Published: May 2015
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First year experienced and senior year savored, with pauses to reflect—scenes from the past month.
April 25: Rachelle Simon (standing), a student in the School of Theology and Ministry’s master of divinity program, led a team-building exercise during the first meeting of the 2015–16 Appalachia Council, the student group that coordinates Campus Ministry’s Appalachia Volunteers program.
Photograph: Caitlin Cunningham
April 25: On a Whim, a band of freshmen—from left, Byung-Hun Kim, Emily Merino, Manny Opuku, and Violet Pappas—performed outside Boston’s Faneuil Hall as part of Break the Bubble, a festival featuring 27 Boston College bands and solo acts organized by the student-led Music Guild.
Photograph: Christopher Huang
April 29: Following the devastating April 25 earthquake in Nepal, students, faculty, and staff gathered on the Gasson Quad for a vigil organized by the undergraduate Buddhism Club.
Photograph: Christopher Huang
April 30: At its final Thursday liturgy of the academic year, the School of Theology and Ministry held a “Sending Forth” ceremony in St. Ignatius Church to celebrate its graduates.
Photograph: Caitlin Cunningham
May 7: Associate professor of theology Brian Robinette (right) and students in his “Introduction to Christian Theology” class practiced a meditation exercise at the labyrinth on the Burns Library lawn.
Photograph: Gary Wayne Gilbert
May 13: Members of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC)—from left, Melissa Wanyoike ’18, Karryn Christiansen ’16, Jonathan Keedy ’16, and Rachel Newhall ’18—met outside Higgins Hall to discuss the Undergraduate Leadership Academy, a program that introduces freshmen to UGBC with the goal of developing future leaders.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
May 13: Undergraduate recipients of 2015 grants and fellowships included, from left, Corleone Delaveris ’15 (National Science Foundation grant for graduate chemistry study at Stanford University); Frank DiRenno ’15 (Fulbright Scholarship—postgraduate study in the United Kingdom); Alex Moscovitz ’15 (Fulbright—public health research in the Dominican Republic); Eleanor Hildebrandt ’15 (Fulbright—English teaching assistancy in Nepal); Cameron Givens ’15 (Fulbright—English teaching assistancy in Germany); Victoria Mariconti ’15 (Fulbright—English teaching assistancy and music research in Poland); and Enise Koc ’17 (Boren Scholarship—language study in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina). In all, nine Fulbright Scholarships were awarded to Boston College students, with an additional five students designated as alternates. Undergraduates also received three Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships, a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, and a Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
May 18: Students gathered on Linden Lane before assembling by school and proceeding to Alumni Stadium for the University’s 139th Commencement, at which 3,486 undergraduate and graduate degrees were conferred.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
May 18: Associate professor of accounting Billy Soo joined graduating students from the Carroll School of Management on Linden Lane.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
May 18: On the Commencement platform at Alumni Stadium were, from left, Marie Chin, RSM, Jamaican educator and honorary degree recipient; Michael Davidson, SJ, of Campus Ministry; Steve Pemberton ’89, author of A Chance in the World and an honorary degree recipient; John Mahoney, Jr. ’79, director of undergraduate admission; John J. Griffin Jr. ’65, the honorary chief marshal; and Ann Riley Finck ’66, H’14, president of the Boston College Alumni Association.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
May 18: Members of the graduating class of the Lynch School of Education celebrated as the school’s degrees were conferred.
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini
May 18: University President William P. Leahy, SJ (left), and chairman of the Board of Trustees John Fish presented the Edward H. Finnegan, SJ, Memorial Award to Carroll School of Management student Elizabeth Stief ’15. The highest undergraduate Commencement honor, the award recognizes the student who best exemplifies the motto “Ever to Excel.”
Photograph: Lee Pellegrini