{"id":6108,"date":"2021-11-05T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T14:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T17:05:47","slug":"fisk-house-dedication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/2021\/11\/05\/fisk-house-dedication\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisk House Dedication Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6108 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-responsive_gallery'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom.jpg'><img width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-550x550.jpg\" class=\"attachment-responsive_gallery size-responsive_gallery\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen.jpg'><img width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen-550x550.jpg\" class=\"attachment-responsive_gallery size-responsive_gallery\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-kitchen-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry.jpg'><img width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-550x550.jpg\" class=\"attachment-responsive_gallery size-responsive_gallery\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-entry-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2.jpg'><img width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-550x550.jpg\" class=\"attachment-responsive_gallery size-responsive_gallery\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/files\/2021\/11\/fisk-bedroom2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Boston University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/scholarships-awards\/fisk-house\/\">Fisk House<\/a> provides low-cost housing to 16 female BU graduate students each year. Managed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\">BU Women\u2019s Guild<\/a> (BUWG), the newly relocated 193 Bay State Road residence underwent extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/summer-construction-roundup\/\">renovations<\/a> last summer and is now home to a community of women who are students in a wide range of graduate programs at BU &#8212; \u00a0from fine arts to environmental health to international affairs. During Friday\u2019s dedication, nearly four dozen attendees were on hand to celebrate the opening of the new location. Here, two plaques were unveiled\u2014one recognizing the generosity of BUWG Endowed Scholarship Fund donors, and a second acknowledging past presidents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/about-us\/boston-university-womens-council\/\">BU Women\u2019s Council<\/a>\u2014the entity that managed the Fisk House until this group\u2019s merger with the BUWG in 2020.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since its inception in 1933, the Fisk House has proudly supported hundreds of Boston University graduate students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dedication Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday, November 5, 2021 at 5:30 pm<br \/>\n193 Bay State Road<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston University\u2019s Fisk House provides low-cost housing to 16 female BU graduate students each year. Managed by the BU Women\u2019s Guild (BUWG), the newly relocated 193 Bay State Road residence underwent extensive renovations last summer and is now home to a community of women who are students in a wide range of graduate programs at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2452],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6108"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10068,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions\/10068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/womensguild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}