Calendar
Conferences & Workshops (March 19 through March 23)
Tuesday, March 19
- All Day Register: Business Start-up Boot Camp
- 10:00 AM Shopping Cart Creation (Intermediate)
- 12:00 PM Time Management
- 1:00 PM LinkedIn 101 Workshop
- 5:00 PM The Greater Boston MBA Consortium Fair
- 6:00 PM POSTPONED: Making & Wearing: A Sustainable Fashion Workshop with Taylor McVay
Wednesday, March 20
- All Day Register: Business Start-up Boot Camp
- 12:00 PM Understanding Current Drugs for Diabetes
- 4:00 PM Effective Resumes & Cover Letters Workshop
- 6:00 PM Nights at the PRC
Thursday, March 21
- All Day Register: Business Start-up Boot Camp
- 9:30 AM Improving Your Customer Service Skills
- 1:00 PM Express Workshop: Preparing for an Interview
- Massachusetts Legislative History
- 1:30 PM Express Workshop: Inside an Interview
- 2:00 PM Multiple Choice
- 3:00 PM Networking 101 Workshop
- ISSO: Interviewing in the USA
- 4:00 PM Westfield State University Education and Nonprofit Job Fair
- 5:00 PM Catholic Vocations in a Time of Change
Friday, March 22
- All Day Register: Business Start-up Boot Camp
- 1:00 PM Interviewing for Success Workshop
- Discovery Seminar: Explore 50 Years of Treasures & Secrets
- 8:00 PM A Phine Affair
Saturday, March 23
BU Today: Latest Headlines
- Enhanced Security for Graduation WeekendThe BU Police Department has instituted an enhanced security plan for Commencement weekend, following the Boston Marathon bombing last month that killed 3 and injured nearly 300. Both students and visitors will be subject to screening when entering Nickerson Field and any Convocation venues. BUPD Chief Thomas G. Robbins, BU executive director of public safet […]
- Commencement Student Speaker: “Always Keep Your Mind Open”Soon-to-be-graduate Adolfo Gatti is the embodiment of BU’s mission as a global university. The dual international relations and economics major grew up in Rome, interned in Geneva, and speaks three languages. This Sunday, Gatti (CAS’13) will deliver the student speech at Boston University’s 140th Commencement. He plans to draw on his experiences as an intern […]
- Methodist Bishop Will Give Baccalaureate AddressFrom fundamentalist zealots waving antigay signs at funerals to the apparent religious motive behind the Boston Marathon bombings, the public face of faith can be twisted with anger and prejudice. Bishop Peter D. Weaver knows another reality: as a Methodist pastor and bishop, he has led congregations in demonstrations of compassion—sheltering homeless women, […]
- SED’s Jenkins Honored with Metcalf AwardLooking back on her more than four decades as an educator, Carol Brennan Jenkins still marvels that she became a teacher at all. “I did not grow up immersed in books,” she says. “My parents were Irish immigrants—they drilled into us the importance of education, but they didn’t read stories to us.” Jenkins admits she […]
- Commencement Weekend 2013: What to DoThis weekend, nearly 20,000 people are expected to converge on campus for Boston University’s 140th Commencement ceremonies, topped off by the All-University ceremony at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at Nickerson Field. There are all kinds of celebratory events—both on and off campus—for graduating students and their families, which we’ve highlighted below. Alth […]
