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Chronicle Published by the Boston College Office of News & Public Affairs september 1, 2016 Vol. 24 no. 1

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UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION

STRIKE UP THE BAND

Leadership: No Time for University to Rest on Success

Center, CSI aiding 2 •Shea Forbes competition

By Sean Smith Chronicle Editor

•BC’s Juice hits big time

administra3 •Healthcare tion program at Woods •Pemberton to speak at First Year Convocation

As part of Welcome Week activities, the Class of 2020 took part in “Superfan 101” – an overview of Boston College traditions and rituals, with introductions of the football team, Spirit Squad, and Screaming Eagles Marching Band. More photos on pages 2 and 12. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

look at the BC 4 •Taking Class of 2020 •Obituary: Music scholar T. Frank Kennedy, SJ residence hall, Mc5 •New Mullen Museum highlight campus construction

6-7 •While You Were Away: BC news from the summer

9 •Sociologist McGuffey

wins prestigious award

10 •Gaelic Roots fall slate •Writing retreat earns faculty praise •Affiliates program seeks applicants School hosts 11•Lynch STEM workshop for

Boston, China students •BC alum is Boston’s new auxiliary bishop

12 •“Beyond Words” on

display at new McMullen

Lasting Impact

The final numbers for the ‘Light the World’ campaign are in, and they point to some very positive signs for the University’s future

By Jack Dunn Director of News & Public Affairs

Boston College’s record-breaking “Light the World” campaign raised a total of $1.605 billion, exceeding its goal by more than $100 million, the University announced recently.

The campaign, one of the most successful in higher education this decade, featured gifts from 140,000 donors and more than tripled the results of BC’s “Ever to Excel” campaign, which raised $441 million in 2003.

Publicly launched in 2008 to support the priorities identified in the University’s 2006 Strategic Plan, “Light the World” greatly enhanced student financial aid through the establishment of 380 financial aid funds and more than 1,000 current-use scholarships for BC students. This year, Boston College will award $114 million in undergraduate need-based financial aid and remain one of only 19 private universities that are need-blind

in admissions and meet the full demonstrated need of all accepted students.

The campaign also established 31 full and assistant endowed professorships, two endowed deanships and 10 major research centers, including the Institute for the Liberal Arts; Shea Center for Entrepreneurship; Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics; Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action; Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy; Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy; Lynch Leadership Academy; Roche Center for Catholic Education; McGillycuddy-Logue Center for Undergraduate Global Studies, and Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies.

In addition, the “Light the World” campaign enabled the construction of Stokes Hall, the new McMullen Museum of Art at 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, the new Thomas More Apartments residence hall at 2150 Commonwealth Avenue [see page 5] and the Continued on page 8

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Even with the completion of a record-breaking fundraising campaign that surpassed many expectations, Boston College’s senior leadership served notice at Tuesday’s University Convocation that there is no time for complacency about BC’s future.

Already, the speakers noted, various members of the University community are working on the next set of institutional priorities through the University Strategic Planning Initiative (USPI), engaged in critical, broad-based academic and student formation initiatives, and assessing the state of the University’s capital and budget operations to meet ongoing and future needs.

All the while, University President William P. Leahy, SJ, told the audience in Robsham Theater, Boston College must continue to deepen knowledge of, and commitment to, its mission to foster a culture “that blends intellectual development with character formation.”

Fulfilling this mission – and maintaining “a sense of campus

community” – amid tensions in American society about race, gender identity, socio-economic pressures and political issues, including the presidential election, is an additional challenge, said Fr. Leahy.

But he averred that Boston College – “proud of its achievements, confident in its direction, and ambitious for its future” – would continue to live up to its ideals as a Jesuit, Catholic university.

Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley – who along with Executive Vice President Michael Lochhead also spoke at Convocation – underscored the need for a sense of urgency: “We’ve accomplished a great deal over the last two generations at BC. A key challenge for the next decade and beyond is to avoid any sense that we can ease up. The competition we now face is stiffer than ever.”

Despite their cautions, Fr. Leahy, Quigley and Lochhead all made a point of praising the efforts behind the “Light the World” campaign [see story on this page] and its value to the University. Fr. Leahy said BC owed “a large debt of gratitude” to Senior Vice President for Advancement Jim HusContinued on page 3

Aer Lingus Football Classic a Case Study in Teamwork

By Sean Smith Chronicle Editor

This Saturday, the Boston College football team will begin its 2016 season clear across the Atlantic Ocean, almost 3,000 miles from home – and yet the Eagles will be among plenty of friends and supporters.

BC will take on Atlantic Coast Conference rival Georgia Tech at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, which will be televised on

ESPN2. Some 6,000 tickets have been sold to BC football fans, making it one of the largest awaygame turnouts in BC history. This will be the second time a BC football game has been played in Ireland; in 1988, BC defeated Army in the Emerald Isle Classic, held at Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin.

Saturday’s game will be the climax of several days of special events and activities held to mark the occasion, including a talk by Continued on page 9

“Boston College has a great track record when it comes to meeting goals and deadlines in our capital projects. Some factors are out of our control, obviously, such as weather. That’s why a good working relationship is so important: It enables you to effectively address those areas where you do have control.”

–Associate Vice President for Capital Projects Management Mary Nardone, page 5

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HELPING CHANGE THE WORLD The Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship at the Carroll School of Management and the Boston College School of Social Work-based Center for Social Innovation will serve as the official academic partners for the Forbes $1 million Global Change the World pitch competitions taking place in Boston as part of the 2016 Forbes Under 30 Summit Oct. 16-19.

The summit, expected to bring together more than 5,000 global entrepreneurs and game-changers of all ages, will take place at several venues in Boston, including Faneuil Hall and other academic institutions. Two hundred speakers are slated to participate, including Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Alba, Deepak Chopra, Chrissy Teigen, Bobby Flay, Maria Sharapova and Adam Neumann.

As part of the event, Forbes is partnering with Kutcher and Guy Oseary, co-founders of Sound Ventures, as well as Boston-based Rough Draft Ventures, to host a $500,000 global competition for early stage for-profit entrepreneurs who have disruptive and scalable ideas with the potential to change the world. Forbes and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation also will co-host a $500,000 competition for USbased social entrepreneurs seeking to advance solutions for improving educational outcomes for students pre-K through grade 12 nationwide, with particular focus on lowincome and urban communities.

Students, alumni, faculty,

and staff of the Shea Center will manage the initial review and assessment of approximately 2,000 applications for the competitions, with final decisions to be made by the official Under 30 Summit judging team.

“The Boston College team is excited to be a part of this effort, building upon its entrepreneurship work in Boston and around the world,” said Jere Doyle, executive director of the Shea Center. “It’s going to get the entire BC community involved and that’s the whole idea here. This is a great opportunity, particularly for our mission to train students around entrepreneurship, how to work in an entrepreneurial environment, and how to be great entrepreneurs on both the social entrepreneurship and for-profit sides.”

Added Center for Social Innovation Co-Director Stephanie Berzin, a BCSSW associate professor, “The Forbes competition works to find ‘disruptive, scalable solutions’ to the world’s most pressing problems. This opportunity to bring the University together with practice, media, and business demonstrates the power of collaboration.

Today’s global problems need us to work across lines to foster the most effective solutions. We are thrilled to be part of that endeavor.”

For more information about the Change the World competitions, see beta.younoodle.com/ competition/forbes_under_30_ summit.

–Office of News & Public Affairs

The Office of International Programs [www.bc.edu/international] will hold its annual Study Abroad Fair on Sept. 14 from 6-8 p.m. in Conte Forum, offering a chance for undergraduates to learn about semester, academic-year and summer international education opportunities. Students can also obtain information about scholarships, and meet and talk with returnees from study-abroad programs.

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 Siobhan Sullivan Photographers Gary Gilbert Lee Pellegrini

Members of the Class of 2020 socialized prior to the start of last week’s University Welcome in Conte Forum (at left). Freshmen also learned about specialized academic programs and majors/minors, volunteer opportunities, campus retreats, recreation, student employment and other opportunities (above) and posed for a class photo at Superfan Day (below left).

Photos by Lee Pellegrini

THEY GOT THE GIG You know who had a really good summer? That would be Juice, a band of BC undergraduates (and one alumnus) that took the $20,000 grand prize at the fifth annual Land the Big Gig music competition at this year’s Summerfest in Milwaukee – the very first festival performance for the eight-piece ensemble.

More than 150 entrants from around the country submitted audition videos to the event, with the pool winnowed by music industry professionals to three performing finalists.

Deemed “stunningly good” by one judge at the competition, Juice plays a mixture of funk, hip hop, R&B, rock, pop, and alternative influences.

In the two years since its formation, Juice has won BC’s Battle of the Bands twice, and has grown steadily in popularity, performing not only on campus but also

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headlining at local venues such as Brighton Music Hall, the Middle East Downstairs, Boston’s House of Blues Foundation Room, and at New York City’s Mercury Lounge.

The band includes vocalist Ben Stevens ’18 of the Carroll School of Management; vocalist and electric violinist Christian Rougeau ’18, vocalist and guitarist Kamau Bur-

ton ’17, guitarists Daniel Moss ’17 and Michael Ricciardulli ’17, drummer Miles Clyatt ’17, and keyboardist Chris Vu ’17, all students from the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences; and bassist Rami El-Abidin, who graduated in 2015 with a degree in psychology. Juice raised more than $15,000 on Indiegogo to make its self-titled debut album, released in late April.

“From Boston to Milwaukee, it’s a whirlwind,” Stevens told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“We’re honored. It wasn’t even about the money. It was such an electric experience for all of us. It’s sublime. I can’t even put it into words.”

Go to the band’s website at www.itstimeforjuice.com to learn more about their story, and to listen to their album.

–Office of News & Public Affairs

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BC Launches Healthcare Admin. Program USPI, Other Initiatives to able to see that the MHA graduates program draws on resources from Take Shape This Year have hit every one of the compe- BC’s Connell School of Nursing,

By Sean Hennessey Staff Writer

Lee Pellegrini

To address the growing demand for high caliber, ethical leadership for the increasingly complex healthcare industry, Boston College is launching a Master of Healthcare Administration degree program through its Woods College of Advancing Studies. The online degree program, designed to provide an employer-aligned curriculum grounded in ethics and values, is now accepting applicants for its first session through its website: onlineMHA.bc.edu.

[A virtual open house for the program will be held at noon on Sept.

13. Register at on.bc.edu/mhawebinar.] ​The launch of the Boston College MHA program coincides with a growing demand for healthcare leaders in this rapidly evolving field. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs for medical and health services administrators and managers are projected to grow 17 percent from 2014 to 2024.

Critical input from a broad range of healthcare leaders enables the BC MHA program to be specifically aligned with industry needs. The program is competency-based, allowing students to leverage what they have already learned on the job and focus on the skills and knowledge they need to advance their career.

“Prospective employers will be

tencies expected of them,” said Woods College Dean James P. Burns, IVD. “Our graduates will be prepared to take on positions in management or executive leadership.”

The program — which can typically be completed in two years, with the potential to finish in one — is highly personalized and blends real-time, faculty-led

Steve Bowman is director of the Master of Healthcare Administration degree program in the Woods College of Advancing Studies.

sessions with self-paced learning elements to ensure maximum flexibility. Twelve courses are offered in six- to eight-week formats with multiple enrollment points throughout the year, and students will have a dedicated executive coach to guide them through the curriculum. In addition, the

Carroll School of Management, and Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies.

“Linkages with employers are critically important to help ensure the marketability of our graduates,” said MHA Program Director Steve Bowman. “Those connections and partnerships provide a level of student support that goes beyond delivering content. Input from leading healthcare organizations will continue to influence the BC MHA curriculum, competencies, and course projects.”

“There’s clearly a critical need for a top-notch program in the Boston area that can meet both employer demand and employerdetermined competencies,” said Fr. Burns. “This is exactly what this program does; we created it with those needs in mind.

“The emphasis on ethics and values, consistent with the Jesuit educational principle of using knowledge for the betterment of society, is a key differentiating factor in the BC MHA. Our program stresses a patient-centered perspective,” said Fr. Burns. “By graduating highly qualified, morally responsible, dedicated healthcare professionals from this program, we hope to improve how individuals are treated within the healthcare system.”

Contact Sean Hennessey at sean.hennessey@bc.edu

Mass, First Year Academic Convocation Sept. 8 Boston College’s traditional “opening ceremonies” for the academic year will take place on Sept.

8, beginning at noon with the Mass of the Holy Spirit on the Plaza at O’Neill Library (rain location is Conte Forum), and the annual First Year Academic Convocation at 7 p.m. in Conte Forum. Both events are open to the University community.

The featured speaker at First Year Academic Convocation will be Steve Pemberton ’89, H’15, vice president of diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance. He is the first alumnus to address the First Year Academic Convocation.

In his memoir A Chance in the World — which was given to all first-year students at orientation — Pemberton recounts the story of his harsh upbringing in the foster care system and his search later in life for his identity and family.

Despite a bleak childhood where a caretaker described him as a boy who would not have “a chance in the world,” Pemberton has gone on to become a pioneering corporate

Steve Pemberton ’89, H’15 will speak at the First Year Convocation.

executive, youth advocate, motivational speaker, husband and father.

His life story is about resiliency, the power of small kindnesses, tenacity, faith and the human spirit.

Immediately prior to Pemberton’s address, the Class of 2020 will take a torch-lit walk from Linden Lane to Conte Forum in the First Flight Procession, mirroring the same walk they will make on their graduation day. The first-year

students will be sent off on First Flight with a blessing and a call to take up the words of Jesuit founder Saint Ignatius of Loyola to “go set the world aflame.”

Earlier in the day, the Mass of the Holy Spirit will be presided

by University President William P. Leahy, SJ. The Mass, a traditional opening of the school year at Jesuit institutions dating back to the Middle Ages, is open to members of the University community of all faiths.

Noon classes are canceled.

Students, faculty, and staff will participate as greeters, lectors and Eucharistic ministers. Members of the BC Jesuit community and other priests at BC will concelebrate the Mass. Vice President and University Secretary Terrence P. Devino, SJ, will be the homilist and the Liturgy Arts Group will provide music.

The Mass of the Holy Spirit is organized by the Office of Campus Ministry and First Year Academic Convocation is organized by the Office of First Year Experience, both of which are in the Division of University Mission and Ministry.

–Kathleen Sullivan

Continued from page 1 son, Vice President for Development Beth McDermott “and their team as well as to deans, faculty, and administrators who gave so much time, energy, and creativity to making our campaign a grand and unprecedented success.”

McDermott – who became vice president for development last summer after having served as associate vice president since 2014 – was among recent senior academic and administrative appointees Fr. Leahy cited in his remarks.

He also recognized three new deans – Gautam Yadama (School of Social Work), Thomas Stegman, SJ (School of Theology and Ministry) and Stanton Wortham (Lynch School of Education) – and John Burke, appointed vice president for finance and treasurer in December.

Fr. Leahy identified several specific objectives ahead, such as recruiting and retaining quality students (in part by offering generous financial aid), protecting BC’s financial base and balance sheet, assessing appropriate levels for research and graduate education, reducing the deficit in intercollegiate athletics, and continuing efforts to maximize fundraising and prepare for the next campaign.

Sharing some general reflections about BC – which he described as a “strong, vibrant, attractive, top-tier university” – Fr. Leahy pointed to the University community itself as representing BC’s greatest strengths: students (“quality, generous, engaged, national in origins and increasingly international”); faculty (“talented, dedicated, serious about teaching, research, and service, more invested in a culture of formation”); and staff (“generous, connected and loyal to BC, willing to help, especially in times of need”).

He also noted that 90 percent of faculty and staff, according to a recent University survey, reported “they are committed to working at BC because of its mission, vision and core values.”

Lochhead and Quigley both touched on the progress of the USPI, which began over the past year and is scheduled to complete a plan in early 2017; Fr. Leahy chairs the USPI executive committee, whose members include Quigley, Lochhead, Husson, Burke and Vice President for University Mission and Ministry Jack Butler, SJ. Twenty-four teams have been assembled to assess all of the schools, several key administrative areas and seven University-wide initiatives. More than 200 people from the BC community have “engaged in meaningful ways on this effort,”

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said Lochhead, who along with Quigley chairs the USPI steering committee and will hold openhouse meetings this fall to discuss the project.

Lochhead gave an overview of the University’s financial picture, which despite a negative return on the endowment in fiscal year 2016 he said remains positive, not only because of the infusion from “Light the World” but also due to BC’s sound organization and long-term planning. Monitoring and controlling expenses will continue to be a major priority, he said, as will areas such as technology and information security measures to protect data.

He also reviewed recent construction around campus [see story on page 5], such as the Thomas More Apartments residence hall and new McMullen Museum of Art, and ongoing and upcoming projects, including the new recreation center.

Quigley’s report touched on the core curriculum renewal, which is now in its second year of introducing faculty-created pilot courses that reflect the criteria of the recent core initiative.

He praised Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Dean Gregory Kalscheur, SJ, Associate Dean for the Core Julian Bourg and Institute for the Liberal Arts Director Mary Crane for their leadership on the core renewal, and invited faculty to submit ideas for new courses.

Quigley noted that BC is currently in the midst of reaccreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education – with Special Assistant to the President Robert Newton overseeing the process at BC – which he said afforded the University an opportunity to review and reflect on its programs and practices.

Yet another prominent academic initiative, Quigley said, is the proposed Institute for Integrated Science and Society, the planning and preparation for which is being directed by Fr. Kalscheur and Vice Provost for Research and Planning Thomas Chiles. They, along with a committee to be appointed shortly, will discuss the nature and design of the institute’s facility, its core research foci, the launch of its academic programs, and criteria for its founding director.

“In other words,” he said, “a very busy year for all of us.”

Contact Sean Smith at sean.smith@bc.edu

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obituary

Fr. Kennedy, Jesuit Music Scholar

‘Exceptional Quality’ in Class of 2020 It’s not just statistics that make this year’s freshman class outstanding

Gary Gilbert

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Aug. 26 for former Boston College Jesuit Institute Director T. Frank Kennedy, SJ ’71, an internationally recognized scholar of the Jesuit music tradition and a founding member of the University’s Music Department, who died on Aug. 19. He was 67.

A talented keyboardist, Fr. Kennedy – who also held the position of Peter Canisius Professor of Humanities and Music at BC – was a music historian with a keen interest in the growth and development of Jesuit early music and its role in the early Jesuit missions to various far-flung new lands.

He was known in particular for his groundbreaking scholarly work in South American and European archives to unearth the rich history of “mission music” and its diverse musical forms, associated especially with the Jesuit settlements in Paraguay and Brazil. Fr. Kennedy’s research established this genre as a subject of research interest separate from European “cathedral music” long studied by musicologists.

It also led to his transcription of one opera from the Paraguayan missions, “San Ignacio de Loyola” by Domenico Zipoli, which he staged at BC during a 1997 conference on early Jesuit contributions to culture and art. In 2006, at the request of Jesuit Superior General Hans Kolvenbach, SJ, Fr. Kennedy produced a performance of the opera at the historic Jesuit Church of Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale during the commemoration of the 450th anniversary of the death of Society of Jesus founder Ignatius Loyola.

In 1991, Fr. Kennedy had staged another Jesuit opera, “The Apotheosis or Consecration of Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier” – first performed in Rome in 1622 to celebrate the canonization of the two Jesuit saints – as part of the 1991 Ignatian Year.

The two Jesuit operas exemplified Fr. Kennedy’s contribution to expanding knowledge of the larger field of Jesuit music – the oratorios, operas, and musical dramas commissioned by early Jesuit colleges and churches from prominent composers of the day and the elaborate performance tradition often associated with these works.

As a board member and then director of the Jesuit Institute from 2002-14, Fr. Kennedy played a major role in promoting and supporting the emerging field of Jesuit studies.

He and Jesuit historian John W. O’Malley, SJ, organized two international conferences that brought together scholars from across the disciplines whose work touched on the early Jesuits. The conferences, and the volumes these produced, connected studies of early Jesuit culture and practices in the sciences, medicine,

By Jack Dunn Director of News & Public Affairs

mathematics, music, visual art, publishing and communications, demonstrating the coherence of what would otherwise have been scattered pieces of research.

“Jesuit. Catholic. Faith. Culture.

Those are important words for the mission of the institute,” said Fr. Kennedy, in an interview with the Boston College Chronicle upon his appointment as Jesuit Institute director. “I hope to broadcast a message of openness that the Jesuit Catholic tradition has always meant to BC, the kind of openness that encourages finding answers to the eternal questions of the human identity.”

A Rhode Island native, Fr. Kennedy entered the Society of Jesus after his freshman year at the College of the Holy Cross and studied philosophy and classics at BC as part of his training. He earned a master’s of fine arts degree in harpsichord and baroque performance at Tulane University, then did his doctoral dissertation in musicology at the University of California-Santa Barbara on the musical traditions of early Jesuit colleges and churches in Europe.

In 1988, Fr. Kennedy became one of the first two tenure-track faculty members in the University’s new Music Department. As department chair, he was credited with adding course offerings, raising the professional level of the faculty, and expanding the schedule of concerts and performances offered by students and professional artists to the public.

Fr. Kennedy filled important roles in the Boston College Jesuit Community, as prefect of St. Mary’s Chapel, and rector of the community. He also served as a member of the University Board of Trustees, the Provost Committee on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, The Church in the 21st Century “From Crisis to Renewal” forum, and the Religion and the Arts editorial board, among others.

This past spring, Fr. Kennedy was presented with the BC Arts Council Faculty Arts Award for outstanding contributions to the arts at Boston College through scholarship, the presentation of artistic work, teaching and/or community engagement.

–Office of News & Public Affairs [Read the full obituary at http:// bit.ly/2c6tLKK]

Boston College has enrolled an impressive class of first-year students, with 2,319 highly accomplished freshmen from an applicant pool of 28,956 entering BC from 46 states and 41 countries.

Nanci Tessier, vice provost for enrollment management, described the Class of 2020 as an incredibly gifted and diverse group that includes class presidents, yearbook editors, budding scientists and students who have made a deep commitment to helping others through community service.

Among the incoming class, she noted, is a student who has done biomedical research at a biomaterials lab in France; a Mexican immigrant who founded an organization that provides tutoring for bilingual elementary school pupils; an archaeology assistant at Earthwatch Institute who has excavated third century Roman ruins in Populonia, Italy; and a musician who appeared alongside Bruno Mars, Guns N’ Roses and other notable performers this summer at Lollapalooza in Chicago and Milwaukee’s Summerfest.

“When I think about this incoming class, I imagine what it is like for a student from a rural American town to sit in a classroom next to a student from Shanghai,” said Tessier.

“It’s an incredible opportunity for growth because of the way in which BC faculty will involve these talented students in intellectually engaging conversations and bring multiple points of view into a lively discussion.

This will happen not only in the classroom, but in residence halls and in numerous conversations in The Chocolate Bar and other gathering spots on campus. It’s a time of great excitement to have this exceptional quality of student on our campus.”

Overall, 32 percent of the class is composed of AHANA students and international students of color; 54 percent are female, 46 percent male; and one in nine is a first generation college student. They come from a total of 1,334 high schools, with 53 percent having attended public schools, 27 percent Catholic schools and 20 percent independent schools.

Geographically, the top five states represented in the Class of 2020 are Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, California and Connecticut. International students, who comprise seven percent of the class, come from 41 countries that include China, Ireland, Costa Rica, Singapore, Finland, Republic of Korea, Canada, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, Honduras, Spain, Madagascar and Trinidad and Tobago, among others.

Approximately, 60 percent of the class will receive financial aid, with an average financial aid grant of $38,930. In total, Bos-

and Princeton.

Of the 2,319 first-year students, 67 percent are enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences; 23 percent in the Carroll School of Management and five percent in both the Connell School of Nursing and the Lynch School of Education.

In addition to the robust class of incoming freshmen, Tessier said that 141 transfer students joined Boston College from 24 states and territories and four countries. Seventeen percent are AHANA, 10 percent are international citizens and 11 percent are first-generation students.

“It takes an entire campus

“When I think about this incoming class, I imagine what it is like for a student from a rural American town to sit in a classroom next to a student from Shanghai. It’s an incredible opportunity for growth because of the way in which BC faculty will involve these talented students in intellectually engaging conversations and bring multiple points of view into a lively discussion.”

–Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Nanci Tessier

ton College is providing $35.7 million in financial aid to the Class of 2020, out of its overall 2016-2017 undergraduate financial aid budget of $140 million. BC remains one of only 19 private universities that is needblind in admission and meets the full demonstrated need of all accepted students.

Citing BC’s selectivity in admitting students, Tessier noted that the SAT range from the 25th to the 75th percentile was 1910-2150 for the incoming class, which compares to 12401720 nationally. The crossapplication institutions with which BC competes for students include Notre Dame, Georgetown, University of Virginia, New York University, University of Michigan, UCLA, University of Pennsylvania, Tufts, Cornell, Brown, USC, Harvard

community to enroll such a gifted group of students,” said Tessier. “I am grateful for the good work of my colleagues in Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid for bringing such talent to the University. I also thank those across the campus – from the maintenance and physical plant crew who ensure that the Heights looks beautiful for the thousands of visitors who grace our campus, to the staff and faculty who welcome prospective and admitted students to their classrooms and offices.

We appreciate all that is done to support our student recruitment efforts.”

Contact Jack Dunn at jack.dunn@bc.edu

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The University welcomes two new buildings – the Thomas More Apartments residence hall and the McMullen Museum of Art – and, and after four decades, is saying goodbye to Edmond’s Hall location.

Associate Vice President for Capital Projects Management Mary Nardone lauded the efforts of Facilities Management personnel, private contractors and others who helped the projects to finish on time.

“Boston College has a great

Students began moving into the Thomas More Apartments residence hall (which also houses University Health Services) late last month. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

Edmond’s Hall, future site of a new recreation facility.

The Thomas More Apartments residence hall at 2150 Commonwealth Avenue last month formally opened its doors to some 490 upperclassmen. The approximately 240,000 square-foot building, occupying the former site of More Hall, also is the new home of University Health Services, which moved from Cushing Hall.

The McMullen Museum, meanwhile, is set to launch the first exhibition, “Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections,” [see story on page 12] at 2101 Commonwealth Avenue, where it moved after 23 years at its original Devlin Hall

track record when it comes to meeting goals and deadlines in our capital projects,” she said. “Some factors are out of our control, obviously, such as weather. That’s why a good working relationship is so important: It enables you to effectively address those areas where you do have control. And the level of cooperation and communication we’ve seen has been exemplary.”

As Nardone and Senior Construction Project Manager Edward Stokes note, thorough planning and sound decision-making also can mitigate the impact of unforeseen developments – as was the case shortly after the residence hall project began in the summer

of 2014.

“We front-loaded some of the project, like expediting the installation of structural steel,” explained Stokes. “By doing that, we were in a much better position when the bad winter of 2015 hit; if we hadn’t, we would’ve had some significant delays.

“Then because this winter was really quite mild and with far, far less snow, we were able to accomplish more than we might have anticipated, especially in the exterior work.”

The new three-wing residence hall, which features four and six-bed apartments and two staff-in-residence apartments, encompasses a southwest-facing, multi-tiered courtyard with considerable open recreational space.

Its exterior is composed of brick, granite, a combination of flat and slate-covered pitched roofs, and a mix of punched windows and curtain wall elements.

A hallmark of Thomas More Apartments, according to Nardone and Stokes, is the amount of public and common areas, including a lobby that is accessible during the day and an adjacent 90-person function room that includes a catering prep area and audiovisual equipment.

“The lobby is not just a ‘passthrough’ area,” said Nardone.

“We feel it will be an ideal meetup place, especially when you consider 2150’s location in relation to Brighton Campus, the MBTA stop and the rest of Lower Campus.” But the University balances the accessibility with security measures, she said: For example, all residence hall apartments require a PIN and a card swipe to enter.

Energy-efficient and conservation-friendly – constructed to take full advantage of natural light – the building features numerous study lounges, seminar, conference and meeting rooms, as well as small “connector areas” with chairs and couches between the building’s wings to further accommodate and promote socializing.

A reflection and prayer room is available for smaller gatherings that have a spiritual dimension, and there are three music practice rooms.

Gary Gilbert

The Thomas More Apartments lobby, photographed earlier this year.

The McMullen Museum of Art’s new venue on Brighton Campus.

Revival style. The architecture firm DiMella Shaffer reconfigured the existing 23,000-square-foot space and designed a three-story, 7,000-square-foot glass addition, tripling the museum’s exhibition areas. The renovation preserved the building’s exterior façade, with a design that complements the architecture of the existing building.

The museum’s main galleries are on the second floor, with a smaller gallery and support space on the third, and a rooftop ter-

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Funded in part by a gift to Boston College from the McMullen Family Foundation, the new McMullen Museum venue was built in 1927 in the Roman Renaissance

Workers installing the McMullen Museum’s stained glass triptych.

race. A conference center with reception rooms on the first floor displays Old Master and 19thcentury American paintings from the museum’s permanent collection. The glass atrium offers generous natural light and views of the formal lawn and grounds and showcases a 127-year-old stained glass triptych – with a preaching Christ, St. John the Evangelist and St. Paul – by American stained glass artist John La Farge (1835–1910).

The triptych was a gift from McMullen Museum patrons William Vareika ’74 and his wife Alison, parents of 2009 and 2015 BC graduates, made in honor of University President William P. Leahy, SJ, Chancellor J. Donald Monan, SJ, late Vice President and Special Assistant to the President William B. Neenan, SJ, and John La Farge, SJ, the artist’s son.

“The renovation and expansion of this landmark Renaissance Revival building has created a state-of-the-art facility that will enhance the McMullen’s role as a leading presenter of exhibitions of international importance and multi-use spaces for displaying Old Master and American paintings from the Museum’s collection,” said McMullen Museum Director and Professor of Art History Nancy Netzer. “With this building the McMullen joins the ranks of this country’s finest university museum facilities.”

Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley said, “The McMullen Museum of Art has a well-earned reputation for organizing and hosting worldclass exhibitions that bring scholars from around campus and across the globe into conversation about the visual arts and the humanities more broadly.

“The McMullen has over the last two decades enriched our campus culture and attracted audiences from around the Boston area and well beyond. The museum’s marvelous new home on the Brighton Campus is cause for campus-wide celebration as it affords expanded and glorious new space for future exhibitions.”

The demolition of Edmond’s Hall began in early August and is expected to be “down to the ground” by Labor Day, said Nardone. The site should be clear by Oct. 1, and – pending approval – utility work will begin. Once that phase is complete, she said, foundation work will begin on the new 240,000-square-foot recreation facility that will replace the Flynn Recreation Complex; construction will continue through 2018, with the opening slated for early 2019. [Read the announcement about the new athletics facility at http://bit.ly/2bfiRH2] –Sean Smith and Rosanne Pellegrini

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Boston College entered the 2016-17 academic year with new faces in three key leadership posts: •Gautam N. Yadama became dean of the School of Social Work, after serving as assistant vice chancellor for international affairs and professor in the George Warren B r o w n School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. He succeeded Alberto Godenzi, who retired as dean after 15 years of service but will stay at the University to assist in international partnerships and collaborations.

Yadama is an internationally respected researcher whose interdisciplinary work examines the overarching questions of how communities successfully self-govern and collectively provide essential public goods and common-pool resources vital for their livelihoods; how government and non-governmental organizations engage and collaborate with these communi-

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University Fills Three Key Posts ties; and how social and ecological interactions influence the sustained implementation of household and community interventions to overcome social dilemmas and improve wellbeing. [Read more at http:// bit.ly/2bF3jcz] •Thomas D. Stegman, SJ, a teacher and administrator at the School of Theology and Ministry since its establishment in 2008, was appointed the school’s dean, succeeding Mark Massa, SJ, now director of the University’s Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life.

Fr. Stegman, an associate professor of New Testament and chair of the Ecclesiastical Faculty prior to his appointment, is a highly regarded theologian and scholar whose research focuses on the interpretation of the Pauline Letters. The author of three books including his most recent, Opening the Door of Faith: Encountering Jesus and His Call to Discipleship, he

also has co-edited two books and written dozens of journal articles and book chapters on theological topics ranging from St Paul’s letters to Pope John Paul II’s use of scripture. [http://bit.ly/2bftg5y] •Beth E. McDermott is now vice president for development, after serving as associate vice president for development since 2014.

A nationally respected Lee Pellegrini fund raiser with more than 20 years of experience, McDermott oversees all aspects of University fundraising — including annual and major giving and organizational and school-affiliated fundraising — and supervises a development staff of more than 70 employees.

McDermott began working in University Advancement at BC in 1999 as associate director of the Boston College Fund, rising to the position of director of special projects in 2003. [http://bit. ly/2bVHqrr]

Interim Appointments in Student Affairs, Irish Programs Kathleen Yorkis, vice president for student affairs emerita at Bentley University, has been appointed as interim associate vice president for student affairs for the 2016-17 academic year, Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Jones announced.

She succeeds Katherine O’Dair, who left the University last month to become dean of students at Harvard College. O’Dair joined BC in 2004 and had served as associate vice president for student affairs since 2014.

Yorkis came to Bentley in 1986 as dean of student affairs, and was named vice president in 2001; she retired in 2011. From 201215, she was interim assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and

executive director of University Health Services at the University of Massachusetts-Boston.

James H. Murphy, who was the fall 2015 Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies, has been appointed interim director of the Boston College Center for Irish Programs for Gary Gilbert the 2016-17 academic year, Provost and Dean of Faculties David Quigley announced recently. He also will serve as a visiting professor in Irish Studies.

A Vincentian priest and profes-

sor of English at DePaul University since 2001, Murphy is the author or editor of 14 books, including, as author, Irish Novelists and the Victorian Age, Abject Loyalty: Nationalism and Monarchy in Ireland During the Reign of Queen Victoria, Ireland’s Czar: Gladstonian Government and the Lord Lieutenancies of the Red Earl Spencer, 18681886 and, as editor, the 19th-century volume of the Oxford History of the Irish Book.

He holds two doctorates from University College Dublin and is also a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Maynooth University and the University of London.

–Office of News & Public Affairs

Gustavo Morello, SJ, speaks during a panel discussion at the June 1 Diversity and Inclusion Summit. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

Second Diversity/Inclusion Summit Is Planned for 2017 Building on the success of Boston College’s inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Summit this summer, the University’s Office for Institutional Diversity has announced that the second summit will be held next May 24.

“The 2016 Diversity and Inclusion Summit provided a welcoming and respectful venue for more than 200 faculty, staff and administrators to engage in dialogue regarding the work taking place related to diversity and inclusion across campus,” said OID Executive Director Patricia Lowe. “As part of Boston College and the Office for Institutional Diversity’s commitment to sustaining a welcoming and respectful community that fosters dialogue and broadens different experiences and perspectives, OID is pleased to hold the Second Annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit.

“We’re also pleased to note that the 2016-17 academic year marks the 45th anniversary of the Office for Institutional Diversity. We encourage the University community to visit our website [www.bc.edu/diversity] for updates on the summit, as well as information on engaging and transformative programs being offered throughout the academic year.”

Held in Gasson Hall on June 1, the summit featured a daylong series of discussions about how the University contributes to the social justice mission of the Society of Jesus through its efforts to create a diverse and inclusive community. University President William P. Leahy, SJ, offered welcoming remarks and Damon A. Williams, senior vice president and chief educational and youth development officer at The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, presented the keynote address.

Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations Joy Moore moderated a panel discussion on best practices in the area of diversity and inclusion with nationally recognized experts from BC, including Janet Helms from the Lynch School of Education’s Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture; Brad Harrington, executive director of the Center for Work and Family; Assistant Professor of Sociology Gustavo Morello, SJ; and Lynch School Associate Professor Richard Jackson. ­–Office of News & Public Affairs

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Participants in the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies’ Ever to Excel program at a discussion.

High Schoolers Mull Formation, Service One hundred students from 18 states and 59 high schools — including a contingent of 31 students from Japan — gathered on campus in early August to learn about Jesuit spirituality and education through the inaugural Ever to Excel program established by the Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies at Boston College. The weeklong program had a special focus on formation, discernment, and service.

Participants heard presentations on topics such as Ignatian spirituality, discernment and pilgrimage, mission and service, formation and voice, and foundation and identity. The schedule allowed for small group discussions, journaling, and reflection and was capped off with a nightly Candlelight Mass at St. Ignatius Church.

“I’ve never been involved in anything related to the Jesuits, so I wanted to come and find out what it was all about,” said Ever to Excel participant Julia Miller, a rising senior at Xavier College Prep, an all-girls Catholic school in Phoenix.

“We are so pleased with the success of the inaugural Ever to Excel program,” said IAJS Director Casey Beaumier, SJ, who expressed appreciation to Church in the 21st Century Center Associate Director Karen Kiefer and Arrupe Program Director Margaret Nuzzolese for their support. “We wanted to engage the hearts and minds of high school students through an intensive experience of Jesuit spirituality, leadership, service, and education. The participants left with an amazing experience and I’m absolutely delighted with how the program went.”

Several members of the Boston College community also presented during Ever to Excel, including Vice President for University Mission and Ministry Jack Butler, SJ; Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations

Joy Moore; Undergraduate Admission Director John Mahoney; Center for Student Formation Director Mike Sacco; Volunteer and Service Learning Director Dan Ponsetto; Lonergan Institute Associate Director Kerry Cronin; and PULSE Program instructor David Manzo, as well as Kiefer and Nuzzolese. Professor of Philosophy Jeff Bloechl spoke about a two-week pilgrimage he made with a dozen BC students along the Camino de Santiago in Spain.

Participants learned about the art of mentoring through a panel of Boston College leaders, including Office of the President’s Director of Business Affairs Raymond Rivera; Office of First Year Experience Assistant Director Ali Bane; Thea Bowman AHAHA and Intercultural Center Associate Director Andy Petigny; and Office of Undergraduate Admission Associate Director Steven Koo. Alumni Pete Trainor ’15 and Megan Krakowiak ’12, MA’15 also spoke to the group.

Lisa Hastings of University Advancement set the tone for the program each day with morning

prayer.

The high schoolers were placed in small groups, each led

by Ever to Excel Mentors, Boston College undergraduates who served as role models for the participants, and, being young people close in age, as peers who could easily encourage conversation and sharing.

Ever to Excel Mentor Sarah Hansman ’18 said the most important lesson for participants was “to be attentive to what brings them joy and what they are passionate about and to pursue that. These high schoolers are in such a time of discernment. I think many have been inspired by this week to live a life of love and service.”

The Ever to Excel program was made possible by a $600,000 grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc., part of Lilly’s High School Youth Theology Institutes initiative, which seeks to encourage young people to explore theological traditions, ask questions about the moral dimensions of contemporary issues and examine how their faith calls them to lives of service.

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Other news and happenings at BC this past summer:

•A $300,000 grant from New Profit Inc. will aid the impact of City Connects, a research-based student support initiative of the Lynch School of Education that works to narrow the achievement gap in urban public, charter, and Catholic schools. [http://bit.ly/2bqsxbV] •The Global Leadership Institute signed a partnership agreement to assist Bahrain-based Arabian Gulf Unitersity in developing a doctoral program in innovation management. [http://bit. ly/2bp6RBu] •Alyssa Trinidad MS’14 received a Fulbright grant that will enable her to travel to the Philippines to study environmental management and sustainable development. [http://bit.ly/2bWk0yE] •Boston College Dining Service’s Tapas station on Newton Campus was selected for the “Best Menu” honor as part of the 2016 Best Concept Awards by Food Management, a magazine covering issues and events, operational topics and food trends that affect the noncommercial food service industry. [http://bit.ly/2bqsRY3]

This summer, the Boston College community mourned the deaths of Margaret J. “Peg” Kenney, a leader in mathematics education whose career at Boston College spanned nearly six decades; former Theology Department faculty member Rev. Joseph T. Nolan, a researcher, writer and speaker on liturgical reform and renewal; and John Jensen, a retired Lynch School of Education professor whose research and expertise in metrics extended beyond Boston College.

•Dr. Kenney, who died on July 5 at the age of 81, entered BC in 1953 as a member of the School of Education’s second class. Originally a French major – her high school teacher had told her that “girls don’t do math,” she once recalled – she switched her major to mathematics, and wound up taking a class from her future mentor and colleague, Stanley Bezuszka, SJ, a mathematics education pioneer and director of BC’s Mathematics Institute.

After joining the SOE faculty and the Mathematics Institute – as Fr. Bezuszka’s assistant director, and later as his successor – Dr. Kenney was heavily involved in Caitlin Cunningham the institute’s projects, providing assistance, instruction or coordination in 49 National Science Foundation-funded programs.

She also became a major contributor to her field through her involvement in the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts (ATMM) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Dr. Kenney directed an NSF-funded NCTM project to train teachers in the instruction of discrete mathematics, which emphasizes data-gathering and problem-solving skills; the project reached thousands of grade 7-12 teachers and students. [Read the full obituary at http://bit.ly/2a8o2Yo] •Fr. Nolan, a 1942 BC graduate, died on July 25 at 95 years of age.

After working for the FBI and then as a naval officer, he returned to BC for his graduate degree, entered the priesthood and served as a pastor in the diocese of Wichita, Kan., for 14 years. It was during that period when he became active in implementing liturgical reforms that were the subject of the Second Vatican Council.

Returning to BC again in 1973, Fr. Nolan taught a course on liturgy in the Theology Department while preaching and presiding at St. Ignatius Church and Our Lady of the Assumption in Osterville, Mass.

Fr. Nolan decided to start a monthly homily service that he titled Good News, to help clergy preach from the lectionary with readings prescribed by the liturgical reform. He published Good News until 2003; his website includes a page with links to most editions at www2.bc.edu/~nolanj/gn.

Fr. Nolan recounted his story, as well as his thoughts on the success, problems and challenges of the liturgical renewal, in a 2008 autobiography, A Life in Liturgy: Rediscovering the Mass. He also authored Let the Earth Rejoice, They Shall Be Comforted and The World, the Church, and Preaching. He frequently lectured on many of the subjects and themes he covered in his writings. [See http://bit.ly/2bBt3VV] •Dr. Jensen, who died on July 7 at age 78, joined the Lynch School faculty in 1965, and taught a variety of courses in research design, statistics, data analysis, computer programming, psychometrics and test construction. He also served as director of the University Computing Center, and on the Faculty Grievance Committee. He retired in 2002.

In 1978, Dr. Jensen became president of Metrics Associates Inc., which provides data analysis, program evaluation, measuring instrument development and other related services to public and private education institutions and programs in greater Boston.

That year, he began a long and rewarding collaboration with the InterHospital Study Group for Anesthesia Education to produce, distribute, score and generate reports for Anesthesia Knowledge Test (AKT) series.

The AKT series is currently administered annually to more than 1,500 residents in anesthesia in 140 medical schools internationally. [See http:// bit.ly/2bMl5gU]

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‘Light the World’ a Success

Human Resources Vice President David Trainor chats with Steffan Mesidor, a Brighton High School student who worked in the University’s Transportation and Parking Department this summer through the Boston Private Industry Council program. Boston College honored Mesidor and the University’s 18 other PIC participants at a reception last month. Learn more about PIC at http://bit.ly/2cfbajd. (Photo by Christopher Soldt, MTS)

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new academic wing at St. Mary’s the campaign, or buildings and Hall, among other notable campus spaces that the campaign brought improvements. It also provided en- to fruition, these are gifts of real dowed funds in support of student consequence, amplifying our heriformation programs, including re- tage as a Jesuit, Catholic university treats and service initiatives, and and reflecting our shared desire to endowed head coaching positions make the world a better place.”

“The impact of the ‘Light the in hockey and basketball as well as World’ campaign will affect Bosother projects in support of BC’s ton College for decades to come in intercollegiate and intramural aththe quality of faculty and students letics programs. and the overall BC experience,” “Light the World” also set new said University President William levels of alumni and parent engageP. Leahy, SJ. “We are grateful for ment — doubling annual philanthe support of all of our benefacthropic revenue from $60 million in 2005 to $120 million today tors in making it a success.”

Both Fr. Leahy and Husson say and positioning Boston College that despite the successful comamong the top 5 percent of private pletion of the “Light the World” college and univercampaign, the sities nationwide in annual contri- “The impact of the ‘Light University’s combutions — all of the World’ campaign will mitment to securing annual gifts, which has helped affect Boston College for de- planned gifts and the University to attract the best stu- cades to come in the quality gifts to the endents and faculty of faculty and students and dowment, never ends. They point and improve in the US News rankings. the overall BC experience,” to the need for additional resources “There are said University President for financial aid many reasons why and new academic William P. Leahy, SJ. ‘Light the World’ and athletics facilproved to be such a ities as examples success, beginning of strategic priorities that will rewith the 140,000 alumni, parents quire ongoing fundraising success. and friends who gave to the cam“We have terrific momentum paign and the countless volunteers whose service was essential to the coming out of the campaign and work of the campaign,” said Senior we are excited to build on that Vice President for University Ad- momentum,” said Husson. “The best way to honor those who have vancement James Husson. “‘Light the World’ resonated given so much to ‘Light the World’ with our community on multiple is to remain focused on the opporlevels and generated a palpable en- tunities that lie ahead for Boston thusiasm for the University’s goals College. While the campaign may and priorities. Whether it is stu- have concluded, the call to be a dents who would not be at Boston ‘light to the world’ is timeless.”

College without gifts to ‘Light the Contact Jack Dunn at World,’ faculty whose teaching jack.dunn@bc.edu and research has been funded by

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Collaborations Made Aer Lingus Classic More Than a Game Continued from page 1 former US Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, a Mass to be concelebrated by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, and a Joint Faculty Symposium.

It also caps months of transatlantic planning and preparation involving administrators, staff and faculty from across the University and representatives from the Irish and American academic and business communities – especially Irish American Events Limited, a joint venture between Corporate. ie and Anthony Travel, both of which have been involved in the recent college football games in Ireland.

BC’s involvement has been driven by a collaboration between Athletics, University Advancement, the Alumni Association, Office of the Provost, the Global Leadership Institute, the Church in the 21st Century Center, the Carroll School of Management’s Chief Executives Club of Boston and BC-Ireland.

“It’s been a long process, and a lot of work. We are grateful and thrilled that so many of our alumni, parents and fans are

Aviva Stadium, the site of the BCGeorgia Tech game this Saturday.

for all at the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.”

Moore and other organizers are quick to cite the phrase “more than a game” that has appeared in promotional material for the venture. While full of festivities – including a parade, a “March-

“It’s been a long process, and a lot of work. We are grateful and thrilled that so many of our alumni, parents and fans are traveling to Dublin to show their loyal support for Boston College.”

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traveling to Dublin to show their loyal support for Boston College,” said Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations Joy Moore. “Our Dublin partners have gone above and beyond to create a memorable experience

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ing Band Classic” and pep rallies – they explained, the Aer Lingus College Football Classic also is a venue for BC, and Boston, to affirm its Irish roots, explore opportunities for new partnerships and initiatives, and examine eco-

nomic, social, educational and other matters of shared interest.

“Boston College was founded in 1863 to provide a Jesuit education to Irish immigrants by John McElroy of the Society of Jesus, who was born in Northern Ireland,” said Director of Athletics Brad Bates. “From our very origins, our relationship with Ireland as a university and as a city is extensive. This game is a once-in-a-generation experience for faculty, staff, students, administrators, alums, fans and the entire Boston community.”

Yesterday’s Irish Institute Alumni Luncheon, for example, was highlighted by the appearance by Mitchell, a key architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that helped end the Northern Irish conflict.

Today’s Joint Faculty Symposium, “International Collaborations in Education, Research and Innovation,” meanwhile, will in-

clude talks from Fr. Leahy, Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson and Patrick Prendergast, provost and president of Trinity College Dublin, which is hosting the event. Among those also speaking will be Vice Provost for Research Thomas Chiles and Ferris Professor of Physics and Physics Chairman Michael

Naughton, Boston College students Michael Gordon, Christian Nicholson and Anders Bill, as well as faculty and students from Georgia Tech and Trinity College Dublin.

The inaugural Boston College Chief Executives Club Global Forum being held tomorrow will feature Coca-Cola Company Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent as keynote speaker, an event organized by BC Chief Executives Club Executive Director Warren Zola, State Street Corp.

Chairman and CEO Joseph L. Hooley III – a BC trustee – and Neil Naughton, deputy chairman of the Dublin-based Glen Dimplex Group and chair of the Irish Steering Committee for the Aer Lingus Football Classic.

“Both Boston College and the city of Boston have deep roots in Ireland,” said Zola. “Given the history and tradition, it seems only natural to re-engage these two communities, and to do so by strengthening those business communities.”

For information on the Aer Lingus Football Classic, see bc2ireland.com.

Director of Athletics Brad Bates (shown) at the 2015 press conference announcing the Aer Lingus Classic: “This game is a once-in-a-generation experience for faculty, staff, students, administrators, alums, fans and the entire Boston community.” (Photo by Boston College Athletics)

McGuffey Study on Sexual Assault Earns Outstanding Article Award Associate Professor of Sociology C. Shawn McGuffey received the 2016 Kimberle Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems, which recognizes the author of the best research article in the study of race and ethnicity published in the past three years.

McGuffey’s article “Rape and Racial Appraisals: Culture, Intersectionality and Black Women’s Accounts of Sexual Assault,” which appeared in the Du Bois Review, is based on more than 100 interviews with black women survivors of sexual assault across four cities. McGuffey analyzes

C. Shawn McGuffey: “I hope this award continues to bring attention to the importance of doing empirically driven, theoretical work at the intersections of various inequities that can lead to the eradication of racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism, and violence against women.”

(Photo by Gary Gilbert)

how race, gender, and class intersect and contour interpretations of sexual assault.

“It’s an honor to be the recipient of the Kimberle Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award from one of sociology’s most esteemed professional organizations,” said McGuffey, who also has a joint appointment in the University’s

African and African Diaspora Studies program. “I consider myself both a scholar and an activist.

Therefore, to be acknowledged by an organization that recognizes the importance of both these identities, and to receive a prize named after a scholar who has truly influenced my research, is especially rewarding.

“I hope this award continues to bring attention to the importance of doing empirically driven, theoretical work at the intersections of various inequities that can lead to the eradication of racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism, and violence against women.”

McGuffey’s research examines the experience of interpersonal trauma. He has studied trauma survivors in South Africa, Ghana and the US to highlight how race, gender, and social class both constrain and create the choices survivors pursue in the aftermath of trauma. The leader of a research project that created an instrument to measure trauma in Darfurian refugees, McGuffey was invited to a 2014 conference in Tanzania charged with making recommendations to the International Criminal Court regarding its work in Africa.

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Faculty Find Renewal Through Summer Retreat

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When the academic year is under way, moments of serenity and contemplation for Boston College faculty are harder to come by. A welcome opportunity for just such thoughtful reflection, set against the scenic backdrop of the rugged coast of Maine, occurred earlier in the summer at this year’s Villa faculty writing retreat.

Inspired by a Jesuit practice called the Villa, participants spent five days in York, Me., focusing on an aspect of their role in the Jesuit mission of higher education, be it

17th-century response to Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s controversial sculpture, “The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa” (Rome, 1650, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria).

“It was a delight to be able to get to know so many colleagues outside of my department,” he said. “I came away with greater admiration for the BC faculty: There are so many accomplished scholars and fascinating human beings among us.”

According to Howell, Intersections works directly with faculty to “try to understand and address the

“I came away with greater admiration for the BC faculty: There are so many accomplished scholars and fascinating human beings among us.”

related to scholarship or creative work.

Though the majority of the 35 attendees were from the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, organizers say all BC schools were represented at the retreat, which is offered through University Mission and Ministry’s Intersections program.

The Society of Jesus, said Intersections Director Burt Howell, “uses this type of retreat to strengthen its mission, and we hope the Intersections Villa strengthens the Jesuit and Catholic mission of Boston College.”

The response has been positive, according to Howell, who notes that this year’s retreat was the fourth session of what he hopes will continue to be an annual event. “Faculty are grateful for the chance to disconnect from their daily routine and be reconnected to their research, their colleagues, and the University mission.”

“This was my most satisfying experience of collegiality in the 22 years I have been at BC,” said Romance Languages and Literatures Professor and Chair Franco Mormando, whose retreat subject was a scholarly article focused on the

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needs of scholars, and we see this retreat as a form of ministry to professors. We hope faculty enjoy the combination of solitude and fellowship. They have unlimited hours to write but are often surprised by the opportunity for reflection and conversations with colleagues from different departments.”

For Mormando, the retreat was a chance to immerse himself in “a long-in-progress writing project,” if only for a week.

“Not only did I get a lot of work done, I was also – and quite unexpectedly – recharged by the Villa week, physically and mentally,” Mormando said. “I would recommend the retreat to any and all my colleagues: in addition to being a great boost to their scholarly production, the retreat will also— and maybe even more importantly—make them appreciate what is truly distinct and delightfully special about BC, and happy to be part of BC as a university and as a Jesuit enterprise.”

BC faculty members who would like to participate in a future Villa retreat may submit their interest at http://www.bc.edu/offices/intersections/Villa.html.

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Affiliates Program Seeks Applicants The University Affiliates Program – which provides black, Hispanic, Asian and Native American professional staff with opportunities to broaden their management experiences and to study critical issues in higher education – is now accepting applications for the 2016-17 cohort.

The professional development program includes seminars, lectures, case studies, and discussions, as part of a thorough orientation to various vice presidential areas, schools and departments throughout the University. Deadline for applications is Sept. 26. For details about the program and information about the application process, see www.bc.edu/offices/ diversity/programs/affiliates.html, or or call the Office for Institutional Diversity at ext.2-8730.

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Accomplished Irish singers like Brian Ó hAirt and Len Graham (above, L-R) and Niamh Parsons (below) will be featured in this fall’s Gaelic Roots series.

When the Song Is Only Part of the Story

By Sean Smith Chronicle Editor

Boston College’s acclaimed Gaelic Roots series – which hosts renowned performers and experts for concerts and lectures related to Irish, Scottish and American folk music traditions – will have a songs-and-stories theme for the fall season, according to Sheila Falls, a part-time member of the Music Department faculty and interim director for the series.

“Last semester, we had an emphasis on instrumental music, so the idea was to change things up,” said Falls, who became Gaelic Roots interim director after founder and longtime organizer Seamus Connolly retired at the end of 2015. “So this semester, we’re going to look at how the singing and story-telling traditions are linked in Gaelic music. We are fortunate to have outstanding individuals coming to campus who will both entertain and enlighten.”

On Sept. 15, Gaelic Roots will present a combination concert and film screening with Seán Ó Sé, an integral part of the modern Irish folk music revival for decades.

A native of West Cork, Ó Sé worked with musician, composer and arranger Seán Ó Riada and his groundbreaking Ceoltóirí Chualann ensemble, which presented Irish traditional music in a new, contemporary style and set the stage for further innovation. His career – which has spanned the concert stage, radio and recording – is the subject of the documentary “Seán Ó Sé: A Life in Song and Story,” which will be screened.

Produced by Wheaton College Professor of Music Matthew Allen, the film also explores Ó Sé’s roots in the song and story-telling traditions.

Irish singers from different generations and backgrounds but with a shared love of song traditions will unite on Oct. 20 when Gaelic Roots hosts Len Graham and Brian Ó hAirt.

Graham is one of Ireland’s most respected traditional singers, and is equally known for his dedication to preserving old songs and stories, especially in and around his native County Antrim. He also has collaborated with numerous singers and storytellers, including John Campbell, with whom he gave presentations dur-

ing “The Troubles” on the shared cultural traditions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Graham has been featured or appeared on some 20 recordings, and many songs he collected and recorded have wound up in the repertoire of leading Irish bands such as The Chieftains, Altan and Cherish the Ladies.

The American-born Ó hAirt has focused on the sean-nos (old style) traditions found in the west of Ireland, which includes many songs in Gaelic. He has performed as a soloist and as a member of the bands Cé and, more recently, Bua. Together, he and Graham affirm the commonality of the stories, songs, tunes and dance from two seemingly disparate re-

gions as “the one tradition.”

On Nov. 10, Gaelic Roots will welcome back one of its most frequent, and popular, guests, Robbie O’Connell. The County Waterford native has cultivated a reputation as a songwriter whose compositions, such as “Hard to Say Goodbye,” “Keg of Brandy,” “Islander’s Lament” and “The Man from Connemara,” have become part of countless other singers’ repertoires, as well as audience favorites. But O’Connell also has a firm, and entertaining, grasp of the Irish song tradition.

Closing out the fall schedule on Dec. 1 will be Niamh Parsons, regarded as among a select group of performers who helped fashion a new, high-profile role for women in Irish music. Parsons, a Dubliner who refers to herself as a “carrier of tradition,” began her professional career in 1990 and since then has recorded six studio albums and one live album. Since 1999, she has appeared regularly with guitarist Graham Dunne, and has performed for President Bill Clinton and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.

Gaelic Roots events take place at the Theology and Ministry Library (117 Lake Street) on Brighton Campus, unless otherwise indicated, and begin at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public, but registration is requested; go to the Gaelic Roots website at www.bc.edu/gaelicroots for links to registration, as well as information about the series.

Gaelic Roots is sponsored by the Center for Irish Programs in collaboration with the Alumni Association.

Contact Sean Smith at sean.smith@bc.edu

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Students from China, Boston BOSTON COLLEGE IN THE MEDIA Connect at STEM Workshop duction of STEM instructional methods he’s developed to Chinese high school teachers, making him the first American university researcher invited to work with the country’s K-12 curriculum.

Barnett, who leads the Innovations in Urban Science Education Lab at BC, is also developing programs with three elite Chinese high schools, including Nanjing’s Jinling High School, which the visiting students attend.

Jinling and the other schools, which enroll nearly 20,000 students combined, will serve as the initial introduction sites for Barnett’s STEM curriculum, which is used in 500 schools in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio and California. The Chinese schools, which send many graduates to elite Chinese and U.S. universities, will serve as models for other schools in the country.

The group of 12 Chinese students and two teacher chaperones spent two weeks working with 44 College Bound students from middle and high schools in Boston. The visit was coordinated by the U.S.-based non-profit TIE Foundation and students’ families covered their program and travel costs, Barnett said.

–Ed Hayward [Read the full story at http://bit. ly/2c8xY0M]

Alumnus Ordained as Auxiliary Bishop of Boston Archdiocese Rev. Mark O’Connell ’86 was ordained by Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM, Cap. as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston on Aug. 24 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Fr. O’Connell earned a bachelor’s degree in English and philosophy at BC. Following his theology studies at Saint John Seminary, Fr. O’Connell was ordained into the priesthood in 1990. He continued his studies in Rome, receiving a license and later a doctorate in canon law from Universitá della Santa Croce.

Fr. O’Connell is the son of the late Thomas O’Connell ’50, who as University librarian from 1975-85 oversaw the most dramatic expansion of Boston College’s library facilities in the school’s history. All three of Fr. O’Connell’s siblings also graduated from BC: Thomas ’88, Margaret Mary ’83, MA’85 and

Bishop O’Connell

John ’84.

In the Archdiocese of Boston, Fr. O’Connell has served as assistant to the moderator of the Curia for Canonical Affairs, and since 2007, as judicial vicar. In 2015, Fr. O’Connell participated in a Boston College Center for Christian-Jewish Learning conference that examined divorce among Catholics, Protestants and Jews.

–Office of News & Public Affairs

The New York Times featured a study by Center for Retirement Research economist Matthew Rutledge that found that men and women 55 or older are increasingly being funneled into what he describes as “old-person” jobs.

Prof. Richard A. Blake, SJ (Art, Art History and Film) wrote about the relevance and timelessness of the classic film “Citizen Kane” –

marking its 75th anniversary this year – in America magazine.

Prof. of the Practice Tiziana Dearing (BCSSW) was among those interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune on whether giving meals to the homeless on the street is helpful or harmful.

Fearing extremism and lack of integration, European governments want more of the continent’s imams to be home-grown. Prof.

Jonathan Laurence (Political Science) commented on this trend in The Economist.

Writing in the Harvard Business Review, researchers led by Assoc.

Prof. Judith Clair (CSOM) and including Carroll School PhD alumni Jamie Ladge and Richard Cotton discussed their recent study, published in the Journal of Management Inquiry, exploring how carrying out the necessary evils of work affects those who must do so repeatedly.

Assoc. Prof. of the Practice Westy Egmont (BCSSW) spoke with New England Cable News’ “The Take” on the aftermath of the Syrian airstrikes, and the haunting image of the child covered in rubble that gained global attention.

EXPERT OPINION Law School Associate Professor Richard Albert, writing in the Huffington Post about the likelihood that Hillary Clinton, if elected president, could accomplish the difficult task of amending the US Constitution. “[If] the Trump effect continues to damage the Republican brand nationally and in the states where the Party has historically been well represented, then it becomes likely that Clinton and the Democratic Party could build on their expected gains in 2016 with even bigger gains in the 2018 mid-term elections and in the subsequent 2020 elections.

“The result could well be the amendment supermajority in Congress and in the states that Clinton will need to do what she has pledged: to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that has flooded the electoral process with more corporate and union money than ever before.”

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High school students from China joined peers from Boston schools for a two-week STEM workshop on the BC campus, the first international partnership for the Lynch School of Education’s College Bound program.

Supported in part by funding from the National Science Foundation, the academic program used team projects to teach students about robotics, solar power, coding and hydroponic gardening, according to Professor of Education Mike Barnett, who led the workshop.

The collaboration grew out of Barnett’s work with the College Bound, a year-round pre-collegiate program for Boston Public Schools students, and the recent STEM education partnerships he has launched with several Chinese schools.

“It was a unique opportunity to emulate how the real world works to prepare students for college and the workforce,” said Barnett, a co-principal investigator on an STEM workforcefocused NSF grant that supports the summer program for College Bound students. “Today, you no longer study or work with people who are only from your country.

You’re as likely to work with someone from the other side of the globe.”

Barnett is leading the intro-

Prof. John Ebel (Earth and Environmental Sciences) discussed seismic readings and other aspects of the Italian earthquake with New England Cable News’ “The Take.”

Read the whole piece at http://huff.to/2c9qAFu

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NOTA BENE Carroll School of Management Sweeney Professor of Accounting G. Peter Wilson received the 2016 American Accounting Association/J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/ Deloitte Foundation Prize, which recognizes an individual who “consistently demonstrates the attributes of a superior teacher in the discipline of accounting.” He also received the inaugural 2016 Innovation in Financial Accounting Education award from the Financial Accounting & Reporting Section of the AAA. Wilson was presented with the honors at the association’s annual meeting in August.

Prof. Jeffrey Cohen (CSOM) received an award from Behavioral Research in Accounting for outstanding published manuscript, titled “Nonfinancial Information Preferences of Investment Professionals”

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: Academic Operations Administrator, Academic Affairs/Provost Administrative Assistant, Alumni Relations, Advancement Information Security Analyst, Information Technology Temporary Office Pool, Human Resources Senior Facilities Supervisor, Student Affairs/Residential Life Director of Faith Formation, St. Ignatius Parish, Academic Affairs/Provost Executive Director, Lynch Leadership Academy, Academic Affairs/Provost Personal Trainer, Athletics

The American Philosophical Association has awarded its 2016 Essay Prize in Latin American Thought to Sebastian Purcell, who received his PhD in philosophy from the University in 2011, for his essay “Neltilitzli and the Good Life: On Aztec Ethics.” An assistant professor of philosophy at State University of New York-Cortland, Purcell also is co-coordinator of the university’s Latino and Latin American Studies program.

Resident Director, Student Affairs/Residential Life Assistant Director, Strategic Sourcing, Financial/Budget Assistant Manager, Dining Services, 129 Lake St., Dining & Catering/Auxiliary

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By Rosanne Pellegrini Staff Writer

The inaugural exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art’s new state-of-the-art venue charts nearly a millennium in the history of European painting, and is the largest display of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books ever to take place in North America.

“Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections” [www.beyondwords2016. org] runs from Sept. 12 through Dec. 11 at 2101 Commonwealth Avenue on Brighton Campus, where the museum moved this past summer after 23 years at its original Devlin Hall location [see story on page 1].

Members of the Boston College and local communities, BC alumni, and friends of the museum will be able to preview “Beyond Words” and the new McMullen venue at an opening celebration, held from noon-5 p.m. on Sept.

10 and 11 with lectures at 2 p.m. both days. [RSVP by Sept. 5 at bc.edu/artmuseum/rsvp1011] The exhibition will be held concurrently at the McMullen Museum, Harvard University’s Houghton Library (HUL) and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISGM), comprising a total of 260 bound volumes, single leaves, and cuttings from 19 Boston-area libraries and museums.

Each venue will feature one of the three principal contexts for the

Three of the works that will be displayed at the McMullen Museum as part of the exhibition “Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections.”

production of books in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and related developments in design, script and decoration. The McMullen Museum display – “Manuscripts for Pleasure & Piety” – focuses on lay readership and the place of books in medieval society.

The High Middle Ages witnessed an affirmation of the visual and, with it, empirical experience; there was an explosion of illumination.

Various types of images, whether in prayer or professional books, attest to the newfound importance of visual demonstration in matters of faith and science alike. The manuscripts on display, from 16 Boston-area collections, date from the 11th to 16th century, from all over Europe.

“Beyond Words” is the first exhibition to showcase highlights of medieval and Renaissance il-

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lumination in the Boston area— collections that constitute one of the most important ensembles of illuminated manuscripts anywhere in North America.

“The McMullen is pleased to collaborate with colleagues across the city in organizing and hosting the largest portion of one of the most comprehensive and scholarly-ambitious manuscript exhibitions ever mounted in this country,” said McMullen Museum Director and Professor of Art History Nancy Netzer.

“More than 180 works will be on display — many for the first time — in the museum’s newly dedicated Daley and Monan galleries,” noted Netzer, who described the exhibition’s catalogue – published by the McMullen – as “a seminal reference work to which 85 scholars from around the world have contributed entries and essays. [The catalogue] brings together for the first time research on the most splendid medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts preserved in the Boston area.”

“It’s wonderful that ‘Beyond Words’ will be the first exhibition in Boston College’s impressive new McMullen Museum,” said co-curator Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University. “This venue will show off to great advantage the tremendous range of medieval and Renaissance book painting that we have drawn from sixteen different

Boston-area collections. I think that visitors will be surprised and delighted by the quality, inventiveness, and sheer variety of the materials on display.”

The unconventional, collaborative multi-venue format for “Beyond Words” has many advantages, exhibition organizers say. Dividing the books into three groups allowed for a shifting thematic focus that accommodated the disparate nature of the collections on display and allowed the curators to present in bold strokes the history of the book from the early Middle Ages through to the Renaissance and Reformation.

Although each venue has its own integrity and can be viewed separately, the exhibition was conceived as an integrated whole.

Most of the manuscripts were conserved and digitized as part of the exhibition; as a result, they are now more accessible — and have been described in greater detail — than ever before.

Major exhibition supporters include the National Endowment for the Humanities and, at the McMullen Museum, Leslie and Peter Ciampi and the Patrons of the McMullen Museum.

For more about the exhibition, tours, and its accompanying public events – including a three-day international conference in November – see www.bc.edu/ artmuseum.

Contact Rosanne Pellegrini at rosanne.pellegrini@bc.edu

COUNTDOWN TO A NEW YEAR Last week, Boston College’s newest undergraduates – freshmen and transfer students – moved onto campus and started to orient themselves with the Heights (see additional photos on page 2).

Boston College student volunteers were on hand to help freshmen and their families – including Ellen Fantozzi and her mother Beth, in photo at right – with the unloading and unpacking. Senior Sammie Oluyede (at right in photo above) has the all-important spool of masking tape ready for Meredith Hawkins ’20.

Moving day can be a busy, tiring affair, but Jasmin Addai ‘20 (right) and her sister Michelle were all smiles.

Photos by Frank Curran