{"id":2239,"date":"2026-02-02T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/?page_id=2239"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:01:14","slug":"february-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/initiatives-outreach\/international-student-newsletter\/february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year Terriers and welcome back to campus!<\/p>\n<p>In<strong> Announcements<\/strong>, jump into the semester with a mix of events\u2013 celebrate Lunar New Year with VSA and ASU, get clarity on legal tax filing through a specialized international student webinar, take on winter adventures with BU Outdoor Programs, or spend your Tuesday evenings learning how to chase your creative dreams.<\/p>\n<p>From Mumbai to Boston to London! We talk to Shrutant Ramaswamy (CFA &#8217;27) in the <strong>Student Experiences <\/strong>section about his transition to BU and his life as an international student studying abroad in one of BU\u2019s London programs.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Culture Corner <\/strong>section, we take a deep dive into the history and impact of two cultural celebrations taking place this month: Lunar New Year and Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any feedback for future newsletters, please contact Sheila Hernandez at <a href=\"mailto:sheilahz@bu.edu\">sheilahz@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<nav class=\"toc-wrapper\" id=\"toc\" aria-label=\"Page Section Navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"toc-heading toc-nav-toggle\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle Page Contents Navigation\" aria-expanded=\"true\">Page Contents<\/span><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year Terriers and welcome back to campus! In Announcements, jump into the semester [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9593,"featured_media":2249,"parent":2378,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bu-landing","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2251,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2239\/revisions\/2251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/globalprograms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}