Pick up event information and visit Healthy Blends Juice Bar, a gift of the Feltenstein Family.
Boston University Fitness and Recreation Center (FitRec) lobby, 915 Commonwealth Avenue
Health Works - SOLD OUT
This workshop will teach busy working people methods for cultivating a healthy lifestyle. Learn to arrange your work space so that it’s ergonomically correct, discover ways to integrate wholesome meals into your hectic schedule, and participate in a question-and-answer session with Alison Books and Stacey Stimets, Sargent College registered dieticians from the BU Nutrition and Fitness Center, and Sargent College Professor of Occupational Therapy, Karen Jacobs. A variety of simple, nutritious meal and snack ideas will be presented, all based on BU’s new Sargent Choice healthy-dining program.
FitRec Center
Save It for Later: Financial and Estate Planning for You and Your Heirs - SOLD OUT
The Best Legacy: Good Planning to Avoid Taxes and Probate
10–10:45 a.m.
Taxes, administrative costs, family squabbles, confusion, legal battles—is that what you want to leave your heirs? Plan ahead to avoid the costs and confusion, and leave the legacy you intend. A leader in the area of estate and financial planning and winner of the Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence, BU Law’s beloved Professor Fran Miller will help you understand the ins and outs of a successful estate plan.
FitRec Center
Spend ’til the End: The Economist’s Guide to Financial Health
10:45–11:30 a.m.
Home mortgages, college expenses, income taxes, and challenges to social security are of but a few of the obstacles lining the route to fiscal health in retirement. Hear BU’s acclaimed economist Professor Larry Kotlikoff share strategies for coping with pratfalls and surviving unforeseen turns in the road on the way to fiscally secure golden years.
Agganis Arena, Black Box Theatre
Create shimmering art with the assistance of a professional ice sculptor, or sip hot chocolate and watch alumni and student sculpting teams compete. Vote for your favorite sculpture!
Attendees who sign up to participate will receive a confirmation e-mail with event details.
Agganis Arena Promenade, 10 Buick Street
Enjoy a delicious lunch, including hearty soups and crisp salads.
FitRec Center, Healthy Blends Juice Bar, a gift of the Feltenstein Family
Storytelling, coloring, tumbling, and other fun-filled activities for young Terriers.
Adult supervision provided.
FitRec Center, Lower Level, Children’s Programming Room
Boston University Experience -
Enjoy a one-of-a-kind multimedia presentation, in a state-of-the-art theater, that showcases BU’s tradition of academic excellence and its pioneering role as a source of positive social change throughout its 167-year history.
Underneath Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue (entrance on Blandford Street).
Dashing Through the Snow
Take a campus walking tour with Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and see the new BU, with an invigorating walk along Commonwealth Avenue and visits to new campus facilities.
12:30, FitRec Center, Winterfest Registration Desk 1:30, Morse Auditorium - SOLD OUT
Reducing Stress in Your Life: Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World - SOLD OUT
You successfully balanced your course work and activities at Boston University; now learn how to balance the demands of bosses, significant others, friends, and family. This session will present effective ways of achieving balance in today’s harried world.
FitRec Center
"Christ's Twin": Religion and Native American Literature
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Native American cultural and religious traditions? Metropolitan College Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies Greg Salyer explores Native American writings, poems, and dramas in this lecture from his course Interior and Exterior Landscapes: Understanding Native American Cultures. Study Native Americans and how they have been portrayed and represented throughout history. Obtain a glimpse into their modern-day experiences through an interactive reading of Louise Erdrich's "Christ's Twin," a poem with multiple religious dimensions. Through group interpretation and discussion of the poem and topic, Professor Salyer will discuss the religious and political aspects of Native American culture.
FitRec Center
Through the Eyes of Alfred Hitchcock
(Note: class runs until 4:00pm)
College of General Studies Professor John Fawell shows Rear Window, followed by a lecture on the film techniques of the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. Although Rear Window masquerades successfully as a piece of light entertainment, Fawell demonstrates just how complex the film really is. One of Hitchcock’s favorite films, Rear Window offered the ideal venue for the great director to use the devices and ideas he acquired over his previous three decades of filmmaking. Technique alone, however, did not make this classic film great; one of Hitchcock’s most personal films, Rear Window is also characterized by great depth of feeling. It offers glimpses of a sensibility at odds with the image Hitchcock created for himself: the grand ghoul of cinema, mocking his audience with a slick and sadistic style. Film rated PG.
Agganis Arena, Black Box Theatre
Bob Dylan: Just Like a Man? - SOLD OUT
Like many male artists, Dylan has been accused of misogyny, of hating or demeaning women. This talk given by College of Arts and Sciences Professor Christopher Ricks starts from some thoughts on misogyny in general, and then turns to Dylan, and in particular to the song that has been most often accused: “Just Like a Woman.” Professor Ricks is the Oxford University Professor of Poetry and the author of a well-received book on Dylan’s lyrics, Dylan’s Visions of Sin.
FitRec Center
Boston Sports Fever
From the loyal to the disgruntled, from Bruins boosters to citizens of Red Sox Nation, Boston sports fans are some of the most vocal and obsessed in the country. Enjoy a lively panel discussion of the psychology and culture of sports fanaticism in Beantown, and gain insight into the relationship between local fans and the teams they love—and love to hate.
FitRec Center, Dance Studio
Reconnect with fellow alumni while mastering the art of wine tasting. Benefit from the expertise of local wine enthusiasts, including Karen Holmes-Ward (COM’77) and BU’s Howard Thurman Center Director Katherine Kennedy, both of Divas Uncorked.
(For attendees 21 and older)All food provided.
FitRec Multipurpose Room 3
Enjoy a festive indoor tailgate party, featuring hamburgers, vegetarian chili, chicken wings, and more. For dessert, indulge in a chocolate feast, including s’more bars, homemade chocolate hockey pucks, red velvet cupcakes, and a hot chocolate bar. All food provided.
FitRec Gymnasium
Cheer on the men's hockey Terriers as they compete against the Merrimack Warriors.
A limited number of tickets are available, first-come, first-served. Each alumnus/a may purchase up to four tickets, which will be held at the FitRec Winterfest registration table.
Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Avenue
Lace up your skates and have some fun on the ice with family and friends, then enjoy cookies and hot chocolate. A limited supply of skates will be available to borrow, so please bring your own if you can.
Agganis Arena, Feld Skating Entrance, 925 Commonwealth Avenue
Cheer on the men's basketball Terriers as they compete against the UMBC Retrievers.
Tickets will be held at the FitRec Winterfest registration table.
The Roof, Case Center, 285 Babcock Street
Last updated December 21, 2006