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Dean ad interim Charles Glenn |
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Boston University has a unique history of engagement with the city of Boston and the surrounding communities. Nearly a century ago, the third president of the University, Lemuel Murlin, described BU as being "in the heart of the city, in the service of the city." That sense of responsibility to the neighborhoods in which we live and learn is very much a part of campus life today. What is more, we believe that community involvement helps our students to better understand the lessons they learn in the classroom.
The School of Education is honored to stand directly at the crossroads of engagement and enlightenment. We have a tradition of direct involvement in public education that grounds our understanding of teaching and learning in hard-won experience. The School's roots stretch beyond the greater Boston area and extend across the globe. Students in our International Educational Development Program volunteer and study in communities as far away as Africa and Cambodia. Undergraduates are likely to remain closer to campus, although our exceptional study abroad program gives students the option of completing their practicum in London, say, or Australia. Whether in our on-campus Reading and Writing Clinic, at the Intergenerational Literacy Project in nearby Chelsea, Massachusetts, or at the HOPE initiative in Pokhara, Nepal, the School of Education fosters integral connections on both a local and global scale.
We recently welcomed Robert A. Brown as the tenth president of Boston University. With his fresh perspective and our renewed commitment, we are working to ensure that the past is prologue — the School of Education remains an institution deeply engaged in the classroom, the city, and the world.
Charles Glenn
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