Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW)
Join us in celebrating all Graduate and Professional Students (especially our Terrier F1RSTS!) all week! Who is a first-generation graduate or professional student? A graduate or professional student whose parents/guardians/caregivers did not earn a master’s, doctorate, or professional degree, such as a JD, MD, or MA. GPSAW 2024 Events First-Gen Graduate & Professional Student […]
Boston University First-Gen College Celebration 2023
Join the Newbury Center and the entire BU community as we celebrate the achievements and experiences of our first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. While the official date for the National First-Generation College Celebration is November 8th, we’re celebrating for a whole week. The Newbury Center and the entire BU community events: Thursday, November 2nd […]
The Newbury Center Welcomes Scholar Anthony Jack!
We are happy to announce that sociologist and scholar Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack will be joining the Newbury Center as faculty director. While also serving as an associate professor at Wheelock College, Dr. Jack will work alongside the directors of the Newbury Center in continuing its mission of making higher education more accessible and supportive […]
Boston University First-Gen College Celebration 2022
Join the Newbury Center and the entire BU community as we celebrate the achievements and experiences of our first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. While the official date for the National First-Generation College Celebration is November 8th, we’re celebrating for a whole week. All times listed below are EDT/EST. The Newbury Center and the entire […]
The Unspoken Rules with Gorick Ng
Gorick Ng is the Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right, a book published by Harvard Business Review Press. It is a guide to help early career professionals, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, navigate the school-to-work transition and ascend to positions of leadership, based on 500+ […]
Boston University First-Gen College Celebration
Join the Newbury Center and the entire BU community as we celebrate the achievements and experiences of our first-generation undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. While the official date for the National First-Generation College Celebration is November 8th, we’re celebrating for a week and a half. All times listed below are EDT/EST. Keep checking back because […]
Boston University Receives First-gen Forward Designation
National Honor for Commitment to First-generation Student Success MARCH 1, 2021 Boston, MA – Boston University has joined a prestigious cohort of institutions nationwide receiving a First-gen Forward designation from the Center for First-generation Student Success – an initiative of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the Suder Foundation. The First-gen Forward […]