{"id":130966,"date":"2018-08-31T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?p=130966"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:32:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T14:32:49","slug":"scenes-from-fall-orientation-2018","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2018\/scenes-from-fall-orientation-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from Fall Orientation 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"banner-container banner-has-html\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container 2018-sph-orientation autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-130955\" data-slideshow-name=\"2018-sph-orientation\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-130955\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-130955_0\" class=\"slide \"><div 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slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2018\/08\/Comm-Service-3-edited-1-636x427.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-130955\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-11\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>11<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-12\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>12<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-13\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>13<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-14\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>14<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-15\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>15<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-16\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>16<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-17\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>17<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-18\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>18<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-19\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>19<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-20\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>20<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-21\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>21<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">August 31, 2018<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The School of Public Health welcomed its new students with a week of orientation activities held August 28-31.<\/p>\n<p>The incoming MPH, DrPH, PhD, MA\/MS, and dual-degree students toured the campus and beyond. They visited the\u00a0Woods-Mullen Shelter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhchp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program<\/a>, the Suffolk County Sheriff\u2019s Department, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/nourishing-our-community\/rooftop-farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Medical Center roooftop farm<\/a>. A bus tour led them through the history of Boston\u2019s neighborhoods and the health disparities that can exist a few blocks apart.<\/p>\n<p>A field service day brought groups of students to lend a hand at Women\u2019s Lunch Place, Cradles to Crayon, St. Francis House, the Friday Night Supper Program, the Salvation Army, and Community Servings Food Heals.<\/p>\n<p>New students also met and heard from faculty, staff, and alumni. They discussed <em>Evicted<\/em>, this year\u2019s<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/students\/getting-started-at-busph\/sph-reads\/sph-reads-2018\/\">SPH Reads<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>book, participated in a workshop on taking risks, had a conversation about addressing health disparities, participated in a forum with Dean Sandro Galea on defining public health, and got to know each other over meals and at a local pub.<\/p>\n<p>The school welcomed 387 incoming MPH and dual-degree students, 21 doctoral students, 42 MS students, and 23 certificate students\u2014a total of 473 new students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPH welcomed new students to campus with tours, workshops, presentations, and hands-on neighborhood introductions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7174,"featured_media":131022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[3051],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3531,3541],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/130966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/130966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175216,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/130966\/revisions\/175216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130966"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=130966"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=130966"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=130966"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=130966"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=130966"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=130966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}