{"id":9003,"date":"2021-09-10T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2021-09-14T10:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T14:23:13","slug":"common-ground-starts-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2021\/09\/10\/common-ground-starts-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Ground Begins Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following message was sent to all students on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThey embraced. They squeezed. They swayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

— from Laura Zornosa\u2019s\u00a0 \u20181, 2, 3 \u2026 Exhale Together\u2019: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last<\/em> (definitely worth spending time with this<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Friends,<\/p>\n

As we make our own journeys, we have completed, together, another trip.\u00a0 Welcome to those of you who will be joining us in-person on campus for the first time, especially the members of the Class of 2025! A hearty shoutout to those of you who made a path within the unknown \u2013 your flexibility, innovation, and strength are most appreciated and \u2013 dare I say \u2013 legendary. Welcome back!<\/p>\n

The hard, collective work of community begins again.<\/p>\n

In the last year, I realized how much I miss serendipity. I gained a new appreciation for pausing and planning my commuting, meetings, exercising, and listening to music. I write to remind you of a few important items and ask that you pause, review this information, and incorporate it into your academic, social, and personal plans.<\/p>\n

First things first. We\u2019ve shared and you\u2019ve received lots of information to get you back to BU and to bring back BU. To date, you have received a lot of information via email. In addition to any messages you received from your professors and deans, I insist that you take time to visit the\u00a0Back2BU website<\/a>\u00a0and thoroughly review pertinent portions of the posted guides.<\/p>\n

I have sent you lots of information that involve\u00a0expectations, policies, and guidance<\/a>\u00a0for us to live with COVID-19.\u00a0 In addition to these policies, please take a look at the\u00a0Code of Student Responsibilities<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the standards for how we keep ourselves safe and maintain a community of people engaged in their good works. Please also take the time to review the University\u2019s policies for\u00a0academic<\/a>\u00a0(especially the academic policies of your school or college) and\u00a0non-academic<\/a>\u00a0conduct.\u00a0As you engage in activities in and around the campus, you have to be diligent about so many things. Please remain diligent about your safety. I encourage you to review our website on personal safety, especially the content within the sections on\u00a0sexual misconduct<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0fire safety<\/a>. Feel free to ask questions of\u00a0people and departments\u00a0here to respond to your concerns and to help you find solutions to problems. Let\u2019s also continue to do what we do best \u2013 look after each other<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The last year has also taught me the importance of taking a pause to focus on personal restoration. \u2013 to break my pace, routines, and workloads so I can re-connect with friends and others and tackle life-maintenance tasks. I look forward to working with you as we safely bring ourselves back together and make the common ground compelling again.<\/p>\n

Do contact us<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n

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Fondly,<\/p>\n

Kenneth Elmore
\nAssociate Provost and Dean of Students<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following message was sent to all students on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021   \u201cThey embraced. They squeezed. They swayed.\u201d — from Laura Zornosa\u2019s\u00a0 \u20181, 2, 3 \u2026 Exhale Together\u2019: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last (definitely worth spending time with this)   Friends, As we make our own journeys, we have completed, together, another trip.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3766],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9008,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9003\/revisions\/9008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}