{"id":27051,"date":"2021-03-20T09:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T13:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?page_id=27051"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:53:48","slug":"graduate-advising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-current-students\/graduate-advising\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Advising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside alignright\">\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-left\">Contact:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">640 Commonwealth Ave.<br>Boston, MA 02215<br><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 617.353.3481<br><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:comgrad@bu.edu\">comgrad@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3>Your first stop for graduate student support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a question about your program, registration, graduation, academic policies, or life at COM? Start with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Graduate Affairs office is the primary advising resource for graduate students in BU&#8217;s College of Communication. We provide academic advising, curriculum guidance, and support throughout your time at COM&#8211;from your first semester through graduation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure who to contact? That&#8217;s okay. Reach out to any member of our team, and we&#8217;ll help you connect with the right person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Meet the Graduate Affairs Team<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kayla Ring<\/strong>, Director, Graduate Affairs<br>Email:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:kbring10@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">kbring10@bu.edu<\/a><br>Room 130A<br><em>Contact Kayla with questions about academic status, academic regulations, graduation and degree requirements, international student matters, petitions, or other academic and current student concerns.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lu He<\/strong>, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs and Graduate Student Success<br>Email:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:kbring10@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\">helu@bu.edu<\/a><br>Room 132<br><i>Contact Lu for registration assistance, graduation questions, graduate student life, <\/i><em style=\"font-style: italic;\">the graduate student council, student events,<\/em> <em>and any other current student needs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jackie Cummings<\/strong>, Assistant Director, Graduate Admission and Financial Aid<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jmcummin@bu.edu\">jmcummin@bu.edu<\/a><br>Room 130<br><em>Contact Jackie with questions about graduate applications, federal financial aid, scholarships and graduate assistantships.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christie Leist<\/strong>, Marketing &amp; Communications Specialist<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cleist@bu.edu\">cleist@bu.edu<\/a><br><em>Contact Christie about the COM Graduate newsletter and graduate student events.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Laurie Nichols<\/strong>, Assistant Dean, Graduate Affairs<br>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lfn@bu.edu\">lfn@bu.edu<\/a><br>Room 120<br><em>Laurie provides leadership and oversight for grad affairs, including graduate admissions, academic policies, student support, and the overall graduate student experience at COM.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"linked-list\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"linked-list__title\">Resources for COM Graduate Students<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"linked-list__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAcademic Policies\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/policies\/lifebook\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent Life Policies\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-current-students\/graduate-advising\/registration-enrollment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRegistration &amp; Enrollment\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-current-students\/graduate-advising\/assistantships-employment\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAssistantships &amp; Employment\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/admissions\/graduate\/tuition-scholarships-aid\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFinancial Aid\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-current-students\/graduate-advising\/non-degree-students\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNon-Degree and Special Students\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-current-students\/graduate-advising\/graduation-commencement\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGraduation &amp; Commencement\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"linked-list__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"linked-list__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/for-current-students\/graduate-advising\/com-graduate-student-awards\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGraduate Student Award Nominations\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your first stop for graduate student support Have a question about your program, registration, graduation, academic policies, or life at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16717,"featured_media":28837,"parent":27038,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27051"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47174,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27051\/revisions\/47174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=27051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}