Dear Eagles,
As our campus community prepares for this year's Homecoming, I would like to mention that the Dean of Students photo competition for #BCaring remains open until November 15. Share a photo with us by emailing it to bcsa@bc.edu about what caring for the community and beyond means to you!
As midterm season is upon us and with recent events in the Middle East, it is important to practice good self care and seek support if you need it. See below for a mental health round up including University Counseling Services that offers individual counseling, group therapy, and other wellness services and our Center for Student Wellness programming, including Mindfulness Mondays.
Finally, with just one week to go until Homecoming, I welcome you to check out the various events that many of our campus partners have planned! You can review the list of Homecoming events here!
Yours in Community,
Dr. Shawna Cooper Whitehead
Vice President for Student Affairs
Drop by Maloney Hall 412 on Friday's from 3-5 pm and say Hello!
Open Office Hours: 10/20, 10/27
Student Affairs and Campus Partner Highlights
Mark Your Calendar!
Homecoming
Homecoming is a celebration of the spirit, mission and tradition at Boston College. Throughout the week of events and activities, students, faculty, staff and alumni actively engage in fostering a sense of community and pride for BC. Some signature events leading up to the BC vs. Connecticut Game include:
Mental Health and Wellness
University Counseling Services
University Counseling Services offers students personal counseling and psychotherapy as well as programs and activities that reinforce Boston College’s dedication to education of the whole person.
Learn more about UCS Services and Self Care Resources.
Center for Student Wellness 30 Day Digital Wellness Challenge!
Complete this 30-day challenge and present this filled-out sheet to a Center for Student Wellness team member in Gasson 013 or 025 for a chance to
win prizes!
Mindful Mondays
Drop by, Relax with one of our brief mindful activities.
Come when you can. Stay as long as you wish.
Center for Student Wellness (Gasson 013) at 12pm and 3pm.
CSW: Be Free from Vaping
The Center for Student Wellness if opening the conversation for students that are interested to stop vaping. For more information about "Being Free From Vaping." If you have thoughts about stopping but aren't sure how, fee free to swing by Gasson 013 or email
Judy at oxfordju@bc.edu
Office of the Dean of Students
Calling all Student Photographers!
The Dean of Students is holding a photography contest for the #BCaring campaign. We want to see what caring for the BC Community and Beyond Means to You!
Entries will be featured via Instagram @bcstuaffairs, and winners will be featured in the 4th Floor Maloney Hall Reception Area
Scholarship Opportunities
Boston College provides scholarship and fellowship opportunities to students every year. These opportunities include the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship, St. Oscar Romero Scholarship, and Benigno and Corazon Aquino Scholarship. These scholarships are open to all juniors! For more information, including the application requirements and deadlines, please visit the Thea Bowman AHANA Intercultural Center website.
Career Center
Attention Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors
The Career Center wants your feedback!
The Career Center is hosting focus groups to gather your thoughts to help create a new Career Center experience completely geared toward the current student body.
Lunch will be provided!
All participants will be entered into a drawing to win an Amazon Gift Card! One $50.00 and 4 $25.00 winners!
The Career Center Fairs & Networking Nights
Upcoming September Events
October 18 | Government & Law Networking Night | 4pm - 6pm | Corcoran Commons
October 24 | Post Grad Service Fair
Campus Ministry | School of Theology and Ministry
15th Anniversary Celebration of the School of Theology
and Ministry and Book Launch
Thursday, October 19 | 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Gasson 100
Celebrate the STM's 15th birthday with current STM students, esteemed alumni, and Dean Michael C. McCarthy, S.J. The event features nine STM faculty authors sharing their hopes for Formative Theological Education, and the launch of the new book of the same title co-edited by Colleen M. Griffith and Hosffman Ospino (Paulist Press, September 2023). Join us for a stimulating evening of community, conversation, food and fun.
BC Dining September Events
Boston College Athletics
Tuesday, October 17
Men's Soccer vs. Stonehill
Newton, MA
5:30 PM | Live Stats
Saturday, October 21 - 22
Row vs. Head of the Charles
Boston, Mass.
BC Arts | Arts Council Spotlight
Boston College and the Triggered Project present:
Triggered Life
October 27 | 4:30-6:30 pm
Robsham Theater
Academic Spotlight
Linda Villarosa: Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
Journalist Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality and public health. A former executive editor of Essence Magazine, she is the author of the book Under
the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation.
Under the Skin is a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America by revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and public health. In 2018, Villarosa’s New York Times Magazine article on maternal and infant mortality, “Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis” caused an awakening. Hundreds of studies had previously established a link between racial discrimination and the health of Black Americans, with little progress toward solutions. But Villarosa’s article exposing that a Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth-grade education made racial disparities in health care impossible to ignore.
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