Boston University Parent Fall 2009

Always on call Meet the People of Residence Life at BU Dear BU Parent, Boston University Parent Fall 2009 The last we saw you, it was a bustling, buzzing time at Boston University. My staff and I were busy welcoming your student to our campus for the 2009/2010 academic year. We were unlocking residences, handing out keys, rolling blue and orange carts, hosting tailgate parties, ceremoniously welcoming you at Parents Convocation, and chatting with you about 8 the impressive experience your student will have at BU. Cover Story The activity and excitement have yet to slow down—in fact, I think the pace has picked 8 Whether it’s broken lightbulbs or breakups, RAs and the rest of the up! Students are exploring their classes, and hunkering down to compose their first large assignments, while joining student organizations and becoming engaged in our larger com- Residence Life team are ever ready to respond to students’ problems. munity. They are watching soccer matches and field hockey games, and getting excited for the upcoming basketball and hockey season openers. Your student is exploring all that the Features University has to offer, and my staff and I could not be happier. I hope you will take a few minutes out of your own busy schedule to read this copy of BU Parent magazine. It will connect you 4 No more lunch trays: BU takes sustainability seriously. with happenings at BU, and help you visualize what your student is doing during the fall semester. I also hope that you can join us during another hopping time at the University—our annual Parents Weekend, October 16–18. 6 From homeless shelters to BU dorms, this freshman came We welcome you back to experience some of the best of what the University has to offer, and to see your student thriving in his or with a Posse. her second home. 7 Also, I encourage you to check out my website (www.bu.edu/dos) and BU Today (www.bu.edu/today)—both great places for you 7 Research & Discovery: A senior with a Confederate family past to get a sense of the campus buzz from wherever you happen to be. uncovers civil rights stories. Thank you again for being a part of our community. Keep in touch.

With best regards, In Every Issue 12 2 B-Line Buzz

Kenneth Elmore 11 20 Questions Dean of Students 4 6 12 University News Bites 14 BU Parents Reception Dear Fellow Parent,

Last year was incredibly exciting for Boston University—Times Higher Education named BU one of the world’s top 50 universities, the School of Medicine received a $10.5 million pledge to create a Breast Cancer Research Center, and our men’s team won the national championship. And 2009/2010 promises to be equally free of dull mo- About This Magazine Associate Director, Parents Program Proofreader ments. The academic year kicks off with the opening of StuVi2, our newest (and tallest) Christy Loring Peter Nebesar residence hall, which you’ll see on page 9. In this issue, we also highlight BU’s brand-new The Boston University Parents Program Coordinator, Parents Program Photography links parents and other family members Sustainability department. Kellen Sarb Boston University Photography, of BU students with the University. We unless otherwise noted At the same time, we will introduce you to a few of the many accomplished students encourage your participation and welcome Director, Annual Giving thriving at the University. You’ll meet the founders of the Women’s Resource Center and questions and comments. Please write to Lindsey McCullough Produced by the Creative Services department of Boston University a member of our championship hockey team. We also want to highlight Parents Leader- the Parents Program, Boston University, Editor Marketing & Communications ship Council members, Richard and Marie Carr, along with their daughter Elizabeth 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 700, Patrick L. Kennedy (COM’04) West Entrance, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; (SHA’10). Marie and her daughter joined forces to research, write, design, and publish the call 617-358-1187; or e-mail [email protected]. Contributing Editor Prepared Parent’s Operational Manual specifically for Boston University. Each year, they Andrea Baird (COM’05) prepare a new edition of the manual and donate thousands of copies to parents of incom- Contributing Writers ing students during Summer Orientation. (See page 16.) Caleb Daniloff We wish you and your BU student(s) a happy, healthy, and successful fall semester Greg Kwasnik (COM’10) Stay connected with e-Parent. The Parents Natalie Jacobson McCracken Program’s electronic newsletter keeps and we look forward to meeting you during Parents Weekend, October 16–18, 2009. In Meredith Niles (COM’10) you informed with a monthly collection of the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the Parents Program at [email protected]. Jessica Ullian Rachel Weiner (CAS’07, COM’11) articles, photos, reminders, and invitations just for BU parents. Warm wishes, Graphic Designer Diana Parziale (CFA’77), Subscribe at www.bu.edu/parentsprogram/ mother of Lisa Terrat (CFA’11) newsletter. Jeanne Knox Chair, Parents Leadership Council Mother of Merrill (COM’06) and Bobby (CGS’08, SAR’10)

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What’s What’s A Place of Their Own Hot Not

Did You Know? Bo Obama Barney Bush An estimated 4,000 Terrier fans filled Hulu Limewire Marsh Plaza on April 14 to cheer on the men’s ice hockey national champions’ Gladiators Uggs victory parade. The BU Today live webcast Lost 24 of the celebration drew 30,000 view- What experiences Canvas Grocery Bags Plastic Bags ers—enough to crash the server! Click on do you remember the “Looking Out” and “Lining the Route” Adele Norah Jones most? Emily Calvin (CAS’09) links at www.bu.edu/today/sports to is one of six 2009 graduates who, three Twitter MySpace My strongest see photo slideshows of the event. years ago, saw a way to improve BU: create memory is of Frisbee Hacky Sack a center devoted to women’s and gender meeting in one of the founders’ apartments issues. After many months of signature- my sophomore year. There were just six Dustin Pedroia Manny Ramirez gathering and consensus-building, they of us. We were discussing ways to get the Gmail Chatting Instant Messaging turned their vision into a brightly fur- BU administration’s support. It felt so nished sanctum where students can meet, unofficial and underground, but at the 30 Rock Arrested Development seek information, and find support. Today same time it was empowering because we the student-run Women’s Resource Center were taking matters into our own hands. Andy Samberg Jimmy Fallon (WRC), which opened in October 2008 We weren’t part of any organization or An Tua Nua J Tree in the basement of the George Sherman bureaucracy . . . we were just a bunch Union, hosts weekly forums and several of women who recognized that it was John and Kate’s Eight John without Kate special events each month. imperative that BU have a women’s Vespas Segways resource center. BU Parent: What is the Women’s Resource Center’s role on campus? Now that you’ve graduated, what’s your Compiled by Meredith Niles Emily Calvin: The WRC is open to all BU hope for the future of the Center? students, both women and men. It provides Right before I graduated, we founded the a central location to access women’s re- Feminist Collective, a subgroup of the sources: anything from health information WRC. I would love to see that collective to Boston Area Rape Crisis Center train- take off and gain a strong political stance. ing. There’s also a committee of student But I mainly just want to see the Center volunteers, a full-time counselor, a room thrive as a community of women who are to hold meetings and events (such as book Parents passionate about protecting and improving clubs, open-mic nights, and performances), women’s rights on campus, in Boston, and a study lounge, and space for student art all over the world. Weekend www.bu.edu/orientation/parents displays. —Meredith Niles What was the process of founding the 2009 WRC at BU? It was a long process of planning, petition- See Boston University ing, and asking any and every administra- Photos by Kimberly Cornuelle through their eyes. tor and professor for support. But it was definitely exciting and inspiring to work with such driven and dedicated women. Of course, it was amazing to succeed and see October 16–18 the final product.

2 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 3 For tips on being green at school and With a new sustainability director and a host of green initiatives, x at home, visit www.bu.edu/green.

BU is making it a priority to save resources. By Greg Kwasnik

“It’s absolutely important to get students involved,” Carlberg and 2009, the department earned “A” grades on the Sustainability says. “That’s critical to the success of any sustainability program Report Card.) Last October, BU upped the ante by hiring Kelly on any campus.” Just think: If students can waste 6.75 tons of Dunn to serve as the first sustainability director for Dining clothes during a few frenzied days in May, they also have the po- Services. This year, Dunn plans to run energy audits on all kitch- tential to save a vast amount of energy and goods over the course ens, and will replace aging appliances with EnergyStar models of an entire year. With use of a limited $1 million revolving fund when needed. to finance all campus sustainability projects, Carlberg says that Dunn says that increased energy savings will help fund changing student behaviors is the first, most cost-effective path purchases of local food, compostable flatware, and green cleaning Making The to improvement. products, which all come at a premium. It’s all part of what Fortunately, today’s BU students grew up learning about Dunn calls a “cost-neutral” program. And in keeping with the global warming and carbon footprints, and have begun to advocate University’s broader sustainability plan, Dining Services began for a greener campus themselves. enlisting students to achieve its goals. In the past year, the depart- Rebecca Morgan (CAS’12), treasurer of the Environmental ment removed trays from all dining halls, saving the half-gallon Student Organization, spent her freshman year helping to orga- of water needed to wash each tray and reducing food waste by an nize events and pushing for the adoption of a voluntary “Green estimated 25 to 30 percent. ( Green Fee,” which would be added to student tuition bills and help fund If a sustainable future rests in the students’ hands, it’s en- BU’s sustainability initiatives. Morgan, an environmental sci- couraging that they’ve adopted the once-foreign concept of going ) ences major interested in environmental law, says students have trayless—as they have recycling, turning off unneeded lights, and embraced the opportunity to learn about sustainability. “While taking shorter showers. “It’s just kind of a way of life,” Dunn says. you’re in college you want to learn so many things,” Morgan says, “And no one thinks twice about it.” “and I think learning about an environmentally conscious lifestyle is a great way to do it.” Grade The BU Energy Club is another popular option for the green- savvy. In just the past year, its e-mail listserv has increased to 500 members—up from 180 a year ago, says club President Ben Sny- dacker (SMG’10). Sustainability is the hot new topic on campus, At the end of the last academic year, BU students By hiring Carlberg as its first-ever sustainability director last he adds. “Whether you’re trying to make a career out of it or you’re discarded 6.75 tons of clothes in dorms across campus. January, BU signaled that it was serious about going green. The just trying to understand current events, it’s something everyone’s University received its first environmental wake-up call in 2007, been talking about recently.” In terms of sheer mass, that’s a mature African elephant when it earned a “D” on the Sustainability Report Card, published When students aren’t talking about energy or the environ- worth of last season’s jeans and tube tops. annually by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. That same ment, they’re probably eating sustainably at more than a dozen year, Harvard earned an “A–,” while MIT scored a “B–.” Since dining facilities across campus. Proving that the fastest way to a The clothes—all 13,500 pounds of them—were donated then, BU has shown steady improvement, earning a “C” in 2008, student’s environmental conscience is through the stomach, BU to the Big Brother Big Sister Foundation of Boston, which sold and a “B–” in 2009. has made Dining Services its sustainability showcase. (In 2008 them to fund its programs for at-risk youth. A perfect ending, Since taking office, Carlberg has been working hard to spread right? Not completely. his “waste less” philosophy. His primary vehicle for change is the To BU Director of Sustainability Dennis Carlberg, those Campus Sustainability Steering Committee, an organization made clothing heaps represent the elephantine task of making BU envi- up of BU students, faculty, and administrators. The committee ronmentally sustainable. devises sustainability strategies that focus on energy conserva- “It’s great that we’re finding ways to take that and use it tion, waste management, building construction and operations, for good causes,” Carlberg says, “but it’s and communications. Recent projects include the much better not to have all that waste to replacement of five power plant boilers with a 30 begin with.” percent more efficient combustion management For Carlberg, making BU eco-friendly system, lighting retrofits at the Mugar Memorial means going beyond University initiatives Library and FitRec Center, a geothermal heating like recycling and ride-sharing programs, and cooling system at 888 Commonwealth Avenue, How can your students help or the new bike lane along Commonwealth and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental BU become more sustainable? Avenue. For an institution so large that it Design (LEED)-certified George K. Makechnie burned enough electricity in 2008 to power Study Center at the College of Health & Rehabilita- Here are just a few suggestions: nearly 15,000 single family homes for a tion Sciences (Sargent College). • Turn off lights when leaving a room for more than 10 minutes. year, becoming truly sustainable means What excites Carlberg most is the new sus- • Take shorter showers to save five to seven gallons of water per minute. having students, faculty, and staff generate tainability website, part of a campaign that will use less waste, and use less electricity, period. student energy to power campus sustainability. • Set your computer to go into standby or hibernation mode when not in use.

BU’s sustainability director, • Do your laundry with warm or cool water. Dennis Carlberg • Unplug cell phone chargers when not in use. 4 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 5

Research & Development Meet The Posse Facing History, Letter by Letter

To adapt to BU, these CAS senior delves into the Civil Rights Movement freshmen stay tight via the papers of famed lawyer Conrad Lynn.

By Caleb Daniloff By Jessica Ullian

Growing up homeless, Atlanta native With programs oseph Clark didn’t spend The project is meaningful for Clark in Boston, Chicago, Danielle Galloway found that math- his summer researching on a personal and an academic level. Grow- Los Angeles, ematics helped her cope. the American Civil Rights ing up in Memphis, where the Civil Rights Washington, D.C., Movement in Mugar Library Movement “left a pretty big footprint,” “I love numbers,” she explains. “To and Atlanta, the because his grandfather was he says, piqued his interest in history, me, math applies to life, because in life Posse Foundation share similar goals, then your journey as Jone of the Sons of the Confederacy—not and his family’s rumored associations there are steps you have to go through. connects leadership-oriented students in a student will be much more arduous.” entirely. But the senior from Tennes- with the Sons of the Confederacy and the And if you skip steps, most likely you will urban centers with participating universi- This year, 500 candidates from see has a complicated relationship with Ku Klux Klan make this exploration “sort end up with the wrong answer. ties, which in turn provide full-tuition the Atlanta area were considered for 20 history: he understands why some people of a cleansing.” As he delved deeper into “If I can do math, I can conquer scholarships. The idea: send a group of spots—10 at BU and 10 at the College of would rather not explore the past, yet he Lynn’s life, he also uncovered the connec- Growing up in Memphis, Joseph Clark anything.” highly talented kids from similar back- Wooster in Ohio. Mark Sterling (CAS’13), considers it an integral part of who we are. tions and offshoots that make academic (CAS’10) was steeped in the history of fighting Galloway (CAS’13) is a member of grounds to boost one another’s chances a graduate of Norcross High School out- “To become your own person, it’s nec- research fascinating. for civil rights; his summer project studies that BU’s second class of Posse students and of thriving in college, which can be a side of Atlanta, was one of those chosen. essary to know where you came from,” he Lynn, for example, is known for era using the papers of Conrad Lynn. the first in her family to go to college. culturally bewildering place. Since 1989, He is majoring in computer science. “I says. “You build on what other people have representing two young boys, ages seven “I’ve never really had an apartment Posse has placed 2,650 students at 33 elite want to double in computer engineering,” left. You can’t really start from zero.” and nine, in what came to be known as the since I was six years old,” she says. “My colleges and universities, representing he says, “but I heard that’s a really difficult Clark (CAS’10) studies Atlantic his- “Kissing Case.” The boys, who were black, mom made some bad financial decisions. $265 million in scholarships. The course load.” tory during the school year, focusing on the were arrested and charged with rape in We’ve been in and out of shelters and organization has a 90 percent college Sterling became intrigued by spare slave trade. Last summer, with the help of 1958 when they kissed a young white girl family housing.” graduation rate—significantly higher than computer parts lying around his mother’s a grant from BU’s Undergraduate Research during play. One of Lynn’s principal cor- Fortitude and perseverance, mental the national average—and hopes to groom office and used them to build his own Opportunities Program (UROP), created respondents during the case was Robert F. and academic, made Galloway stand out to the next generation of America’s urban computer. “I enjoy putting these things in 1997 to foster faculty-mentored under- Williams, a local NAACP leader and later the Posse Atlanta selection committee and leaders. together—it’s so cool.” He is also the first graduate research and help students apply an advocate of armed resistance in the BU Admissions. BU’s inaugural Posse class are now in his family to attend college and knows for funding and prepare research propos- struggle for racial equality; their corre- A group of Freedom Riders visit Mobile, Alabama “Every student brings something sophomores. Sharrod McClusky (CAS’12) he is setting the path for younger siblings. als, he delved into the more recent past. He spondence, Clark says, paints a fascinating in 1961. (Photo licensed by Creative Commons) unique to their Posse and to BU,” says Kelly says being surrounded by like-minded “If I go to school and my sister sees that I used the personal archive of Conrad Lynn, picture of the cultural climate in the Civil Walter, executive director of admissions. people has been a key to his success so messed up and dropped out, then she’ll say, a civil rights lawyer known both for his Rights and Vietnam eras. “Last week I wrote LeRoi Jones “I noticed Danielle right away because of far, which includes being his class repre- ‘Well Mark, did this, why can’t I?’” controversial cases—he defended freedom “In the early years, Lynn’s tone was asking him not to testify before the Grand her warm smile and the manner in which sentative to UMOJA, the black student Galloway can relate. riders and draft resisters—and as the first more tempered. As you get later and later, Jury against SDS or any individual white she interacted with her peers, and once I union, and cofounder of a campus flag “Coming from my background, my black graduate of Syracuse University Law it becomes a fever pitch,” he says. “Around radicals. That would be playing into the spent some time with Danielle I learned football team. siblings probably feel like they can’t do a School. Lynn, who died in 1995, donated 1968, everything changes. There’s a sense hands of the fascist forces. Please get back that it was her drive and determination “It takes more than studying and get- lot and that they’re bound to be poor,” she his papers to Boston University’s Howard of urgency around everything he writes. to New York as soon as possible. Every- that had contributed to her success in high ting good grades,” McClusky says. “I found said. “It’s only a mindset thing. I feel I’m Gotlieb Archival Research Center, which They’re asking, is there going to be a presi- thing will be won or lost in 1968.” school. I have no doubt these same quali- that the true making of a college student way beyond being poor. I want to help the contains the papers of hundreds of well- dential election this year? What’s going to Working with Lynn’s original docu- ties will lead her to accomplish even more lies within his or her inner circle, because poor, but you can’t really help someone if known (e.g., Florence Nightingale, Martin happen with the war demonstrations?” ments has offered Clark a new under- at Boston University.” if you’re not surrounded by people who you’re in the same situation.” Luther King, Jr.,) and lesser-known figures In a letter to actor and activist Ossie standing of his chosen field. He had the from a variety of fields. Clark worked his Davis, dated April 29, 1968, Lynn pleaded opportunity to decide for himself what’s This story is reprinted with permission way through 40 boxes of correspondence for collaboration among black and white significant, instead of relying on what from BU Today (www.bu.edu/today). and personal mementos stored on Mugar’s student activists: other historians have selected for antholo- fifth floor. “Now is the time for you and me gies and books. “He was a lawyer, so he was very and other black militants to press on all “You learn a lot from history, and it’s Above, Danielle Galloway (CAS’13) meticulous and precise, and incredibly our activists the necessity for parallel or not just history that you’re learning,” he well documented,” Clark says. “Everything joint action with white radicals in specific says. “Once you’re interested in one part, Left, Posse 1 and Posse 2, along with BU is detailed and typewritten, sometimes in circumstance. For example, it would be it leads you to the next.” mentors Jeff Allen and Shiney James (CAS’99) triplicate.” suicide for the black kids at Columbia to (top row, far left), and Roberto Trevino (CAS’05, cut themselves off from SDS. There are This story is reprinted with permission SED’09) (top row, far right), senior assistant signs that they are beginning to listen to from BU Today (www.bu.edu/today). director of admissions, in the lobby of the reason... SMG building.

6 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 7 RA Jill Wolfson holds weekly Wednesday night dinners in the Myles Standish dining hall to foster close floor relationships. The Newest Home Sweet Home Student Village II (or StuVi2) is the academic-year home to 960 students. x The 26-story tower opened this fall. Watch a time-lapse video of its construction at www.bu.edu/today/stuvi2.

“The on-call system never, ever, stops,” says Assistant Dean Meet John Battaglino (MET’08), of Students Daryl DeLuca, who describes the Residence Life RAs executive director of student and staff members as the “backbone” of student life at the Uni- activities and operations, and versity, which is responsible for more than 11,000 undergraduate his wife Jennifer Battaglino on-campus residents. (Another 4,000 undergraduates and most of (SED’03), a Residence Life hall the 13,000 graduate students live off campus.) director. They have lived in the RAs, at the base of this hierarchy, play a vital role. They’re Shelton Hall residence for eight the ones who often prevent emergencies from ever arising. These BU upperclassmen live in the dorms and help their fellow years, living where they work, students adjust to college life, tackle tough academic and personal and raising a family with the problems, and make friends. In short, they help their floor mates help of the BU students. Two succeed by “managing day-to-day student life,” says Zamojski. of their children are even BU “We’re here for basically anything the students need,” says students themselves ! Michelle Surdyk (CAS’09), who spent two years as an RA before The Battaglinos host home- graduating this past spring. “I’ve had students come to me for advice on anything from roommates to relationships to religion, cooked dinners for students, classes, where to live next year.” Furthermore, “If there’s some- can relate to parents of college thing they need that we can’t help with, we can figure out how students and talk to them to get them help.” as fellows, and maintain a Jill Wolfson (ENG’10), an RA and senior in the College of welcoming home for students Engineering, describes her relationship with her all-female fresh- when they need some time in men floor last year as that of “an older sibling.” For her, being an a family environment. RA is all about building community and establishing bonds among students who come from all around the globe. The key to her floor’s But the students, whether they success was engaging her 55 residents in daily conversations. realize it or not, also give a lot Wolfson also held a weekly Wednesday night dinner at the to the Battaglinos in return. Myles Standish dining hall to foster close floor relationships. “The students are some of the “About 15 to 20 students showed up each week,” Wolfson best neighbors I’ve ever had,” says proudly. (continued on next page) Always On Call says John. “They are so bright and so engaging. I love to talk to them about what their hopes BU’s Residence Life staff solve problems 24 –7, Director of and their dreams are . . . I need and along the way they create community on a big campus. Residence Life to keep challenging myself David Zamojski in order to be able to keep By Rachel Weiner challenging the students. I get everything from being around the students.” It’s difficult to turn a single room shared by two strangers into “home sweet home,” but every Graduate student Jenn, who helps train RAs and Roberto Santos is part of the on-call system, year Boston University’s residence assistants, or RAs, help freshmen all over campus do just that. (COM’10) is a loves the insight living on cam- senior RA who “BU is a big university, and RAs help make it feel smaller and warmer,” says David Zamojski, pus has given her. “It provides holds weekly me with the opportunity to live ­assistant dean of students and director of the Residence Life team. “Building community is the floor meetings most important part of the job.” and workshops. their lives. It helps me connect with them,” she says. The RAs are part of the network of students, faculty, and staff who compose the “on-call” system, “It changes the dynamic and a tiered arrangement that makes certain someone is always available in case of emergency, Zamojski breaks down that administra- explains. RAs (who may be juniors, seniors, or graduate students) make up the first tier; senior RAs tor/student divide,” says John. (graduate students) and hall directors (full-time staff members) make up the second tier; and deans “It’s like: ‘Hey guys, we’re all in this together.’” and administrators make up the top tier. 8 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 9 20 Questions with Brian Strait (MET’10) Always on call, continued Advice to Freshmen Parents “It was so surreal,” says 2008/2009 Terrier men’s ice hockey co- and defenseman Video chat and other technologies certainly allow students to Brian Strait (MET’10) of clinching the NCAA championship title in April’s overtime nail- stay in touch with family, high school sweethearts, and old friends, “Give students space and let them but it’s also important to engage with other BU students and find a biter against Miami University of Ohio. With his sturdy, 6-foot, hockey-star build, Strait is succeed and let them fail, because niche in a new place. And it can be tough, at least at first. The RAs still the same “Boston kid” he always was: a Waltham, Massachusetts, native who looks up it’s all about their finding what is are there to help guide them through these life changes as much as to his father, lives for the game, and has big dreams of a career in the NHL. In June, Strait they are there to plan and organize social activities and help solve right for them in these four years. Just problems. have confidence in the students that secured his spot in the big league by signing a contract with the Stanley Cup–defending Wolfson’s weekly dinners came on top of the monthly events they will find their way through.” . That makes the 2009 championship his last game as a Terrier, and she was required to plan as part of her RA job. These events — Roberto Santos (COM’10), senior RA Strait is proud to have crowned his college career with the win he calls “the greatest moment covered a wide variety of activities, including a floor-wide game of capture-the-flag, an outdoor pizza party, a coffee study-break of my life.” BU Parent got the chance to speak with him before he left for the Iron City. —MN during midterms, and an authentic Ethiopian Meal served at BU’s Hillel House on Bay State Road. “Sometimes we have to remind RAs also encourage their charges to find student clubs and parents that their students are adults activities that suit them. “I think that the biggest thing—and this and there is privacy that we need 1. What is your favorite topic of conversation? 11. Where do you get your news? is what I told my freshmen at the beginning—is to find what you to respect. We can’t just give them a Hockey. The Boston Globe. like,” says Wolfson. “BU is such a big place, you can do whatever roommate’s cell phone number, for you want to do and I guarantee there will be someone else who example. A lot of parents get freaked 2. What books are you reading now? 12. What’s your favorite campus hangout? wants to do it with you.” Indeed, an organization exists here for out by that, but at the same time they A book about the Crusades for my History Agganis Arena. every taste, from the Archaeology Club to the Zen Society. need to realize this is the next step in of the Crusades class. Since the RA knows everyone on their floor or in their build- their student’s growing up. They’re What do you do to relax? ing, they are often aware of similar interests that could blossom 13. not out in the crazy real world yet, into friendships, as well. Surdyk, for example, helped several of 3. What was the last film you saw? I go to the movies. but they’re kind of in the college her shyer floor mates connect over their shared love of Japanese Angels & Demons—I loved it. anime. They might never have come together without her insight. bubble, where they can start to learn 14. Who will play you in the movie of your life? Of course, the students have an affect on the RAs, too. how to live on their own without their 4. Whom do you admire? Ummmmm...Ben Affleck. Roberto Santos (COM’10), a graduate student at the College parents.” My father is a blue-collar, hard-working, of Communication, is a senior RA, so he doesn’t deal directly with — Michelle Surdyk (CAS’09), RA loving man whom I aspire to be like every day. 15. What is the strangest thing in your backpack? a floor of freshmen, but he knows the kindness and commitment Protein shakes. that are the requisites of a good RA. In a meeting at the end of last 5. Who or what makes you laugh out loud? year, he says, “I asked the RAs to tell me what they were going to “Be proud of yourself for how far All my teammates. We have a good time when 16. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, take away from the job most. And the skill set they described—it we are around each other. where would it be? wasn’t project or event management, things you identify with the you’ve brought them. Let your ­children The Caribbean. RA—it was empathy. . . Just seeing that nine months into the job, show you that they’re ready.” What are your most marked strengths? they had all been describing the same power or emotion of being — John Battaglino (MET’08), 6. able to understand without judgment—it was a revelation.” executive director of student My athleticism and my leadership. 17. What is your favorite place to eat in Boston? During an intensive training period in late August each year, activities and operations T. Anthony’s is the spot I visit most, but my as well as in weekly and monthly meetings, 7. What are your hidden talents? favorite place is Maggiano’s. I’m very Italian. RAs gain the tools and resources needed They are called hidden talents for a reason! to transform a floor of often shy, nervous 18. If you weren’t training for hockey, what freshmen into a family; to resolve roommate 8. What is your greatest achievement? would you like to do with your free time? conflicts and avert potential crises; to make Winning the National Championship. I’d play video games or golf. coming home to the dorms comfortable for every student. But the empathy Santos cites  What do you enjoy most about BU? What do you splurge on? is not something that can be taught, any more 9. 19. Everything! I love it here. But if I have to pick Shoes and T-shirts. than the responsibility of being a constant role model can. Good RAs just know. one thing, it would be that the people here are “Even if I’m not on my floor, I might be great. The tradition BU has with hockey makes 20. Red Sox or Yankees? down in the dining hall or across campus and for a really supportive, encouraging fan base. I am a Boston kid—obviously, the Sox! people still know I’m an RA,” says Surdyk. “It’s not a responsibility you can leave at any door.” 10.  What’s in your CD or MP3 player? T.I., Soulja Boy, Kanye West, Lil Wayne.

10 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 11 News Bites Sources include BU Today, Engineer, Builders & Leaders, Collegian, and Arts & Sciences.

Fuel Cells and Atoms Delicious, Nutritious Going Global

Two new concentrations at the College of Engineering will Like scallops and noodles? Like staying “Write what you know,” writing teachers often advise their position students for some of the fastest-growing jobs in healthy? BU Executive Chef Walter Dunphy students. Now, thanks to a $2 million gift to the College of the industry. has unveiled a series of meals that are both Arts & Sciences’ graduate Creative Writing Program, its Beginning this fall, students graduating in January 2011 or salubrious and scrumptious. His latest students will know a whole lot more about the world. creation is miso-glazed sea scallops with beyond may concentrate in energy technologies and environ- Cycling Safely Robert Hildreth, the vice chair of BU’s Board of fresh vegetables and soba noodles. For an mental engineering. The 16-credit coursework will take Overseers and founder and president of exotic-sounding meal, Dunphy stays fairly Boston University’s Bicycle Safety Committee has launched a advantage of ENG faculty expertise in emerging fields International Bank Services, Inc., gave the local, using Nantucket bay scallops. “Their website devoted to safe biking at BU. The “crossroads of bicycle of research, such as fuel cells, garbage-to-fuel tech- funds to create two initiatives with a global sweetness happens to lend itself quite well resources” for the University community, www.bu.edu/bike- nology, bacteria-generated fuel, and solid-state focus: The Leslie Epstein International to Asian-inspired cuisine, with its subtle yet safety went online over the summer. It includes an interactive lighting. Visit­­ing Professorship—named in honor of spicy contrasts,” he explains. map showing the locations of the bike racks proliferating all the longtime director of the program—will “Our students are entering the engineering over campus; a free bike registration system to help combat The series of savory, salutary suppers is bring prominent writers from other countries profession at an exciting time,” says Dean theft; and a clear explanation of the rules of the road, for all brought to students by the Sargent Choice to BU to lead workshops and courses; and the Kenneth R. Lutchen. “Breakthrough energy types of commuters. technologies will derive from virtually all program, a culinary and nutritional collabo- Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Creative Writing—honoring engineering disciplines. They will reshape our ration between BU Dining Services and the Led by Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services Craig Hill, the renowned professor and past U.S. Poet Laureate—will send society and engineers will create them.” Nutrition & Fitness Center at the College of the safety committee formed last year, shortly after Boston’s MFA students abroad to experience life overseas, becoming Health & Rehabilitation Sciences (Sargent first-ever bicycle lane opened for two-wheeled traffic along better writers for it. (Imagine if Ernest Hemingway, for example, The other new concentration is in nanotechnol- College). The meals are served in dining BU’s two-mile stretch of Commonwealth Avenue. One of the had never left Oak Park, Illinois.) ogy. Students will explore the expanding field committee’s primary concerns is educating students, many of “The gift will bring another unique emphasis to our program: of engineering on a molecular scale, learning how whom hail from suburban towns, about safe urban biking. In international awareness,” says Pinsky. “The very existence of nanotechnology affects biomedical, photonic, electronic, Boston, cyclists belong on the road and are required to follow these imaginative and substantial new programs should inspire and atomic systems. the same laws as motorists. all of our students to enrich their work with an awareness of “This means stopping at all red lights, using proper hand sig- other languages, other cultures, other possibilities.” nals, and not making illegal left turns or biking the wrong way Terrier Teams Take Titles down one-way streets,” says Officer Peter Shin of the BU Police Department. “Wear a helmet, and don’t talk on your cell phone Our Favorite Levins In 2009, BU’s athletic success wasn’t limited to hockey. While or text or listen to your iPod while you’re riding.” the ice Terriers won the Hockey East title on their way to the When Aaron Levin (SMG’10) national championship, no fewer than seven BU teams won graduates next May, his NCAA America East championships: men’s and women’s Metcalf Winner family tree will be notched soccer, women’s lacrosse, women’s indoor track & field, with its 22nd BU degree. And women’s swimming & diving, women’s tennis, and College of General Studies Professor and a preponderance of those softball. That made this the fourth year in a row (and the Chairman of the Division of Natural Science degrees come from the School seventh time in the last eight years) that Peter Busher has won BU’s 2009 Metcalf of Management. (Or its prede- BU clinched the America East Stuart P. Award for Excellence in Teaching. cessor, the College of Business Haskell, Jr., Commissioner’s Cup, for the Administration.) top athletic program in the conference. A faculty member since 1982, Busher puts a premium on inspiring students to understand and explore science—even Aaron’s great-grandfather, B. As for BU’s hockey champs, several have if they’re only taking the class because they have to. “In many Robert Levin, graduated from embarked on professional careers this season. halls across campus, but you can make parts of American university education, the for faculty is to the old CBA in 1929 before Henry, Aaron, and Lawrence Defenseman Matt Gilroy (MET’09)—winner them yourself at home: Get the scallops move away from teaching undergraduates, specifically first- or earning a JD from BU’s School Levin at a BU hockey pregame of the 2009 Hobey Baker Memorial Award event in 1997. recipe and watch Dunphy prepare the dish second-year undergraduates,” says Busher. “For me, the op- of Law in 1932. Several Levins for the best player in college hockey—signed at www.bu.edu/today/sargentchoice. posite is true. You interact with these kids, and you don’t realize followed suit: Aaron’s grand- a two-year, $3.5 million contract with the the impact you have.” father Henry (CBA’58, LAW’60), great uncle David (CBA’68, ; defenseman Brian Strait LAW’74), uncle Allan (SMG’86, LAW’89), and father (MET’10) signed with the 2009 Stan- To show students the importance of science firsthand, Busher runs a study abroad program in London. Every summer since Lawrence (SMG’84, LAW’87). Space considerations preclude ley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins listing the eleven other Terriers in Aaron’s family. (see p. 11); and forward Jason Lawrence 2004, he has taken a group of CGS students to Charles (MET’09)—who was named to the Darwin’s house, the botanical research center Kew Gardens, Not surprisingly for a staunch BU brood, many of the Levins Hockey East All-Academic Team for the Observatory in Greenwich, Stonehenge, and the chalk cliffs are also hockey players. That includes Aaron, his father, his the season—signed with the Providence of Eastbourne. younger sister Laura, and grandfather Henry—who played on Bruins of the . the varsity team that won BU’s first in 1958. At age 72, Henry still plays pick-up hockey twice a week.

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Above And Beyond

The Boston University Parents Annual Campaign helps continue the tradition of excellence that defines the BU experience. Gifts to the Parents Annual Campaign may be designated to support scholarships, student life, athletics, specific schools or colleges, libraries, or the University’s area of greatest need. On behalf of President Robert Brown, deans, administrators, faculty and staff members, and the thousands of students who have benefited, the Parents Program would like to thank the 2,861 parents who donated more than $980,000 to the Parents Annual Campaign this year. We would especially like to recognize the following parents who joined an Annual Fund Leadership Giving Society by giving $1,000 or more to an annual fund this year. We are grateful for their leadership. To learn about the benefits of membership or to join a Society, please visit www.bu.edu/alumni/giving/annualfund/societies.

$25,000+ Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weeks** Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Darrah Ms. Robin E. Novak Mr. Leland C. Ackerley Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Allen Willis Ms. Jacqueline Dedell** Dr. and Mrs. Steven Novak Mr. and Mrs. Basil Y. Alhizami David P. DiChiara, M.D.* Mr. Allen J. Noveck* Paul L. Bourdeau, Esq.* $2,500 to $4,999 Ms. Christine Dinesen Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Passaro Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Cohen* Mr. and Mrs. David L. Abzug Mr. and Mrs. Cyril R. Drabinsky Mr. and Mrs. David Peng Mr. Gregory Goodman Mr. Warren J. Adelson* Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. DuBay Mr. Daniel Pesch Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Leventhal Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Arenstein** Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Elias Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Petrowski Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Reidy* Mr. and Mrs. Nicolae Brova Anne and Bob Essner Ms. Patricia K. Phelan Mrs. Lucia H. Shipley Mr. and Mrs. Woody Canaday Professor Francis Farraye Mr. Thomas G. Polefka Richard and Marie Carr** Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Spiros Polemis $10,000 to $24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Emma Richards Huff Ford, Esq.* Mr. and Mrs. George Popko Dr. and Mrs. John A. Bittl Scott G. Foxman, M.D.* Mr. Benjamin Frank Dr. Gregory A. Prince Mrs. Abigail P. Bowers* Dr. and Mrs. Roberto Frediani Mr. Frank G. Gabriel Jr. Mr. Osama Rahbiny Filmmaker Steven Spielberg (top) and basketball Mr. and Mrs. David D. Buttolph* ** and Mr. Marco Frediani Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gaumond** Mr. and Mrs. Travy Remmert Sheryl Helene Haberman, Esq.* Ms. Lisa W. Gill Ms. Nancy L. Rentler Commencement 2009 great Larry Bird (above) received honorary degrees. Lisa and Edward Gilligan Dr. and Ms. Don Phillip Greenberg* Mr. and Mrs. Dmitri Ilyin Mr. Mark Alan Goldsmith Ms. Bette Rini Mr. Robert J. Hildreth Mr. Lawrence M. Kosow* Mr. and Mrs. Michael Greenberg Ms. Karma Roberts** Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alan Knox* ** Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lerner Mr. and Mrs. Gary William Griglak David Rothbaum, M.D.* Joseph Mills, D.M.D.* Mr. Bernard F. Mariette Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Gustafson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Rueli Jr.** G.V. Naidu and Gurramkonda N. Mr. William Nelson Dr. Maria A. Scouros Haapaniemi Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lewis Rush Naidu, PhD** Mr. Dana B. Rasmussen Mr. and Mrs. Jere Reiss Hausfater* Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Salameno Gerald L. Nissenbaum, Esq.* and Ms. Victoria Dunn Mr. Roy Hershey Mr. and Mrs. Alan Schneider Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sall Ms. Debra Reid Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin Herzog Ronni A. Schnell, D.M.D.* J. Michael Schell, Esq.* Mr. Peter Rickett Mr. and Mrs. David Hill Ms. Lucy Sherman Mr. Michael C. Schiffer Mr. Kent Robinson Mr. Steven Hindman Richard A. Short, D.M.D.* Mrs. Barbara J. Sloane Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rose** James and Debra Beebe Hoback** Professor Donald J. Smith John and Hinda Snyder Mr. Francis S. Ryan Mr. Edward G. Horne Mr. James W. Smith Professor H. Eugene Stanley Mr. Robert Thomas Mr. Ron Hosogi Ms. Shaun Smith “Your life will be very easy if you ignore the rest of the world—you Mr. Charles Talanian Mr. Richard H. Waldman* Ms. Lisa Stewart Jacobs* ** Mr. and Mrs. Mazen I. Snobar** can build a very comfortable life for yourselves,” said Massachusetts Drs. Timothy and Remedios Tam Mrs. Laura F. Walsh-Strandskov Candice James Selander** Mr. Jacob I. Sopher Congressman Michael Capuano in his Commencement address in May. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Taymor Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Weitzel Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kanarek Mr. Leslie Sparks Ronald G. Weissman, D.M.D.* Mr. Lawrence J. Wilhelm Ms. Chrysoula Kandylidi Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Spuehler Jr. “But you’ll always know that you didn’t challenge yourself to something Mr. Adam D. Wizon* William and Shaun Kane Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stein bigger, something greater. I call on you to use some of that ability, some $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. Richard of those talents, some of that drive to change the world.” Mr. Ioannis Alafouzos and Ms. Vickie $1,000 to $2,499 Drs. Susana and Roger Khouri M. Steinschneider Vasiliki Doumas Professor Jack W. Aber Ms. Susanna Kim Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Stelle Mr. and Mrs. Byron W. Anderson and Ms. Cynthia S. Aber Mr. and Mrs. Warner Kim Mr. and Mrs. David Strait Mr. and Mrs. Jack P. Armo Mr. Carlos Alberini Mr. and Mrs. John Kohli Mr. Mark Straubel Mr. and Mrs. Loren K. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Neil H. Aronson, Esq.* Mr. Michael Krugman* Mark R. Sultan, M.D. Celebrating Tradition Maureen and Robert Brownson Professor Andrew Joseph Bacevich Ms. Jin Kyung Kim Kwag Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sussman Professor Domenic A. Ciraulo Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Bank Mr. Robert F. Labbancz Mr. and Mrs. Peter Szujewski** President Robert and Dr. Beverly Brown Mr. and Mrs. Francesco Colangelo Ms. Lucerne Battsek Mr. and Mrs. Kunti D. Lafontant Thomas Family (below, with the Kwek family) joined BU Mr. and Mrs. Marc Duneier Mr. Ira M. Bauman* Ms. Anita LaSala Dr. and Mrs. John W. Vitale Mr. Peter R. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Beatty Ms. Carmela Lauto Mr. Henry B. Wainer Board of Trustees Chair Robert Knox Mr. Bertram Flaxman Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Block Professor Michael E. Lawson Ms. Lorene Waresmith (CAS’74, GSM’75) and Parents Leader- Ralph G. Ganick, M.D.* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Cappello Professor Min-Chang Lee Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas Waring ship Council Chair Jeanne Knox, parents Mr. and Mrs. Dennis G. Gardner Ms. Jennifer Carey Karen B. Leeds and Steven L. Yellen Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Warsofsky of Merrill (COM’06) and Bobby (CGS’08, Mr. Christ Kamberos Joel G. Caslowitz, M.D. Mr. David R. Lewis Ms. Jacqueline Watchorn Mr. Steven M. Karbank* Dr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Castle Mr. Yu-Jen Lin and Ms. Chia Li Mr. and Mrs. David I. Weil SAR’10), in hosting a Commencement Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Klein Richard J. Catrambone, M.D.* Martin Lobel, Esq.* Mr. and Mrs. Marc Alan Weinstein Weekend reception for dedicated BU Mr. John Ko Mr. Daniel Chang Sadayo Kanaya Lurie, M.D. Ms. Kelly Wellborn parents in the Trustee Lounge in the Mr. and Mrs. David Steven Lederman Mrs. Janice L. Cheney Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen Dr. Tao Xu and Dr. Yanling Jiang* Metcalf Trustee Center. Kwang-sung and Chong-keum Lee Mr. Manu Chiaravanond Mr. Tosui Machida Mr. and Mrs. Mendal Lane Yoho From left, Hajna Moss and Laurence Fish- Ted Lee, D.M.D.* Mr. Donald Chin Mr. and Mrs. Larry Maguire** Ms. Barbara C. Yu burne celebrate the graduation of their son, Ms. Ellen M. Lopez Mr. Joseph R. Ciaramella Mr. and Mrs. C. Gordon McKemie Ms. Sherrie Zacharius and Langston Fishburne (CGS’07, COM’09), Dennis M. McIntosh and Catherine Mr. Stephen M. Cleary Mr. and Mrs. Bruce J. Mellusi Mr. David O. Levine along with his sister, Montana, and step- Kupperstock Ronald B. Corley, Ph.D. Mary Ann Milano* Nikola A. Zikatanov Mr. David I. Nager Mr. Alvaro Corona Ms. Pamela Miller mother, Gina Torres. Genuine Terrier family: Alan (SED’74), Philip (CAS’09), and Marsha (SON’75) Rich. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pankow** Ms. Jeanne Corrao Mr. and Mrs. Jon Moeller * Alumni parents Mr. Alessandro Saracino Fendi Mr. and Mrs. Evaristo G. Cruz Ms. Rebecca Moir** ** Parents Leadership Council members Dr. and Mrs. Ernst Hans Von Metzsch Drs. Ghaleb Daouk and Rima Mr. Greg Mullen ­Kaddurah-Daouk** 14 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 15 Parents Leadership Council Taking the Lead Academic Calendar The Parents Leadership Council, which advises and supports the Parents Program, comprises parents of undergraduates and of alumni. Members attend campus and regional activities, act as ambassadors, and strengthen the financial foundation of Boston University. Important Dates The Parents Program extends heartfelt thanks to the following members of the Boston University Parents Leadership Council for their continued support. Fall 2009 Ric and Rhona Arenstein William and Debralee (CGS’76, Jean Chen-Chun Liu Joseph and Donna Rueli Richmond, Virginia CAS’78) Goldberg Taiwan, Republic of China Suffield, Connecticut Classes Begin Wednesday, September 2 Sarah, Class of 2009 Ontario, Canada Lisa, Class of 2011 Brian, Class of 2002 Benjamin, Class of 2009 Brendan, Class of 2006 Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, September 7 Patricia Bobb Karen Maguire Christopher, Class of 2009 Chicago, Illinois James and Debra Hoback Saint Helena, California Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, October 12 Brooke, Class of 2009 Signal Mountain, Tennessee Laura, Class of 2010 Pam Sendowski Elizabeth, Class of 2008 North Caldwell, New Jersey Robert Bobb Eileen Miller Oren, Class of 2002 Parents Weekend Friday, October 16– Chicago, Illinois Lisa Stewart Jacobs (CAS’77) Boca Raton, Florida Orlee, Class of 2005 Sunday, October 18 Brooke, Class of 2009 Roslyn, New York Colby, Class of 2009 Dara, Class of 2006 Jesse, Class of 2008 Dorit, Class of 2010 Holiday, Classes Suspended Wednesday, November 11 Kim Buttolph Eric, Class of 2011 Arline McGowan New Canaan, Connecticut Westport, Connecticut Mr. Mazen Snobar and Fall Recess Wednesday, November 25– Kristen, Class of 2012 Candice James-Selander Richard, Class of 2009 Mrs. Naheel Al Husseini New York, New York Matthew, Class of 2010 Saudi Arabia Sunday, November 29 Richard and Marie Carr Russell, Class of 2008 Haifa Mazen Snobar, Washington, D.C. Paul and Rebecca Moir Class of 2010 Last Day of Classes Friday, December 11 Elizabeth, Class of 2010 Ratan and Deepika Jindal Los Angeles, California Faisal Mazen Snobar, New Delhi, India Dylan, Class of 2012 Class of 2012 Final Exams Wednesday, December 16– Ghaleb Daouk and Rima Abhyuday, Class of 2010 Monday, December 21 Kaddurah-Daouk Gurramkonda N. and G.V. Naidu Elaine Szujewski Belmont, Massachusetts Hemant and Madhulika Kanoria Peoria, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Hassana, Class of 2008 Kolkata, India Harini, Class of 2008 Peter, Class of 2012 Hasan, Class of 2010 Raghav, Class of 2012 Spring 2010 Richard and Joni Pankow Jill Viner Jacqueline Dedell Sunil and Sunita Kanoria Encino, California Boca Raton, Florida Litchfield, Connecticut Kolkata, India Courtney, Class of 2010 Amanda, Class of 2009 Classes Begin Wednesday, January 13 Skylar, Class of 2012 Anant, Class of 2012 Karma Roberts William and Olivia Weeks Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, January 18 Lynn and Samuel Feldman Jeanne Knox (Chair, Parents Piedmont, California Southport, Connecticut Allenton, Pennsylvania Leadership Council) Mark, Class of 2008 William, Class of 2008 Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, February 15 Brooke, Class of 2008 Greenwich, Connecticut Hilary, Class of 2012 Whitney, Class of 2010 Brett, Class of 2013 Merrill, Class of 2006 Olivia, Class of 2012 Spring Recess Saturday, March 6– Bobby, Class of 2010 Bill and Kathy Rose Sunday, March 14 MJ Gaumond Sugarland, Texas Warren, Massachusetts Jane Kuttner Kristine, Class of 2009 Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, April 19 Macey, Class of 2012 Scarsdale, New York Samuel, Class of 2010 Last Day of Classes Thursday, April 29 Final Exams Tuesday, May 4–Saturday, May 8 To Serve and Parent Commencement Weekend Friday, May 14–Sunday, May 16 BU parenting? They wrote the book on it.

If a child of yours is a BU undergrad, you getting ready to go,” says Marie, who along probably understand “convenience points” with husband Richard is a member of the and may even remember where you put Parents Leadership Council. “But there’s the list of important University phone a lot you need to know once your child is numbers. But have you thought about there. Dean [of Students Kenneth] Elmore obtaining a health care proxy or how to or- was enthusiastic about our book,” which ganize a never-large-enough dorm closet? he gives to parents at orientation. Marie Answers to questions you didn’t know to wrote a similar handbook when her eldest ask are provided by two experts: Elizabeth daughter attended Emory University and Ashby Carr (SHA’10) and her mother, “other schools have asked me to write one Marie Pinak Carr, in a handy little book- for them.” Information about her larger, let, Prepared Parent’s Operational Manual: more general parents manual is at Sending Your Child to Boston University. www.preparedparent.com. “There’s so much emphasis on getting a

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