{"id":1660,"date":"2019-11-19T10:43:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T19:04:36","slug":"blog-thankful-for-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/2019\/11\/19\/blog-thankful-for-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things we’re thankful for this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted November 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

There are millions of things to be thankful for\u2014great friends, unforgettable vacations, sunsets. The list can really go on forever. But we’re especially grateful for these five.<\/p>\n

Global Days of Service volunteers<\/h2>\n

We had\u00a02,566 volunteers\u00a0<\/span>who showed up and made a difference in their community, serving a total of\u00a018,834.7 hours. Wow.\u00a0<\/span>Check out\u00a0pictures<\/a> from\u00a0Centre Street Food Pantry in Newton, street cleaning in Tokyo, Hudson River Park cleanup in New York and much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our engaged alumni<\/h2>\n

To all those who showed up to our numerous networking events and happy hours or tuned-in to our webinars and podcast episodes. Thank you for making our hearts beat a little faster, for brining your friends to an event or coming in with an open mind to meet new ones. We can’t wait to see you at our next gathering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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All the Terrier Tuesday takeovers<\/h2>\n

We love being able to connect our alumni digitally and our #TerrierTuesday volunteers have really given us that opportunity. A different alum has taken over our Instagram account almost every Tuesday for the past year and it’s been truly magically. Sign up<\/a> if you’re interested.<\/p>\n

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The Campaign for BU\u00a0supporters<\/h2>\n

Seven years ago we set out to raise $1 billion for our first comprehensive campaign. We quickly raised the stakes to $1.5 billion a few years later. We closed the campaign this September with $1.85 billion. No words can describe how grateful we are for the\u00a0175,000+ donors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our beautiful campus<\/h2>\n

Thanks to the Campaign for BU, our campus has continued to grow and improve. Examples include the construction of the\u00a0Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering or the renovations of the Dahod Family Alumni Center and Fuller’s BU Pub. Take a look<\/a> at how the campus has transformed.<\/p>\n

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We are so thankful for you\u2014our dedicated and engaged alumni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16028,"featured_media":1665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2019\/11\/five-things-thankful-this-fall-boston-university-alumni-2019-800x600.jpg","agg_excerpt":"We are so thankful for you\u2014our dedicated and engaged alumni.","agg_title":"Five things we're thankful for fall 2019","media_icon":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660"}],"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=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15395,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/15395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}