{"id":24567,"date":"2020-05-18T08:40:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=24567"},"modified":"2020-05-18T09:45:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:45:18","slug":"students-keptcom-celebrate-after-challenging-semester","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/students-keptcom-celebrate-after-challenging-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Students #KeptCOM, Celebrate After Challenging Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of alumni, faculty and students shared messages of celebration Monday across social networks, saluting COM students who &#8220;kept calm and carried on&#8221; through a unique, challenging semester.<\/p>\n<p>Using the hashtag #KeptCOM, they posted videos, photographs and notes through the day May 15 for a virtual event that brought together a community spread apart by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"\" height=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3PlJMggFkI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1em;\">&#8220;COM students: So proud of what you&#8217;ve achieved despite the many challenges this semester,&#8221; wrote COM Dean Mariette DiChristina, in a post that echoed the sentiments of many. &#8220;Your creativity, passion, and determination are inspiring. Awesome!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CA Stephen feels proud that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTBU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WTBU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeptCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeptCOM<\/a> and started programming from home&#x1f3e0; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmpSRepifm\">pic.twitter.com\/qmpSRepifm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; COM Ambassadors (@COM_Ambassadors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COM_Ambassadors\/status\/1261335495885434881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2020<\/a><test>wee0<\/test><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Allow me to shout out from the rooftop how proud we are of all <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COMatBU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@COMatBU<\/a> Terriers who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeptCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeptCOM<\/a> during spring 2020! (And you CM 331\/707-ers know how much I love !). See you at the CITGO sign in the fall. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n7i7UV6E89\">pic.twitter.com\/n7i7UV6E89<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Dowding (@MGDowding) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MGDowding\/status\/1261349226732089345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2020<\/a><test>wee1<\/test><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This semester, I&#39;ve witnessed a lot of empathy from students, professors, and friends. While the term was filled with unexpected turns, I&#39;m still so thankful for the support that I felt&#8211; whether it was a text, email, or smile over Zoom&#8211;it made all the difference! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeptCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeptCOM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XzD1N26sou\">https:\/\/t.co\/XzD1N26sou<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Pham (@AnnaMyPham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnaMyPham\/status\/1261368360039677953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This semester we <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeptCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KeptCOM<\/a> and started remote programming&#x1f60e;Despite it all, our podcasts and radio shows continued to create content. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone involved for your positivity and hard work &#x2764;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProudtoBU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProudtoBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will be continuing remote programming this summer!&#x2600;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qmOzeOqh8f\">https:\/\/t.co\/qmOzeOqh8f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WTBU RADIO (@WTBU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WTBU\/status\/1261343921524756480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COM-GRAD-ulations from the COM Graduate Affairs team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/COMatBU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@COMatBU<\/a>! You <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/keptCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#keptCOM<\/a> and persevered! We&#39;re proud of you all! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pz3qqpWZ7V\">pic.twitter.com\/pz3qqpWZ7V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laurie Nichols (@lfalzoi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lfalzoi\/status\/1261353545699405826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of alumni, faculty and students shared messages of celebration Monday across social networks, saluting COM students who &#8220;kept calm&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1654,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/24567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/24567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24607,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/24567\/revisions\/24607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24567"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=24567"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=24567"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=24567"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=24567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}