Moving to Improve
Active “brain breaks” get kids moving—and help them learn Teacher Jake Dore (CGS’11, SED’13) takes regular breaks from desk work to get his fourth graders moving at the Kelly School in Chelsea, Mass. Photos by Dan Watkins. It’s time for a break. You’ve been reading for a while now, so let’s stand up and shake […]
A Taste of the Workplace for Liberal Arts Majors
New on-campus internship program offers experience, perspective Rebecca Behrends (CAS’17) (left) and Ericka Crankshaw (CAS’18) prepare memorabilia from opera singer Deborah Voigt at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Photo by Cydney Scott. When Linda Wells was dean of the College of General Studies, she was often asked by parents and students how a liberal […]
Two Professors Win Fulbright Awards
Samuel Hammer will go to Sri Lanka; Meg Tyler to Belfast Education is the central mission of Boston University’s College of General Studies (CGS) and its professors, who don’t have teaching assistants and carry heavier course loads than most BU faculty. It is unprecedented and gratifying, says Natalie McKnight, dean of the college, that two CGS […]
New Dean Chosen for College of General Studies
Natalie McKnight named to post after serving as interim dean Natalie McKnight, who for the past year has served as interim dean of BU’s College of General Studies, has been named dean by President Robert A. Brown and Jean Morrison, University provost. The announcement follows a series of meetings Morrison held with CGS faculty earlier […]