Welcoming People with Disabilities at Universities: Dean Megan Sullivan’s POV
BU Today featured an opinion piece written by College of General Studies Dean Megan Sullivan, focused on welcoming people with disabilities. While universities around the nation provide accommodations, Sullivan provokes the question on if universities truly welcome people with disabilities. She shares illustrative, relatable examples of how universities could better welcome this population, both inside and outside of the […]
Capstone Award Ceremony celebrates Exemplary Work of CGS ’14 Students
This past weekend, CGS had the pleasure of not only greeting the parents of its current students, but also of seeing the parents of those who graduated from CGS this past May to continue onto junior year. Friday night, students from the CGS class of 2014 gathered with their proud families in the Katzenberg Center […]
Interdisciplinary Baseball Course to Debut Spring 2015
CGS is excited to announce that it will be offering a new, interdisciplinary elective this spring: The History, Literature, Film and Science of Baseball. Baseball occupies a special place in American society and memory. As the distinguished historian Geoffrey C. Ward once pointed out, the two hundred year-old national pastime is “an odyssey that links […]
Leavitt and Hallstein Awarded for Outstanding Work
Last Friday, CGS announced the recipients of this year’s annual faculty awards: Neal Leavitt and Lynn Hallstein. Leavitt was honored with the Dr. Ismail Sensel Award, which funded by the Estate of Dr. Ismael Sensel and is traditionally given to a faculty member who has had a particularly outstanding year in terms of publication and teaching. Leavitt […]
Featured story on newly-appointed Dean McKnight in BUToday
Check out BUToday’s feature on Dean Natalie McKnight: New Dean Chosen for college of General Studies
College Honors Distinguished Alumni and PR All-Star Peter Shankman
On September 19, CGS faculty and alumni gathered to recognize Peter Shankman (CGS ’92, COM ’94) in the Distinguished Alumni Award ceremony. Each year, the College recognizes an alumni for his or her outstanding professional success and continued involvement at CGS. Shankman not only meets, but exceeds, both criteria. A marketing and customer service futurist, Shankman has been a leader […]
A Night with BBC Filmmaker Maurice Fitzpatrick
On Thursday, September 18, the Institute for the Study of Irish Culture welcomed documentary director Maurice Fitzpatrick to campus for a viewing and discussion of his 2013 BBC documentary, “Translations Revisited.” As the title suggests, Fitzpatrick’s documentary revisits Brian Friel’s 1980 play “Translations,” which explores the beauty and borders of language, the diversity of cultures, and […]
Chimaerid Announces Winners of First Annual Contest
The Chimaerid (the CGS literary and arts magazine) announces the winners of its first annual contest: Sidonee Madan for her cover photo Katie Hupp and Michael Kagan for their work “Blush” Carina Cruz for her work “Stranger in my Own Home” The prize for each of these works is $100, which will be presented at […]