{"id":311,"date":"2019-10-04T10:59:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/parents\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:16:00","slug":"parents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/get-involved\/join-a-group\/parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of BU students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parents who wish to be more deeply involved on campus are invited to participate in several meaningful ways through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/parentsprogram\/2023\/10\/19\/terrierfamilynetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terrier Family Network<\/a>. Parent and family volunteers host events and provide opportunities for students across the globe, enabling BU\u2019s students and alumni to benefit from an extensive support network even when they\u2019re far from campus. <\/p>\n<p>Each year, thousands of parents participate in a fundraising effort to provide deans and administrators with flexible monies they can use to address BU students\u2019 most immediate needs. You can do your part by <a href=\"https:\/\/trusted.bu.edu\/s\/1759\/2-bu\/index.aspx?sid=1759&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=444&amp;cid=1092&amp;appealcode=WEBAGC-PA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">giving to the Parent Fund<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if you&#8217;re an alum parent, guardian, or play any kind of caregiving role in the life of a child, you can also join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/get-involved\/join-a-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terrier Alumni Parents (TAP) Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents who wish to be more deeply involved on campus are invited to participate in several meaningful ways through the Terrier Family Network. Parent and family volunteers host events and provide opportunities for students across the globe, enabling BU\u2019s students and alumni to benefit from an extensive support network even when they\u2019re far from campus. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":970,"parent":17585,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26124,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/26124"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}