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In her four years at Boston University, Archelle Thelemaque (COM’21) has amassed an impressive list of accomplishments, among them three stints as a student government officer, being a Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground student ambassador, and interning at global public relations firm Ketchum PR. And that only begins to scratch the surface.
Now the Posse scholar can add one more accolade: this Sunday, she’ll address more than 3,000 members of the undergrad Class of 2021 as the student speaker at BU’s 148th Commencement.
The PR major and Georgia native will share the stage with the undergraduate ceremony’s main speaker, US Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), who will receive an honorary degree. (Moderna chairman and cofounder Noubar Afeyan, also receiving an honorary degree, will be the speaker at that morning’s graduate student ceremony.)
This year, BU’s annual Senior Breakfast became Senior Brunch.
On Friday, April 30, the Class of 2021 tuned in to the Zoom ceremony to toast one another and officially kick off Commencement 2021 festivities.
And, of course, to find out who this year’s Commencement speaker would be. Because there will be two separate ceremonies on Commencement day, May 16 one for grad students and another for graduating seniors word came that there will be two speakers: US Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a trailblazing politician who briefly attended Boston University, will be the speaker at the afternoon undergraduate ceremony, and Noubar Afeyan, cofounder and chairman of Moderna Therapeutics, Inc., will address students at the morning graduate ceremony.
Throughout the pandemic, the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground never lost sight of its mission as a place where community, friendship, and discussion happen. In this video, two HTC student ambassadors show how it’s adapted during COVID-19.
Photos courtesy of Development & Alumni Relations Giving BU Giving Day Raises Nearly $3 Million
More than 8,000 University community members gave to support a range of programs and departments
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On April 7, the BU community came together online for the University’s seventh annual Giving Day raising more than $2.96 million for causes and programs across the University. This was the first Giving Day since 2019: last year’s was canceled by the pandemic.
This year’s
events brought gifts from 8,802 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends, from 49 states and 45 countries. All told, they supported more than 420 areas at BU, from schools and colleges to athletics, student life, and more.