Dear Eagles,
Spring has officially sprung! As we enter the last full week of March, there are still plenty of events happening for Women’s History Month. Campus Ministry is offering several ways to celebrate the Lenten season, and you will find a few interesting lectures listed under our Academic Highlights section. BC Dining also has a special pop up event and a survey to gather your feedback.
Marathon Monday is fast approaching! This is a final reminder: if you are running the Marathon, be sure to fill out the form so we can recognize and cheer for you! Additionally, we have some exciting news coming later today—be sure to check your email around 2:00 pm.
Finally, if you would like to discuss something, please do not hesitate to stop by during my open office hours, held most Thursdays from 2:00–4:00 pm. See the schedule below.
Yours in Community,
Dr. Shawna Cooper Whitehead
Vice President for Student Affairs
Open Office Hours | Drop in and say Hello!
Dr. Shawna Cooper Whitehead holds open office hours most Thursdays
from 2-4 pm. | Spring Semester Open Office Hours: 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7
Student Affairs and Campus Partner Highlights
Mark Your Calendar!
Women's History Month
Upcoming Events
Prision Arts Outreach Speaker Event
March 24 | 7:00pm | Devlin 218
Boston Public Library Author Talk: Susan MacKenty Brady
March 25 | 6:00pm-7:30pm | Central Library Copley Square
Clough Colloquium: ‘Giving Up is Unforgivable’ with Joyce Vance
March 26 | 4:00pm | The Heights Room
Mile 21
Last Call!
We want to cheer for you!
Running the Boston Marathon?
Fill out this form today to be featured on Student Affairs and
BC's Social Media!
For Seniors | Service & Citizenship Grant!
Last Call!
Considering Full-Time Service After Graduation and concerned
about finances?
Apply to the
W. Seavey, Joyce S.J. Service & Citizenship Grant!
Deadline end of Day March 23!
C21 and Campus Ministry
Praying the Stations of the Cross | with Fr. Liam Bergin
Monday, March 23, 2026 4:45pm to 6pm
Learn about and join in praying the Stations of the Cross with Fr. Liam Bergin, Director, Undergraduate Rome Summer Program; Co-Director, Catholic Education and Theology Minor. A light supper will follow the event. The McMullen Museum's latest exhibit, Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts, includes the Stations of the Cross embroidered by Lily Yeats. Explore and pray with the Stations through this beautiful intersection of faith and art.
Please, register here to attend and receive a reminder before the event.
Friday Fish Fry
Join Campus Ministry for our final Lenten Fish Fry on Mar. 27 from 12 to 1 p.m. in The Manresa House. Come enjoy good food, great conversation, and a phone-free space focused on real connection and community. RSVPs are now open!
Lenten Prayer Opportunities
Eucharistic Adoration | Mondays, 6 pm to 6:45 pm | St. Mary's Chapel
Ignatian Examen | Tuesdays & Wednesdays | 9:15 pm | Manresa House
Weekly Rosary | Tuesdays 4 pm | McElroy 117
Reconciliation Service | March 23, 7:30 pm | St. Mary's Chapel
The Welcome Blanket Project
Interested in a creative project of hospitality for our refugee and immigrant neighbors? Campus Ministry Students will gather on the Feast Day of St. Oscar Romero, Tuesday, Mar. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. in McElroy 111 to crochet and knit a welcome blanket together. All skill levels are welcome—come learn and create in community. Email Grace Davis (davisada@bc.edu) for future meeting dates and details.
Boston College Athletics
Eagles at Home
Baseball vs Merrimack || March 25 , 3:00 P.M || Harrington Athletics Village
Women's Lacrosse vs Stanford || March 26 , 5:00 P.M || Alumni Stadium
Softball vs Virginia Tech || March 27 , 4:00 P.M || Harrington Athletics Village
BC Arts
BC Baroque
Join us for our 15th annual spring concert where BC Baroque will perform music of Vivaldi, Bach and Mendelssohn!
Saturday, March 28 | 5:00 p.m.
Gasson 100
Academic Highlights
The Institute for the Liberal Arts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 6pm to 7:30pm
Women in Economics, Policy, and Leadership: A Talk with Lisa Lynch
Lisa M. Lynch is the Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. During 2025-2026, she is the Stone Visiting Fellow/Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Malcom Wiener Center for Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Lowell Humanities Series
Sherene Seikaly: From Baltimore to Beirut: On the Question of Palestine
Sherene Seikaly is a Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2024–25) and Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her 2016 book Men of Capital: Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine explores economy, territory, the home, and the body. Her forthcoming book From Baltimore to Beirut: On the Question of Palestine tells a global history of capital, slavery, and dispossession.
BC Dining
Looking for more events or ways to get involved? Visit MyBC and the
University Calendar.
Division of Student Affairs
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