Dear Eagles,

We are in the last full month of the Spring semester! This week offers several meaningful opportunities to come together as a community. We look forward to celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with tomorrow's opening ceremony tomorrow. BC Hillel will host Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, and C21 continues its Pray it Forward programming on Wednesday. There are also a range of academic events and guest speakers across campus (see more details below)- I encourage you to find an opportunity that feels most meaningful to you and check it out!

Marathon Monday is just a few weeks away- a day that so many in our community look forward to each year! I hope you take a moment to visit our Mile 21 webpage for updates and helpful information, and to follow us on social media as we highlight fellow Eagles who will be running! I look forward to celebrating alongside you and cheering on the runners on Monday, April 20th!

I continue to be grateful for each of you and the ways you contribute to our community at Boston College.

Yours in Community,

Dr. Shawna Cooper Whitehead
Vice President for Student Affairs

Open Office Hours | Drop in and say Hello!
The Division of Student Affairs Leadership team holds open office hours most Thursdays from 2-4 pm.  | Spring Semester Open Office Hours: 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7

Student Affairs and Campus Partner Highlights 
Mark Your Calendar!

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH

Tuesday, April 7

APAHM Opening Ceremony | 12:00-2:00 p.m. | 4th Floor Maloney Hall Reception Area

Saturday, April 11

SEASA x VSA Culture Show | 7:00 p.m. | Lyons Hall

Mile 21

C21 and Campus Ministry

BC Hillel

Murray Center for Student Wellness

Career Center

Boston College Athletics

Attention Seniors and First Year Students:
Institutional Research and Planning

Academic Highlights

Lowell Humanities Series and Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics

Renowned legal scholar, civil rights advocate, and former judge Margaret A. Burnham is the founder of Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and author of By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners. Through CRRJ, Burnham has led teams of law students in investigating acts of racial violence in the Jim Crow era, including hundreds of unsolved murders of Black people among other historical failures of the criminal justice system.

The Institute for the Liberal Arts, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society and the Environmental Studies and Journalism programs

“Climate Is Every Story” is a year-long event series that seeks to foster an ongoing dialogue about covering the climate crisis among leading journalists and Boston College’s faculty and students.

The World Meteorological Organization reported in March 2025 that the past 10 years on earth have been the hottest 10 years in almost 200 years of record-keeping. Which means that right now, there is no news story bigger than our fast-warming climate. It is global, geopolitical, existential, and rapidly evolving. 

BC Arts

Free; open to the public; register here (I will update the form with the correct date and time)

The McMullen Museum invites visitors to join the exhibition’s co-curator, Marjorie Howes, Boston College Professor of English & Irish Studies, for an in-person tour of Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts. Howes will discuss the family biography, range of artistic talents, and the historical context for the objects on display. Visitors are welcome to ask questions along the way.

CWBC Colloquium

Established in 2015, the CWBC Colloquium hosts exceptional thought leaders to consider contemporary issues through the lens of women’s leadership. The Colloquium is made possible by the Council for Women of Boston College and the Institute for the Liberal Arts.

BC Dining