Dear Eagles,
Thanksgiving is right around the corner! In the spirit of gratitude, I invite you to stop by the 4th Floor Maloney Hall reception area this Wednesday and Thursday for a moment of reflection and a token of our appreciation. If you are planning to stay on campus through the holiday weekend, the BAIC is hosting a Thanksgiving lunch; be sure to RSVP by 3 p.m. today.
Additional campus highlights include Women's and Men's hockey games, the Ignatius 500 series, and Robsham Theater's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe production.
Sincerely,
Dr. Shawna Cooper-Gibson
Vice President for Student Affairs
Open Office Hours this Week: November 19 | 3-5:00 p.m. | Maloney 412
Division of Student Affairs Program Highlights
Thanksgiving Wishes
Take a moment to reflect on gratitude and
grab a small gift!
4th Floor Maloney Hall Reception Area
Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00-4:00 p.m.
Planning on staying on campus for the holiday?
BAIC is hosting a Thanksgiving Meal!
St. Thomas Apartments Commons Lounge
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Come Celebrate your inner warrior!
Black Women Matter Retreat in Dover
Community - Healing- Celebration
Friday, February 11-Sunday, February 13
Resume and Interview Strategies for
Aspiring Teachers
Thursday, November 18 | 3:30 p.m.
Join Sadie Shea, Director of the Associate
Teacher Program at the Brooke Charter Schools, for a lively workshop! Learn how to stand out as a candidate by writing an expressive resume and interviewing with style.
Campus Partners
Boston College Athletics
Thursday, November 18 & Friday, November 19
Men's Ice Hockey vs. Maine
Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 p.m.
WEEI 850 AM | Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats
Friday, November 19
Women's Ice Hockey vs Holy Cross
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
2:00 PM
Live Stats
Mission and Ministry
Ignatius 500 Series: Grace and Effort in the Spiritual Exercises
Tuesday, November 16 at noon
Simone Kotva
Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK
Research Fellow at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway
Academic Feature
Beyond Woke: Why The Focus On Unconscious Bias Will Not Address Systemic Racism
Thursday, November 18th, 2021 | 7:00-8:30pm | Virtual
This presentation begins with a short history of the concept of unconscious bias. Ann Pellegrini tracks the legal, educational, and therapeutic attempts to remedy unconscious bias and the ferocious political attacks on such efforts. Pellegrini argues that the very language of unconscious bias promises to free us from prejudice by making racial, gender, and sexual stereotypes “conscious.” But this impossible hope ignores the unconscious forces magnetized by racism. Putting psychoanalysis into conversation with Critical Race Theory and queer of color critique, Pellegrini challenges some of the enticing, yet simplistic solutions promised us by conceptualizations of unconscious bias, offering a different analytics that may more helpfully intervene by foregrounding the problem of whiteness and its investments in and by racism.
BC Arts
Open-Mic Night: A Night of Healing through the Power of Performance
Wednesday, November 17 at 7:00 pm to 9:00pm
McMullen Museum
In association with AADS, The Laughing Medusa, LGBTQ Student Services, FACES, and the McMullen Museum, Bystander Intervention is hosting an open-mic night centered on intersectional healing and community-building. We are asking the BC community: What does healing mean to you? What would be healing for you?
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
In an original dramatization of C.S. Lewis' classic work, the magic and mystery of Aslan, the White Witch, and four children who wander into an old wardrobe takes the stage! With all of the ingenuity theatre magic can bring, puppets, performers — and maybe even a good old-fashioned dance battle — convene to rediscover the enchantment of Narnia.
Wednesday, November 17 | 7:30pm
Robsham Theater Arts Center, Main Stage
Looking for more events or ways to get involved? Visit MyBC and the
University Calendar.
Division of Student Affairs
21 Campanella Way, Maloney Hall 412, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-552-8600 | bc.edu/studentaffairs