{"id":9365,"date":"2022-03-04T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/?p=9365"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:09:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:09:32","slug":"lets-take-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/2022\/03\/04\/lets-take-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Take a Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following was sent to all students on Friday, March 4, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Friends,<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s all take a break next week.\u00a0 And, I dare say it is well-deserved.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to joining so many others as we go back in public spaces. I\u2019ll ease in, for sure, but am looking forward to closer eye contact, surprise, better conversations, shared storytelling, and, overall, the kind of soulful interactions helped by proximity. Next week will be a good time for practice.<\/p>\n<p>Some of us will travel. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acha.org\/CoVAC\/CoVAC\/Resources\/COVID_In_Focus\/Spring_Break_Tips.aspx\">travel tips<\/a> we\u2019ve received over the years are still apropos. Some of us will put together our own local jaunts \u2013 consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csc\/upcoming-events\/asb\/\">service opportunities<\/a> nearby, <a href=\"https:\/\/goterriers.com\/sports\/2022\/2\/28\/athletics-events-during-spring-break.aspx\">sport<\/a>, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/your-diy-guide-for-spring-break-in-boston\/\">menu of possibilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you do, keep available testing and smart mask-wearing in your plans as you interact with others.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to rejuvenate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fondly,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Elmore<br \/>\nAssociate Provost and Dean of Students<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following was sent to all students on Friday, March 4, 2022. Friends, Let\u2019s all take a break next week.\u00a0 And, I dare say it is well-deserved. I am looking forward to joining so many others as we go back in public spaces. I\u2019ll ease in, for sure, but am looking forward to closer eye [&hellip;]<\/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\/9365"}],"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=9365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9367,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions\/9367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}