Meet BC 2023
Accepted from a record number of applicants, the first-year class is the most talented and diverse in Boston College history.
Boston College’s commitment to global engagement lies at the core of its educational mission. The Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts tradition, fostered through the links between Jesuit scholars across the world since the sixteenth century, is in its essence international. Our path for the future is expressed in the university’s Strategic Plan:
"Boston College commits itself to increasing its presence and impact through increased outreach to international students, recruitment of faculty with international backgrounds, and the development of programs that promote global cooperation.”
The BC Global Report recommends concrete strategies and initiatives to achieve these goals.
Upcoming Events
Monday, October 7, 2019, at 12 pm. The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy is hosting a conference of the OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro, about "Strengthening of constitutional democracy in the Americas. Main challenges and perspectives on the 70th anniversary of the OAS", to be held on Monday, October 7, 2019, at 12 pm (Barat House, Boston College Law School). More information here
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BC Global Engagement
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Global Engagement Portal
This year, Boston College is excited to bring the Global Engagement Portal back to campus for eight weeks, reaching a larger audience, incorporating shared meals and cultural events, and connecting to new sites in Puerto Rico, Kenya, Bangladesh, and beyond. A Portal is an immersive, high-definition internet video connection that joins two small rooms across the world to provide a sense of spatial continuity, allowing participants to engage with one another naturally, at real-life size, making eye contact.
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Truth and Memory
Participants in the Boston College seminar to Chile and Argentina discuss their experience. The seminars offer an immersive professional development experience, but also an invaluable face-to-face connection with their colleagues in different schools. Participants in the most recent seminar came from the departments of English, philosophy, history, sociology, communication and physics.
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Big Questions: Immigration
Immigration has become a flashpoint around the world and the faculty experts at the Lynch School of Education are trying to understand complexities surrounding families and children. Dean Stanton Wortham, Prof. Brinton Lykes and Associate Professor Mariela Paez explain their research and work with immigrant families.
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BC partners with Jesuit Refugee Service
Boston College will collaborate with the Jesuit Refugee Service—a Rome-based international Catholic relief and human services organization operating in more than 50 countries—to develop programs and activities aimed at improving the quality of life and care of refugees and forcibly displaced persons in areas of the world where JRS is involved.
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Arrupe Chile
Each year, more than 100 BC students participate in the Arrupe Program. They travel to parts of Central America and the Caribbean to humbly encounter, hear, and respect the stories of the people from the countries they visit in their own words. Through these stories, our Arrupe Chile group was able to better understand the complex realities of a country where the income of the top 10% is 26 times higher than the poorest 10% of the population.
Spotlights from Colleges, Schools, and Centers
International Engagement
313
international faculty and research scholars
1878
enrolled international students
50%
of undergraduate students study abroad
246
students participated in an international service trip