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INSIDE•Taking BC’s temperature, page 2

•Klein Competition debuts, page 2

•Campus School 40th anniversary, page 3

•Eagles off to the Frozen Four, page 3

•Bloomberg ranks CSOM ninth, page 3

•Allston-Brighton grants, page 3•Alumni Volunteer Tribute, page 6•Q&A with David Hollenbach, SJ, page 7•Positive outlook for women’s hockey, page 8

•BC Sailing: bound for another title? page 8

•Venture for America honor, page 9

•Scientists create nanosensor, page 9

By Jack Dunn Director of news & PuBlic affairs

To honor Boston College’s 150th anniversary, and its ascen-sion from a school founded to serve the sons of Boston’s Irish immigrants to its present place among the nation’s premier uni-versities, Boston College will em-bark on a three-semester Sesqui-centennial Celebration beginning this September that will include a Mass at Fenway Park, a Ses-quicentennial Speakers Series, six academic symposia, a Founders Day celebration, a student concert at Symphony Hall and a convoca-tion of leading Catholic college and university presidents.

Mass at Fenway Park: The Sesquicentennial Celebration will officially begin on Sept. 15 with a 4 p.m. Mass at Fenway Park in Boston. The Mass is open to all members of the Boston College community — students, faculty, staff, alumni, and their families

— and will be concelebrated by members of the Jesuit commu-nity and alumni priests. It will be followed by a reception that will include a walking tour of the ballpark and field.

Sesquicentennial Speakers Series: Three prominent speak-ers will be invited to address the anniversary themes of scholarship, service and formation, and the intersection of faith and culture. The series will begin on Oct. 10 with Harvard University Presi-dent Drew Faust addressing the Boston College community on the topic of scholarship. A noted Civil War historian, Faust will be awarded a Sesquicentennial Medal in recognition of her professional achievement and commitment to teaching and scholarship.

Academic Symposia: Six sym-posia, designed to showcase the University’s distinctive academic strengths and commitment to ad-dressing societal concerns, will be hosted during the three semesters:

•“Public Education and the Future of Democracy,” Oct. 5, 2012: The symposium, led by Lynch School of Education Pro-fessors Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Dennis Shirley, will feature a public lecture series over two semesters addressing issues related to public education and its role in democratic societies.

•“Religion and the Liberal Aims of Higher Education,” Nov.

8-9, 2012: Led by Lynch School of Education Professor Henry Braun and Assistant Professor of Theology Erik Owens, the confer-ence will address liberal education today with the goal of examin-ing the unique contributions that religiously affiliated colleges and universities can offer to the edu-cational enterprise.

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By kathleen sullivan staff writer

It is “the most important event in Roman Catholic history since the Protestant Reformation,” says McCarthy Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology Richard Gail-lardetz. But how many Catholics today actually remember Vatican II and what it was about?

With 2012 marking half a cen-tury since the start of the Second Vatican Council, notes Gaillardetz, a growing number of Catholics — including those studying for or-dained and lay ministry — have no personal recollection of Vatican II, its invigorating vision and the way it profoundly re-shaped the understanding and practice of the

Catholic faith.For the post-Vatican II genera-

tions, Gaillardetz and his co-author Catherine Clifford of St. Paul Uni-versity in Ontario have published Keys to the Council: Unlocking the Teaching of Vatican II to present a less intimidating and more acces-sible introduction to the vision of the Second Vatican Council.

“Without in any way denying the essential features of our great tra-dition, the Second Vatican Council brought into the light many im-portant insights into the Catholic faith that had been long neglected or obscured over the course of the four centuries since the Council of Trent,” said Gaillardetz, who joined

Dear Members of the Boston College Community:

As the month of March comes to a close, I want to provide an update on key aspects of Boston College, as I have done in past years at this time. In particular, I would like to offer comments related to academics, student formation, campus facilities and institutional finances, as well as to summarize plans to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our founding in 1863.

Boston College continues to move forward and strengthen itself as a top-tier, national institution of higher education. Between 2006 and 2011, for example, the Univer-sity’s ranking in US News improved from 40th to 31st, with the average SAT scores of incoming students increasing by 31 points, to 2014. Undergraduate students identifying themselves as AHANA (African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Na-

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tive American) also rose from 25 percent to 28 percent, and sponsored research grants grew from $31.5 mil-lion to $46 million, an increase of 46 percent.

Searches have been underway in recent months to recruit new faculty, and departments have successfully attracted talented academics to join

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Whither Vatican II?Richard Gaillardetz’s new book seeks to provide an understanding of the Second Vatican Council

•Two alumni awarded Bronze Stars, page 10

•Theatre Dept.’s dance showcase, page 12

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Gary Wayne Gilbert

“I was inspired by the environment at Boston College, particularly the emphasis that was placed on service to others. Many students at BC really do live by that ideal. It’s so rare to find that these days.”—Bronze Star recipient Marine Capt. David Van Dam ’04

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The Boston College Police Department will hold its an-nual auction of unclaimed property on Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Walsh Hall Func-tion Room; auction items will be previewed from 8:30-9 a.m. All sales are cash only. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Boston College Campus School and the Special Olympics.

Put in a few quarters into the shiny red vending machine and out comes a Coke. And another one. And a bouquet of flowers. And a large cheese pizza?

The “Coke Machine of Hap-piness” debuted at Carney Dining Hall this week, much to the surprise of many unsuspecting Boston Col-lege students. The clever marketing tool was dreamed up in the corpo-rate offices of Coca Cola and has been secretly circulating around 10 college campuses in the Northeast region, from Virginia to Maine.

The idea is simple: Put a “spe-cial” Coke machine in the middle of a college campus and have it vend a few unexpected items (like two-liter bottles of Coke, balloon animals or a 10-foot long sandwich). The effectiveness is quantifiable. The original video [http://bit.ly/7amSxl] filmed at St. John’s University went viral and now boasts over 4 million views.

BC Dining Services Associate Director of Restaurant Opera-tions Megan O’Neill worked with Coca Cola to bring the show to the Heights. Coca Cola officials say Boston College was selected because BC is among its “premier accounts” in the country.

“Coca-Cola’s ‘Open Happiness’ machine hopes to help bring sur-prise and delight to the everyday,” said Shannon Schorsch, a market-

The sudden arrival of sum-mer-like temperatures last week prompted Facilities Services ad-ministrators to schedule a hasty start-up of cooling systems in the University’s 80 academic and administrative buildings.

“ C h a n g i n g over from heat-ing to cooling is a significant under-taking,” notes Di-rector of Facilities Services Michael Jednak. “The entire HVAC department — more than a dozen men — worked for four full days to get all of our systems ready.

“I give kudos to the crews that did it,” Jednak says. “They did yeoman’s work out there.”

Jednak adds that the actual changeover from heating to cool-ing functions began weeks ago with the annual cleaning of ma-jor ventilation equipment, espe-cially the cooling towers located

in every major building. “The mild winter allowed us to get ahead on this work and we were able to turn on our cooling sys-tems fairly quickly. If we had had a winter like last year, we would be in much different place.”

This being New England, the r ecord-break ing warmth was short-lived, and the weather returned to its normal early spring chilliness this week. But Facilities

Services was all ready for the change.

“It’s a lot easier to go from cooling to heating,” says Jednak. “We can go back to heating with no problem — but we need a few days notice to get back to cool-ing again. You have to allow the systems to cool off. You can’t put hot water into an air condition-ing system.”

—Reid Oslin

ing partnership activation manager at Coca Cola. “This [program] rec-ognizes that throughout the diffi-culties and extra stresses of modern day, there are still opportunities ev-ery day to find a moment to recog-nize life’s simple pleasures.”

Schorsch praised BC’s Dining Services and Athletic Association for their help in bringing the “Coke Machine of Happiness” to campus. “They even went so far as to do-nate prizes like athletic t-shirts, hats, food items, and products for the machine’s activation to make sure that students were able to get a great range of prizes from the machine’s activation.”

You can see how BC students reacted to the “Coke Machine of Hap-piness” at the Chronicle YouTube channel [www.youtube.com/bcchron-icle].

—Melissa Beecher

The Carroll School of Manage-ment held the first annual Walter H. Klein Business Ethics Case Competition last Friday, giving student teams a chance to move on to a pair of international ethic case competitions later this year.

The new competition honors the late Carroll School Professor Walter Klein, who specialized in strategic management and was a pioneering force in the develop-ment of social issues in manage-ment, a field that now includes corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and sustain-ability.

In addition to honing skills in business analysis and ethical decision-making, the Klein com-petition also prepares teams to compete in two international eth-ics case competitions, said CSOM Associate Dean for Undergradu-

ates Richard Keeley.“Carroll School students are

invited to a number of case com-petitions each year – on subjects ranging from strategy, to more specific areas like marketing and ethics,” said Keeley. “For budget-ary reasons, we can only go to so many. What we want to do is respond to student interest in the competitions and give them some preparation and direction as they head into them. This gives them experience presenting to a critical group of judges, drawing on what they’ve learned, and using the ex-perience to fine-tune their skills for upcoming competitions.”

In its inaugural year, the com-petition fielded seven teams of sophomores and juniors. Each team spent about a week analyz-ing details contained in the case, which involved Facebook, and

then had 20 minutes to present their analysis and recommenda-tions to a panel of judges.

The panel was made up of Professor of Business Law Richard Powers; Portico program lecturers Sarah Cabral and Joe Cioni; Greg Hegerich ’96, MBA ’08, a vice president at Bain; James Lange CSOM ’10, an associate at L.E.K. Consulting; and Susan Klink, a partner in the New England Prac-tice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Justin Feng CSOM ’14 and Matt Alonsozana A&S ’14 took first place. Second place went to Matt Flynn CSOM ’13 and Eddie Parisi CSOM ’14. The first-place team is given a choice of attend-ing one of two upcoming inter-national case competitions and the second-place team attends the other. The two competitions in-clude one held at the University

of Arizona and the International Business Ethics Case Competi-tion, which is held in Los Angeles.

With sponsorship from the Carroll School’s Center for Cor-porate Citizenship, the first place team received a $700 prize, with the runner-up receiving $300.

Erica Graf, associate director for undergraduate programs, said the students appreciated the chal-lenges posed within the case study, which pitted corporate interests against environmental concerns.

“They were given a situation where there is no absolutely right answer and how you handle that kind of situation is a significant challenge and one that business-es encounter in the real world,” said Graf. “I think they enjoyed that aspect of the competition the most.

—Ed Hayward

Running hot and cold ‘Happiness’ comes to the Heights

Carroll School’s new competition honors pioneer Klein

Vice President for University Mis-sion and Ministry Jack Butler, SJ, who was the featured speaker at the 61st annual Laetare Sunday celebration on March 18 in Conte Forum, greeted MBA candidate Steven Butler following the event. (Photo by Rose Lincoln)

Saturday Is BCPD Auction

Satisfied — and certainly surprised — BC customers found that the “Coke Machine of Happiness” dispensed more than just bottles of soda.

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For the past four decades, the Boston College Campus School has been a place of hope, of strength and of learning for hun-dreds of students with severe dis-abilities and their families.

This past weekend, Campus School families, employees and volunteers gathered to celebrate and discuss the role the school has played in so many lives. The anni-versary brunch, held in the Mur-ray Room, was part celebration, part reflection on the growth and changes that have occurred over the years, said Campus School Director Don Ricciato.

“The program continues to fulfill its mission of educating students with disabilities whose needs are unable to be met in public schools,” said Ricciato, “as well as contributing to the academic enrichment of the many undergraduate and graduate stu-dents involved with the Campus

School.“Over its 40 years, the Campus

School has made contributions to the field of special education nationally and internationally, through the many educators who have had an experience with the program.”

The Campus School is a pri-vate, non-profit, publicly funded special education day school for students between the ages of three and 21 with multiple disabili-ties. Using a transdisciplinary ap-proach, teachers and volunteers work to provide Campus School students educational, therapeutic and health care needs. Located in Campion Hall along with the Lynch School of Education, the school also has become one of the most sought-after volunteer opportunities on campus for BC students.

Campus School co-found-er Philip DiMattia and Lynch School Interim Dean Maureen Kenny offered remarks at the an-niversary brunch. Kenny praised

the Campus School staff for pro-viding “great care and skill to large numbers of students and their families” during the past 40 years.

“Today, the Campus School continues as a vibrant educational center on our campus,” said Ken-

ny, “which not only serves dis-abled students and their families throughout the Boston area, but is also a site for research and teach-ing for Boston College faculty and a center that welcomes a large number of Boston College under-

graduate and graduate students as volunteers.”

The Campus School website is at www.bc.edu/campusschool

University President William P. Leahy, SJ, and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented 12 Allston-Brighton groups with a total of more than $28,000 in grants at the Allston/Brigh-ton-Boston College Community Fund grant award ceremony held at the Veronica Smith Multi-Ser-vice Senior Center in Brighton on March 16.

The following groups were presented with Fall 2011 Allston/Brighton-Boston College Com-munity Fund grants of up to $3,000 each: Boston Police Dept./District 14; Charles River Con-servancy; Commonwheels Bicy-cle Co-Op; Deaf, Inc.; Friends of the Faneuil Branch Library; Friends of the Honan-Allston Branch Library; Gardner Pilot Academy; Holy Resurrection Or-thodox Church; Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center;

Oak Square YMCA; Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Cen-ter; and West End House Boys & Girls Club.

Among the initiatives benefit-ing from these grants are: a child car seat safety program for low-income families; the revitaliza-tion of Allston Herter Park and the Publick Theatre; self-defense classes; technology upgrades for a senior center and youth pro-grams; a bicycle repair workshop; refrigeration upgrades for a food assistance program; a science edu-cation program for youngsters, and a social justice literature proj-ect for elementary schoolchildren.

The Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund Com-mittee is comprised of commu-nity residents and representatives of Boston College and the City of Boston.

—Kathleen Sullivan

The Carroll School of Manage-ment is ranked among the nation’s top 10, according to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek “Best Undergraduate Business Schools” 2012 rankings.

The Carroll School, which enrolls approximately 2,000 stu-dents, climbed to ninth among US business schools, up from 16th place last year. The school earned high marks from students for the quality of its teaching, facilities and resources within Fulton Hall,

and career placement services, ac-cording to the rankings.

The Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings are based on measures of student satisfaction, post-gradua-tion outcomes, and academic qual-ity. Approximately 86,000 gradu-ating seniors at more than 140 universities received a 50-question survey focused on topics ranging from the quality of teaching to recreational facilities. The 2012 re-sponses were then combined with

marks from the 2010 and 2011 surveys to determine the current rankings.

According to the Bloomberg BusinessWeek profile, the Carroll School has an 85.9 percent job placement rate, 91 percent of its students obtain internships and top employers of Carroll School graduates are Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Deloitte & Touche and Barclays Capital.

—Ed Hayward

The Boston College hockey team is “zeroing in” on another NCAA national championship, riding a pair of impressive shut-out victories in the NCAA’s re-gional playoff to a berth in next week’s “Frozen Four” title rounds in Tampa, Fla.

Coach Jerry York’s Eagles will face the University of Minnesota – the WCHA regular-season cham-pion – in the semifinal round of championship play on April 5 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.

The BC-Minnesota winner will face the winner of the Ferris State University-Union College semifi-nal for the NCAA championship on April 7 at 7 p.m. The title game will also be aired on ESPN2.

The two Worcester wins ex-tended BC’s winning streak to 17

games, the longest unbeaten string in college hockey. The Eagles have not lost a game since Jan. 21 (vs. Maine.) The two wins also boost-ed York’s career win total to 911 games in his 40-year head coaching career, the most victories of any ac-tive college coach.

The 1967 BC graduate has

guided his Eagle teams to NCAA championships three previous times — 2001, 2008 and 2010 — and also coached Bowling Green to the national title in 1984. This season marks York’s 10th visit to the Frozen Four in his 18 years as BC’s head coach.

—Reid Oslin

A Heartfelt 40th Birthday for BC Campus School

Last Sunday’s 40th anniversary celebration for the Campus School drew teachers, staff members and students, as well as families and friends. Among those attending was Campus School student Kyle Morin and his family (in photo at right): (L-R) his mother Kristen, co-chair of the school’s Parent Advisory Committee; his father Jeff; and his sis-ters Grace and Kelley. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini)

Contact Melissa Beecher at melissa.beecher@bc.edu

Carroll School Makes Bloomberg Top 10

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and University President William P. Leahy, SJ, announce the Allston/Brighton-BC Community Fund winners.

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The Eagles hope to keep up the celebration at the NCAA men’s hockey championship in Tampa next week. (Photo by John Quackenbos)

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•“Energy: 1863-2163,” February 2013: Led by Physics Chairman Mi-chael Naughton and Physics Associate Professor Willie Padilla, this two-day symposium will feature plenary lectures with prominent keynote speakers, along with presentations from BC faculty members from physics, chemistry, biol-ogy, law, political science and econom-ics, on the present and future state of energy.

•“Migration: Past, Present and Fu-ture,” March 21-22, 2013: Sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and International Justice, symposium speak-ers will explore the changing patterns of migration and what needs to be done to address the plight of international refugees in the future.

•“The Legacy of Vatican II,” Sep-tember 26, 2013: Sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry, this symposium will invite leading scholars throughout the world to discuss the lasting effect of Vatican II, followed by a public event at which prominent Catholic public figures will talk about the role that religion and faith play in their lives.

•“Religious Diversity and the Com-mon Good, 1863-2013,” November 2013: Led by Boisi Center for Reli-gion and American Public Life Director Alan Wolfe and Associate Director Erik Owens, this symposium will feature prominent public figures, distinguished scholars and local religious and com-munity leaders who will reflect on the challenge of fostering the common good amidst religious diversity.

Founders Day: To honor the 150th anniversary of the founding of Boston College, an inaugural Founders Day celebration will be launched on April 9, 2013, that will include the second Sesquicentennial Speakers Series address and the awarding of the second Sesqui-centennial Medal, along with a public convocation in the tradition of the Centennial Celebration of 1963, which featured an address by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Alumni Stadium.

Student Concert at Symphony

Hall: A concert featuring performances by the University Chorale, the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, BC bOp! and the University Wind Ensemble will be held on March 23, 2013, at Boston’s Symphony Hall.

Senior Class Toast: The Centen-nial Class of 1963 will welcome the Sesquicentennial Class of 2013 into the ranks of Boston College alumni with a congratulatory toast in May of 2013.

Convocation of Leading Presidents of Catholic Colleges and Universities: This gathering of Catholic educational leaders will take place in October 2013 and will address contemporary issues facing American Catholic higher educa-tion.

Sesquicentennial Tributes: The University will unveil several features to celebrate its history, including: two books, An Illustrated History of Boston

Boston College student music groups will perform at Symphony Hall in Boston.

The Sesquicentennial Speakers Series will feature three prominent speakers, including Harvard University President Drew Faust, who will address the anniversary theme of scholarship.

An inaugural Founders Day event will take place on April 9, 2013, as part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration. Photo of Boston College at its original site in the South End.

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College and the new History of Boston College; historical markers highlight-ing significant sites throughout cam-pus; a GPS-guided mobile website for on-campus and virtual tours; a docu-mentary film on the history of Boston College; a portrait gallery of the 25 University presidents; and several li-brary exhibits from Boston College University Libraries that will address themes ranging from “Student Life at Boston College” to “Alumni Service.”

Volunteer Community Service: All Boston College students will be asked to perform 150 minutes of community service in either Boston or Newton dur-ing the three semesters of the Sesqui-centennial, joining thousands of BC students and graduates who currently volunteer in the cities’ schools, hos-pitals, food pantries and social service agencies. Alumni will also be asked to perform 150 minutes of service through the National Day of Service on April 13, 2013, or the more than 25 alumni service programs offered through alum-ni chapters.

Sesquicentennial Logos: BC men’s and women’s basketball and hockey teams and the BC football team will wear Sesquicentennial logos on their uniforms during the 2012-2013 sea-sons.

“The Sesquicentennial Celebration gives us an opportunity to celebrate Boston College’s history and also to emphasize our continued commitment

to intellectual excellence and our Je-suit, Catholic heritage,” said University President William P. Leahy, SJ. “Our 150th anniversary is a time when all members of the Boston College com-munity can renew their sense of our progress as a University and our goals for the future.”

“The Sesquicentennial Steering Committee, which included represen-tatives from all areas of the University, has arranged an array of programs and events that will make this anniver-sary meaningful and enjoyable for the entire Boston College family,” said Vice President and University Secre-tary Mary Lou DeLong, who chairs the committee. “With the exception of the Symphony Hall concert, all of our public events are free, and we extend a welcome invitation to our students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and friends to join us as we commemo-rate the 150th anniversary of Boston College.”

A website detailing specifics on the Sesquicentennial events will be launched today at www.bc.edu/150. The site features an interactive timeline called “Day by Day” that will chronicle 150 years of Boston College history. Beginning April 1, a new image will appear on the website every day at 12:01 a.m., with a caption highlight-ing a significant moment from that day in BC history. The website will also be the designated site through which to register for Sesquicentennial events, beginning with registration in June for the Sept. 15 Mass at Fenway Park.

Boston College students will be asked to perform 150 minutes of community service during the Sesquicentennial.

Fenway Park —site of the September 15 Mass that will officially kick off the Boston College Sesquicentennial Celebration.

For news, information, updates and special features about the Boston College Sesquicentennial Celebration, see http://www.bc.edu/150

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our ranks as teacher-scholars. In addition, faculty awards and special recognition in the past year have included the following:

•Assistant Professors Liane Young (Psychology), Dunwei Wang (Chem-istry), Michelle Meyer (Biology) and Ying Ran (Physics) won prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships, given to the nation’s best young sci-entists and scholars in recognition of their early career achievement. This is a remarkable accomplishment for an institution of our size;

•The research of Biology Professor Ken Williams on molecular markers for HIV activity was recognized as among the top biological and medical research projects in the world;

•English Professor Suzanne Mat-son won a 2012 Creative Writing Fel-lowship in Prose from the National Endowment for the Arts;

•Lynch School Assistant Profes-sor Katherine McNeill won an Early Career Research Award from the Na-tional Association for Research in Sci-ence Teaching;

•Theology Professor Roberto S. Goizueta was named winner of the 2012 Yves Congar Award for Theo-logical Excellence;

•James Lubben, Louise McMa-hon Ahearn Professor and direc-tor of the Institute on Aging in the Graduate School of Social Work, was among the first fellows named by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

The undergraduate admission picture remains strong, with a re-cord 34,050 individuals (3.3 percent more than last year) applying for the 2,270 seats in the freshman class. Applications also increased among early action (6 percent), AHANA (4 percent) and international students (23 percent). Despite the challeng-es caused by the recent economic downturn, Boston College remains committed to its policy of admit-ting undergraduate applicants on a need-blind basis and meeting their full-demonstrated need, one of only 21 private universities to do so.

This past year a number of stu-dents received prestigious fellow-ships and awards, including:

•Christopher Sheridan A&S ’12 was selected for a Goldwater Scholar-ship, considered the premier under-graduate fellowship in the sciences;

•Aditya Ashok A&S ’12 won a Truman Scholarship for leadership potential and commitment to public service;

•Nathan Kono A&S ’11, LGSOE ’12 was one of 25 in the United States awarded a Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color;

•Anne Kornahrens A&S ’11, al-ready a winner of Goldwater and NSF fellowships, became the first Boston College student to win a Skaggs-Oxford Scholarship for gradu-ate study in integrated biosciences;

•Robert Kubala A&S ’09 and Tedd Wimperis A&S ’11 received Lilly Graduate Fellowships, which support doctoral studies for those in-tending to teach in church-related institutions.

Boston College was also named

the eighth-leading producer of students awarded Fulbright grants among national research universi-ties in 2011, with 21 students and recent graduates earning Fulbrights for research and foreign study.

In addition to the pursuit of academic excellence, Boston Col-lege remains committed to the goals stated in its mission statement of fostering “the religious, ethical, and personal formation of its students in order to prepare them for citi-zenship, service, and leadership in a global society.” Many American colleges and universities no longer strive to achieve such formation, and instead focus on intellectual de-velopment. But students enrolling at Boston College are challenged in classes, extracurricular activities and residence halls not only in regard to intellectual life, but also moral and ethical beliefs and the place of religious faith in their lives. For example, the Pulse program offers students the opportunity to com-bine academic work and commu-nity service. This year 1,100 fresh-men, joined by 110 leaders from the sophomore and senior classes, par-ticipated in “48 Hours” weekends to reflect on their college experience and ways of enhancing it. Students can attend numerous Masses cel-ebrated each day in various chapels on campus as well as at St. Ignatius Church. Campus Ministry provides multiple opportunities for religious retreats and volunteer programs. This year, Student Affairs estab-lished a pilot initiative called Path-ways to test new ways of fostering closer relationships among students, their resident assistants and faculty in two of our residence halls.

In support of its academic and student formation goals, the Uni-versity has been engaged in major renovation and construction proj-ects. Gasson Hall, completed in 1913, was renovated this past year, and the divisions of Human Re-sources, Finance and Advancement have been relocated to the Brighton Campus, a move that will allow their former site (More Hall) to be used for a future undergraduate residence hall. Planning has started for renovating St. Mary’s Hall, the main Jesuit residence, so that the Jesuit Community can consolidate its space and a portion of the build-ing can be used by academic de-partments. Stokes Hall, a 183,000 square-foot humanities building that will provide 36 new classrooms and offices for the departments of English, History, Classics, Philoso-phy and Theology, will open in January, 2013.

Identifying and obtaining re-sources for the general University budget as well as strategic programs and campus facilities requires care-ful planning and sustained fund-raising. Boston College launched the public phase of its $1.5 bil-lion Light the World campaign in 2008, and I am delighted to report that $870 million has been raised

thus far, almost twice as much as in any previous campaign. Despite the difficult economic climate of recent years, we continue to make progress, thanks to the generos-ity of so many alumni, parents and friends. Recently, an anonymous donor issued a $5 million challenge to encourage the endowment of assistant professorships, and com-mitments of $10 million and $15 million have been made to name two campus buildings. Large num-bers of Boston College support-ers attended events this academic year in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Naples, Miami and Palm Beach. Hundreds of oth-ers continue to enhance their alma mater and its goals through involve-ment in alumni chapter activities, reunion planning, service projects and annual gifts. I am profoundly grateful for these many contribu-tions to Boston College.

But much remains to be done in the coming years for Boston Col-lege to reach its goals and fulfill its potential. As an institution, Boston College continues to be committed to reducing costs and operating as efficiently as possible in accordance with strategic priorities. During the

last four fiscal years alone, these ef-forts have resulted in $20 million in budget reallocations and savings.

At its meeting on March 9, our Board of Trustees approved an $862 million budget for the 2012-2013 academic year, a 2 per-cent increase from the previous year. It calls for an overall increase in tuition, fees, room and board of 3.6 percent and raises tuition to $43,140. Need-based undergradu-ate financial aid will rise by 6.4 percent to $90 million, with total financial aid growing to $143 mil-lion. This budget also includes an additional $7 million for academic and infrastructure initiatives out-lined in the Strategic Plan.

As a final note, I want to call at-tention to plans for the celebration of our 150th anniversary from Sep-tember, 2012 to December, 2013. Among the events scheduled are academic symposia, a Sesquicen-tennial Speakers Series, an inau-gural Founders Day celebration, a meeting of leading Catholic college presidents, and a student concert at Symphony Hall. The official start of our Sesquicentennial will be on September 15 with a 4 p.m. Mass at Fenway Park in Boston. All mem-

bers of the Boston College com-munity — students, faculty, staff and alumni, and their families — are welcome to attend. This Mass will be concelebrated by Jesuit and alumni priests, and will be followed by a reception and a walking tour of the field and ballpark for guests and their children. Information on this and the other events will be avail-able beginning March 29 on the Sesquicentennial website at www.bc.edu/150.

As we approach this important milestone in our history, all mem-bers of the Boston College com-munity should take pride in the remarkable evolution and progress of our University. It not only stands as a leader in Catholic education in the United States, but also ranks among the premier higher educa-tion institutions in the world. Since 1863, it has remained true to its mission and Jesuit, Catholic roots; and with the help of its thousands of alumni and supporters, it will meet the challenges of today and tomorrow with grace, determina-tion, and abiding hope.

Sincerely,William P. Leahy, SJ

President

Five alumni who have made generous contributions of loy-alty and leadership to the edu-cational advancement of Bos-ton College will be honored at the University’s Distinguished Volunteer Tribute Dinner to-morrow evening at the Fair-mont Copley Plaza in Boston.

The honorees and their awards are: Matthew J. Bot-tica ’72, the James F. Cleary ’50 H’93 Masters Award; Rich-ard J. Canning ’81, the John P. Curley ’13 Award; Court-ney Dower ’11, the James F. Stanton ’42 Senior Class Gift Award; Mary-Jane Flaherty NC ’75, the John J. Griffin, Sr. ’35 H’72 Alumni Association Award; and Hugh O’Kane ’00, the Philip J. Callan ’25 Young Alumni Award.

Bottica will receive the Cleary Masters Award – named in honor of the long-serving University trustee and trustee associate who died in February – in recognition of his contin-ued service to Boston College’s advancement efforts “by pro-viding ideas, energy and leader-ship that elevate fundraising at Boston College to new levels of excellence.” Bottica, a trustee since 2008, has worked as a key volunteer in three University capital campaigns. He and his wife Christine Crowley Bot-

tica are currently members of the executive committee and co-chairs of the Chicago Regional Campaign Committee for the University’s “Light the World” campaign. The couple – whose five children are all Boston Col-lege graduates – also served as co-chairs of the Parents’ Leadership Council for three years.

Canning will receive the Cur-ley Award for his commitment of time and resources to the Bos-ton College Athletic Association. With his wife Cecilia Baynes Canning, he has established two scholarship funds, underwriting financial aid for a student-ath-lete and a student in the Carroll School of Management.

Dower will accept the Stanton prize for her outstanding volun-teer service and leadership as a member of her Senior Class Gift Committee. As an undergradu-ate, she was co-chair of the senior gift committee in addition to serving as a teaching assistant in the biology department, a service volunteer in Appalachia and Nat-chez, Miss., and as a member of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College, the Bystander Education Student Team and the Episcopal chaplaincy. A resident of Boston, Dower currently is a staff member in BC’s University Advancement division.

Flaherty, who will receive the

Griffin award in recognition of her contributions “to the advancement of the academic mission of higher education in the Jesuit tradition,” has been a member of the Council for Women of Boston College since 2005 and the Universi-ty’s Alumni Board since 2009. She also helped lead success-ful efforts to engage graduate school alumni in special cam-pus events and activities, and for her class’s 35th Reunion Gift Committee, and with her husband, William Masella, has supported a scholarship fund for student-athletes and a graduate fellowship fund at the Lynch School of Educa-tion.

O’Kane will be honored with the Callan Young Alum-ni Award for “exceptional leadership, dedication and per-severance on behalf of Boston College Advancement.” He has chaired both his fifth and 10th Reunion Gift Commit-tees, the latter of which broke records for numbers of donors (740) and participation (34.4 per cent of the class.) He has also been and active member of the Maroon & GOLD pro-gram for young alumni since its start.

—Reid Oslin

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University Professor in Human Rights and International Justice David Hollenbach, SJ — director of the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice — is an expert on humanitarian crises and the displacement of refugees, and has spent considerable time researching con-flicts and issues in Africa. He has been particularly interested in the ongoing crisis in Sudan, and now, in the world’s newest country, South Sudan. Fr. Hollenbach recently discussed his work in an interview with the Chronicle, which is excerpted below; for the full text, see www.bc.edu/chronicle.You’ve been to South Sudan several times, even before it became a coun-try. Talk about your most recent visit.Earlier this month, I gave a lecture series to the South Sudan national legislature, titled “The Challenge of Human Dignity, Justice, and the Common Good in the Republic of South Sudan.” The five lectures were on such topics as respect for dignity and ethnic identity, justice, human rights, civil society and restorative jus-tice. This was sponsored by the Catholic Relief Services and Solidarity with South Sudan — a consortium of Catholic religious orders — in collaboration with the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba, the capital city.There are 250 legislators, and about a third of them were on hand for the lectures, which is a good turnout.The establishment of South Sudan as a country indepen-dent of Sudan last year came after a long, bloody civil war, but it hasn’t truly resolved the conflict, has it?There are still enormous tensions between South Sudan and the Sudanese government in Khartoum — under Omar Hassan al-Bashir — in the North. One major issue is where the border between the countries falls. This is an is-sue because the old Sudan was a major oil supplier to China, but when South Sudan went independent it took 80 percent of the oil reserves with it. But the pipeline that carries the oil to the coast, where it can be exported, runs through Sudan — which wants to charge South Sudan $36 a barrel to transport it. When the South refused to pay, the North started seizing the oil and selling it, so the South turned off the oil. Now, nobody benefits from it.The arrest of actor George Clooney earlier this month at the Sudan embassy in Washington, DC, caused a media stir — but the focus seemed to be more on him than on what he was protesting. What’s the background?It’s a complicated, and quite tragic, set of circumstances. There is a district in the North, in Sudan, called Nuba Mountains, whose people were allied with South Sudan in the civil war. Khartoum thinks the Nubans want independence to either join the South or become a separate country, which would cause a problem for Sudan — Nuba Mountains are in the only remaining part of the North that has oil reserves. So, Khartoum has instigated heavy bombing of the Nuba, and refused humanitarian aid, and there are an estimated half a million people who could starve within a month from now. That’s what Clooney and the others were trying to draw attention to.While there is talk of international intervention in Nuba Mountains, there is a dilemma: Catholic Relief Services is trying to feed almost a million people in Darfur, and if there is intervention in Nuba Mountains, their concern is they will be expelled from Darfur. So, essentially, you trade trying to help a million people in one place to trying to help half a million in another.The problems South Sudan faces are often depicted in terms of its trou-bled history with Khartoum. But aren’t tensions within South Sudan itself a cause for concern?South Sudan — which is about the combined size of Spain and Portugal — be-gan independence with about 35 miles of paved roads. Outside Juba, most of the population is cattle-herders, who tend to move wherever they can find water, or farmers. There are 60 diverse ethnicities and languages, and South Sudan faces the challenge of pulling them all together. South Sudan is trying to build a new state, but first it needs to create a national identity across tribal boundaries.

—Sean Smith

Q&aA FEW MINUTES WITH...David Hollenbach, SJ

the University’s Theology Depart-ment last fall.

For Gaillardetz, one of Vati-can II’s greatest successes was that it “led the church to recognize the fundamental role that dialogue must play in the life of the church and in its mission in the world. We have broken new ground in our encouragement of ecumeni-cal dialogue with other Christian communions. We have undertak-en fruitful dialogue with other re-ligious traditions and have become much more successful at engaging the global issues of our time.”

So why is it that 50 years later, some of Vatican II’s teachings are still being debated and yet to be fully implemented? Gaillardetz points out that this is a daunting task.

“A good part of the difficulty has to do with the sheer volume of the council’s production,” he said. Vatican II produced 16 docu-ments: four constitutions, nine decrees and three declarations. “If you group together all of the de-crees of all 21 ecumenical councils, from the Council of Nicaea to the Second Vatican Council, there are 37,727 lines of text. The Second Vatican Council alone produced 12,179 lines — almost one third of the council’s total production!

“Now add to that the over 50 volumes of background documen-tation, all published in Latin and almost none of it translated, and you begin to see why the study of Vatican II is such a massive under-taking.”

Gaillardetz added, “We [also] have to be honest and say that there are many people who are uncomfortable with the bracing,

reformist vision of the council. So what happens is that people intro-duce new approaches for ‘properly’ interpreting the council, approach-es that have as their real purpose minimizing the scope of the coun-cil’s calls for reform.”

Many church-watchers say the full vision of Vatican II is still un-realized, and Gaillardetz points to a particular teaching he says has been undervalued: “the claim in Lumen Gentium #12 that every Christian receives by baptism a supernatural instinct for the faith, what the council called the sensus fidei, that allows each Christian to hear God’s Word, to penetrate its meaning more profoundly and to apply it more fully in their lives.

“This means that every Chris-tian, not just the bishops, is

charged with listening to God’s Word and penetrating its meaning and significance. Every Christian can contribute to the very develop-ment of tradition by the witness of their spiritual experience and wisdom.”

In talks he has given about Vati-can II — which by the end of the year will have taken him across the US and abroad, including Canada, Ireland and Australia — Gaillar-detz says he has found a mixed reaction depending on the age of the audience members.

“Among older Catholics there is a sense of gratitude for the council but also a certain wistfulness as they express concerns about church leadership, and particularly young-er priests, who no longer appear to be inspired by the vision of the council,” he said. “When I talk to younger Catholics they are mostly surprised that they had not heard that much about the council. They are usually excited and inspired by what they learn of the council’s vision.”

Gaillardetz says a new ecumeni-cal council will be needed to fin-ish the work of Vatican II, given such pressing issues as the role of women in the Catholic Church, but now is not the time.

“First, because there is much in Vatican II’s teaching that still requires full implementation. Sec-ond, because our current ecclesias-tical leadership is in a more reactive and cautionary mode, one which is not likely to be open to the bold action that a new council would require in order to be successful.”

The Biennial Boston Col-lege Conference on the History of Religion, which takes place March 30-31, will host graduate students and established scholars from around the US for a series of presentations and discussions on the theme “History’s Fourth Lens? Race, Class, Gender — and Religion.”

The conference will include an opening keynote by Jon But-ler, Yale University Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies, “When Religion Counts and When It Doesn’t: How Do Historians Know?”

A series of panels will be held during the two days, grouped in topics such as Early Modern Europe: Religion and Intellectual Life, American Catholics and US Immigration Policy in the

Postwar Era, Postwar Global Ca-tholicism and Faith as a Motiva-tion for Violence. Boston College faculty members and graduate students serving as presenters or moderators/commentators in-clude Virginia Reinburg, Jared Hardesty, Martin Summers, Craig Gallagher, Grainne McE-voy, Alan Rogers, Sarah Ross, Julian Bourg, Lynn Lyerly, Pe-ter Skerry, Devin Pendas, Sylvia Sellers-García, Seth Meehan and James O’Toole.

O’Toole, the conference’s overseer, says this weekend will be a learning experience for BC graduate students that will far exceed the usual academic goals of such an event.

“Our graduate students con-tinue to take the lead in or-ganizing this conference,” says O’Toole, the Clough Professor

of History. “The sessions not only give them a chance to con-nect with the best historical work going on around the country, it also gives them experience in or-ganizing a scholarly conference, a skill that will be valuable to them as they assume their own faculty positions at other colleges and universities.”

Hardesty, a doctoral candidate who is one of the conference or-ganizers, agrees. “On one hand, we learn the research and teach-ing and all that, but for us, we are training to become a part of the academy, and it’s more than the research and teaching — it’s about being part of a University community.”

For information, see http://bit.ly/oRveck.

—Reid Oslin

“When I talk to younger Catholics they are mostly surprised that they had not heard that much about the [Second Vatican Council],” says Gaillardetz. “They are usually excit-ed and inspired by what they learn of the council’s vision.”

Fr. Hollenbach being introduced to the South Sudan National Legislative Assembly by Deputy Speaker Daniel Awet Akot.

More at www.bc.edu/chronicle

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Surrounded by patients of all ages at the Franciscan Hospital for Children, the wide smiles of the Boston College women’s hockey team were earnest and contagious.

“You could be having the worst day,” explained freshman Emily Pfalzer, “and then after spending just a few minutes with the kids, they brighten your day.”

The joy of helping others com-pletely dimmed — at least for a while — the fact that just 48 hours before Pfalzer and her teammates were dealt a season-ending 6-2 loss in the semi-finals of the NCAA Frozen Four hockey championships.

But while the ending was a dis-appointment, the 2011-12 season was a success for the Eagles, who compiled an 18-7-3 record and fin-ished atop the Hockey East en route

to their second straight visit to the Frozen Four — the first time BC women’s hockey had done so in consecutive years. The program’s upward trajectory under coach Katie King Crowley, who just completed her fifth year at the Heights, seems evident.

Regardless of what happens on the ice, service within the local com-munity — such as making visits to Franciscan Hospital — has become a team tradition off of it.

Their volunteer activities have included skating at a local rink with the Junior Eagles (girls ages 11 and under), working with the Perkins School for the Blind, and co-orga-nizing a benefit sled hockey game with the Massachusetts Hospital School. Throughout the season, the Eagles spent Thursday evenings skating with special needs children and adults at the Fessenden School in West Newton [see the Chronicle story at http://bit.ly/xSjkRJ].

“The kids love when we come skate with them, and are all smiles,” says senior Andrea Green. “Thurs-days seem to be everyone’s favorite day of the week for our team. It means so much to our team to be able to put those smiles on the kid’s faces each week.”

This type of character is a di-rect reflection of not only the play-ers themselves, but the values of three-time Olympic gold medalist

Crowley. She doesn’t make any community service mandatory, but is adamant about coaching her play-ers’ lives outside of the rink.

“I’ve taken something from every coach I’ve had in the past, even go-ing back to a high school softball coach,” Crowley says of her coach-ing style. “My Olympic coach, my college coach, everyone. They have all taught me different pieces of how to be not only a successful player, but a successful person, and hopefully we can pass that on to our players here.”

The message seems to be getting through, as the players reinforce this philosophy.

“She has taught me so much about the game of hockey, but more importantly has been a mentor to me off the ice,” says Green. “I cannot thank [the coaching staff] enough for what they done over the past four years for me, not only as a player but as a person as well.”

Likewise, Crowley had nothing but the highest praise for Green and the other graduating seniors. Between working out every summer and balancing school, hockey, and life as a student, there truly are no days off at this level.

“These seniors have had a gi-gantic impact on this program, and they are one of the most success-ful senior classes that have come through BC women’s hockey,” she says. “I just wanted to thank them for everything that they gave to us. For helping to continue the craft.” Moving forward, the seniors will graduate, and unlike the men’s team that sends players to play profession-ally, they will likely soon be making a living in something other than playing hockey.

The rest of the team will begin their offseason workouts, and Crow-ley will be back on the recruiting trail, “looking for the right players to wear that BC jersey.”

But regardless of what lies ahead, Crowley feels she has prepared her athletes for life and everything that comes with it. And in just five years’ time, she has built a program that has not only earned the respect of her opponents, but of the greater Boston College community.

“I’m proud to be here,” she says, “and hopefully we will have all the ingredients to make that national championship happen soon.”

By reiD oslin staff writer

They are unquestionably one of Boston College’s top athletic teams, but they never practice on campus and you probably won’t ever catch a glimpse of them on ESPN.

The Boston College Sailing Team has won five national cham-pionships over the past four years, and their top sailor, senior Anne Haeger — a three-time individual national champion — could be on course to an Olympic sailing berth.

Now, as the spring breezes pick up over Boston Harbor, BC’s sail-ors have set their sights on win-ning another national crown this year.

“We’ve had a good little run,” coach Greg Wilkinson modestly admits as he looks over national trophies in co-ed competition from the 2008 through the 2011 seasons, the women’s 2008 cham-pionship cup, and a host of district and individual sailing honors. “A lot of that comes down to our ap-proach and the student-athletes’ approach to how we do things. It’s the work they do on goal-setting and making sure that we are work-ing efficiently, not just working hard.

“That has made the difference for us in the last several years be-tween just being good and actually winning,” he says.

The team practices daily out of the Savin Hill Yacht Club in Dorchester — adjacent to the University of Massachusetts-Bos-ton campus — where BC stores its fleet of 18 420-Class and six JP-class sailboats.

Eagle sailors are a hardy breed, according to Wilkinson. “Spring can be very harsh,” he says, noting that damp, chilly weather on Bos-ton Harbor is much more typical than the recent string of sunny,

warm days. “They adjust to it.”He also thinks that his charges

are pretty skilled athletes. “There’s a lot of ‘feel’ involved in making a sailboat go quickly – whether it is being able to feel the wind or feel how your boat is going through the water well enough to steer it through waves. ‘Feel’ helps you learn how to accelerate or deceler-ate the boat as necessary and some of our kids have developed a more natural feel for what makes the boat go quickly.”

The team’s top skipper is Hae-ger, a Carroll School of Manage-ment senior from Lake Forest, Ill., who won the Intercollegiate Sailing Association’s Women’s National Championship last fall. She also won single-handed titles as a freshman and sophomore and missed the No. 1 spot by a single point in 2010. Haeger was named the nation’s top female sailor after her junior season.

“Annie is now competing al-most exclusively in co-ed competi-tion,” Wilkinson notes. “She is one of the only women ‘drivers’ to do that and she is doing it at the highest level. She’s a superstar and she has Olympic dreams,” he says.

Two previous Boston College

sailors, Pete Spaulding ’98 and Carrie Howe ’03, have represented the United States in Olympic sail-ing competition, and Wilkinson says that, in addition to the team’s long-term success, has made Bos-ton College a favored “home port” for some of the country’s top young sailing enthusiasts.

“We are getting sailors from all over the country,” Wilkinson says. “We have kids from New England, from the Midwest, from southern California, Florida and even the Virgin Islands. We’re recruiting nationally. Winning does that.”

Wilkinson, who is in his 10th season at BC, adds, “We are very proud of what the team has done and what they are trying to do right now. I have a great group of kids to work with and tons of support from the Athletics De-partment. That is what makes our program tick.

“In our case, there are not many reasons why we cannot succeed – in sailing and in the classroom,” Wilkinson says. “All of the sup-port is there. It’s a good formula. And it works.”

The crew on the BC Sailing Team have shown themselves able to handle challeng-es, whether from opponents or from the water. (Photos by Rob Migliaccio)

The Eagles hope the sun hasn’t set on their championship run yet.

Riding the Wave of SuccessYear in and year out, the Boston College Sailing Team is sure to compete for the national championship

Contact Reid Oslin at reid.oslin@bc.edu

Women’s Hockey Buoyed by Another Frozen Four Trip

Coach Katie King Crowley and her team came up short of a title, but she’s upbeat about the future. (Photo by Josh Lentine/BC Athletic Association)

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By Melissa Beecher staff writer

The choice would appear to be a no-brainer: Cash a check from an energized investor and launch your own startup company — or dedicate two years after graduation to working for an early-stage com-pany in a struggling city.

Boston College senior Miguel Galvez chose the latter.

Galvez, a native of Danvers, Mass., was recently named one of 28 Venture for America Fellows from a pool of hundreds of ap-plicants from around the nation. Venture Fellows are selected on the basis of intellectual ability, ac-complishment, demonstrated lead-ership and initiative and mission-oriented communication skills.

Modeled after Teach for Amer-ica, Venture for America aims to pair eager entrepreneurs with start-up companies in distressed com-munities nationwide. Launched just last year, Venture for America seeks to generate 100,000 US jobs by 2025. The organization cur-rently places college graduates in New Orleans, Detroit and Provi-dence in an effort to spur growth and enterprise.

A biology major and National Merit Scholar, Galvez once envi-

sioned himself as a dentist, but a brief soiree into entrepreneurship changed the course of his profes-sional life. Galvez and two friends developed and launched a social networking app for those on the dating scene, a task involving a lot of work and sacrifice.

“The beauty of entrepreneur-ship is that you live through the startup. You get to experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows,” said Galvez, who worked in Biology Professor Ken Williams’ research lab. “That passion is what fuels everything that I do. I never could imagine myself in a typical 9

to 5 job. I need an emotional con-nection to my work.”

When Galvez learned about Venture for America, he saw a way to live out his passion for entrepre-neurship while contributing to a struggling city.

“I think this is a great oppor-tunity to get experience in a com-munity that really could use some help,” said Galvez, who is inter-viewing for job placements in New Orleans and Providence.

Galvez said the happy dilemma of working at his own for-profit startup or Venture for America – both opportunities came on the same day — involved a lot of soul searching.

“It was exciting to have two great opportunities. I went with the one that I felt was the best op-tion for me at this time in my life,” said Galvez, who will live with other Venture for America Fellows during his two-year placement.

“I was most impressed with the people who make up VA. They are a great group: talented, hardwork-ing and driven. Through the in-terview process I was able to meet some of the other candidates who have been selected and am very excited to be a part of this.”

For more on the program, see http://ventureforamerica.org/

By kathleen sullivan staff writer

Last month, in front of a filled-to-capacity auditorium at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, eight student filmmakers and one faculty member presented their work in the second installment of the “BC, I Love You” series.

“BC, I Love You” is a collab-orative, student-driven project where film studies students write, cast, di-rect, and shoot their own short films under a shared theme or message. As part of the collaborative, the students also commit to working on at least two other films in the series. All to-gether, some 100 BC students were involved behind and in front of the cameras for this year’s “BC, I Love You.”

“It was a ton of fun,” said Ai-leen Bianchi ’12, who organized this year’s edition. “It is a huge, collabora-tive project. We each help each other with our films. It is kind of like the game Jenga: If one person didn’t do their part, the whole thing would have collapsed.”

“BC, I Love You” was started last year by film studies major Sean Meehan ’11, who was inspired by

the Cities of Love film series that has produced films comprised of multiple vignettes centered in a par-ticular locale (Paris, New York City, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro). Meehan proposed a series of short movies that take place at Boston College, all con-nected to the theme of love.

The films range in length from two to 12 minutes and cross genres from film noir to comedy to ro-mance. The films are connected by the phrase “This is col-lege,” which is spoken in each of the films. The film shorts were independent projects, taken on in addition to the regular film studies curriculum.

Script writing for this year’s series started in October and shooting be-gan in November, with editing and additional shooting continuing right up to the premiere on Feb. 11. The students tapped roommates, friends and theatre students to act in the films.

Bianchi’s film, “Love (but not) Actually,” tells a comedic story of a college student’s broken romance and how her roommates rally around her. She described “BC, I Love You” as a “great learning experience. I get stressed, but am not often nervous. But, it is nerve-wracking to show

your work in front of 200 people.”Knowing everyone in the audi-

ence was pulling for her made the MFA screening in front of family and friends, said Bianchi, “one of the nicest parts of the whole thing. I’m more confident now showing my work on a larger scale.”

She credited the faculty in the Film Studies Program, particularly John Hoover, Gautam Chopra, and pro-gram co-directors Richard Blake, SJ, and John Michal-czyk, for spending countless hours advis-ing students outside of class and being “su-per supportive.”

Another faculty member, Carter Long, is also curator of film at the Museum of Fine Arts, and secured the venue for the “BC, I Love You” screening this year and last year.

“Express Lane,” Chopra’s “BC, I Love You” entry. tells the story of a man who meets up with his former college professor in the grocery store. The additional filmmakers were se-niors Brandon Moye, Zach Citarella, Sepanta Mohseni, Korey McIsaac and juniors Joseph Baron, Mike Dil-lon and Steve Dacey.

The 2010 installment of “BC, I Love You” is available on DVD, as will be the 2011 edition.

By eD haywarD staff writer

A team of Boston College scientists has taken nanotechnol-ogy developed for solar power and adapted it to create an ultra-sen-sitive sensor capable of trapping biomarker molecules in order to detect the presence of diseases, the team reports this month in the electronic edition of the Ameri-can Chemical Society journal ACS Nano.

The device was developed using an array of coaxial structured nano-tubes, a technology developed by a team of Boston College faculty for use in solar cells. An interdisciplin-ary team that includes Professors of Physics Michael Naughton and Zhifeng Ren, DeLuca Professor of Biology Thomas Chiles, and Re-search Associate Professor of Biol-ogy Dong Cai performed the latest research.

The team modified the nano-coax structure through a highly sensitive coating capable of detect-ing molecules as they pass between the tiny tubes by trapping them in spaces that mirror the physical

form of the molecules.In addition to its high level of

effectiveness, Naughton says the technology, which has been engi-neered in the University’s Nano-fabrication Clean Room, shows the potential to be produced in an economical fashion.

“This is an all-electronic, ultra-sensitive molecular sensor that does not require sophisticated nanofab-rication or optical detection tech-niques,” said Naughton. “In terms of sensitivity to volatile organic molecules, the device capabilities are perhaps unsurpassed. We are presently modifying the architec-ture further to enable highly spe-cific and ultrasensitive biological detection for disease biomarkers.”

Naughton credited co-author Huaizhou Zhao, a post-doctoral fellow in the Physics Department, with discovering a process involv-ing gas flow that helped to yield increased sensitivity compared to other techniques. He said the Physics-Biology collaboration would continue as the device and its capabilities are refined.

By kathleen sullivan staff writer

Hundreds of 4Boston support-ers, participants and former mem-bers marked the program’s 20th anniversary last weekend with a celebratory event in Gasson Hall.

The day, which included work-shops and an alumni panel, offered opportunities for reflection on a program that has meant so much not only to the needy, marginalized and lonely in Boston but also to the BC students whose lives have been changed by the volunteer ex-perience.

Informed by the Jesuit ideal of service to others, 4Boston student volunteers commit to four hours of weekly service at a Boston social service, health or education place-ment site and to weekly group re-flection. Sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry, the organization is dedicated to community, spiritu-ality, and social justice. Organizers say the goal of 4Boston is for stu-dents to grow “intellectually, mor-ally, and spiritually through regular service to others and disciplined reflection on that service.”

When 4Boston started in 1992, it sent BC volunteers to 16 place-ments in Boston. Today, nearly 400 volunteers serve at 20 place-ment sites throughout the area.

According to 4Boston graduate assistant Marc Mescher, a student in the School of Theology and

Ministry, 4Boston is believed to be one of the nation’s largest weekly college student-run service organi-zations.

“I am so profoundly impressed by the way these students take these ideals of Jesuit education and so selflessly and generously put them into practice,” said Mescher. “I am inspired by the way our students in-tegrate 4Boston’s three pillars into their lives, becoming ‘Contempla-tives in Action’ who see service not as an extra-curricular activity or gesture of voluntary benevolence, but as an intentional way of being in the world.”

Joseph Marik ’06 did his 4Bos-ton service through Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly, where he made a lasting connection with Bos-ton resident Moysey Banchevsky. Marik, who lives in Denver, has vis-ited Banchevsky twice a year since graduating six years ago.

“This has not been easy as I have lived all over the place but my decision to do so is immediately reinforced the minute I step into his apartment,” wrote Marik in comments he sent to the celebra-tion event. “I can’t even begin to share stories from the interesting life he has led but trust [me] that he is a very kind man who loves all of the people in his life.”

For more information on 4Bos-ton, see the program website at www.bc.edu/4boston

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Boston College graduates Ma-rine Capt. David Van Dam ’04 and Army Lt. Col. Daniel Arkins ’81 have been awarded Bronze Star medals for meritorious service and valor while serving with American military forces in Afghanistan.

Van Dam was a Marine Recon-naissance company commander who successfully led his men into battle against enemy forces in some of Afghanistan’s most dangerous terrain. Arkins earned the rare honor in recognition of his work as a brigade intelligence officer in Kabul.

The Bronze Star is one of the nation’s highest wartime honors, and both of the new recipients looked back at their days in Chest-nut Hill as the impetus for launch-ing their military careers.

Van Dam, a LaJolla, Calif., na-tive and graduate of the political science honors program, says his Boston College training was a key factor in his decision to enter the military. “I was inspired by the environment at Boston College, particularly the emphasis that was placed on service to others,” he said from his current assignment at the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Va. “Many students at BC really do live by that ideal. It’s so rare to find that these days.”

He also credited his senior thesis advisor, Associate Professor

Timothy Crawford, for giving him “some great perspective on military service and how it relates to the foreign policy of the United States. His instruction and mentorship made me want to take an active role in what was going on in the world and be a part of history.”

Playing rugby as an under-graduate proved another means of preparation for life as a Marine, added Van Dam, whose most re-cent tour in Afghanistan was his third combat assignment in the Middle East. “You cannot survive on the pitch as an individual. Tak-ing care of your teammates and caring more for them than you care for yourself is the only path to victory.”

Arkins’ road to the Bronze Star followed a far different path. After

Kelly Dalla Tezza, a 2011 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences who was studying abroad on a Fulbright grant, was killed in an automobile accident in Morocco on March 16.

A native of Parkville, Md., Ms. Dalla Tezza had graduated from Boston College last May with a major in Islamic Civiliza-tion and Societies and had hoped to pursue a master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies or a law degree after completing her year as a Fulbright scholar. She was one of 21 BC Fulbright winners last year.

“When Kelly received her Ful-bright Grant, we shared in her excitement and felt a surge of pride in what she had accom-plished at Boston College,” said Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs Donald Hafner. “And now we share the sorrow in a young and promising life cut short.

“The many gifts Kelly brought to the University and to the world will continue to enrich the lives of all that Kelly touched,” he said. “The goals Kelly chose for her-self called for uncommon courage

and determination. I hope Kelly’s example, and memories of her bright smile and generous heart, will inspire all our students.”

In recent months, Ms. Dalla Tezza had been studying the social and economic factors that affected the success of women in politics in Bahrain, and had recently partici-pated in a Fulbright conference on women’s political roles in Bahrain.

“The Middle East is both an in-tellectually stimulating and strate-gically important region, especially as the effects of the ‘Arab Spring’ come to light,” she told Boston College Chronicle after receiving her Fulbright award last spring. “I value the opportunity to immerse myself in both the language and

the culture of Bahrain.”Ms. Dalla Tezza showed con-

siderable interest in the Middle East and international affairs dur-ing her years at Boston College. As a junior, she followed up a semester of study in Jordan by volunteering as an English teacher in the Jordanian village of Al-Salt. She served as secretary for the BC Middle Eastern and Islamic Stud-ies Association and copy editor for Al-Noor, the University’s un-dergraduate Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies journal. She was also an executive board member for a BC student group raising awareness of human trafficking, and a participant in the Univer-sity’s Model United Nations.

She is the daughter of Margue-rite and Chester Dalla Tezza and was a graduate of Towson High School in Maryland.

A wake for Ms. Dalla Tezza will be held tomorrow from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at Leonard Ruck’s Funeral Home, 5305 Harford Road, Baltimore. The funeral will be on Saturday at St. Dominic’s Church, 5310 Harf-ord Road, Baltimore.

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graduation from BC with a degree in history, he joined the Massa-chusetts Army National Guard to help pay his college costs. “The BC influence on my military career is that it was an incredibly expensive education – even back in 1981 – and I had to pay for it somehow,” he says with a laugh. “I thought I was just going to enlist for six years to get a student loan repayment program going.

“I really just fell into this culture that I love,” he says, “and ‘love’ is not too strong a word. I love the camaraderie, the sense of mission and the idea of service,” Arkins says. “And, I think those are pretty common themes in a lot of the things Boston College talks about,

too.”He served in the Guard for 26

years before transferring into the Army Reserve three years ago – a switch prompted by the opportu-nity to serve in the Army’s larger intelligence community.

Arkins was sent to Afghani-stan last May – his second Middle East combat deployment. In 2003-04, he served a combat tour in Irag where he was also awarded a Bronze Star for his outstanding work.

Arkins is currently transitioning back to civilian life, returning last month to his home and family in Melrose, Mass. and his job as a regional sales director for MetLife insurance in Boston. He has since

been selected for promotion to full colonel and will take over an Army Reserve command in October.

“Being an intelligence officer, I didn’t get too many opportuni-ties to go out and be valorous,” he notes. “I was just recognized for doing a good job. Plenty of people deserve these awards, but not ev-eryone can get one. I am honored that I did.

“I was incredibly fortunate to have some really, really good people working for me,” Arkins says. “I was even surrounded by quite a contingent of Eagles in Af-ghanistan – we had six guys in my brigade who were Boston College graduates.”

For the fourth consecutive year, Boston College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a na-tional recognition of higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.

The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll annually celebrates the transformative power and volunteer spirit that ex-ists within the higher education community by highlighting colleges and universities that play a role in solving community problems and placing students on a lifelong path of civic engagement.

Boston College was honored for the community service exemplified in three University initiatives:

•Pulse, the academic service-learning program that combines field work with classroom study

•The St. Columbkille Partnership School, a pre-K through grade 8 school run by BC in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Boston and St. Columbkille Parish.

•4Boston, a service program organized by the University’s Office of Campus Ministry through which students devote four hours a week to Boston agencies serving the poor, ill and marginalized.

The Corporation for National and Community Service oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the US Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education. Honorees are chosen based on a series of selection factors, including the scope and innovation of service projects, the extent to which service-learning is embedded in the curriculum, the school’s commitment to long-term campus-community partnerships, and mea-surable community outcomes as a result of the service.

For more information, visit NationalService.gov.—Office of News & Public Affairs

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Fulbright Scholar Kelly Dalla Tezza ’11 Killed in CrashUniversity Makes President’s Community Service Honor Roll

Two Boston College Alumni Earn Prestigious Military Honor

Marine Capt. David Van Dam ’04 received his Bronze Star medal from Brig. Gen. Joseph Osterman at Quantico Marine Base in Virginia. (Photo by Sgt. Christopher Zahn, USMC)

Army Lt. Col. Daniel Arkins ’81 also was presented with a Bronze Star.

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NOTA BENEJOBS

BC BRIEFING

The following are among the most recent positions posted by the De-partment of Human Resources. For more information on employment opportunities at Boston College, see www.bc.edu/offices/hr/:

Director, office of International Programs

Programmer analyst, Student & academic app Srvs.

manager, IT audit

Program Director, Urban Catho-lic Teachers Corps

assistant Director, Special Gifts

assistant Director, Graduate Stu-dent life

research associate, Center of re-tirement research

Senior app Systems administra-tor, Information Technology - applications Services

Senior/Programmer analyst (Software Developer), Student & academic app. Srvs.

NewsmakersTwo words may help people brush off temptation, suggests a study co-authored by Asst. Prof. Henrik Hagtvedt (CSOM). People who re-sist temptation by telling themselves “I don’t” rater than “I can’t” are more successful in their quest, according to the report, published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

With the 2012 campaign proving once again to be a crucible of inflam-matory rhetoric and repeated appeals to fears about religion in public life, it is imperative that the harsh rhetoric be toned down, Prof. Thomas Mas-saro, SJ (STM), wrote in America.

Center for Work and Family Ex-ecutive-in-Residence Lauren Stiller Rikleen offered advice for women and organizations on Fox25News and wrote on work-life balance as key to US competitiveness in a blog for Harvard Business Review.

Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Laurence (Po-litical Science) wrote pieces for Al Jazeera and Deutsche Welle on contro-versies surrounding laws that restrict Islamic symbols in the public sphere.

Clough Center Graduate Fel-low Seth Meehan, a doctoral student in history, published the es-say “Catholics and Contraception: Boston, 1965” in the New York Times’ “Campaign Stops” blog, and discussed his research in a National Catholic Reporter article that included commentary from Assoc. Prof. Greg-ory Kalscheur, SJ (Law).

PublicationsProf. Emeritus Rebecca Valette (Ro-mance Languages and Literatures) published “Early Navajo Sandpaint-ing Blankets: A Reassessment” in American Indian Art Magazine.

Prof. Jeffrey Cohen (CSOM) pub-lished “Corporate Reporting of Nonfinancial Leading Indicators of Economic Performance and Sustain-ability” in Accounting Horizons.

GrantsAsst. Prof. Sarah Catherine Byers (Philosophy) won a $38,000 com-petitive fellowship from the Augus-

tinian Institute at Villanova Univer-sity for work on her second book.

Time and a HalfProf. Michael Noone (Music) pre-sented “Recovering our medieval and Renaissance musical heritage” at the International University of Andalucía in Baeza, Spain.

Assoc. Prof. Stefan Hoderlein (Eco-nomics) presented “Semiparametric Estimation of Random Coefficients in Structural Economic Models” at Verein fur Socialpolitik, Ausschuss fur Okonometrie, Marburg, Ger-

many.

Assoc. Prof. Sheila Gallagher (Fine Arts) exhibited her works at the Volta Art Fair in New York City.

Asst. Prof. Charles Gallagher, SJ (History), taught a doctoral class for the University of Dayton Religious Studies Department on the 1931 pa-pal encyclical “Quadragesimo Anno:

Perception and Reception in the European Context,” and gave a talk to the Religious Studies and History Depart-ments entitled “Communist-Catholic-Jew: Emmanuel

Chapman and the Struggle for Hu-man Rights, 1938-1948.”

Adj. Assoc. Prof. Michael C. Keith (Communication) was invited to discuss his career as a Radio Studies scholar before doctoral students in the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Ari-zona State University.

Prof. Donald J. Dietrich (Theol-ogy) delivered the Smith Lecture at Florida Atlantic University.

Vanessa Berry, a junior mathematics major in the Col-lege of Arts and Sciences and a midshipman in the Navy ROTC program at Boston University, has been selected to attend the Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program after gradu-ation – one of the military’s most demanding and rigorous schools.

After commissioning as a Navy ensign next year, Berry will serve as a surface warfare officer on an active duty warship and then undertake graduate-level instruction in nuclear power plant operations. She will eventually be assigned to supervise the operation and maintenance of a reactor plant aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

“Boston College can be very proud of her accomplish-ment” says Navy Capt. Curtis R. Stevens, commanding officer of the BU NROTC program where Berry is a cross-registrant. “Only the best students are permitted to inter-view for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and her success is very much indicative of the outstanding education she receives at BC.”

—Reid Oslin

WElcoME ADDItIoNS

Among the fields of interest for Assistant Professor of History Syl-via Sellers-García are Colonial Latin America and Central America, the history of empire, and the meeting points between history and fiction. In ad-dition to academic-oriented writing — including a forthcoming article in the Colonial Latin America Review — she has published an historical novel, When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep, which won the Boston Authors Club Julia Ward Howe Book Award for 2008. Sellers-García, who taught at the University of Cincinnati from 2009-11, holds a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s of philosophy from St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and a bachelor’s degree from Brown University. Among other honors, she has won a Marshall Scholarship and an Andrew W. Mellon Scholarship in Humanistic Studies.

Jeffrey Lamoreux joined the Psychology Department as a lecturer this academic year after two years as a visiting as-sistant professor. One of his major research areas involves models of response recovery following extinction learning — withholding reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior to eliminate that behavior — and his current studies focus on how humans learn predictive relationships in their environment. Lamoreux earned his doctoral and master’s degrees from Duke University, where from 1998 to 2009 he held several positions,

including as a lecturer in psychology and neuroscience, associate director of undergraduate studies and co-director of the undergradu-ate neuroscience program. Also at Duke, he established a National Science Foundation-funded program to provide summer research opportunities in behavioral neuroscience to undergraduates typically underrepresented in natural sciences.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics John Baldwin joined the fac-ulty this semester after teaching last fall at Princ-eton University, where he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Ad-vanced Studies. His research interests include knot theory and low-dimensional topology, contact and symplectic geometry, and gauge theory. Bald-win earned his doctorate at Columbia University and his bachelor’s degree at Harvard University. His activities at BC include organizing the Geom-etry/Topology Seminar and the BC Mathematics Colloquium Series.

Linda Boardman Liu, who joined the Carroll School of Manage-ment faculty this academic year as an adjunct assistant professor of

operations management, draws on her extensive experience in service operations in the telecom-munications field. Boardman Liu infuses her classroom teaching with her experiences in process management, performance management, opera-tions planning and control, and project manage-ment, encouraging students to test theoretical ideas against operational realities. Boardman Liu’s research examines the design, characteristics, and management of operations systems with a par-

ticular focus on quality and innovation in service operations. Among her professional activities, Boardman Liu — who holds a DBA from Boston University and an MBA from Simmons College — is a mem-ber of the Decision Sciences Institute and sits on the board of the institute’s northeast chapter.

—Sean Smith and Ed HaywardPhotos by Caitlin Cunningham and Lee Pellegrini

This is the last in the 2011-12 series of “Welcome Additions,” an occa-sional feature profiling new faculty members at Boston College.

University President William P. Leahy, SJ, formally received the BC Club’s annual donation to the University earlier this month. With Fr. Leahy are (L-R) Jack MacKinnon ’62, chair of the Alumni Association Council of Past Presidents; Meredith Waites, general manager of the BC Club; BC Club President Jack Joyce ’61; and Associate Vice President for Alumni Rela-tions John Feudo ’82. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

Army Lt. Col. Daniel Arkins ’81 also was presented with a Bronze Star.

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LOOKING AHEAD

BC SCENES

By rosanne Pellegrini staff writer

The Theatre Department will make its first foray into dance production with the premiere of “Rising UP: A Dance Showcase,” which will be presented tomorrow and Saturday evenings in the Rob-sham Theater Arts Center.

Under the artistic direction of faculty member Sun Ho Kim, the showcase breaks new ground and continues the 30th anniversary sea-son celebration of Robsham, orga-nizers note.

In addition to Kim, “Rising UP” features choreography by fac-ulty members Robert VerEecke, SJ — Jesuit artist-in-residence and artistic director of the Boston Li-turgical Dance Ensemble (BLDE) — Kirsten McKinney and Margot Parsons.

“There are so many different dance languages,” says Kim. “We want to explore as many as pos-sible, including ones not often seen on campus.”

With a cast of more than 60 student dancers, “Rising UP” will present various forms of the genre, including jazz, modern, liturgical and ballet. Most pieces will be performed by students enrolled in Theatre Department dance cours-es.

The show also will feature the BLDE and a guest performance by “Danza Fusión Universita-ria,” a student dance troupe from Ibero-American University Puebla

in Puebla, Mexico. Led by faculty member Esperanza García Agui-lar, the company is in residence on campus as part of a cultural exchange through an association with Fr. VerEecke to participate in Holy Week events at St. Ignatius Church.

At the showcase, the troupe will present a piece Fr. VerEecke cho-reographed that combines classical, modern and flamenco dance. As “Rising UP” coincides with the beginning of Holy Week, Fr. Ver-Eecke also created a piece — which will feature two alumni and other dancers — that he says explores in-terpersonal dynamics between Jesus and his followers before the events

of his Passion and Death. “Rising UP” is the latest devel-

opment in an expansion of dance programming at BC in recent years, organizers note, and with this showcase, the Theatre Department joins the growing list of dance pro-ducers on campus. Following the opening of a dance studio on the Brighton Campus, Kim’s arrival in 2010 brought the department its first full-time dance faculty mem-ber. A professional dancer, Kim also is the founder and artistic di-rector of a performance ensemble.

“There’s a longstanding tra-dition of dance in the Robsham Theater Arts Center and lots of terrific student dance organizations

on campus,” says Theatre Chair and Associate Professor Scott Cum-mings, “but the Theatre Depart-ment itself has never produced a dance concert. We want to cre-ate more opportunities for student dancers.

“Dance is on the rise at BC,” he adds, “and we want this showcase to reflect that.”

“Rising UP” production team members are costume designer As-sistant Professor of Theatre Jacque-line Dalley, lighting designer BC senior Patrick Brazil and profes-sional sound designer David Wil-son.

The showcase runs March 30 and 31 at 7:30 p.m. on the Main-stage in the Robsham Theater Arts Center. Tickets are $15, $10 for

students, seniors, and BC faculty and staff. All tickets are avail-able online at www.bc.edu/theatre, through the RTAC Box Office, or by calling 617-552-4002. For more information, see www.bc.edu/the-atre.

A related photo exhibit in O’Neill Library’s Level One Gal-lery, the “Rising UP Project,” will be on display at next month’s Arts Festival, featuring images of student dancers taken by student photographers at campus locations. The exhibit was inspired by the “Ballerina Project,” a series of pho-tographs of ballet dancers created by a New York City photographer [http://ballerinaproject.com].

Boston’s premier professional early music vocal ensemble, the Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [www.blueheronchoir.org], will present a concert on campus tonight at 8 p.m. in St. Mary’s Chapel.

Titled “Music for Three Sovereigns,” the performance will fea-ture works by Josquin, Isaac, Senfl and others.

Combining a commitment to vivid live performance with the study of original source materials and historical performance prac-tice, the internationally-acclaimed group — which joined Boston College as artists-in-residence during the 2010-11 academic year — is led by founder and director Scott Metcalfe.

The free, public concert is sponsored by the Institute for the Liberal Arts, the Jesuit Community and the Music Department. For information contact ext.2-6004 or concerts@bc.edu.

—Rosanne Pellegrini

Contact Rosanne Pellegrini at rosanne.pellegrini@bc.edu

PhDs IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The annual Multidisciplinary PhD Research Day on March 16 gave Boston College doctoral students like René Carapinha of the Graduate School of So-cial Work (left) and Kelly Minor of the Lynch Grad-uate School of Education (at right in photo below with Lynch School Professor Jacqueline Lerner) a chance to display and discuss their research. The Connell School of Nursing, along with GSSW and the Lynch School, sponsored the event, which was held in the Heights Room of Corcoran Commons.

Photos by Christopher Soldt, Media Technology Services

(L-R) GSSW Dean Alberto Godenzi and GSSW Assistant Director of Student Servic-es Brenda Vitale talk with GSSW doctoral student Hae nim Lee about her project. Awards were given for the best paper and poster presentations by an interdisci-plinary committee.

Blue Heron Choir Performs Tonight

Performers at rehearsal for “Rising UP: A Dance Show-case,” which will be pre-sented tomorrow and Sat-urday at Robsham Theater. (Photos by Lee Pellegrini)

Showcase Demonstrates Dance is on the Rise at BC