The 2012 Winners of the John S. Perkins Award for Distinguished Service are:
They will be honored at an award ceremony and reception on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in the Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor at 5:00 p.m.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mary “Becky” Gallagher, who succumbed to breast cancer in Florida on January 6. A tireless advocate for all Boston University faculty, and a winner of the Perkins Award for Distinguished Service, Becky served as the Director of Faculty Governance for over 35 years. Over her long tenure she served as both the institutional memory of the Faculty Council and as an integral part of the Council’s work. Her efforts to ensure faculty participation in university governance made Boston University a better place to teach, research, and learn. We are a better university as a result of her many years of service.
Becky grew up in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and enrolled at Boston University in 1967. She began working at the Faculty Council as an undergraduate and became its first full-time Director upon graduation in 1971.
Those who worked with Becky always knew her as an exceedingly modest person who rarely drew attention to herself. Despite her modesty, she routinely found herself at the center of important and at times contentious debates during BU’s transformation into a major research university. Through it all, she never lost sight of the central role that faculty must play in university life.
After she retired from Boston University in 2008, Becky moved to Florida where she enjoyed golfing, swimming and walking. Becky is survived by her husband, Leo Bourgeois, their daughter, Abby Bourgeois, and many family members in the Boston area. Those wishing to donate in her name may do so at Good Shepherd Hospice, 105 Ameson Avenue, Auburndale, Florida, 33823.
A memorial service with friends, family and colleagues will be held for Becky in Marsh Chapel on Friday, April 20, 2012 at noon.
A broadcast email will be sent to faculty and staff with the details, and it will be posted on the Faculty Council website.
Sincerely,
Adam Sweeting
Chair
Faculty Council
Voting for the proposed changes to the Constitution of the Faculty Assembly has closed. I am pleased to report the results.
With a majority of members voting, all of the questions passed with an approval of over 90%.
We have met the requirements under the Constitution, with a return by the majority of the Faculty Assembly and an approval on each ballot question exceeding 2/3.
These changes do not take effect until ratified by the Board of Trustees.
Click here to view the text of the ballot questions.
Many thanks, to everyone who voted.
Sincerely,
Adam Sweeting, Chair
Faculty Council
The video for the Fall 2011 Faculty Assembly meeting is available here.
This page is accessible to Faculty Assembly members only.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
8:00 p.m.
Tsai Performance Center
“The Art of the Sonata: Part III”
Terry Everson, trumpet
Shiela Kibbe, piano
Harold Shapero – Sonata (1940)
George Antheil – Sonata (1951)
Halsey Stevens – Sonata (1956)
Kent Kennan – Sonata (1956)
Having just released their first compact disc recording this month, Profs. Everson & Kibbe continue their exploration of the sonata and sonatina literature for trumpet and piano with this collection of early American efforts in the form, including the rarely played sonata of Harold Shapero, a work by the self-proclaimed “Bad Boy of Music” George Antheil, and popular standards of the genre by Halsey Stevens and Kent Kennan.
The election for Faculty Assembly Vice-chair and Secretary-treasurer closed on Friday, April 29, 2011.
Kathe Darr was elected Vice-chair for the 2011-2012 term. She will succeed Adam Sweeting as Chair in June 2012.
Stephen Brady was re-elected to a one year term as Secretary-treasurer.
BU Today will publish an announcement shortly.
The winners of the 2011 John S. Perkins Distinguished Service Award are:
Elizabeth Bouhmadouche, Registrar and Director of Enrollment Services, Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Kenneth Douglass, Senior Associate Director, Office of Residence Life
Susan Tomassetti, Assistant to the Associate Provost, Director’s Office of Military Education
Click here to view the BU Today feature on the recipients.
The award ceremony and reception was held on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in the Trustee Ballroom, One Silber Way, 9th Floor.
A good time was had by all.
Elections for Vice-chair and Secretary-treasurer of the Faculty Assembly will be held April, 2011.
Click here to access the candidates’s statements and the link to the poll.
Current Faculty Assembly members are eligible to vote.
The Executive Committee will not meet on Tuesday, Feb. 22, due to the Monday class schedule on the Charles River campus.