Student Spotlight: Ben Chen CAS ’18

by Elizabeth Wong, CGS ’18

Meet Ben Chen! Ben is a freshman in CAS majoring in Computer Science and minoring in SMG. Ben has lived in different parts of Boston growing up and always knew BU was the place he was meant to be!

Ever since seventh grade at Boston Latin School, Ben has been a happily active member of Asian cultural clubs, played basketball every Friday evening with his close group of friends, and sang and danced for fun.

Transitioning to college, he wanted to expand his interests and do more. Now, Ben’s on the executive board as a Freshman Rep in the Chinese Student Association; spreading cultural awareness and getting
a taste of what it is like to not only participate in, but to run events at BU.

Ben also recently tried out and made it onto the dance team – Unofficial Project! Although he never had real training in dance, his passion drove him to attend various workshops to practice and learn more. Ben’s enjoying and bonding with his new close-knit families and friends, but no one beats his original gang of best friends forever. Whenever his friends come back into town, they still get together to ball up.

Fun Fact: His first official dance performance was on his birthday!