TEAM S – NAAE 2012 Report on Improving Funding within the Boston Public School System

TEAM T – Keystone XL Pipeline

Team U – Reestablishing the Balance of National Security and Civil Liberties:

A Proposal to Reform the USA Patriot Act

TEAM V – Basayev v. United States:  The Balance between Liberty and Security

TEAM W – How Much Does Your Boss Really Know:  Computer Monitoring in the Workplace

TEAM X: Recommendations for Improving the Ethical Standing of the Medical Sphere

Team Y: The Requirement of Humane Treatment of Animals:  Why Can’t We Meat in the Middle?

The All-American Individual Advocate/Client Award is awarded to client and advocate (lawyer) pairs from the InterNational Academy of Dispute Resolution.  Stephen received this award from his participation in the 13th Annual National Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament on November 1-3 at Brenau University in Gainesville, GA.   He played the role as a CFO of a newspaper company, and  had to communicate and negotiate with a non-profit company to find common ground and meet a resolution.  He and his advocate scored the highest score out of all of the advocate client pairs judged by a panel of practicing mediators or lawyers. There were a total of 23 universities from around the nation competing in this competition all the way from the University of San Diego to Boston University.

For more information: http://inadr.org/

Assoc. Professor of Humanities, Meg Tyler

During her sabbatical in 2011-2012, Meg Tyler was the Fulbright Visiting Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, where she taught two courses on American Poetry (and Painting) and did research on the translatability of modern poetry. She gave lectures on contemporary Irish and American poetry at University of Fribourg in Switzerland, University of Munich, LMU in Germany, and Universities of Vienna and Innsbruck in Austria.

Professor Tyler also met and spoke with doctoral students at each of the universities, and is still the acting advisor of three master’s theses on contemporary poetry by Innsbruck graduate students.

Andy met with owners and executives of the professional sports teams to discuss the worldwide business of sport.

Professor Andres was also invited to give a talk at TEDx:BeaconStreet on November 17

TEDx:BeaconStreet is a weekend-long set of talks and Adventures in Boston and Cambridge, part of the “TED Universe” which is a set of online talks that are important on the internet.  For more about TEDx Beacon Street go to tedxbeaconstreet.com.

Sophomore Registration: Sunday, April 14th

Easy printing version at:  WebReg Guidelines for Fall 2013

(Click here for the Sophomore CGS Schedules)

The registration process is in three easy steps:

STEP #1:  ACADEMIC INFORMATION GATHERING—First, research the different academic areas, so you are able to choose an appropriate elective.

STEP #2:  MANDATORY MEETING with your CGS academic advisor

STEP #3: WEB REGISTRATION, Sunday, April 14^th

At this point, you should be gathering information about the various academic programs and the elective you will take next semester.  Below are some resources for you in this process.

• Schedule a mandatory registration meeting with your CGS advisor.

• Read the Undergraduate Bulletin, which describes program and course offerings in all of the schools and colleges at BU.

• CGS Fact Sheets (also available in room 211), which describe the academic requirements for different majors.

• For more detailed information, meet with an academic representative from the other schools and departments.

• Career Information, make an appointment at the Center for Career Development, 19 Deerfield St., 3^rd floor, 353-3590.

PEOPLE TO SPEAK WITH FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Your CGS academic advisor
• College of Arts and Sciences (725 Comm. Ave, rm. 105): Kerri Buglio, 353-2400, kbuglio@bu.edu
• College of Communication (640 Comm.Ave., rm. 123): Ryan Thurston, 353-3471
• College of Engineering (44 Cummington St., rm. 107): Ruthie Jean, 353-6447, ruthiej@bu.edu
• School of Education (605 Comm. Ave., rm. 243): Jacqueline Boyle, 353-3177, boylej@bu.edu
• Metropolitan College (755 Comm. Ave, rm. 102): Open advising, 353-2980
• PreLaw Program (725 Comm. Ave., rm. B-2): 353-4867
• PreMed/Health Sciences (725 Comm. Ave., rm. B-2): 353-2435
• Sargent College (635 Comm. Ave., rm. 204): Heather Nicholson, 353-2713
• School of Hospitality Administration (808 Comm. Ave, rm. 233): Abby Raspallo, busha@bu.edu.
• School of Management (595 Comm. Ave.): Sally Ward, 353-2650, seward@bu.edu

If you do not get the Academic Advising Code from your advisor, you will not be able to register on Sunday, April 14^th

This year we received no fewer than 29 submissions, from all three freshman divisions. And the work of judging essays was shared by faculty from all three divisions. As in prior years, students had to have their work nominated by faculty, and could submit more than one essay if nominated by more than one teacher.

The winning essays are on display online.

First prize goes to 

Rodrigo Bonilla

Runner-Up to

Adena Feitelson

and

Sarah Geib

(effectively a tied result)

Honorable Mention to

Sean Hughes

The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground is looking for talented and passionate students who want to be Student Ambassadors starting next semester and into the next academic year*! Applications are due Friday, November 2 at 5 p.m..

To apply, please go to http://www.bu.edu/thurman/apply and fill out the application. Not a student? You can help by telling us who you think would be great at preserving the legacy of Dr. Howard Thurman.

Have questions? Contact us at (617) 353-4745 or thurman@bu.edu.

*To be eligible, students must not be graduating before December 2013.

CGS Study Abroad information session

on Oct. 30 to learn about a new addition:

CGS in Shanghai

Prof. John Mackey will be there with lots of information and answers to your questions.

• Email contact:  cgsinshanghai@gmail.com
• Twitter:  @cgsinshanghai
• Facebook group:  facebook.com/groups/cgsinshanghai

Thanks very much!