Boston University ParentSpring 2010

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A student goes to Career Services to show you how BU can help. Page 8. Dear Boston University Parents, Boston University In just a few short weeks, the spring semester will conclude and our graduating Spring 2010 students will celebrate their achievements at our annual Commencement ceremony on Parent May 16th. I look forward to seeing those of you who will be on campus that weekend, and I share in the pride all of you must be feeling for your sons and daughters. Our students are a remarkable group of young men and women, and I am constantly impressed with their drive and their accomplishments. Cover Story As a major research university, BU offers students the opportunity to study under the 8 Hire Education: Getting the most from Career Services direction of faculty members who are engaged in groundbreaking research and scholarship. The mixture of faculty and students pushing back the frontiers of knowledge while simultaneously engaging in classroom education makes Boston University an exciting and dynamic community for young people preparing to set out on their Features careers or graduate study. Opportunities to study abroad and to live and work with international students and scholars 8 4 Parenting from Across the Globe: How families of international here in Boston also greatly help prepare our students to flourish in an increasingly global society. While students are here, and after they leave campus, our Career Services center stands ready to help them prepare ­students stay connected with them for life after BU. Indeed, many of our alumni make use of our Career Services office long after they graduate, as they look 6 One Class, One Day: We sit in on a costume production class for guidance, explore new opportunities, or consider a change in their career paths. You can read more about this office, 7 and one graduating student’s successful job search, in this issue of Boston University Parent. You also will hear more about 7 Annual Report 2009: What BU’s financial performance means our increasing investments in student services, including a new modern facility for Career Services. for your student Whether your sons or daughters are graduating this spring or returning next fall, I urge you to encourage them to take full advantage of all the resources and opportunities available—to students and alumni—at Boston University. In Every Issue With best wishes, 2 B-Line Buzz 6 11 20 Questions Robert A. Brown 4 12 University News Bites President 12 14 BU Parents Program Events Dear Fellow Parents, It seems as though my son, Bobby, just began his college career and yet the four years have sailed by. It’s amazing how quickly time passes when you’re having fun. This May, About This Magazine Associate Director, Parents Program Proofreader Bobby will graduate from Sargent College and he will be welcomed into the alumni commu- Christy Loring Peter Nebesar nity. Boston University has been such a positive experience for him that I am sorry to see The Boston University Parents Coordinator, Parents Program Photography these years end. However, I know that he will continue to be a part of this great University. Program links parents and other Kellen Sarb Boston University Photography, family members of BU students with unless otherwise noted I am sure that many of you, like me, are worried about your child’s job prospects after the University. We encourage your Director, Annual Giving graduation, which is why we have dedicated much of this issue to BU Career Services. The participation and welcome questions Lindsey McCullough Produced by Boston University Creative Services center should be a resource for all of our children, regardless of their graduation year—it is and comments. Please write to the Editor Parents Program, Boston University, Andrew Thurston never too early to begin thinking about one’s career. I am so pleased to introduce you to the 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 700, center’s new director, Kimberly DelGizzo, who arrived at BU in June 2009. West Entrance, Boston, Massachusetts Contributing Writers Edward A. Brown In this issue, you’ll also meet some wonderful international families, as well as a proud 02215; call 617-358-1187; or e-mail [email protected]. Caleb Daniloff BU parent and a dedicated alumna—Debralee Goldberg (CGS’76, CAS’78), mother of Benjamin (CGS’07, SMG’09) and member Lauren DiLello (COM’10) of the Parents Leadership and Boston University Alumni councils. Macey Gaumond (CGS’10, BU’12) Stay connected with e-Parent. The Parents Rachel Johnson (MET’11) I want to congratulate all students in the Class of 2010 on graduating, extend a heartfelt thank-you to all the parents who C Please recycle Program’s electronic newsletter keeps Lindsay Kaplan (COM’12) you informed with a monthly collection of supported them, and wish the entire BU community a happy, healthy, and safe summer! Lorna Karaj (CAS’11) Greg Kwasnik (COM’10) articles, photos, reminders, and invitations My best wishes, Amy Laskowski just for BU families. Corinne Steinbrenner (COM’06) Subscribe at www.bu.edu/parentsprogram/ Vicky Waltz newsletter. Jeanne Knox Graphic Designer Diana Parziale (CFA’77), Chairwoman, Parents Leadership Council mother of Lisa Terrat (CFA’11) Mother of Merrill (COM’06) and Bobby (CGS’08, SAR’10)

BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 1 B-Line Buzz u

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BU boasts 504 student-athletes competing in 23 NCAA Division I varsity sports. And while student attendance has jumped threefold in recent years, let’s not forget our parent fans: These mom and pop Terriers work hard to support their children, as well as their team- mates, by organizing pregame parties and cheering from the stands. To all parents of student athletes—thank you for being such great Event photos courtesy of Stephanie Gurtman (COM’10) ambassadors for the University! — Lorna Karaj (CAS’11) 25 S tudents h One S t Your student’s gift helps build BU’s future. It’s amazing what BU Parent: What challenges did you face dance troupe a When Stephanie Gurtman $20.10 can do. (COM’10) entered her media rela- in planning and promoting the game? routine that was performed at half- What’s What’s tions course last September, she had Stephanie Gurtman: Balancing the time; the Boston no idea she’d be one of the first stu- project with other classes and an Each year, members of Boston University’s internship was hard, because I was City Singers sang dents to help plan and promote a BU the anthem; the first 300 fans received Hot Not graduating class join together at really on call for 13 weeks. If something men’s basketball game. Gurtman’s BU basketball water bottles and rally had to get done, it had to get done, Drake Chris Brown www.bu.edu/classgift to help support, class was chosen to run every mar- whether I was at my internship or had towels; and we raffled off four BU jerseys. keting initiative and event for the a huge assignment due. I was the media Postgame, there was a meet-and-greet Ray-Bans Oversized sunglasses enrich, and enhance the experience and signing with the coach and players December 6 game against Bucknell, relations team leader; we were in charge Animal prints Plaid of current students. Now it’s the Class from involving local media to find- of preparing news releases and fact and the big draw, a championship trophy showcase: People could take pictures of 2010’s turn. With a gift of $20.10— ing singers for the national anthem. sheets that went out to engage local Jersey Shore The Real World media. Altogether, there were four with the Red Sox, Celtics, and BU men’s The semester-long project, which The Draft An Tua Nua or even $201.00—your graduating senior different groups: Guerrilla marketing ice hockey championship trophies. reached out to the BU and Boston got students involved, community can support an area of BU life that matters communities, culminated with flaw- What did you enjoy most? BBMing Texting relations reached out to engage nonprof- to them, from financial aid to student life. less event timing and a BU victory its and schools, in-game promotions Sunday, when it all came to fruition— Ellen on Idol Paula on Idol on the court. It was, says Gurtman, handled game-time events—halftime to see that the blood, sweat, and tears Students can personalize gifts, too, by paid off. I also really enjoyed the cama- Ke$ha Fergie “A lot of fun, but quite exhausting.” performers, the anthem, things like that. choosing to donate to any BU school or raderie that our class developed. It was Buick Street GSU What did the game-day event line-up not a typical class where you show up, Market & Café college—and in honor of any mentor—of look like? you see people, you smile, you say “hi.” their choice. Pregame, Dean of Students Kenn It was more than that. It was a whole Rajon Rondo Tiger Woods new experience. Elmore spoke to middle school-aged Trader Joe’s Shaw’s students about the importance of college — Rachel Johnson (MET’11) See how much $20.10 can achieve at and his experience growing up; the BU Rain boots Ponchos www.bu.edu/classgift. Dance Team taught a Brookline youth The Hangover Sorority Row >> Web Extra For the latest BU Athletics news and Chipotle Qdoba video highlights, or to buy tickets, visit www.goterriers.com. Compiled by Macey Gaumond (CGS’10, BU’12), Lauren DiLello (COM’10), and Lindsay Kaplan (COM ’12) 2 BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 3 Modern technology American parents do. Parents—foreign and domestic—who want more than Parenting From While studying abroad used to be isolating a monthly update can also check out for some international students, modern the University’s daily news site, www. technology has made keeping in touch bu.edu/today. with family and friends back home infi- BU’s increasing global presence Across the Globe nitely easier. “One of our big services used allows today’s international parents to be helping international students figure additional opportunities to connect out how to call home to say they got here with campus life. BU’s Parents Program (And you thought the drive from New Jersey was bad.) okay,” says James Leck, associate director has a tradition of organizing receptions for student services at the ISSO. “Now they around the United States where BU By corinne steinbrenner (COM’06) pick up their cell phone, or they send an families can meet University personnel. e-mail—or they Tweet.” With President Robert A. Brown and Advances in communication technol- other administrators now traveling ogy have made international parents’ abroad on University business on a The Wonders of Webcams lives easier as well. Despite being 6,000 regular basis, the Parents Program is miles away in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Mamta Gupta remembers how able to schedule these receptions in Haven’t seen your son Mazen Snobar speaks to his daughter, hard it was to watch her son leave home other countries as well. The Guptas, or daughter in a while? Haifa (SMG’10), nearly every day. “My nearly four years ago to begin his fresh- for example, hosted high tea for other Give this a try: father is a very early riser,” Haifa says. man year at Boston University. “It was BU families in their home while Brown “He wakes up around 4 a.m. in Saudi 1. Find out when your child a very sad day,” she recalls, “but I had to was in New Delhi for the BU India Arabia, which is 8 or 9 p.m. Boston time. will be passing through the hold back my emotions. I didn’t let him 2010 Global Leadership Summit So if the phone rings at that time, I know GSU Link (the main hallway know. You have to let your children find (www.bu.edu/india2010). who it is.” of the George Sherman Union) their own path in life.” Even with so many opportunities Mamta Gupta in Boston with her son Ishaan (SMG’10) and his younger brother. Gupta talked to Ishaan nearly every While this scene surely sounds Photos courtesy of Mamta Gupta to keep in touch with globe-trotting and ask him/her to give you day when he first arrived at BU, and familiar, Gupta’s situation is different children, however, parents of interna- a wave. BU’s International Students & Scholars Thanks to its large international now that he’s a busy senior, she gets from that of most BU parents: her son’s tional students—just like American Office (ISSO), which assists the Uni- student population, BU sustains an cell phone calls from him a few times 2. Log onto BU’s webcam path took him not simply across the parents—are often eager to have them versity’s many international students, African Students Organization, a a week. The only real communication page (www.bu.edu/today/ state or the country, but across a back after graduation. Haifa Snobar says researchers, and faculty members with Caribbean Culture Club, a Japanese barrier is the 10.5-hour time difference web-cams) at the appointed continent and an ocean—more than she’s considered moving to Los Angeles their immigration documents and helps Student Association, and other groups (India uses an offset time zone, placing time and click on “The Link.” 7,000 miles from home. after graduation, but her parents are them adjust to life in the United States. that enable foreign students to meet it a half-hour off of the world’s standard Gupta lives in New Delhi, in northern rooting for London, which is 5,000 miles 3. Search the crowd for that She says BU is particularly attractive to others who share their culture. BU also time zones). To figure out what time it India, and she and her husband Prem closer to them. They urged her to choose darling face. international students because of its rich has club teams in rugby, cricket, table is at home in New Delhi, Ishaan says, Kishan had originally planned to send Boston for her studies, she says. “But international character (the University tennis, jujitsu, and other sports that he subtracts 2.5 hours from Eastern their son, Ishaan (SMG’10), to an Indian now that it’s time for me to graduate, recently won an award for its global focus enjoy most of their popularity outside Standard Time and then switches a.m. university. “But after seeing the condi- they say, ‘You have to come back closer. from the Association of International Ed- the United States. to p.m. The calculation changes a bit tions at the college where he got admis- It’s been four years, and ucators) and its location in Boston—a city BU’s international diversity offers during Daylight Saving Time, which sion and after evaluating the value of the now we want you closer that hosts approximately 25,000 foreign an advantage to American students as isn’t observed in India. degree he would get there, we decided to home.’” √ it was a much better choice to send him students each year. well. Interacting with students from Technology also helps international abroad,” she says of the family’s decision. The popularity of Boston as a col- other countries and cultures—or trying parents keep up with campus news. lege town is part of what convinced the out new sports and activities—helps to While printed publications can take >> Web Extra One BU, many nations Guptas to send their son to BU. “There broaden the perspective of domestic weeks to arrive in foreign countries, Get expert advice on visas, The Guptas are not alone in making that are so many students going from India students, says Kelley. “I think interna- Mamta Gupta receives BU’s monthly travel, and adjusting to Boston choice. BU is currently home to more to the U.S., and especially to Boston,” tional students contribute as much as e-Parent newsletter (subscribe at www. life at www.bu.edu/isso. than 5,100 international students from says Mamta Gupta. “It seems like a very they gain from being in an American bu.edu/parentsprogram/newsletter) in 134 countries. Jeanne Kelley directs student-friendly place.” classroom,” she says. her e-mail inbox on the same day that

4 BU Parent Fall 2009 ...... 5 One Class, One Day: 2009 Boston University Annual Report Dress Rehearsal Thriving Education in Troubling Times At BU, a course in costume production isn’t just about artistic flair and tight stitches; students Despite the economic crisis gripping the world, Boston need to bring their math and history smarts, too. University posted its best-ever annual financial performance in 2009. Boston University Parent reviews the numbers and By Amy Laskowski what they mean for your students in 2010 and beyond.

Nancy Leary (center) shows students how to construct a men’s suit jacket in Costume Production II.

Welcome to Costume Production II, Leary tells everyone to do a pad BU’s financial showing in 2009 may • Eliminating paper versions of course a required course for both undergradu- stitch to combine different layers of have surprised some: the value of the catalogs. FY 2009 Revenue and Expense ate and graduate costume design and fabric, working right to left. The class University’s endowment dropped by • Reducing subsidies to several external Revenue costume production majors. Students looks at her blankly. “No one knows what 21.7 percent, but a record $113 million organizations and transferring our taking the course construct a three- a pad stitch is?” she asks. “I’ll show you.” was transferred for use in academic management of the Sargent Center for Tuition & Fees, Net 47.4% piece men’s suit from the 19th or the She grabs her materials: thread, programs, faculty and research support, Outdoor Education to a third party. 20th century—in the fall semester, the fabric laying on the nearby table, a Laurel Schultz facilities, student services, and more. It Other • Restructuring conference and event 6.3% F&A (CFA‘10) irons doesn’t stop there: sponsored programs Cost Recoveries jacket; spring semester, the matching cardboard cylinder salvaged from a 9.6% haircloth for management for the University to Services pants and vest. lumberyard, cut in half to mimic a shoul- revenue (money for research) continued & Sales reduce costs and create a single point 7.3% The class is tucked away in the der. She demonstrates a stitch that to her suit. to rise, reaching $350.4 million, 4,140 Sponsored of contact for these services. Auxiliaries, Net Programs costume shop in the Boston Univer- the untrained eye doesn’t look different freshman students matriculated in the 16.1% 13.3% sity Theatre on Huntington Avenue, a from any other. But it serves a distinct fall, and new faculty and programs were Here’s what the numbers have meant— Total Revenue = $1,529.3 million 10-minute bus ride from the Charles purpose: holding multiple layers of added throughout the year. and will mean—for BU and for your students: River Campus. Nancy Leary, a College of fabric together. How did BU remain in the black? Expense Fine Arts assistant professor of produc- Everyone seems engrossed in what Designer Fabrics or New York Elegant Unlike many other universities, which • Funds saved through the cost-cutting tion and design, walks in at 2 p.m.—on they’re doing. With plenty of tangible Fabrics, the same places the crew on hit rely on their endowment income for process are being put into a financial Instruction & Research 49.0% the dot. Most students have been there materials to work with, there is no text TV fashion show Project Runway goes. 30–40 percent of their operations, BU aid reserve to support students even uses only 2–3 percent. Under President Other since 1:30 or earlier, getting a head start. messaging, no Sudoku being played Every suit needs between six and seven more. 2.5% Academic At the beginning of the course, the under notebooks. yards of fabric. Robert A. Brown’s leadership, BU also Support • BU was able to keep recruiting faculty General & 7.8% class studied different kinds of men’s Graduate student Erik Teague After the tutorial, students keep made changes to ride out the recession Administrative as other institutions scaled back, help- 11.7% suits. Some decided to create the tra- (CFA’11) is creating a double-breasted, working until class is over. They still that were all designed to make the Uni- Sponsored ing keep to the goal of new faculty hires Auxiliaries Programs ditional garb, while others aimed for a 1920s-waisted suit for himself. After have to make arms and pockets, but versity stronger for many years to come. and raising the University’s reputation 14.9% 14.1% military or a Victorian look. working on a 1920s-themed theater pro- that’s for another week. As well as halting capital spending and among recruiters and the recruited. Total Expense = $1,443.5 million “Today, we’re working on the duction, he became engrossed in the “It’s kind of like a little puzzle,” freezing nonacademic hiring, $10 million • The University worked with students structure for our jackets,” Leary tells the period. “We worked off of vintage drafts,” Leary says. “It’s not too hard once you of recurring expense was targeted for and families who faced unexpected class. They are working with haircloth, he says. “There were lots of math and take all the mystery out of it—it’s just a permanent removal, with changes that financial difficulties so that students fabric that creates the interlining of a measurements.” matter of cutting a few pieces and put- included: could remain enrolled. fine suit, the layer underneath that sup- The fit of a suit from a previ- ting them together.” √ • Investing $2.5 million to create a • A whole range of indicators are being >> Where Are We? ports the exterior. ous century is different from that of a modern and expanded Information tracked to see how BU is doing against While other institutions have Leary draws a large rectangular modern suit. For example, the seat of This story is reprinted with permission Commons in Mugar Library to meet benchmarks from previous years. been hunkering down, BU outline on the board, demonstrating the pants wasn’t as snug then. Teague from BU Today (www.bu.edu/today). the needs of students doing informa- has been reaching out, going where proper cuts should be placed in must take this into consideration when tion processing on campus without • No across-the-board cuts were made places, exploring cultures, doing the fabric. “Now take your fabric, and he calculates his measurements. If their laptops. for 2010. cut it half an inch bigger around—half Teague was designing for the movies research, and forging relation- • Re-tasking of the Residential Comput- • Modeling the financials for 2011 inch, half inch,” she says, making or the stage, his precision would be ships. See BU’s work around the ing Laboratories into study spaces has begun to ensure BU is ready notches on the board. critical—good costume design can lend >> Web Extra world come to life in the 2009 and redesigning printing services for for anything. There’s a flutter as students begin authenticity to a production or help ac- Class by class, lecture by lecture, Boston University Annual Report students, based on the ubiquitous own- measuring and cutting. Questions range tors get into character; a precise suit cut question asked by question at www.bu.edu/ar. ership of laptops by students today. from where to begin to where the pockets can even ensure an actor walks or stands answered, an education is built. go. Most students have a pair of scissors with period accuracy. See more in BU Today’s series of draped across their chest on a string, like Students went to New York City to visits to classes across BU at tailors, always ready to make a cut. find their fabrics, shopping at Mood www.bu.edu/today/node/9821.

6 BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 7 Career advice + BU degree + necktie = not moving back in with my parents Hire after graduation. Education

With jobs still scarce As an aspiring journalist, I once thought in a challenging my job prospects in this economy were vanishingly small. Whenever a mighty newspaper or magazine economy, many went out of business, I would sigh, watching oppor­ tunity slip away over the digital horizon. parents worry But that all changed when Boston University Parent asked me to write a story about Boston about their students’ University Career Services. “Go down to its office,” prospects after my editor said, “and get your résumé critiqued; ask for some job-hunting tips.” Maybe I would even get graduation day. a job out of it. If there is a perfect test of Career Services’s We sent a job-hunting mettle, helping a journalism student find work BU Career Services Director Kimberly DelGizzo helps must surely be it. But with college nearing an end Greg Kwasnik (COM’10) polish his résumé. student to Career Services and jobs in short supply, I figured getting some to find out how professional help couldn’t hurt. DelGizzo. “We are being granted resources that are The first person I turned to was Kimberly going to help us increase the size of our staff and BU can help. DelGizzo, director of Career Services since June enhance the programs that are offered to students.” 2009. DelGizzo has a way of making students New-look service believe in themselves; her first lesson to me was that students are the engineers of their own future. First among those changes is increasing cooper­ By Greg Kwasnik (COM’10) “We encourage people to be entrepreneurs of ation between BU’s central career office and their lives,” DelGizzo told me. “We encourage them career centers at individual schools and colleges. to respond to how they change and how the job A relaunch of the BU CareerLink website in July market changes.” 2010—check www.bu.edu/careers—will establish a That message—and the steps being taken by campuswide platform for employers, parents, and DelGizzo and BU to revamp Career Services into alums to post internships and job opportunities. a more visible, effective campus instrument— BU has also committed to building a new caught my attention and made me eager to step home for Career Services. The new space, which up my job hunt. After fifteen minutes in her office, will also house the Educational Resource Center I began to realize that maybe I wouldn’t have to and a dining hall, is slated to open in 2012. move back in with my parents after graduation. Until then, students at every stage of their “What we’re hoping to do is begin to really BU experience can take advantage of a number market to students, communicate to them much of services through DelGizzo’s office. Eager job more successfully than we have in the past,” says seekers can make appointments with counselors (continued on next page)

8 BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 9 continued Hire Education, 20 Questions with Tyler Adams (SMG’10)

for quick 15-minute résumé critiques “It’s just tough right now. There or hour-long career counseling ses- are just very few companies that have sions. BU’s experts can discuss graduate open positions. Very few people are Since winning a coveted spot in the School of Management’s Sydney Manage- school and career decision making, job expanding,” Buttolph says. “If you can ment Internship Program in 2008, Tyler Adams (SMG’10) has had one eye on search strategies, and interview prepa- get an unpaid internship with the poten- ration and conduct career assessments tial for a job, you’ve got to go for it.” the globe: “I know that I want to travel and see as much of the world as I can,” How PARENTS CAN Help to develop tailored action plans. Younger Good advice, but what if a student he says. With his life as a student about to wrap up, Adams sees nothing but Tyler Adams (SMG’10) at a tiger students can receive help in finding can’t find a job once thrust into the endless possibilities, whether it’s a future overseas or the childhood dream he training center in Thailand. real world? Mike Younis (SMG’09) has Become Photo courtesy of Tyler Adams internships and learn how choosing a just won’t shake: basketball superstar. — RJ particular major will impact their career contacted businesses to set up infor- plans. Throughout the year, all students mational interviews—a networking a Parent are encouraged to attend a variety of strategy suggested by DelGizzo. For What are your favorite topics of conversation? If you could live anywhere else in the world, career expos and networking events Younis, who prefers to network and ap- Ambassador 1 11 Talking about business ideas. My friends and I are where would it be? across campus. ply for jobs through e-mail, cold-calling We realize parents have wonderful trying to come up with the next big idea. I’d go back to Sydney. Just an unbelievable city. I’m I was able to get a feel for those businesses has been rough. But it’s given connections, excellent resources, considering moving back there after graduation; if services, and the many others being him some solid leads, including a recent 2 What would your dream business be? and expert knowledge to share I could get a cool job out there, I’d definitely go back. offered, during my visit with DelGizzo, meeting with a BU alum at an environ- Something that means we don’t have to get jobs and with our students and we encour- who listened intently as I described my mental consulting firm, and he credits don’t have to worry about the job market! 12 What do you enjoy most about BU? age you to become involved. If strengths, likes and dislikes, and career DelGizzo—and his father—for getting The quality of the professors I have had. you, your company, or even your 3 What books are you reading now? goals. On the practical side, DelGizzo was him up from his computer and out the My grandfather’s autobiography. He’s not famous or Where do you get your news? employer is interested in offering 13 also able to look at my résumé, which she door to keep his job search going. anything, he just wanted to write down his life. I live in an apartment with 10 guys, and we get a ton internships or job opportunities to tore apart—constructively, of course. Younis has continued to turn of news and knowledge from one another. to Career Services since leaving BU— BU students, please contact Career 4 Whom do you admire? Getting parents involved a warranty DelGizzo emphasizes is Services Recruiting Manager I admire my parents. My mom’s the strongest 14 What’s your favorite campus hangout? woman I know and my dad taught me a lot about how My apartment. With all of our friends, it’s always Career Services isn’t just about the good for life. Heather Reghitto at [email protected]. students; there are also ways for parents “Today’s graduates are going to to live. packed and there’s always something going on. To show our appreciation, we’ll to become involved. Though DelGizzo change jobs or industries 5 to 12 times 5 Who or what makes you laugh out loud? 15 What do you do to relax? recognize you as a Boston Univer- has a policy of not discussing students’ on average,” she says. “That’s why it’s Justin Greco (SMG’10), my roommate. He can make At home [Cape Coral, Florida], I get out in the confidential career conversations with so important to be well prepared for sity Parent Ambassador. You’ll join me laugh every single day. warm weather. Here, it’s fun to play in the snow parents, she encourages mom and dad to successfully navigating the job search other Parent Ambassadors who’ve and act like a kid. 6 What are your most marked strengths? lend their support, even if it means help- process.” become involved in BU life in many I’m an optimistic guy. I look at everything as posi- 16 Who will play you in the movie of your life? ing other people’s children. Knowing my career will likely change ways, from hosting students on Al- tively as I can. Will Smith. I want to save the world. One BU parent, David Buttolph was oddly comforting, and even liberating. ternative Spring Break to cheering (CGS’77, CAS’79), has already done so. That, along with the support of Career on our athletics teams. For more 7 What are your hidden talents? 17 What do you never leave home without? As the managing director of Brookside Food challenges. I once ate three pounds of apple- Fruit. I normally always have some sort of food or Services, was enough to convince me that information about the Ambassador Mezzanine Partners, a Connecticut- sauce in two minutes. fruit in my backpack. I never know when I’m going to job opportunities have not disappeared— Program, please visit www.bu.edu/ based investment group, Buttolph has DelGizzo confirms BU has hundreds of get stuck at SMG working on a project all day. parentsprogram. 8 What’s your greatest achievement? come to realize that offering jobs and openings at www.bu.edu/careers/ Leaving the country and seeing other cultures and 18 What humanitarian causes interest you most? internships to fellow Terriers is good for bu-careerlink.html—they’re just a bit We thank you in advance for other ways of life. Habitat for Humanity. Being able to give someone a his company, and his conscience. harder to find. For those whose own chil- your willingness to support our home is unbelievable.  What was it like studying in Sydney? “These interns from BU are very dren might be losing hope, take my advice students. 9 It’s a completely different university scene. Part of What do you splurge on? articulate; they’re able to stand in front and don’t let them give up; even after 19 —Christy Loring, Associate Director, it was the distractions that came along with it—the Trips. I’d rather save my money now, and then be of people,” says Buttolph, whose daugh- graduation, they can still get some profes- Parents Program warm weather, the beach right there—but the class able to spend it to experience something new. ter, Kristen (CGS’10, BU’12), is at BU. sional help from BU Career Services. √ structure and the interaction with professors were “I think if all alumni could help out by 20 What’s your dream job? completely different. offering internships and hiring BU alums, Editor’s note: Since writing this I want to be a basketball player. Even if that sounds it would be a huge pay-it-forward.” article, Greg (accompanied by his 10 Did you get a chance to travel beyond Sydney? like a little-kid answer, it’ll be my dream job forever. But Buttolph warned me that in the freshly revamped résumé) has secured >> Make a Gift Once our program in Sydney was over, I went to current tough economy, I’ll have to do a position with New Hampshire’s Support Career Services by making New Zealand, Thailand—where I posed with what I can once I graduate, even if that venerable Union Leader newspaper. a gift to the Student Life Fund at Meatball the tiger—and then back to Australia and means working without pay for a while. Congratulations, Greg! www.bu.edu/parentsprogram. worked on a vineyard for a while.

10 BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 11 News Bites ) Sources include: BU Today and Esprit. Articles excerpted with permission.

BU Expertise Helps Haiti

Maps produced by BU students and fac- ulty in the aftermath of Haiti’s January earthquake are helping the Caribbean nation rebuild its devastated capital. Rwanda’s President Joins Class Space for Music to Soar In the weeks after the quake, a “Everyone will have a chance to ask team from BU shared the maps with The College of Fine Arts has trans- their question,” Stephen Kinzer as- Honors College Unveiled Haitian President René Préval to il- formed its music practice and teaching lustrate how immediate construction sured his students. “They can be sharp Boston University has launched a new spaces, giving students facilities decisions could affect the country’s and focused as long as they are respect- worthy of their talents. four-year undergraduate program. ful, as a head of state deserves.” Athletes Are Getting long-term future. The newly opened Judith R. University Honors College will offer Faculty from BU’s Center for Minutes later, students in Kinzer’s the Real Win: Diplomas Harris Center for Music Teaching & students the opportunity to pursue a Remote Sensing and the College of international relations seminar on Learning includes a fully equipped broader degree, combining the require- Arts & Sciences joined with colleagues Rwanda took turns engaging the Afri- Boston University’s athletic teams music studio, ethnomusicology class- ments of their existing majors with from Harvard to oversee a student team can country’s president, Paul Kagame, Rwandan are scoring big where it matters room, piano lab with networked elec- cross-disciplinary classes, intensive producing more than 60 maps detailing via teleconference. Topics ranged from most—off the field, in classrooms, tronic keyboards, and soundproofed women’s rights to trade relations, rural President seminars, and independent study. The the destruction. The maps culled data Paul Kagame. practice studios. development to nuclear energy. earning diplomas. College will not grant separate degrees, from traditional and unconventional According to the NCAA, which “There’s really been a shift in the Kinzer (CAS’73), a College of Arts Photo courtesy of but will bring together students in Department of Defense tracks graduation data of students on attitude of the students,” says flutist & Sciences visiting professor of inter- existing liberal arts and professional athletic scholarships at Division I in- Caitlyn Perry (CFA’06, ’10) of the new national relations, says the three-hour stitutions, BU’s Athletics Department basement facilities, which replaced programs whose additional work will seminar often features a guest speaker The longtime New York Times earned an overall graduation success aging practice and teaching spaces. be noted on their diplomas. with deep knowledge of Rwanda, but correspondent, who has reported rate of 94 percent for students intend- “Before, people weren’t thrilled about “It’s important for institutions having Kagame participate was a from around the globe, established ing to graduate in the classes 2003 to practicing. We’d still spend a ton of of higher learning to be continually de- major coup. a connection with Kagame after 2006. Women’s basketball, golf, rowing, time down here, but it wasn’t enjoyable. veloping the best and most innovative “I tried to do this in early autumn interviewing him for A Thousand Hills: soccer, tennis, and men’s and women’s There’s been a change; people are a lot ways to reach their students,” Presi- [of 2009], when the president was at Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who swimming put up perfect scores. more upbeat, they’re happier.” dent Robert A. Brown told BU Today. the United Nations, but it didn’t work Dreamed It (Wiley, 2008). Nationwide, the graduation rate for — Andrew Thurston “The University Honors College allows out and I thought that was the end of — Edward A. Brown Division I students receiving athletic students to have an interdisciplinary it,” Kinzer says. “But I kept writing aid during the same period was 79 A violin student puts one of CFA’s new, perspective while maintaining focus A team from BU presents Haitian President e-mails and eventually got back a note You can see a video about the class at René Préval (right) maps of Port-au-Prince. state-of-the-art practice rooms through its on one of our excellent existing schools www.bu.edu/today/node/9936. percent, although the national figure Photo courtesy of Seth Rolbein saying he was willing to do it.” factors in sports such as fencing, gym- paces at www.bu.edu/today/2009/11/24/ and colleges.” practice-made-perfect nastics, bowling, skiing, and football, This spring, a select group of sources, from private satellite firms which BU doesn’t offer. incoming 2010 freshmen was invited to to social networking sites, to show LipDub: 120 Students, No Edits “It’s another indication of the join the program based on “their inter- surviving hospitals and water supplies est and drive to understand issues from quality of student-athlete we have here and chart early camp settlements. The costumes, and carry props to illustrate multiple perspectives,” according to at BU,” says Michael Lynch, assistant team’s recommendations included song lyrics. The trend swept through Laurie Pohl, vice president for enroll- vice president and director of athlet- over 80 suggested temporary shelter European colleges earlier this year. ment and student affairs. — AT ics. “They’re focused on achievement locations and sites for permanent “I always wanted to do a big in school as much as they are on the Find out more about University Honors rebuilding away from fault lines and BU production,” says Poivre, “some- playing field, on the ice, on the tennis College at www.bu.edu/uhc. the waterfront. thing that represented all aspects of court. Our student-athletes graduated The wider BU community also student life.” four percentage points better than the came together in February for a The finished product, filmed at University’s general student population, fundraising event, Boston Stands with the George Sherman Union, is one of which I’m really proud of.” Haiti. The student-run benefit, which Clip from Georgia Poivre’s LipDub video. the first of its kind in the United States. — Caleb Daniloff featured live music, a silent auction, It features about 120 students dancing LAW Ranks High You can read the full story at www.bu.edu/ a live video link with Haiti, and an Georgia Poivre (COM’10) was deter­ to a mashup of the Jackson 5’s “ABC” appearance by Massachusetts Gov- mined to leave a legacy at Boston and “I Want You Back.” today/2009/12/04/athletes-are-getting- BU School of Law has been ranked real-win-diplomas. ernor Deval Patrick, raised $50,000 University. So, one month before her Poivre hopes LipDub will become number 13 in the first ever Super Law- H for Partners in Health (you can see a January 2010 graduation, amidst finals a BU tradition. “Even though people yers list of U.S. law schools. Unlike slideshow of the event at www.bu.edu/ and research papers, the film student didn’t know one another,” she says, many other ranking systems, Super today/2010/02/28/haiti-benefit). took on an enormous project—the first “they still sang and danced together. I Lawyers marked schools only on the The non-profit’s experts are provid- ever BU LipDub. think that really says something about success of their practicing graduates. ing health care and disease prevention For the uninitiated, LipDub com- the spirit of BU.” — Vicky Waltz Each year, the magazine picks the services throughout Haiti. — AT bines lip-synching and audio dubbing top 5 percent of lawyers in each state to create a music video. Filmed in a sin- You can see the extraordinary one-take is based on the number of graduates You can read more about the work done by according to peer rankings and pub- gle take, a video features hundreds of ­video at www.bu.edu/today/node/10096. from each school to make it onto the BU to help Haiti rebuild at www.bu.edu/ lisher research; its 2010 list of schools students who dance, wear outlandish honor roll of top lawyers. — AT today/node/10210.

12 BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 13 Parents Program Events

You at BU: Parents Weekend Summer Send-Offs

2009 Not so much a send-off as a welcome. Every year, thousands of parents hit the Summer Send-Off receptions, hosted by BU campus to check in on their children parents and alumni, give us a chance to and get a taste of Boston. At Parents welcome incoming freshmen and their Weekend 2009, they took in hockey families to BU, wherever they are in the games, live comedy, FitRec tours, the U.S. or the world. Head of the Charles Regatta, and stu- 1 2 dent life expos. Don’t panic if you missed 1 Los Angeles, CA: A large group of incoming freshmen attend a Summer Send-Off. it, there’s another one around the corner: Parents Weekend 2010 will 2 Minneapolis, MN: (from l to r) Dan Solworth of be October 22–24. the Dean of Students office, Daryl DeLuca, Howard Thurman Center Director ­Katherine ­Kennedy, Photos courtesy of Daryl DeLuca University Trustee Sharon Ryan (SAR’70), Lauren Koehler (CAS’08), and Dean Elmore. Top right: Dean Elmore’s Jazz Brunch at the House of Blues. 3 Minneapolis, MN: Incoming freshmen at the residence of University Trustee Sharon Ryan (SAR’70) and her husband Bob. (From l to r) Rich and Roberta Friedman Miles Kellerman (CGS’11, BU’13), BU Native American Student 4 San Juan, PR: Alumni help welcome new with their son Josh (CAS’10) at the Jazz with his parents at the Jazz Brunch. Association President students to BU: (from l to r) Julián Sánchez Brunch during Parents Weekend. Lauren Stewart (CAS’12), (COM’09), Daniel Ramírez (SMG’09), Daryl 3 4 at left, with BU staff during DeLuca, Luis Miguel Pellot (CAS’09), and Luis Parents Weekend 2009. Vázquez (SMG’09). 5 San Francisco, CA: Dale and Deborah Tills with son, Zachary (MET’13) at a Send-Off hosted by Parent Receptions Let’s Go Boston! Sami Nawas (CGS’85, SMG’87). We’re already planning 6 New Canaan, CT: PLC member Kim Buttolph We bring BU to you. The Parents Program, and David Buttolph (CGS’77, CAS’79) with their for Parents Weekend Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore, daughter Kristen Buttolph (CGS’10, BU’12). 2010, October 22–24. and Assistant Dean of Students Daryl Here are some websites Photos 1–5 courtesy of Daryl DeLuca ­DeLuca travel around the country to to get you prepped and Photo 6 courtesy of Kim Buttolph meet with parents and give them an excited for your visit. update on what’s happening in Boston. 5 6 Want to know when BU is ­coming to you? Visit www.bu.edu/parentsprogram. Tips for being a Bostonian. Get to know Boston as well as your Top (from l to r): Assistant Dean of Students Daryl kids do at www.bu.edu/orientation/families/ DeLuca; Parents Program Associate Director parents-weekend. Christy Loring; Larry and Karen Maguire, Parents We know how our students roll: Not every kid Leadership Council (PLC) members and parents Get booked. wants to friend mom or dad on Facebook and of Laura (COM’10); Casey Supple of Development If your kids Maps, directions, hotels, and other not all students are great at keeping their parents & Alumni Relations (DAR); Karma Roberts, PLC travel info to help you plan your trip up-to-date with the latest news. member and mother of Mark (CGS’06, CAS’08) K at www.bu.edu/infocenter. won’t friend you and Hilary (CGS’10, BU’12); and Dean of Students That’s why we’re on Facebook. Become our fan Kenn Elmore. A student’s take. (we won’t turn you down) for the latest campus Middle (from l to r): Casey Supple; Becky Moir, A junior remembers the ups and downs of her on Facebook, happenings, event updates, photos, and useful links. mother of Dylan (CAS’12); Dean Elmore; Stacylee parents’ first visit to campus at www.bu.edu/ www.facebook.com/BUparents Kruuse of DAR; and Paul Moir, father of Dylan today/2009/10/15/parents-weekend-redux. we will. (CAS’12).

Right: Bill Linsman, director of the BU in LA Program, speaks to parents in Los Angeles, CA.

Photos courtesy of Daryl DeLuca BU Parent Spring 2010 ...... 15 To Serve and Parent y

Getting More from BU BU Bookmarks Resources www.bu.edu Being involved in life on Comm. Ave. has could help clue Ben in to campus life, @ its perks. Just ask Parents Leadership even when she was home in Toronto BU’s website is packed with resources for you and your student. Here are Council member Debralee Goldberg: and he was all about class deadlines. our picks from www.bu.edu to help you become an expert on all things BU, she’s been invited to hockey triumphs, Signing up for events and committees learn more about campus life, and find out where to turn for help and advice. heard mind-blowing lectures, and made with other parents gave her an unoffi- friends for life. “I get back,” she says, cial support group for sharing advice on “way more than I give.” everything from student experiences Goldberg is big into life at BU. As of moving off campus to finding sum- well as being a generous donor, she’s also mer jobs. Goldberg says it all allowed www.bu.edu+ on the BU Alumni Council, the College her to be a better resource for her son Photo courtesy of Debralee Goldberg (CGS’76, CAS’78) of General Studies Dean’s Advisory “because I understood the University Board, and “every single e-mail list.” better.” Plus, she gained some good old- child and your family is a real honor. If BU sends it, she receives it: “I might fashioned reassurance. “Once you’re no longer a parent of a delete it, but some of it’s fascinating,” “I really liked to know what other student, it doesn’t mean you have to get she says. kids at the University were doing be- off of these committees. You’re always Part of the motivation can be found cause you don’t necessarily get that from going to be a parent of a child who has in her affiliation with BU—Goldberg your child,” says Goldberg. “It made me graduated from Boston University.”— AT graduated from CGS in 1976 and CAS in understand that Ben wasn’t alone.” 1978—and some in helping her son Ben Ben may’ve just graduated, but that >> Make a Gift /answers/bookstore /housing (CGS’07, SMG’09) get more from his doesn’t mean Goldberg is ready to sign off. Please visit the Parents Program website, Links to BU’s bookstores for gifts, clothing, Everything you need to know about living on time at the University. “To give of your time is wonder- at www.bu.edu/parentsprogram, and school supplies. And, of course, books campus, from dining options to summer housing. Subscribing to daily news updates ful and very fulfilling,” she says. “To be to make a gift today. Together, we can for fun and study. from www.bu.edu/today meant she giving in a place that has benefited your prepare our students for success. /infocenter /calendar Maps, directions, and other info to help you plan Event listings and key dates, from admissions your trip to BU. Parents Leadership Council ¬ deadlines to vacations. /life/student Lisa Gilligan Jeanne Knox (Chairwoman, Joseph and Donna Rueli /careers There’s more to BU than our classrooms— Taking the Lead New York, NY Parents Leadership Council) Suffield, Connecticut Career advice and tools for students at every get a taste of the other opportunities offered. Kathryn, Class of 2012 Greenwich, Connecticut Brian, Class of 2002 Meghan, Class of 2013 Merrill, Class of 2006 Brendan, Class of 2006 stage of University life. The BU Parents Program Bobby, Class of 2010 Christopher, Class of 2009 /parentsprogram extends heartfelt thanks William and Debralee (CGS’76, CAS’78) Goldberg Jane Kuttner Betsey Ruprecht /comp/saweb Just for parents: event listings, resources, giving to members of the Parents Ontario, Canada Scarsdale, New York Greenwich, Connecticut Advice on University payments, including tuition information, and volunteer opportunities. Leadership Council for their Benjamin, Class of 2009 Samuel, Class of 2010 Andrew, Class of 2013 Charles, Class of 2013 fees and medical insurance. continued guidance, partici- Mohit and Feroze Gujral Karen Maguire /reg pation, and support. New Delhi, India Saint Helena, California Mazen Snobar and Naheel /csc The Registrar maintains student records and Armaan, Class of 2012 Laura, Class of 2010 Al Husseini Saudi Arabia Information on student-run community tuition information, issues transcripts, verifies Kim Buttolph Jamie Harris Arline McGowan Haifa, Class of 2010 volunteering programs. attendance, produces the class schedule, and New Canaan, Connecticut Scarsdale, NY Westport, Connecticut Faisal, Class of 2012 Kristen, Class of 2012 Daniel, Class of 2013 Richard, Class of 2009 more. Matthew, Class of 2010 Henry (SMG’83) and /dos Bill (DGE’75) and Barbara Hilson Debra (CAS’83) Sutton Richard and Marie Carr Programs and services from the Dean of /shs Washington, D.C. 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