A focus on faith and family. New football head coach Jeff Jagodzinski will deliver the keynote address at this month's Laetare Sunday, scheduled for March 18. He will share the importance that his faith and family played in his decision to accept the invitation to coach the Eagles. RSVP to Laetare Sunday
Alumni volunteers at a recent service project in Hartford
Nominations Sought for 2007 Alumni Awards of Excellence. Each year, the Alumni Association Board of Directors honors 10 alumni who embody the University's motto Ever to Excel. Nominations for the 2007 awards, to be conferred in the fall, are due April 1. Read more
Second Annual BC Alumni National Day of Service. Alumni from across the country will join together on April 21 to be men and women for others. To find out if a chapter near you is participating, visit the chapter Websites.
Scott Fifer JD ’87
Rev. Anthony Chiaramonte PhD ’83 has a support group for families of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. More
Tamra Gormley ’85 is running for family court judge of Scott, Woodward, and Bourbon counties in Kentucky. More
Scott Fifer JD ’87 is the director of the TunaHAKI Foundation, which provides shelter to children of AIDS victims in Africa. More
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The late P. Albert Duhamel.
Photo courtesy of The History of Boston College by Charles Donovan, SJ (1990)
By Kevin J. Donovan '78
The late Professor Al Duhamel, longtime Shakespearean in BC's English Department, was an inspiration to me and more. He helped set me on the career path I've followed for the last 28 years, one which I've found to be enormously satisfying.
In 1977-78, I was a senior English major intending to go to law school, not because I felt any real calling to the legal profession but because I wasn't sure what else to do with my life. The two semesters of Shakespeare I took from Prof. Duhamel were life-changing. Not only did I fall in love with the plays, but watching him teach in his witty, urbane, highly professional manner, I would think to myself, "Now that would be a fine way to earn a living!" Read more
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A networking night for alumni in the arts attracted more than 120 aspiring artists
On February 11, more than 120 actors and producers, artists and gallery owners, writers and filmmakers gathered for an evening of networking at a contemporary photography gallery owned by Michael Foley '84 and a performance by Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler '93. The Networking Night for BC Alumni in the Arts came about thanks to a partnership between the New York City Chapter of the BC Alumni Association and the Boston College Arts Council.
"Making connections and finding opportunities in the arts and entertainment industry can be quite a challenge," notes Arts Council Project Director Cathi Ianno Fournier. "The BC arts community is growing, and we wanted to help facilitate possibilities for collaboration."
Alum Michael Foley graciously offered his gallery for the reception. Foley opened the gallery in the fall of 2004 after 15 years of working at other photography galleries in New York... Read more
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BC biologists discover that a high-fat, low-carb diet designed to treat epileptic children may also fight brain cancer.
Dialogue, an academic essay journal, features essays that tie intellectual thought to everyday experience.
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56th Annual Laetare Sunday, Sunday, March 18, 9:30 a.m., Conte Forum, RSVP to alumni.comments@bc.edu or register online.
Sunday River Ski Trip, Friday, March 9, to Sunday, March 11. From $300 per person, depending on lodging. Proceeds go towards the BC Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund.
Jonathan Lethem Reading from His Fiction, a Lowell Humanities Series program with the winner of the 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant." Tuesday, March 20, 8:30 p.m., Gasson 100
6th Annual Prophetic Voices of the Church Lecture, sponsored by Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, with Rev. Professor Peter Gomes, Memorial Church, Harvard University. Thursday, March 15, 8:30 p.m., The Heights Room, Corcoran Commons.
Achieving Bipartisanship: The Challenge for National Leadership, panel discussion with Senator John Kerry, Congressman Bobby Scott, and other national political leaders from the Law School. Monday, March 19, 10 a.m., East Wing Room 115, Law School, Newton Campus.
Bioethics and Catholic Conscience, the Annual LaBrecque Medical Ethics Lecture, with Dr. Edmund Pelligrino, of Georgetown University and chairman of the national Presidential Bioethics Commission. Thursday, March 22, 8 p.m., Cushing 001.
Talk by Ambassador Barbara Bodine, who has spent much of her 30-year diplomatic career in the Middle East, most recently as coordinator of post-conflict reconstruction of Iraq and as U.S. ambassador to Yemen. Thursday, March 29, 5:30 p.m., Devlin 008.
BC bOp! Presents 'Major League bOp!', The University's elite jazz band guarantees "a solid groove and no foul balls." Saturday, March 17, 9 p.m., Robsham Theater.
Looking to make the most of Lent? C21 Online is offering a new course, "Spirituality Matters," featuring video with Fr. Michael Himes and a book by Dolores Leckey. The 4-week course begins March 5. More info
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