{"id":3938,"date":"2025-04-25T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:00:10","slug":"launching-bu-support-pathways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/launching-bu-support-pathways\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching BU Support Pathways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 25, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,<\/p>\n<p>I am writing regarding resources for members of our community who are concerned about their safety, security, and privacy due to shifting federal immigration and\/or visa policies. In our ongoing commitment to ensure our community has access to concrete information and expert guidance, we are launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/support-pathways\">BU Support Pathways<\/a>. This program will support students, faculty, and staff and offer services including but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>No-cost confidential initial legal consultation for eligible community members to discuss current immigration or visa status.<\/li>\n<li>Information about requesting summer housing for those who choose to stay on campus this summer.<\/li>\n<li>Education and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The BU Support Pathways website will serve as a centralized hub for information on immigration and visa matters, international travel, mental health, social services, academic support, and more. Please contact <a href=\"mailto:supportpath@bu.edu\">supportpath@bu.edu<\/a> with any questions or concerns. We will continue to expand these resources to ensure ongoing support for all community members with immigration or visa-related needs.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like to thank the faculty and students of the Immigrants\u2019 Rights &amp; Human Trafficking Program at Boston University School of Law and the International Students &amp; Scholars Office (ISSO) for their ongoing guidance and hard work to support our community. ISSO will remain a primary resource for the international members of our community. The strength of our community lies in our connections to one another and in upholding Boston University\u2019s foundational values.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Gilliam<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<p>*4\/25\/25 This message was sent to students, faculty, and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 25, 2025 Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, I am writing regarding resources for members of our community who are concerned about their safety, security, and privacy due to shifting federal immigration and\/or visa policies. In our ongoing commitment to ensure our community has access to concrete information and expert guidance, we are launching BU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3943,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions\/3943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}