Sponsored by the CGS Community Service Club

This is a friendly completion between CGS Divisions and Administrative Staff to see which group is more sustainable and to celebrate our most sustainable colleagues!

WHO: All CGS Faculty and Staff (Prizes awarded at the West Campus: Earth Day Block Party)

WHEN: Appointments are arranged around your schedule and take 15 minutes!
We are asking for your participation by Friday April 13^th just in time for West Campus: Earth Day Block Party on April 19th!

HOW: Email GreenOffice@bu.edu to set up a 15 minute Certification appointment. The Green Office Analyst will come to your office for an appointment arranged around your schedule, it’s that simple.

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What is the Green Office Certification?

In March 2011, Boston University launched its Green Office Certification program. Modeled from the US Green Building Council’s LEED green building rating program, BU’s system rates individual offices based on daily practices involving energy conservation, waste reduction, recycling, and communications, and activities.

Depending on how many points are earned, individuals can achieve a Green Certified, Silver, or Gold rating. Once certified, participants receive a badge which can be displayed on their office name plaques.

What is considered my Office?

Your personal workspace – office, cubical, lab, etc!

What prizes will be awarded?

The CGS Community Service Club is looking forward to awarding prizes to the “Greenest Division” and our “Gold Certified” Faculty and Staff Members at this year’s Earth Day: West Campus Block Party in April.

ATTENTION SOPHOMORES.   The time has come to declare your major.

Your academic advisor will visit your classes, bringing  official “continuation declaration forms.”

You will complete the forms in class.

1.       Name, Team, UID, Cell Phone, Email
2.       School of Continuation
3.       Major (not required for SMG or SHA)
4.       CAS Concentration (only required for COM)
5.       Date, Signature

Please come to class ON TIME and PREPARED to complete your paperwork.

IF: you are absent from class, you  do not know what you want to major in, have questions, or need more time,

please set an INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT with your advisor later in the week by calling 617-353-2850

CGS Fall London Program

on

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

at 5:00 p.m., CGS room 505.

Students who studied in London last semester will be there to share their experiences with you.

Information about the program and an application can be found at www.bu.edu/abroad.

The application deadline for the fall 2012 program is March 15th.

If you are unable to attend and have questions after reading about the program online, please do not hesitate to make an appointment with your academic advisor, or me, in room 211.

I wish you continued success at the University.

Sincerely,

Stacy Godnick

Senior Assistant Dean

Boston University

College of General Studies

871 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA  02215

T 617-353-2850; F 617-353-5868

www.bu.edu/cgs

Twitter: @deangodnick

It’s that time of year again, when WBUR tries to raise money to keep public radio pumping over the airwaves. We have the following volunteer opportunity for interested students. We’re hoping that you won’t mind including this opportunity in your next newsletter, posting it to the appropriate job wall, or sharing it with your students. The blurb is below.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Volunteering at WBUR 90.9 FM (Boston’s NPR News Station) is an excellent opportunity to see the inner workings of Boston’s premiere news media outlets and one of the nation’s top National Public Radio member stations.

If you are pursuing a career in Journalism, Political Science, Broadcasting, Marketing, Advertising or Business Management or if you ever plan to fundraise for a non-profit organization, you will benefit from this experience.

There will be FREE FOOD and FREE BOOKS.

Sign up online at www.wbur.org/support/volunteer, email volunteer@wbur.org or call 617-353-8155.

If you’re able to bring in a group volunteers, or if you volunteer for multiple shifts, we’ll thank your group, organization, business or website on the air during your shift and on our website.

We only schedule volunteers during peak listening hours, so there is great potential for on-air exposure.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Emily Hopkins

• Member Services
• 890 Commonwealth Ave
• Boston, MA 02215
• 800-909-9287

Come check out this BU band perform live at BU Central for the second time! Performing with Cancer Killing Gemini | Doors 8:30/Show 9

BU’s finest Jazz musicians are back! | 9 PM

Chi Phi’s annual dubstep/DJ event.  For more information, check out www.tau-house.com | 9 PM

Catch the amazing performers in BU’s hit version of the international Vagina Monologues before they take to the stage! | 9 PM

Check out Brooklyn-based alternative hip-hop duo Das Racist at BU Central’s first LIVE: show of the semester. | Doors 8:30/Show 9

BU Central’s second annual Valentine’s event! Looking for a date? We’ve got you covered.  To apply to be a contestant, email us at buc@bu.edu. | 9 PM

BU’s premiere open mic night.  Come see some of BU’s most talented student singers, comics, and magicians! | Signups 8/Performances 8:30

Internationally acclaimed Bay-area slam poet George Watsky will blow your mind in BU Central’s first LIVE: poetry event! | Doors 8:30/Show 9

Craving even more slam? Close out the weekend with BU’s own Speak for Yourself slam poetry group. | 9 PM

BU’s Multicultural Greek Council hosts an event in BU Central. | 9 PM

Come watch some of BU’s best as they roast Dean of Students Kenn Elmore on the BU Central stage…things are bound to get heated! | 9 PM

Last Comic Standing contestant and Comedy Central favorite Myq Kaplan returns to the stage for BU Central’s LOL: comedy series! | Doors 8:30/Show 9

Additional Opportunities

Greetings from PR Advanced!

Public Relations Student Society of America at Boston University

After an introduction by Dean Linda Wells, Associate Dean Natalie McKnight led a discussion with about thirty influential deans, professors, and program directors from an impressive cross section of Boston University.

CGS in recent years has become an national leader in the use of e-portfolio in documenting and assessing our interdisciplinary curriculum.  Dean McKnight has been a principal in this enterprise.

Much of the work has been supported by generous grants from the Davis Foundation and the US Department of Education.

Bury Crimson 5-2, face Northeastern in championship

By Ben Carsley (COM’12)

The Boston University Terriers are on target in their quest for their first Beanpot championship, skating to a 5-2 victory over the Harvard Crimson last night in the first round of the 34th annual Women’s Beanpot Tournament. They’ll face Northeastern next Tuesday night in the championship game. A victory in that game would give them a prize they’ve sought since becoming a varsity team seven years ago.

The Terriers dominated the first period, ending with 19 shots on goal to Harvard’s 4, finding the net twice for a 2-0 lead. BU started the scoring with 6:30 gone, when starting center Jill Cardella (ENG’13) beat Crimson goalie Laura Bellamy on a shorthanded goal after forward Caroline Campbell (SED’14) was sent to the penalty box for tripping.

Cardella’s goal smashed an 11-period scoreless streak for Bellamy, the reigning Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Goalie of the Week. Bellamy fell again later in the period after some overly aggressive play by her teammates. After a slashing penalty on Kelsey Romatoski at 10:45, the Crimson committed two more penalties in the next 104 seconds, giving BU an enormous advantage for the next several minutes.

The Terriers soon overwhelmed Bellamy with shots, and defender Kaleigh Fratkin (CGS’12) found the net for her third goal of the season. Defender Tara Watchorn (CAS’12) and center Taylor Holze (CAS’13) earned assists on the play.

The Crimson entered last night’s game on a hot streak, having won their last three games and five of the past six. As the number-eight ranked team in the nation and the second place team in the ECAC, Harvard figured to challenge the Terriers late into the game.

But Marie-Philip Poulin (SED’14) (above, center) put Harvard further in the hole with 4:37 gone in the second, getting an assist from linemate Louise Warren (CGS’12) (above, right). After struggling offensively for much of the season, the Canadian standout and former Olympic gold medalist has transformed the Terriers’ offense since her return from injury, against Maine earlier in the month.

BU gave Harvard ample opportunity to get back in the game thanks to three power plays, made possible by penalties on Kathryn Miller (CGS’11, COM’13), captain Jenn Wakefield (CAS’12), and Carly Warren (MET’12).

But the Terriers defense withstood the onslaught of power plays, and goalie Kerrin Sperry (CAS’14) was unrelenting, earning one spectacular save on a shot by Harvard defenseman Marissa Gedman late in the period.

Center Isabel Menard (CAS’13) and Wakefield each added a goal in the period’s final two minutes, giving BU a 5-0 cushion.

The same sloppy play that plagued BU in the middle of the second period surfaced again in the third, though, giving Harvard more opportunities to retaliate. After Miller and Wakefield committed back-to-back penalties within 30 seconds, Crimson defender Josephine Pucci scored her team’s first goal, playing with a two-man advantage.

BU compounded its mistakes when Watchorn was sent to the bench for two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct, giving Harvard yet another power play opportunity. This time it was Crimson leading scorer Jillian Dempsey who found the net, bringing the game to within three goals with just over five minutes left. Miller went on to commit yet another penalty—her fourth of the game—with under a minute left, but the Terriers fought through physical play and kept Harvard off the board for the 5-2 win.

Northeastern defeated Boston College 2-1 in a shootout in the tournament’s first game, earning a slot in next week’s championship game. BC and Harvard will face off in the consolation game. Currently ranked number six in the nation, the Huskies are now all that prevent the Terrier icewomen from notching a milestone victory.

The BU Terriers face the Northeastern Huskies in the Beanpot championship game Tuesday, February 7, at Walter Brown Arena, at 8 p.m. Harvard and Boston College play in the consolation game at Walter Brown at 5 p.m. Tickets are $5 for the general public, $3 for children 12 and under and seniors, and free for students from each of the four participating schools showing a valid student ID. Tickets may be purchased in advance here or at Walter Brown Arena one hour before the game.

Ben Carsley can be reached at bcarsley@bu.edu.