Furthering the Conversation
A Penguin’s Tale
Howard Thurman could identify with life in its numerous manifestations. A favorite interest of his was in the companionship of Emperor penguins. The tale he most delighted in telling was about the emperor penguin and its species’ mutual sharing of responsibility, by both male and female, in the birth and... More
An Act of Kindness
Howard Thurman was only fourteen years old when he left the comforts of home in pursuit of knowledge at boarding school (there was no high school for black children in Daytona Beach, Florida then). When he arrived at the train station to make his trek north to Jacksonville, Florida, he... More
Erin Tichenor (CAS ’19)
Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Erin Tichenor is currently a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences majoring in sociology. A long-time Howard Thurman Center Student Ambassador, Erin first learned of the HTC at her freshman orientation session. While Coffee & Conversation remains her favorite program, Erin has delved into... More
PODCAST: Episode 2, ” What are Hub cocurriculars?”
January 28, 2019 About the episode: In this episode, Pedro Falci and Grace Ferguson continue their conversation with Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore and Hub Program Manager Eric Jarvis to learn more about Cocurricular Learning Experiences. What are they? How did they come to be? In this episode, the hosts dive deeper into how... More
PODCAST: Episode 1, “What is the BU Hub?”
January 28, 2019 About the episode: Kenneth Elmore, Associate Provost & Dean of Students at Boston University, has spearheaded the university's efforts to develop cocurricular experiences as part of the BU Hub, the university's first-ever general education initiative. In this hour, Dean Elmore and Eric Jarvis speak with Pedro Falci and Grace... More
Satisfy Hub Units through Cocurriculars at the HTC!
Beginning January 2019, undergraduate students will be able to register for Cocurricular Learning Experiences through the Howard Thurman Center, starting with the Common Thread Podcast! Known as Hub CC 160 in the Student Link, this experience challenges students to collaborate as a team to conceptualize, research, and create episodes for the... More
BU Professor Emeritus Andrew Bacevich Joins the Common Thread Podcast!
BU Professor Emeritus Andrew Bacevich, a veteran of the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has spent his academic career writing about American imperialism. He gave a well-regarded university lecture in 2007 about the "illusions of managing history," arguing for the contemporary relevance of 20th c. theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. In this episode, More
Common Thread Podcast Interviews Lawrence O’Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell is the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell and the author of the new book Playing With Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics. Kobe Yank-Jacobs (CAS '18) interviewed him about his book, the enduring relevance of that election and its effect... More
Soul Food – Living Moment By Moment
“Life does not stop being life because we are experiencing reverses or because we are young or because we are preparing ourselves vocationally or because certain important decisions that are in the hands of others have not been made. All of this is to give a purely quantitative character to... More
Soul Food – Little Things Can Make Big Differences
The meditation, “The Art of Grace,” offers a reminder on how “the fine art of gracious living” is located in one’s ability to perform the often overlooked simple act of kindness.