Published: December 2016
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Election postmortems, a clean room, and bells—scenes from the past six weeks.
November 7: Former U.S. Senator from Maine George Mitchell (center) talked with provost David Quigley (left) and vice president for human resources David Trainor in Connolly House before delivering the keynote address on the opening day of International Education Week, a 16-year-old nationwide initiative of the U.S. Department of State that, at Boston College, is organized by the Office of International Programs. In 1998, Mitchell was the architect of the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
November 11: Members of the Joint Services ROTC Color Guard—from left, Matthew Kenny ’20, obscured (Army), Jack Thompson ’20 (Army), Dean Hochman ’20 (Navy), Kaitlin Kowker ’20 (Navy), and Michael Buzy ’18 (Army)—during the 16th annual Boston College veterans remembrance ceremony on the Burns Library lawn.
Photograph by Frank Curran
November 15: At the dress rehearsal for the theater department production of Molière’s satire The Misanthrope (1666) were, from left, Noelle Scarlett ’18, Brett Murphy ’18, Sarah Lambert ’18, Nick Swancott ’19, and Julia James ’17. Theresa Lang, a lecturer in theater, directed.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
November 16: Daniel Chou ’17 worked the Greek station for Dining Services in the Stuart Hall dining room during International Food Night, part of International Education Week. He prepared the “Greek Festival Wrap,” a pita with tzatziki sauce, feta cheese, diced tomatoes and onions, and a choice of chicken, beef, pork, lamb, or grilled vegetables.
Photograph by Lee Pellegrini
November 17: Eric Butler, MBA’12 (right), founder of the New York-based theater investment company Final Bow Productions, was one of 21 alumni at the annual Career Night for the Arts networking event in the Heights Room. Speaking with him are (from left) Cassie Pearson ’20, Ryan Gardner ’19, Margaux Villeneuve ’18, and Elizabeth Bennett ’18.
Photograph by Frank Curran
November 17: Members of the Boston-based Noor Ensemble performed during Campus Ministry’s annual Multifaith Thanksgiving Celebration in the Heights Room.
Photograph by Gary Wayne Gilbert
November 17: “The 2016 Election: A Faculty and Student Discussion” featured panelists (from left) Rhonda Frederick, associate professor of English; David Hopkins, assistant professor of political science; Cynthia Lyerly, associate professor of history; C. Shawn McGuffey, associate professor of sociology; and Juliet Schor (not shown), professor of sociology. Associate professor of history Julian Bourg moderated the conversation held in Devlin 008.
Photograph by Gary Wayne Gilbert
November 17: More than 100 students attended “The 2016 Election: A Faculty and Student Discussion” sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs. Students’ questions touched on topics ranging from third parties to minority rights to the role of media to how best to be politically involved. Start with local government, suggested more than one faculty respondent.
Photograph by Gary Wayne Gilbert
November 18: At work in the ultra clean laboratory in Devlin Hall are (from left) Anne Haws ’19, earth and environmental sciences department chair Ethan Baxter, graduate student Thomas Farrell, and Justin Mistikawy ’17. The facility is part of a new center for isotope geochemistry.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
November 29: The 15-person hip-hop dance group Phaymus—including, from left, Shea North ’18, Elliot Na ’20, Akeda Riley ’18, Euna Lee ’20, and Katie McGirney ’18—ran through a routine in the Brighton Dance Studio during Week of Dance, which featured 10 student-run workshops and performances by 16 student troupes.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
November 30: Loretta Sweet Jemmott, vice president for health and health equity at Drexel University, delivered the Connell School of Nursing’s fall Pinnacle Lecture in the Murray Room. Her topic was effective nurse leadership.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
December 5: The annual symposium “Advancing Research and Scholarship at Boston College” focused this year on “The Environment and Society.” Nathaniel Stinnett, JD’05, founder of the Environmental Voter Project, gave the keynote in the Heights Room, followed by faculty and student presentations. A panel discussion on environmental justice included (from left) Tiziana Dearing, professor of macro practice in the School of Social Work; Juliet Schor, professor of sociology; Judith Vessey, the Lelia Holden Carroll Professor in Nursing; Holly VandeWall, assistant professor of the practice of philosophy; David Deese, professor of political science; and Corinne Wong, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
December 5: Nathaniel Stinnett, JD’05, of the nonprofit Environmental Voter Project, described the historically low voter turnout among citizens who claim the environment as a top priority. The “Advancing Research” symposium was hosted by the Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculties and the Vice Provost for Research and Academic Planning.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
December 5: One of nine students who presented at the symposium, Samantha Dow, a graduate student in earth and environmental sciences, exhibited her research on “Sediment mobilized during the 20th century in the South River watershed, Western Massachusetts.”
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
December 6: The undergraduate group BC Bells performed “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and “For Boston” at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony, held on O’Neill Plaza.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
December 6: The Heightsmen a capella group made an appearance at the tree lighting, as did Santa Claus (and Baldwin dressed as Santa) and a sculptor who carved a block of ice into a replica of Gasson Hall. Students drank cocoa and wrote cards to children hospitalized for the holidays.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
December 6: At 6:00 p.m., University President William P. Leahy, SJ, threw the switch to light the tree, pictured against the backdrop of Gasson Hall.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
