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“I’d wanted to do seniors housing as a career since I was 14 or 15,” says Serena Lipton.
Um, what?
“We had to do volunteer hours when I was in high school, and I chose to start off volunteering at the place where my great-aunt was living, a Hebrew senior rehab,” says Lipton (SHA’18,’23). “Even after she passed away, I never wanted to stop volunteering there. It ended up becoming an internship. I worked there and at other senior facilities through high school. And I kind of knew this was what I wanted to do the rest of my life.”
Graduate degree recipients attend the morning ceremony, undergraduates the afternoon ceremony
Government COVID-19 gathering limits preclude single ceremony on Nickerson Field
The 148th Boston University Commencement on May 16 already historically reconfigured by COVID-19 is getting another unprecedented makeover: it will now consist of two separate ceremonies, a morning one for graduate degree recipients and an afternoon gathering for bachelor’s degree recipients, both on Nickerson Field.
The change, announced Friday in a letter to candidates for graduation by President Robert A. Brown, was necessitated by anticipated high attendance, based on a survey of graduating students. City and state limits on gathering sizes make it impossible to accommodate both graduate degree and undergraduate degree recipients on Nickerson Field simultaneously, even with previously announced restrictions that prevents families and guests of graduates from attending.
Questrom’s New Online MBA a Hit
Questrom’s Online MBA serves people who don’t have two years to spare for a residential MBA program or $100,000 to pay for it. Photo by Janice Checchio Digital Learning
Students commend price, flexibility, and a different learning model
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Down in New Orleans, Jermaine Smith had a quandary. The veteran nonprofit executive wanted an MBA to pump up his skills and his earning potential. But with a family and a mortgage, he didn’t have two years to spare for a residential MBA program or the $100,000 to pay for it.
Academic advisors need help remaining resilient just like the students they help, especially during the pandemic.
One of the most difficult parts of being an advisor “is having really hard conversations with students about challenges we can’t fix,” says Taryn Andrea, a College of Arts & Sciences advisor.
Challenges such as losing a loved one and not being able to have services or grieve together with family. Dealing with a new role at home, like helping younger siblings with remote schooling while also trying to do BU coursework. Or facing financial insecurity because a parent has lost their job because of the pandemic. Or, for many international students, challenges with travel restrictions, time zone differences, and sleep schedules.
COVID-19 has permanently changed how we meet, and how professional planners must organize meetings: that’s the forecast from event planner and SHA adjunct professor Joanne Dennison.