Dr. Philippe Copeland of the BU Center for Anti-racist Research says he has mixed emotions following the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, but that we can use this as an opportunity to talk to our kids and that it’s never too early to start forming moral muscles.
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Shubhankar Arun’s life since graduating last May shows the wisdom of zigging when you’d rather zag. After COVID-19 floored the economy last year, he shifted his job expectations and hopped continents as well.
Plan A had been to stay in the United States for a year on his work visa and look for a job in media. But in March 2020, Arun (COM’20) recalls, “Overnight, all job prospects everything just went completely out the window. I’d be talking to people and then [they’d] stop replying.…As an international student, it was five times as hard.”
BU to Host National Antiracist Book Festival Saturday
Upwards of 3,000 people attended the first National Antiracist Book Festival in 2019, and sales have already doubled that. Organizers are expecting to sell up to 8,000 tickets for this year’s virtual event. Books
National Antiracist Book Festival Saturday
Ilhan Omar, Celeste Ng, Tommy Orange, and BU’s Ibram X. Kendi are among more than 60 writers expected, virtually
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More than 60 important authors will gather virtually on Saturday for the second National Antiracist Book Festival, which aims to “challenge, inspire and mobilize” readers.
Hear Alicia Garza
(The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart) and Ilhan Omar
Entering the Job Market
Landing your first job in 2021 requires flexibility, but the outlook is positive
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The job market is beginning to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2021 graduates will still need flexibility, resilience, and determination for their job hunt. And they should not let the uncertain times alter their fundamental goals, career experts say.
In the job market, “there may be areas that are thriving and areas that are hurting right now,” says Denise Mooney, associate vice president for enrollment and student administration, who oversees BU’s Center for Career Development (CCD). “But that’s always true. A classic career-development caution is, don’t try to identify your career by figuring out what’s recession-proof or change-proof or whatever.
Eliot Usherenko is transitioning
to the next chapter of his life. After four years studying at Boston University and working as a member of the School of Law’s Student Affairs team, he’s beginning his quest to become a lawyer.
But not before accepting this year’s Undergraduate Outstanding Service Award.
Eliot Usherenko (Pardee’21). Photo courtesy of Usherenko
“I only wish I could hire him on as a more permanent team member; but the world needs lawyers of his character, ethics, and sense of self,” writes Geraldine Muir, LAW associate dean for student affairs, in her letter recommending Usherenko for the Student Employee of the Year Awards.