{"id":13055,"date":"2021-11-17T17:25:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=13055"},"modified":"2022-09-27T15:53:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:53:45","slug":"blog-giving-tuesday-video-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2021\/11\/17\/blog-giving-tuesday-video-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Tuesday 2021: Inspirational BU stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, people around the world are encouraged to come together and give to the causes they care most about. Since BU\u2019s first Giving Tuesday in 2014, we\u2019ve been fortunate to raise donations from Terriers all over the world. Alumni participation in Giving Tuesday supports a variety of on-campus initiatives\u2014from state-of-the-art renovations that help students hone in on their craft to important causes that prepare students to serve their communities. We\u2019ve heard students say their academic experience wouldn\u2019t have been as meaningful without these initiatives and alumni contributions.  <\/p>\n<p>Here are some of those stories:<\/p>\n<h2>BU Kendo Association<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bRl-q6FzIv4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2005, the BU Kendo Association has about 50 members, and is coached by Alex Eitoku (CAS\u201912) and Reina Iwase (CAS\u201917, GRS\u201918). Group members\u2019 experience ranges from none to nine years. While many members join the club for the fighting aspect, the veterans say the spiritual side of it keeps them around. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/bu-kendo-association-japanese-sword-based-martial-art-fitrec\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Light and sounds lab at the Joan &#038; Edgar Booth Theatre<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0J7fFEigYjs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most people know BU\u2019s Joan &#038; Edgar Booth Theatre, the 75,000-square-foot state-of-the-art theater complex on Comm Ave that opened two years ago, for its soaring lobby and 250-seat theater, home to College of Fine Arts School of Theatre productions. <\/p>\n<p>But the building also houses costume shops, faculty offices, classrooms, and on the third floor, a sprawling Light and Sound lab. Spread over two levels, with catwalks on the upper floor, the lab is in near-constant use. More than two dozen classes, including ones in lighting design, sound design, and media design, use the space throughout the year. The lab also functions as a test facility for lighting design students working on productions to experiment with color and special effects. Designers can see how paint samples for a show\u2019s sets will react to light before a production is loaded into the theater. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2019\/light-and-sound-lab-at-joan-edgar-booth-theatre\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Behind the scenes at Warren Towers Rooftop Garden<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cnvPHzbXlsg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The project is the brainchild of Sidney Hare (CAS\u201922). \u201cI knew that when I went to college I wanted to establish a garden on campus,\u201d Hare says. \u201c I think that urban gardening is an essential step forward in helping to reduce food deserts, helping mitigate urban heat island effects, and working to greenify cities in a productive manner. Gardening is my passion and I did not want to let living in a city impede me from doing that.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/bts-warren-towers-rooftop-mini-garden\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Future food reporter Kaya Williams (COM&#8217;20)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/410754030?h=b6044048a2&#038;title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kaya is studying journalism at the College of Communication but has made sure to fill her schedule with interesting internships, rock-climbing classes, and mentorship opportunities. Kaya also hopes to dig more into her fascination with food history through BU\u2019s Gastronomy Program. Her obsession with 1950s cookbooks is evident as she talks about the quirky recipe handouts developed by life insurance companies. She also speaks passionately about the Daily Free Press, BU\u2019s independent student newspaper. It was through FreeP (as folks call it) that she developed the editorial, production, and reporting skills she\u2019ll need for her career. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2020\/05\/01\/scholarship-story-kaya-williams\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Meet first-gen student Richard Boylan (COM&#8217;22)<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/398629353?h=407a881f55&#038;title=0&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Richard Boylan (COM\u201922) is a first-generation student from Westerly, Rhode Island. As with many first-gen students, attending college was a big event for him and his family. But Richard\u2019s achievements extend far beyond his acceptance to Boston University. He has an almost encyclopedic knowledge of comic books, is a huge fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, has played basketball at TD Garden, and once took a road trip to Philadelphia just to see the famous \u201cRocky\u201d statue in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2020\/04\/01\/scholarship-story-richard\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short stories about student organizations and initiatives that are shaping our students&#8217; undergraduate\/graduate years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16028,"featured_media":13061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,5],"tags":[724,1045],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2021\/11\/student-stories-800x600.png","agg_excerpt":"Short stories about student organizations and initiatives that are shaping our students' undergraduate\/graduate years.","agg_title":"Giving Tuesday 2021: Inspirational BU stories","media_icon":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13055"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14147,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13055\/revisions\/14147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}