Hotel Room Blocks for the Fall 2025 Move-in Period for Returning Students Move-in Dates: Friday, August 29, to Monday, September 1, 2025 These courtesy room blocks are limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations for these rooms at special rates can only be secured on-line using the booking links provided […]
Hotel Room Blocks for the Fall 2025 Move-in Period for Incoming Students Move-in Dates: Saturday, August 23 & Sunday, August 24 These courtesy room blocks are limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Reservations for these rooms at special rates can only be secured on-line using the booking links provided below. […]
Join the Terrier Family Network! Sign up for our virtual Parent & Family Orientation Know Before You Go Sessions If you plan to visit campus over the summer, please let us know by signing up for a personalized campus welcome visit! Save the dates for our Fall Welcome Events Make sure your student completes […]
Greetings from Boston University! At Parent & Family Programs, we know just how important communication is for a successful transition to college. It’s not just about your student; it’s also about you and your entire family embarking on this exciting journey. As your student settles into their semester at BU, you’ll want to be well […]
Written by a Fellow BU Parent Congratulations to all the parents and family members of BU’s Class of 2026. I’d like to be among the first to welcome you to the University. As you will learn, your students are about to become part of a diverse and accomplished class, perhaps the most accomplished ever (they […]
By Lynn L. Brandsma, Ph.D. A quick search for books on how to parent college-age students results in a mere handful of choices compared to the endless books on how to raise a toddler or school-age child. Actually, one can find numerous parenting advice books all the way up through the teenage years. Understandably, […]
I was so excited I could barely stand it. I think I started counting down the days, until he came home, from the moment I moved him into Kilachand. But when he came home, things had changed. He had changed. He was accustomed to being on his own, coming and going how he wanted, when […]
If you are like me, you had some unexpected free time on your hands over Thanksgiving weekend. Usually it flies by in a haze of activities related to family and food but, at least in my house, things lagged a little. Thanksgiving in a pandemic with difficult travel restrictions, quarantining, social distancing and limited group […]
By Marie Calvo Monge, Parent of Noelle, CAS’2020, Member of the Parent & Family Advisory Board In September of 2016, we dropped our daughter off to start her college journey at Boston University. I vividly remember the night we bid farewell to her at Warren Towers. My husband and I tearfully embraced her before we […]
By Liz Yokubison, writer, author and mother of Alex, ENG‘21 Across the country and around the world, social distancing and stay-at-home orders associated with COVID-19 have disrupted everyday life. Even college students are not immune to these unprecedented times. With campuses shut down and students returning home to finish the semester online, some parents/guardians are […]