plans to attend graduate school in educational policy and leadership. “I’ve not only experienced firsthand the difficulties that students with this background face in accessing and completing higher education, but I’ve also had the privilege of hearing the stories of countless more through my work as a staff member.”

Deaette, who is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu, the honor society of Jesuit universities, will receive her award at a ceremony at the Truman Library on May 27.

–Jack Dunn contributed to this story Contact Phil Gloudemans at philip.gloudemans@bc.edu

Beckman Scholars Relish Chance to Build on Work

Continued from page 1 plications and interviews really blew us away. They both demonstrated a passion for science and a desire to use what they discover in the lab for the betterment of society.”

As Beckman Scholars, Adillon and Snow will receive financial support for their research for two summers and their junior year.

Adillon will work with faculty mentor Byers and Snow will work with Assistant Professor of Biology Laura Anne Lowery, also a co-principal investigator on the grant.

The two students will attend the annual Beckman Scholars Symposium with their peers from around the US, as well as professional conferences in their respective fields, said Byers.

Adillon said he’s generally focused on inorganic and organometallic chemistry within his major. Specifically, his Beckman research will study the development of new catalysis systems and their application to the conversion of carbon dioxide into useful chemicals or fuels.

“This is really exciting because it will allow me to continue to do the kind of research I’ve been doing at BC and in Professor Byers’ lab for the last year-and-a-half,” said Adillon, of Short Hills, NJ. “It’s going to provide a structure and a network of peers to communicate with and relate to in a direct way. I really hope I can learn a lot about the best way to do research and ways I can improve as a scientist.”

Snow, whose research interests are in cancer and neurobiology, said he plans to study the underlying mechanisms leading to congenital heart defects in patients suffering from a rare genetic condition, Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome.

“I am elated to have the opportunity to continue my scientific research here at BC under the title of a Beckman Scholar,” said Snow, of Wayland, Mass. “It is an amazing opportunity, and

the funding will support my research project through my junior year. I have enjoyed my time here learning science in the lecture halls, but I am looking forward to creating my own research project in the lab.”

BC was one of 12 colleges and universities chosen earlier this year for Beckman Program Awards. With additional funding from the University, Byers said the Beckman program will have a higher profile on campus.

Adillon and Snow will host a Beckman Scholars Colloquium within the next year, bringing

Enric Adillon: “[The Beckman Scholarship] is going to provide a structure and a network of peers to communicate with and relate to in a direct way. I really hope I can learn a lot about the best way to do research and ways I can improve as a scientist.”

(Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

two leading scientists to campus to give talks and meet with BC students interested in pursuing careers in chemistry and biology.

“We are putting together the Beckman Scholars Colloquium, either in the fall or next spring, and hosting speakers to give talks geared toward undergraduates,” said Adillon. “We envision speakers who will help spur excitement in chemistry and biology and to do research in those fields. I think it is going to be a great couple of years.”

Contact Ed Hayward at ed.hayward@bc.edu

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Hume Event an Opportunity to Reflect on Good Friday Agreement

BY SEAN SMITH CHRONICLE EDITOR

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the historic Good Friday Agreement, Boston College will host a daylong symposium this Saturday in tribute to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume, whose indefatigable efforts to bring peace to Northern Ireland helped make the pact possible.

“John Hume: His Vision and Legacy for Ireland,” which takes place in Devlin 101 from 9 a.m.5 p.m. and is open to the public, will feature four panels of prominent scholars, journalists and government officials, who will discuss Hume’s contributions to advancing civil and human rights, and his crucial role in shaping the Irish peace process.

A Catholic from Derry and a co-founder of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume was a leading figure in the Northern Irish civil rights movement – its 50th anniversary also is being observed this year – and later became involved in behindthe-scenes negotiations between the British government and Sinn Fein. He was credited with helping broker the 1994 IRA ceasefire that led to the Good Friday Agreement. Hume shared the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize with Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble.

Hume, who visited BC several times and was awarded an honorary degree in 1995, retired from politics in 2004.

BC representatives at the April 28 symposium will include

James Murphy, CM, director of the Center for Irish Programs, a co-sponsor of the event; Seelig Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney; and Global Leadership Institute Director Robert Mauro.

Said Murphy, “John Hume is perhaps the greatest statesman produced by Ireland in the 20th century. At a time of deep division, bitterness and violence, he

American community in Boston, which included some of his earliest and most effective supporters from the world of politics, business and civil society,” said symposium co-organizer Westfield State University Professor Emerita Catherine Shannon. “One could say that Boston was more or less the headquarters for Hume’s highly successful campaign to “It’s true there is a deeply regrettable political stalemate, but no one wants to go back to the violence of past years,” says Prof. Oliver Rafferty, SJ (History), about Northern Ireland 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement. “The animosity between the two communities built up over hundreds of years, and it’s going to take a long time and a lot of work to heal.”

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always pointed the way towards reconciliation and peace. Rarely can an award of the Nobel Peace Prize have been better merited.

It is very fitting that we celebrate and assess his achievement at this symposium.”

Other highlights will include the launch of John Hume: In His Own Words, by former Hume colleague Sean Farren, who will be on hand to offer remarks. [More details available at http://bit.ly/ hume-symposium] “John Hume had an extremely close relationship with the Irish

recruit congressional leaders and thousands of Irish Americans to play very constructive roles in the search for peace and justice in Northern Ireland.”

The 20-year milestone for the Good Friday Agreement, coupled with the half-century of the Northern Irish civil rights campaign, make for a contemplative time in Irish studies and related fields, say BC faculty members.

But for some scholars, there is a personal dimension to the Troubles.

Professor of History Oliver

Rafferty, SJ, not yet in his teens when tensions began to rise in his native Belfast, remembers a cousin shot to death by assassins who had mistaken him for someone else, schoolmates killed or injured in the violence, and another who died as an IRA hunger striker.

If the post-Good Friday Agreement era has been a turbulent one – its government suspended, Northern Ireland is once again being administered directly by Britain, and there is concern about enduring Catholic-Protestant, Nationalist-Unionist divisions – it has been successful in one critical area, said Fr. Rafferty.

“People are no longer being killed: That is the most important fruit of the agreement. It’s true there is a deeply regrettable political stalemate, but no one wants to go back to the violence of past years. The animosity between the two communities built up over hundreds of years, and it’s going to take a long time and a lot of work to heal.”

Celebrating Hume’s legacy is an apt commemoration of the Good Friday Agreement and the struggle for peace preceding it, according to Fr. Rafferty and other faculty members – Hume didn’t do it all by myself, they note, but without him history would have been different.

“Hume was a pivotal figure in the evolution of the peace process,” said Fr. Rafferty. “It’s important to remember that at various times he was vilified by all sides, including the Irish Republic, because of his willingness to engage all sides. He suffered an

enormous amount for that, even within his own community.”

“What is striking about Hume is the courage he displayed through a long and difficult period,” said History Professor of the Practice Robert Savage. “He always understood that it was critical to recognize and nurture three strands that were critical to the peace process; relations within Northern Ireland, between Unionists and Nationalists; relations between Dublin and Belfast; and relations between London and Dublin.

“He was also critical in developing a better understanding of ‘the Troubles’ in the United States, engaging with figures such as Ted Kennedy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Hugh Carey and Tip O’Neill, the so-called ‘Four Horsemen,’ and encouraging them to support a peaceful resolution to the violence that took a terrible toll in Ireland over a 30-year period.”

The tribute to Hume and the Good Friday Agreement commemoration serve as a reminder that history does not stand still for good men and good deeds, said Professor of History Kevin Kenny.

“The Good Friday Agreement was in part the product of farsighted international diplomacy by the Irish, British, and US governments. With Brexit and the prospect of a restored border threatening to undermine the peace process, similar tact and vision are essential today.”

Contact Sean Smith at sean.smith@bc.edu

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Savage Book Shortlisted for Major Literary Prize

The Lynch School of Education and Mary Immaculate College – a top-ranked Irish college of education and liberal arts – have agreed in principle to develop collaborative academic and student/faculty exchange programs, according to a recent joint announcement by Stanton E.F. Wortham, the Charles F. Donovan, SJ, Dean of LSOE (above left in photo), and Professor Eugene Wall, acting president of MIC (center).

Wall and Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley (above right) signed the five-year, renewable agreement during ceremonies at Boston College last month.

Among the activities and programs likely to emerge from the MIC agreement are student exchanges, faculty-led study visits, joint master’s and doctoral-level online programs, mutual faculty exchanges and the possibility of an international master’s degree in education.

The memorandum of understanding with MIC follows a similar pact finalized in February between LSOE and the Seoul National University of Education. It’s expected that LSOE will sign as many as five additional agreements this year with mission-consistent universities in Ireland, South America and Australia.

–Phil Gloudemans Read more of this story at http://bit.ly/lsoe-mic

Professor of the Practice of History Robert Savage’s book The BBC’s ‘Irish Troubles’: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland was on the short list of candidates for the 2018 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize, among the most coveted awards for Irish scholars.

Fergal Kane’s Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love was selected for this year’s Ewart-Biggs prize, which honors works that promote and encourage peace and reconciliation in Ireland, a greater understanding between the peoples of Britain and Ireland, or closer cooperation between the partners of the European Community. The award is named in memory of the British ambassador to Ireland who was murdered by the IRA in 1976.

Past Ewart-Biggs winners in-

clude politician Garret FitzGerald, playwright Brian Friel, University of Massachusetts-Boston faculty member Padraig O’Malley, the Linen Hall Library, and journalists David McKittrick and Mary Holland.

The BBC’s ‘Irish Troubles’ – one of seven finalists for the 2018 Lee Pellegrini award – explores how the BBC’s coverage of the Troubles tested the integrity and independence of one of the world’s most trusted and respected media outlets. Savage describes how news and information about the conflict in Northern Ireland was disseminated through the most accessible, powerful and popular form of media: television. He examines whether BBC broadcasts complicated the Troubles by challenging decisions, policies and tactics developed by governments

trying to defeat a stubborn insurgency that threatened national security.

“I feel incredibly fortunate to have been short-listed for the prize,” said Savage. “The seven books listed were chosen from many published over a three-year period. The other works nominated included a collection of poems by a distinguished poet who has lived through ‘the Troubles’; a timely study of life along the Irish border; a moving memoir of ‘Bloody Sunday’; a consideration of the Protestant imagination in drama; and a diplomat’s account of negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement.

“All of us who write hope that our work will be read and appreciated, and to have the book even mentioned in the company of these writers is an incredible honor.”

–Sean Smith

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BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE MEDIA Why is there no “liberal Tea Party”? Assoc. Prof. David Hopkins (Political Science) addressed that question in an op-ed for The New York Times.

The killing of a Yarmouth Police officer has renewed statewide debate over capital punishment for cop killers, a subject Asst. Prof.

Kari Hong (Law) discussed on WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”

Joanna Bernabei-McNamee was introduced earlier this month as head coach of Boston College women’s basketball. (Photo by BC Athletics)

Bernabei-McNamee Named Women’s Basketball Coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, who completed two successful seasons as head coach of the University at Albany women’s basketball team, has been hired as head coach of Boston College women’s basketball, William V. Campbell Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond announced earlier this month.

McNamee led Albany to a 45-20 record during her two years as head coach, guiding the Great Danes to appearances in the NCAA Tournament and Women’s National Invitational Tournament, and the American East Tournament Championship in her first year. She was named the 2017 Women’s Division I Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York.

“I am grateful for this amazing opportunity,” said McNamee.

“Boston College has a nationally renowned reputation and I am honored to be a part of it. Martin Jarmond and his staff are committed to greatness and I will match their energy and enthusiasm. Together we will bring an unprecedented winning spirit back to the BC women’s basketball program. My family and I are excited and look forward to embracing the city of Boston and the great community at the Heights.”

McNamee is a former head coach of the University of Pikeville in Kentucky, where in three years she led the program to back-to-back National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics tournament berths, a Final Four appearance, and a school singleseason record 26 victories.

She served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Maryland from 2003-07, and was an integral part of the Terrapins’ 2006 national championship season – which climaxed

at Boston’s TD Garden with the Terps’ overtime victory over Duke. During her tenure, she brought in four straight nationally ranked recruiting classes, including three in the Top 10.

McNamee also spent two years at West Virginia as an assistant coach and another two at Eastern Kentucky, where she was responsible for scouting and individual player development, as well as serving as the recruiting coordinator.

“We are thrilled to welcome Joanna and her family to the Heights,” said Jarmond. “She is a proven head coach who can recruit and develop student-athletes, and who has shown she can win at the highest level. She has won at every program she has coached at, including serving as the recruiting coordinator and assistant coach for a national championship team at Maryland.

“Joanna is one of the best young coaches in the game and brings a unique experience as a program changer at multiple levels to our program at Boston College.”

A native of Weirton, WV, McNamee also enjoyed success as a basketball player at West Liberty State, where she was a Division II All-American and a four-time, first-team All-WVIAC selection. One of only four players in NCAA history to record more than 1,000 points and 1,000 assists, she still holds the NCAA Division II career assists record of 1,107 and the singlegame assists record with 24.

McNamee earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology in 1997 from West Liberty and a master’s degree in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky in 1999.

—Boston College Athletics Read more at http://bit.ly/BernabeiMcNamee

Assoc. Prof. James Weiss (Theology) was interviewed for several installments of CNN’s six-week series “The Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History.”

Prof. of Macro Practice Tiziana Dearing (BCSSW) discussed how Catholic innovation is helping mi-

grants in an interview with New England Cable News’ “The Take.”

Assoc. Prof. of the Practice Richard McGowan, SJ (CSOM), weighed in on the prospect of Wynn Resorts selling its partiallybuilt casino in Everett, Mass., to MGM on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.”

The Boston Globe highlighted initiatives that place Boston College Dining Services at the forefront of colleges and universities emphasizing convenience for students.

Small business hiring is reportedly up, but it’s also harder to find people to fill the jobs. Assoc. Prof.

Robert Murphy (Economics) assessed the findings for Market-

place Radio.

Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences faculty member Martha Bayles wrote a piece for The American Interest on how the “Xi change” under China’s president Xi Jinping is causing “an invisible earthquake.”

Prof. James Bretzke, SJ (Theology), discussed Pope Francis’ exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate with the Washington Post, while Assoc. Prof. Emeritus Rev. Robert Imbelli (Theology) described the document as deeply Ignatian in an essay for America.

Assoc. Prof. Ashley Duggan (Communication) commented on the impact of big races on neighborhoods and other aspects of the Boston Marathon for WalletHub. com.

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: Campus Minister, University Mission & Ministry Freshmen participated in the session “Step Into the Future,” held as part of the Career Center’s new program “Envision,” which took place earlier this month at Barat House on Newton Campus. In collaboration with the University Academic Advising Center, Office of Pre-Health Programs, Learning to Learn program, and Montserrat Office, Envision was created to engage with students early on during their time at BC, and assist them in reflecting on key life experiences and how these may influence their choice of major and eventual career. (Photo by Christopher Huang)

Miles to Serve as Corcoran Visiting Prof. in 2018-19 The Boston College Center for Christian-Jewish Learning recently announced the appointment of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John R. “Jack” Miles as the 2018-19 Corcoran Visiting Professor in Christian-Jewish Relations.

A Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English & Religious Studies at the University of California-Irvine, Miles is wellknown scholar and commentator on religion, politics and culture whose writings have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. His first book, God: A Biography, won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1996; his second, Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God, was named a New York Times Notable Book and led to his MacArthur Fellowship. His third book, God and the Qur’an,

is forthcoming.

Among other positions, Miles has been an editor at Doubleday, literary editor at the Los Angeles Times, and a member of the Times Editorial Board.

In academia, Miles has served as Mellon Visiting Professor of Humanities at Caltech, director of the Claremont Graduate University Humanities Center and visiting fellow with the University of Chicago Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science.

He holds a doctorate from Harvard University and pursued religious studies at Pontifical Gregorian College in Rome and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

–University Communications For more about the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, see www.bc.edu/cjlearning

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Woods College Honors Hockey Alumnus at Annual Dinner

BY PATRICIA DELANEY SENIOR DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Two years ago, a New York Times headline characterized New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider as a player with “his nose to the scholarly grindstone.” The former Boston College hockey standout — a two-time national champion during his time with the Eagles and a first-round NHL draft pick in 2009 — had signed with the Rangers in 2012, three days after his second NCAA title and six courses shy of attaining his BC degree.

Undaunted, the Boxford, Mass., native — who also is an avid reader, plays guitar, and speaks several languages — continued his studies off-season and online, and graduated from the University in 2016.

This month, Kreider returned to Boston College to receive the Woods College of Advancing Studies Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes a noted graduate of the school who embodies the Jesuit ideal of “men and women for others.”

In addition to his athletic achievements, Kreider — whom BC hockey head coach Jerry York calls “the epitome of a BC student-athlete” – regularly participates in service and charitable activities, including those in sup-

port of the Garden of Dreams Foundation, which works with the Madison Square Garden Company MSG Networks, Inc., as well as 30 partner organizations to help children who are

but at the same time pursuing my goal of getting my degree at BC,” said Wood.

Kreider received the award on April 17 at the Woods College’s annual celebratory dinner for

Woods College of Advancing Studies Dean James Burns, IVD, right, greets former Boston College hockey star Chris Kreider ‘16, winner of the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award. (Photo by Justin Knight)

facing challenges such as homelessness, extreme poverty, illness, and foster care.

He also has inspired others to continue their education, including former BC forward Miles Wood, who was tapped by the New Jersey Devils following his freshman year and has since followed Kreider’s example and enrolled in the Woods College.

“When I left, I knew that I wanted to be like Chris, living out my dream of playing hockey

members of the graduating class, their families, and friends. The event’s awards program recognizes both students and alumni of the school, which is dedicated to providing rigorous, flexible, ethics-focused academic programs for non-traditional students.

“This is always a proud, gratifying night,” said Woods College Dean James Burns, IVD. “Students come to the Woods College from a wide range of professional and personal cir-

cumstances. Some must balance their studies with multiple work or family commitments. Others have faced obstacles that prevented them from believing they could attend Boston College.

Some are new to this country.

But they all share the desire to advance their education and their lives.

“Tonight, we applaud the hard work, tenacity, and achievement of our graduating class, as well as recognize our student and alumni honorees, each of whom demonstrates Boston College’s Jesuit education ideal of men and women for others in service to the greater good,” Fr. Burns said.

This year’s Richard Lombard Award, the school’s highest undergraduate honor, went to Haeseong Shin, a native of South Korea who moved to the US when he was 12. He began his studies at the Woods College focused on economics, but soon found himself drawn to major in philosophy. A member of the Jesuit honor society, Alpha Sigma Nu, he has been accepted to several philosophy graduate programs.

Martin Peter Keogh, a student in the MS in Cybersecurity Policy & Governance program, received the Woods College’s highest graduate student honor.

Keogh, an alumnus of the US Naval Academy, was commissioned in the Marine Corps and

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has served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He now plans to pursue a career in the cybersecurity field, and is currently deciding among several opportunities.

Other alumni honored for service to their communities and to the Woods College include Richard M. Reilly MS’03, P’19, a former senior vice president of the American Arbitration Association, and longtime member and past president of the Woods College Alumni Council, and Lisa Hassan ’97, whose Compass Medical team provides compassionate care for radiology patients, and who is a former chair of the school’s alumni executive council.

This year’s guest speaker was Brian Kelly, a member of the Boston College Board of Regents and co-founder of Eastern Real Estate LLC, a leading commercial real estate investment, development, and asset management firm. Kelly, whose oldest child has autism, has a longstanding commitment to supporting autism-related causes and is chairman of the national advocacy nonprofit Autism Speaks.

–Boston College Athletics contributed to this story

Contact Patricia Delaney at patricia.delaney@bc.edu

UP FOR A SHOWDOWN

Photos by Yiting Chen

There was an array of styles, sounds and sights at Conte Forum on April 14 for the ALC Showdown – the annual competition and showcase for Boston College’s student dance ensembles. First prize in the Competition category went to Sexual Chocolate, while PATU (Presenting Africa to You) took top honors in the Culture category; Dance Ensemble of BC won the People’s Choice Award. Also performing at the event was Lil Phunk, the junior dance team for the Boston Celtics.