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| Motto: | Αἰέν ἀριστεύειν (Greek) |
| Motto in English: | Ever to excel |
| Established: | Chartered 1863 |
| Type: | Private |
| Religious affiliation: | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Endowment: | US$1. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States " Ever to Excel " is the English translation of the Ancient Greek motto of the University of St Andrews (founded 1410 the Edinburgh Academy The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 75 billion[1] |
| President: | William P. Leahy, SJ |
| Faculty: | 679[2] |
| Undergraduates: | 9,081[3] |
| Postgraduates: | 4,642[3] |
| Location: | Chestnut Hill, MA, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban; 381 acres (1. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as William P Leahy, SJ (born 1948 is the 25th President of Boston College, a post he has held since 1996 The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described This article is about the neighborhood in Greater Boston. See also Chestnut Hill Belchertown Massachusetts, and Chestnut Hill Blackstone Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 5 km²) |
| Athletics: | 31 Varsity Teams[4] |
| Colors: | Maroon and Gold |
| Nickname: |  Eagles |
| Website: | www.bc.edu |
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Boston College (BC) is a private university located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, in the New England region of the United States. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Maroon is a dark Brownish Red Color. The first recorded use of Maroon as a color name in English was in 1789. Gold, also called golden, is a Yellowish orange Color which is a representation of the color of the element The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages This article is about the neighborhood in Greater Boston. See also Chestnut Hill Belchertown Massachusetts, and Chestnut Hill Blackstone Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Its historic campus, one of the earliest examples of Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America, is set on a hilltop six miles (10 km) west of downtown Boston. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began Although chartered as a university by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1863, Boston College's name reflects its early history as a liberal arts college and preparatory school in Boston's South End. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon Undergraduate study in the Liberal arts. A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school It was the first institution of higher education established in Boston, though it later outgrew its urban location and moved to Chestnut Hill on the city's western edge. Boston College is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States and is home to one of the largest Jesuit communities in the world. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order
About Boston College
Founded by the Society of Jesus, Boston College opened its doors in 1863 to 22 students whose studies were concentrated within a liberal arts curriculum. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order [5] BC became the second Jesuit institution of higher learning in Massachusetts and the first located in the Boston area. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Its charter was among the first documents to stipulate that the institution "from its inception shall be open to youths of any faith," a policy since expanded to include those "of no religious faith at all. "
Boston College is called The Heights, a reference to both its lofty aspirations — the college motto is "Ever to Excel" — and its elevated location on Chestnut Hill, or "University Heights" as the area was initially designated. " Ever to Excel " is the English translation of the Ancient Greek motto of the University of St Andrews (founded 1410 the Edinburgh Academy The name has lent itself to a number of campus organizations — including the principal student newspaper, The Heights — and to those affiliated with the university: BC students were universally called "Heightsmen" until 1925 when Mary C. The Heights (est1919 is the independent student Newspaper of Boston College. Mellyn became the first "Heightswoman" to receive a BC degree. Today, the university's legacy includes over 143,000 alumni in over 120 countries around the world. Stemming from its nickname as "The Heights" persons affiliated with Boston College have been referred to [6]
Boston College was added to the "25 New Ivies" list in 2006 by Kaplan/Newsweek, which includes "colleges whose first-rate academic programs, combined with a population boom in top students, have fueled their rise in stature and favor among the nation's top students, administrators and faculty -- edging them to a competitive status rivaling the Ivy League. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. "[7]
Boston College students have enjoyed success in winning prestigious post-graduate fellowships and awards, including recent Rhodes, Marshall, Mellon, Fulbright, Truman, Churchill, and Goldwater scholarships, among others. Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars Marshall Scholarships awards a graduating American undergraduate can receive created by the British Parliament when the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act was The Fulbright Award is a Scholarship awarded as part of the Fulbright Program to foster international research and collaboration Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 BC's yield rate for Fulbright awardees is the highest in the country. [8] In 2007, the German department was awarded a record 13 Fulbright scholarships, five more than the previous number from a single department. Though formal numbers are not kept, the number of awardees from one department to study in a specific country is thought by academic scholars to be the largest in the 60-year history of the Fulbright program. [9]
At US$1. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 75 billion, BC's endowment is among the largest in American higher education and the largest of any Jesuit university in the world. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested The following are three lists of US institutions of higher education by endowment: Largest endowments Largest endowments per student Certain universities Its annual operating budget is approximately US$667 million. [1]
AHANA is a term coined (and trademarked) by BC students in 1979 to refer to students of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American descent. AHANA is a term that refers to persons of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically Asian or Asiatic is a Demonym for people from Asia. However the use of the term varies by country and person often referring to people from a particular For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. [10] In 2006-07, AHANA students comprised 24% of BC undergraduates. [11] International students make up an additional 5. 3% of the student population. [12][13]
In September 2006, the administration of Boston College unveiled the long-awaited campus overhaul project. Details of the project were featured in the newspaper, The Heights. According to the paper, "BC's strategic vision will bring unprecedented structural development to campus. "[14]
The paper also noted that the program would involve replacing the 800 beds in Edmond's Hall with 400-person residence halls on Commander Shea Field and near Moore Hall, overlooking Commonwealth Avenue. Commonwealth Avenue (colloquially referred to as Comm Ave by locals the latter word pronounced in the same manner as "have" is a major street in the cities of BC hopes to relocate the McMullen Museum of Art from Devlin Hall to a newly constructed building on the north side of Commonwealth Avenue, which will include additional open space in favor of a 1,000 to 1,200-person auditorium attached to it. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Taking advantage of BC's location on Commonwealth Avenue, the designs will shift the MBTA station to the median in the center of the street. The school is also considering a sky bridge linking the new residence hall and museum. Early examples of skywalks Copenhagen, Denmark: skywalk connecting courts building to adjacent uses 18th century Faaborg Baseball fields will be moved to the recently acquired St. John Seminary property in the Brighton section of Boston to free up additional open areas on the main campus. The Brighton property will also be home to new parking structures, tennis courts, an indoor track, and a conference center.
Its most dramatic features, however, are a set of academic buildings that anchor a center for the humanities alongside the Dustbowl; a recasting of the Lower Campus as a polished center of intellectual and community life, including a new recreation complex and a University center; a set of science buildings in a quad built on the memories of Cushing and portions of Campion halls; a reef of performing arts facilities on the near edge of the Brighton Campus and an “athletics and recreation district” at the far end; and a knitting together of the Lower and Brighton campuses by means of a footbridge and several blocks of mixed-use development. [14][15]
Rankings and admissions
Admission to Boston College is among the most selective in the United States. For the class of 2012, BC received a record 31,000 applications from prospective undergraduates, admitting less than 27% , making it the most selective class in the school's history. BC ranks fourth among private American universities in the number of applications it receives annually, though it is less than half the size of the three schools that rank above it. Average SAT scores were reported as 2061 on the 2400 scale. The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the [16]
BC placed 11th in a ranking of national universities (published in Forbes Magazine) by the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, a research group in Washington, DC. [17]
The undergraduate school of business, the Carroll School of Management, placed 14th in an annual survey of US undergraduate business schools by BusinessWeek, which noted that "Alumni and professors love helping students find jobs, making BC's campus networking an invaluable resource. The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate Business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. "[18] BC ranked 35th among national universities in US News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2008" rankings. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D [19]
A study by Carnegie Communications in 2004 ranked BC 17th among national universities. [20] The same study cited BC as the 8th"most popular" choice among U. S. high school seniors. [21]
A Princeton Review survey of parents that asked “What ‘dream college’ would you most like to see your child attend were prospects of acceptance or cost not issues?” placed BC 6th. [22]
BC also participates in the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)'s University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN). Founded in 1976 the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU is an organization of private US colleges and universities
History
Early history
The history of Boston College is traced to the founding of the Society of Jesus in 1534 and the early activity of Jesuits in New England in the 17th and 18th centuries. Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick ( September 3, 1782 &ndash August 11, 1846) was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Jesuit founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola, imagined a distinct mission that sought to engage intellectual inquiry, faith, and cultural contributions "in conversation with the city. Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola " His Society established colleges and universities in almost every part of the known world, and its members were among the great explorers of the Age of Discovery. The Age of Discovery or Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century during which Europeans explored In 1825, Benedict Joseph Fenwick, SJ, a Jesuit from Maryland, became the second Bishop of Boston. Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick ( September 3, 1782 &ndash August 11, 1846) was the second Roman Catholic Bishop of The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order He was the first to articulate a vision for a "College in the City of Boston" that would raise a new generation of leaders to serve both the civic and spiritual needs of his fledgling diocese.
A College in the City
In 1827, Bishop Fenwick opened a school in the basement of his cathedral and took to the personal instruction of the city's youth. The Ratio Studiorum ( Latin: "Plan of Studies" often designates the document that formally established the globally influential system of Jesuit His efforts to attract other Jesuits to the faculty were hampered both by Boston's distance from the center of Jesuit activity in Maryland and by suspicion on the part of the city's Protestant elite. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, commonly abbreviated to the Acronym WASP, is a sociological and cultural Ethnonym Relations with Boston's civic leaders worsened such that, when a Jesuit faculty was finally secured in 1843, Fenwick decided to leave the Boston school and instead opened the College of the Holy Cross 45 miles west of the city in Worcester, Massachusetts where he felt the Jesuits could operate with greater autonomy. The College of the Holy Cross is a prestigious exclusively undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester Massachusetts, Worcester (ˈwʊstə is a city and County town of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands of England. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Meanwhile, the vision for a college in Boston was sustained by John McElroy, SJ, who saw an even greater need for such an institution in light of Boston's growing immigrant population. With the approval of his Jesuit superiors, McElroy went about raising funds and in 1857 purchased land for "The Boston College" on Harrison Street in Boston's South End. With little fanfare, the college's two buildings — a schoolhouse and a church — welcomed their first class of scholastics in 1859. Two years later, with as little fanfare, BC closed again. Its short-lived second incarnation was plagued by the outbreak of Civil War and disagreement within the Society over the college's governance and finances. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South BC's inability to obtain a charter from the anti-Catholic Massachusetts legislature only compounded its troubles.
On March 31, 1863, more than three decades after its initial inception, Boston College's charter was formally approved by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In it, BC was granted the right to confer all university degrees, with the exception of the M.D. (a limitation that was later amended). Doctor of Medicine ( MD or MD, from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor meaning "Teacher of Medicine" is a doctoral Johannes Bapst, SJ, a Swiss Jesuit from French-speaking Fribourg, was selected as BC's first president and immediately reopened the original college buildings on Harrison Avenue. Johannes Bapst (b at La Roche, Fribourg, Switzerland 17 December[[ 815]] d Fribourg ( French) (Freiburg or de Freiburg im [[Üechtland]], often Fribourg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of For most of the 19th century, BC offered a singular 7-year program corresponding to both high school and college. Its entering class in the fall of 1864 included 22 students, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years. The curriculum was based on the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum, emphasizing Latin, Greek, philosophy and theology. The Ratio Studiorum ( Latin: "Plan of Studies" often designates the document that formally established the globally influential system of Jesuit Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Revolutionary for its time, BC's charter emphasized that "the profession of religion will not be a condition for admission to the College. "
The move to Chestnut Hill
Boston College's enrollment reached nearly 500 by the turn of the 20th century. Expansion of the South End buildings onto James Street enabled increased separation between the high school and college divisions, though Boston College High School remained a constituent part of Boston College until 1927 when it was separately incorporated. Founded in 1863 Boston College High School (also known as BC High) is an all-male Jesuit Roman Catholic college preparatory Secondary school with Incorporation (abbreviated Inc in US and Canadian business names is the forming of a new Corporation (a corporation being a legal entity In 1907, newly-installed President Thomas I. Gasson, SJ, determined that BC's cramped, urban quarters in Boston's South End were inadequate and unsuited for significant expansion. Inspired by John Winthrop's early vision of Boston as a "city upon a hill," he re-imagined Boston College as world-renowned university and a beacon of Jesuit scholarship. John Winthrop ( 12 January 1587/8 26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined City upon a hill is a phrase that is associated with John Winthrop 's Sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" given in 1630 The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Less than a year after taking office, he purchased Amos Adams Lawrence's farm on Chestnut Hill, six miles west of the city. Amos Adams Lawrence ( July 31, 1814 – August 22, 1886) was the son of famed philanthropist Amos Lawrence. This article is about the neighborhood in Greater Boston. See also Chestnut Hill Belchertown Massachusetts, and Chestnut Hill Blackstone Massachusetts He organized an international competition for the design of a campus master plan and set about raising funds for the construction of the "new" university. A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated Proposals were solicited from distinguished architects, and Charles Donagh Maginnis' ambitious proposal for twenty buildings in English Collegiate Gothic style, called "Oxford in America," was selected. Considered the father of American Gothic architecture, Charles Donagh Maginnis was born in County Londonderry, Ireland on January 7 1867
By 1913, construction costs had surpassed available funds, and as a result Gasson Hall, "New BC's" main building, stood alone on Chestnut Hill for its first three years. Gasson Hall is an Iconic building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts. Buildings of the former Lawrence farm, including a barn and gatehouse, were temporarily adapted for college use while a massive fundraising effort was underway. While Maginnis' ambitious plans were never fully realized, BC's first "capital campaign" — which included a large replica of Gasson Hall's clock tower set up on Boston Common to measure the fundraising progress — ensured that President Gasson's vision survived. By the 1920s BC began to fill out the dimensions of its university charter, establishing the Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the Boston College Law School and the Woods College of Advancing Studies, followed successively by the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, the Carroll School of Management, the Connell School of Nursing, and the Lynch School of Education. The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is the graduate faculty of Humanities, Natural sciences and Social sciences at Boston College. The Woods College of Advancing Studies is one of the eight constituent schools of Boston College and offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs The Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW is one of the Professional schools of Boston College, located in Boston Massachusetts The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate Business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. Connell School of Nursing is a graduate and undergraduate Nursing school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. The Lynch School of Education (LSOE is a professional school of Boston College. In 1926, Boston College conferred its first degrees on women (though it did not become fully coeducational until 1970). With the rising prominence of its graduates, this was also the period in which Boston College and its powerful Alumni Association began to establish themselves among the city's leading institutions. At the city, state and federal levels, BC graduates would come to dominate Massachusetts politics for much of the 20th century.
Cultural changes in American society and in the church following the Second Vatican Council forced BC to question its purpose and mission. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II, was the twentieth century Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. Meanwhile, poor financial management lead to deteriorating facilities and resources and rising tuition costs. Student outrage, combined with growing protests over Vietnam and the bombings in Cambodia, culminated in student strikes, including demonstrations at Gasson Hall in April 1970. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Gasson Hall is an Iconic building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts.
The Monan era
By the time J. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Donald Monan, SJ assumed the presidency on September 5, 1972, BC was approximately US$30 million in debt, its endowment totaled just under US$6 million, and faculty and staff salaries had been frozen during the previous year. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rumors about the university's future were rampant, including speculation that BC would be acquired by Harvard University. Monan's first order of business was to reconfigure the Boston College Board of Trustees. By separating it from the Society of Jesus, Monan was able to bring in the talents of lay alumni and business leaders who helped turn around the university's fortunes. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order This same restructuring had been accomplished first at the University of Notre Dame in 1967 by Fr. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in Theodore Hesburgh, CSC with many other Catholic colleges following suit in the ensuing years. The Rev Theodore Martin Hesburgh, CSC, STD (born May 25, 1917)a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, is President Emeritus In 1974, Boston College acquired Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a 40 acre (162,000 m²) campus 1. Newton College of the Sacred Heart was a small women's Liberal arts college in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. 5 miles (2 km) away that enabled it to expand the law school and provide more housing for a student population that was increasingly residential and geographically diverse. No less than the university's rescue is credited to Monan who set into motion the university's upward trajectory in finances, reputation, and global scope. In 1996, Monan's 24 year presidency, the longest in the university's history, came to an end when he was named University Chancellor and succeeded by President William P. Leahy, SJ. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. William P Leahy, SJ (born 1948 is the 25th President of Boston College, a post he has held since 1996
Recent history
Since assuming the Boston College presidency, Leahy's tenure has been marked with an acceleration of the growth and development initiated by his predecessor. BC's endowment has grown to US$1. 75 billion,[1] it has expanded by almost 150 acres (600,000 m²), and undergraduate applications have surpassed 31,000. At the same time, BC students, faculty and athletic teams have seen unprecedented success — winning record numbers of Fulbrights, Rhodes, and other academic awards; setting new marks for research grants; and winning conference and national titles. The Fulbright Award is a Scholarship awarded as part of the Fulbright Program to foster international research and collaboration Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholar redirects here Rhodes Scholar redirects here Rhodes scholars In 2002, Leahy initiated the Church in the 21st Century program to examine issues facing the Catholic Church in light of the clergy sexual abuse scandal. Initiated by Boston College President William P Leahy SJ, and begun in September 2002 The " Church in the 21st Century Initiative " was originally conceived Allegations of sexual abuse of children have been made against a variety of religious groups including but not exclusively Roman Catholic priests monks and nuns His effort brought BC worldwide praise and recognition for "leading the way on Church reform". [23]
Recent plans to merge with the Weston Jesuit School of Theology were followed by an article in The New York Times claiming "such a merger would further Boston College's quest to become the nation's Catholic intellectual powerhouse" and that, once approved by the Vatican and Jesuit authorities in Rome, BC "would become the center for the study of Roman Catholic theology in the United States. Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge Massachusetts is a graduate divinity school and an ecclesiastical faculty and theology that trains men and women both lay and The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 "[24] On February 16, 2006, the merger was authorized by the Jesuit Conference. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [25]
In 2003, after years of student lead discussions and efforts, the University approved a Gay-Straight Alliance, the first University-funded gay support group on campus. In 2004, between 1,000 and 1,200 students rallied behind a student-led campaign to expand the school's non-discrimination statement to include equal protection for gays and lesbians. [26] Earlier that year 84% of the student body voted in favor of a student referendum calling for a change in policy. [27] After several months of discussion the university's policy was changed in May 2005. [28]
On December 5, 2007, Boston College announced the Master Plan, a $1. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 6 billion, 10-year plan to revamp the campus and hire new faculty. The plan includes over $700 million for new buildings and renovations of the campus, including construction of four new academic buildings, a 200,000 square ft recreation center to replace the outdated Flynn Recreation Complex, a 285,000 square ft university center to replace McElroy Commons (which is slated for destruction), and the creation of 610 beds for student housing, as well as many other constructions and renovations. [29] Father Leahy said, "We are announcing our Strategic and Master Plans with the goal of creating the finest campus facilities for our students and faculty, while also committing ourselves to becoming a national leader in liberal arts education and student formation, and the world’s leading Catholic university and theological center. "[30]
The plan has been criticized by Boston city officials. On February 21, 2008, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Menino warned the school to construct new dormitory building on its main campus, rather than on the former St. John's Seminary property acquired from the Archdiocese of Boston. Student misbehavior in the neighborhoods around the school has been a problem for area residents. [31]
School songs
Alma Mater
Alma Mater was written by T. J. Hurley, who also wrote For Boston (the Boston College Fight Song) and was a member of the Class of 1885. For Boston is the traditional Fight song of Boston College. It was written and composed by T A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term referring to a Song associated with a team Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Hail! Alma Mater! Thy praise we sing.
Fondly thy mem'ries round our heart still cling.
Guide of our youth, thro' thee we shall prevail!
Hail! Alma Mater! Hail! All Hail!
Hail! Alma Mater! Lo, on the height,
Proudly thy tow'rs are raised for the Right
God is thy Master, His law thy sole avail!
Hail! Alma Mater! Hail! All Hail!
For Boston
"For Boston" is America's oldest college fight song. It has two verses but the most commonly sung one is the first verse. Boston-based band Dropkick Murphys covered this song on their album Sing Loud, Sing Proud!. Dropkick Murphys are a Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, U Sing Loud Sing Proud! is the third studio album from Boston Punk rock band the Dropkick Murphys.
For Boston, for Boston,
We sing our proud refrain!
For Boston, for Boston,
'Tis Wisdom's earthly fane. Gasson Hall is an Iconic building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts.
For here all are one
And their hearts are true,
And the towers on the Heights
Reach to Heav'ns own blue.
For Boston, for Boston,
Till the echoes ring again!
For Boston, for Boston,
Thy glory is our own!
For Boston, for Boston,
'Tis here that Truth is known.
And ever with the Right
Shall thy heirs be found,
Till time shall be no more
And thy work is crown'd.
For Boston, for Boston,
For Thee and Thine alone.
The campus
Landscape and architecture
Set on a hilltop overlooking the Chestnut Hill Reservoir and the distant Boston skyline (see live webcam), Boston College's 175 acre (700,000 m²) Chestnut Hill campus includes over 120 buildings in addition to athletic fields, rolling hills, wooded areas, three formal gardens, an orchard, and over 100 species of trees. Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a Reservoir created in 1870 on existing marshes and meadowland to supplement the city of Boston 's water needs The campus creates an almost rural setting, only 6 miles west of downtown Boston. A "Boston College" "T"-station, located at St. The Boston College station is the western terminus of the MBTA Green Line 's B-branch (also known as the "Boston College" line Ignatius Gate, is the western terminus of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line's B-branch (also known as the "Boston College" line) and provides transit to the city center. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA) is "a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Green Line is a Light rail / Streetcar system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA in the Boston, Massachusetts The "B" Branch, also called the Commonwealth Avenue Branch or Boston College Branch, is a branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city Travel time is approximately 30 to 45 minutes. Travel time to Boston can be reduced by taking a shuttle bus to the "Reservoir" station and riding the faster D line into the city. Cleveland Circle and Reservoir are adjacent stops on different branches of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 's Green Line, located at Beacon Street The "D" Branch, also called the Highland Branch or Riverside Branch, is a branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green
Due largely to its location and architecture, the Boston College campus is known affectionately as the "Heights," the "Crowned Hilltop" and "Oxford in America. " This last moniker was the title of the original campus master plan and was confirmed by a visiting British journalist in 1915 who famously wrote, "Even in embryo, it is Oxford and Cambridge without their grime. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England "[32]
 The Towers-on-the-Heights |
 Gasson Hall and Quad from Fulton Hall |
 St. Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a Reservoir created in 1870 on existing marshes and meadowland to supplement the city of Boston 's water needs John's Meadow |
The Crowned Hilltop
Designed by Charles Donagh Maginnis and his firm, Maginnis & Walsh, in 1908, the Boston College campus is a seminal example of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Considered the father of American Gothic architecture, Charles Donagh Maginnis was born in County Londonderry, Ireland on January 7 1867 Maginnis & Walsh is an architecture firm started by Charles Donagh Maginnis and Timothy Walsh in 1905 The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began Publication of its design in 1909 — and praise from influential American Gothicist Ralph Adams Cram — helped establish Collegiate Gothic as the prevailing architectural style on American university campuses for much of the 20th Century. Ralph Adams Cram, ( December 16, 1863 - September 22, 1942) was an American Architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical Gasson Hall, BC's signature building, is credited for the typology of dominant Gothic towers in subsequent campus designs, including those at Princeton University's Graduate College (Cleveland Tower, 1913 to 1917), at Yale University (Harkness Tower, 1917 to 1921), and at Duke University (Chapel Tower, 1930 to 1935). Gasson Hall is an Iconic building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The Graduate College at Princeton University is a Residential college which serves as the center of Graduate student life at Princeton Cleveland Tower, designed by Ralph Adams Cram, is a prominent Landmark of Princeton University. Harkness Tower is a prominent Gothic Revival structure at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, United States. Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Duke University Chapel, located at the heart of the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, is an ecumenical Christian Combining Gothic Revival architecture with principles of Beaux-Arts planning, Maginnis proposed a vast complex of academic buildings set in a cruciform plan. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began Beaux Arts architecture denotes the academic classical Architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. For the resurrection device/parasite at the Hyperion Cantos see Cruciform (Hyperion Cantos. The design suggested an enormous outdoor cathedral, with a long entry drive at the "nave," the main quadrangle at the "apse" and secondary quadrangles at the "transepts. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the In Architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard usually square or rectangular in plan the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building APSE standing for Ada Programming Support Environment is a program or set of programs to support Software development in the Ada programming language. Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. " At the "crossing," Maginnis placed the university's main building, which he called "Recitation Hall. " Using stone quarried on the site, the building was constructed at the highest point on Chestnut Hill, commanding a view of the surrounding landscape and the city to the east. Dominated by a soaring 200-foot bell tower, Recitation Hall was known simply as the "Tower Building" when it finally opened in 1913. Maginnis' design broke from the traditional Oxbridge models that had inspired it — and that had till then characterized Gothic architecture on American campuses. Oxbridge was originally a fictional composite of the University of '''Ox'''ford and the University of Cam'''bridge''' in England, and the term is now In its unprecedented scale, Gasson Tower was conceived not as the belfry of a singular building, but as the crowning campanile of Maginnis' new "city upon a hill. Gasson Hall is an Iconic building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts. A campanile &ndash pronounced /kampaˈnile/ &ndash is especially in Italy, a free-standing Bell tower, often adjacent to a church City upon a hill is a phrase that is associated with John Winthrop 's Sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" given in 1630 "
 Upper campus in summer |
 Lower campus in autumn |
 The "Dustbowl" in winter |
 The Rose Garden in spring |
Expansion and eclecticism
Though Maginnis' ambitious Gothic project never saw full completion, its central portion was built according to plan and forms the core of what is now BC's iconic middle campus. Among these, the Bapst Library has been called the "finest example of Collegiate Gothic architecture in America" and Devlin Hall won the Harleston Parker Medal for "most beautiful building in Boston. The Harleston Parker Medal was established in 1921 by J Harleston Parker to recognize “such architects as shall have in the opinion of the Boston Society of Architects " Subsequent campus expansions exceeded even President Gasson's vision and brought with them a new set of architectural vocabulary: Georgian, Neoclassical, Richardsonian Romanesque, and others. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of American Architecture named after Architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which The 1895 Louis K. Liggett Estate was acquired in 1941 and developed into a Tudor style upper campus, while an architecturally eclectic lower campus took shape on land acquired by filling in part of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. Louis K Liggett, drug store magnate founder of Rexall and chairman of United Drug Company, was born in 1875 in Michigan, and died in 1946 in Massachusetts The Tudor style in architecture is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period (1485&ndash1603 and even beyond for conservative college Chestnut Hill Reservoir is a Reservoir created in 1870 on existing marshes and meadowland to supplement the city of Boston 's water needs Around this time, a Seattle newspaper ranked Boston College second in a list of "America's Most Beautiful Campuses" (the University of Washington ranked first). See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Notions of "beauty" meanwhile were challenged by the advent of modernism. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century The 1940 design for St. Ignatius Church is an important hybrid of this period and is an example of what has been called "Modern Gothic. " Modernism had an enormous impact on development after the 1940s, though most modernist buildings at BC maintained decidedly un-modern rough stone facades in keeping with Maginnis' original designs. By the 1960s, BC's severe space demands and poor financial health began to leave their mark, as evidenced by the construction of prefabricated modular apartments on the lower campus. Originally intended as temporary housing, the "Mods" have survived in large part because of their popularity among upperclassmen. Other legacies of this era include the hyperbolic-roofed Flynn Recreation Complex, constructed using laminated wood beams, and the later International Style O'Neill Library, designed by The Architects Collaborative. In Geometry, a hyperbola ( Greek, "over-thrown" has several equivalent definitions The International style was a major Architectural style of the 1920s and 1930s The Architects' Collaborative ( TAC) was an American Architectural firm formed by Walter Gropius and seven younger architects in 1945 in More recent campus development signals a return to Maginnis & Walsh's Collegiate Gothic designs, as reflected in the renovations of Fulton Hall (1997) and Higgins Hall (2002), and in the construction of Campanella Hall (2003) and the St. Fulton Hall is a building on the campus of Boston College that housesthe School of Business Administration (now the Wallace E Ignatius Gate Residence Hall (2004). Campenella houses a small bookstore, the Hillside Cafe, the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC), and the Theology, History, Philosophy, and Economics departments. The building is connected via a causeway to Middle Campus through the O'Neill Library entrance. The Hillside Cafe operates a food-service Starbucks; meaning that it is not company owned, operated, or branded but students can still enjoy Starbucks beverages. Starbucks Corporation ( is an international Coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington.
In June 2004, Boston College acquired 43 acres of land from the Archdiocese of Boston. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston ( Latin: Archidioecesis Bostoniensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church [33][34] The new grounds, adjacent to the main campus (on the opposite side of Commonwealth Avenue), include the historic mansion that served as the Cardinal's residence until 2002. Commonwealth Avenue (colloquially referred to as Comm Ave by locals the latter word pronounced in the same manner as "have" is a major street in the cities of A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. The new grounds are referred to as Brighton Campus, after Brighton, the area in Boston where it is located. Brighton is a neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, located in the northwest corner of the city
Other properties
In addition to the main campus at Chestnut Hill, BC's 40 acre (160,000 m²) Newton Campus is located 1 mile (2 km) to the west and houses the law school and residential housing for roughly one third of the freshman class. Other BC properties include a 20 acre (80,000 m²) seismology research observatory and field station in Weston, Massachusetts, an 80 acre (320,000 m²) retreat center in Dover, Massachusetts, and the Centre for Irish Programmes: Dublin on St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, Ireland. Weston is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Boston metro area Dover is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. St Stephen's Green ( is an inner-city Public park in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
Libraries & museums
Boston College's eight research libraries contain over twelve million printed volumes, manuscripts, journals, government documents and microform items, ranging from ancient papyrus scrolls to digital databases. The Book of Kells (Leabhar Cheanannais (Dublin Trinity College Library MS A Together with the university's museums, they include original manuscripts and prints by Galileo, Ignatius of Loyola, and Francis Xavier as well as world renowned collections in Jesuitana, Irish literature, sixteenth century Flemish tapestries, ancient Greek pottery, Caribbean folk art and literature, Japanese prints, US government documents, Congressional Archives, and paintings that span the history of art from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 &ndash 8 January 1642 was a Tuscan ( Italian) Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media including ancient pottery sculpture in wood and bronze ink painting on silk and paper and a myriad of other types of works of The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America
O'Neill Library
BC's central research library, the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Library is named for the legendary former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, a member of the Boston College Class of 1936. Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr ( December 9, 1912 &ndash January 5, 1994) was an American politician. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. Opened in 1984, it houses approximately two million volumes in the humanities, the natural sciences and the social sciences. The humanities are academic disciplines which study the Human condition, using methods that are primarily Analytic, Critical, or Speculative It also contains US government documents, administrative offices of the Boston College Libraries, and a museum dedicated to "Tip" O'Neill on the second floor, whose papers are housed in the Burns Library. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. A glass-enclosed atrium on the library's fourth and fifth floors offers sweeping views of the Boston skyline. In modern Architecture, an atrium (plural atria is a large open space often several stories high and having a glazed roof and/or large windows often situated within an The CTRC, Computer Technology Research Center (formerly SLSC, the Student Learning and Support Center), the largest computer lab on campus, and the Connors Family Learning Center (formerly ADC, the Academic Development Center), the student tutoring area, are located on the second floor.
Bapst Library
Opened in 1928, Bapst Library was named for the first president of Boston College (Johannes Bapst, SJ, 1815 to 1887) and it was one of the few structures built according to Charles Donagh Maginnis' original "Oxford in America" master plan. Johannes Bapst (b at La Roche, Fribourg, Switzerland 17 December[[ 815]] d Bapst served as the university's main library until 1984. It has been widely praised as the "finest example of Collegiate Gothic architecture in America. " In 1987, it reopened after a two-year, multimillion dollar restoration and now houses the university's fine arts collection. Fine art is any Art form developed primarily for Aesthetics rather than Utility. Designed as a "cathedral to learning," it is the most elaborate of the original Collegiate Gothic buildings on campus with extensive stained glass windows, vaulted ceilings and carved wood paneling. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral Gargan Hall, the soaring reading room on the library's upper floor, has been named the most beautiful room in Boston. Also on the upper floor are the Chancellor's office and the Lonergan Institute. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. The Lonergan Institute is a center of research at Boston College (a private university in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts) specialising in the work of Canadian The reading room on the ground floor features a gold-leaf and wood-beamed ceiling that was carefully restored with funds from the Kresge Foundation. The Kresge Foundation is a US Philanthropic Private foundation dedicated to building stronger nonprofit organizations A guide to the building's famous stained glass windows is available online. [35]
Burns Library
The Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections is home to more than 150,000 volumes, some 15 million manuscripts and other important works, including a world-renowned collection of Irish literature. A rare facsimile of the Book of Kells is on public display in the library's Irish Room, and each day one page of the illuminated manuscript is turned. The Book of Kells (Leabhar Cheanannais (Dublin Trinity College Library MS A An illuminated manuscript is a Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration such as decorated Initials borders and Other significant holdings include original works by Sir Isaac Newton, Samuel Beckett, T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, Seamus Heaney, Gerard Manley Hopkins, James Joyce, Francis Thompson, George Bernard Shaw, and William Butler Yeats, among others. Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Henry Graham Greene OM, CH (2 October 1904 &ndash 3 April 1991 was an English writer best known as a novelist but who also produced Short stories Gerard Manley Hopkins ( 28 July 1844 – 8 June, 1889) was an English Poet, Roman Catholic convert and James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Francis Thompson ( December 18, 1859 – November 13, 1907) was an English poet and Ascetic. George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. It also houses the papers of prominent Boston College alumni, including House of Representatives Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr.; legal scholar and former US Congressman Robert F. Drinan, SJ; US Representative Edward P. Boland; and Margaret Heckler, Congresswoman, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and US Ambassador to Ireland. Stemming from its nickname as "The Heights" persons affiliated with Boston College have been referred to The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Speaker of the House is a political term referring to a number of people In the United Kingdom and Canada, the Speaker of the House Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr ( December 9, 1912 &ndash January 5, 1994) was an American politician. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses Father Robert Frederick Drinan, SJ ( November 15 1920 &ndash January 28 2007) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit Edward Patrick Boland ( October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was a Politician from the state of Massachusetts Margaret Mary Heckler (born June 21, 1931) is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The library is named after the Honorable John. J. Burns (1901 to 1957), Massachusetts Superior Court Justice and a member of the Boston College Class of 1921. The library's lofty Ford Memorial Tower is considerably more elaborate than Gasson Tower, though not as tall. Gasson Hall is an Iconic building on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts. Inside, the Thompson Room features a magnificent oriel window depicting epic poetry, while the Trustee Room includes stained glass depictions of 54 Jesuit armorial crests. Oriel windows are a form of Bay window commonly found in Gothic revival Architecture, which jut out from the main wall of the building but do not reach A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Exhibits are held frequently on the library's main level and guided tours are available on request.
Law Library
In a new building opened in 1996, the Law Library is located on the Boston College Law School campus in Newton, Massachusetts and contains approximately 500,000 volumes covering all major areas of American law and primary legal materials from the federal government, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the European Union. The City of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, is an important residential Suburb of Boston, which abuts it on the east Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The library also features a substantial treatise and periodical collection and a growing collection of international and comparative law material. The library's Coquillette Rare Book Room houses works from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries, including works by and about Saint Thomas More. Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained
McMullen Museum of Art
Located in Devlin Hall, the McMullen Museum of Art houses a prominent permanent collection and organizes exhibits from all periods and cultures of art history. Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i Recent exhibits and acquisitions, including works by Edvard Munch, Amedeo Modigliani, Frank Stella, Françoise Gilot, and John LaFarge, have widened both the scope of the collection and its audience. Edvard Munch (mʉŋk December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, Printmaker Amedeo Clemente Modigliani ( July 12, 1884 &ndash January 24, 1920) was an Italian Artist of Jewish heritage Frank Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter and Printmaker. Françoise Gilot (born 1921 is a French born painter and is known as a companion of Picasso between 1944 and 1953 John La Farge ( March 31, 1835 &ndash November 14, 1910) was an American painter stained glass window maker decorator and Saints and Sinners, a 1999 exhibition on the work of Caravaggio, attracted the largest audience of any university museum up to that time. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, usually just known as Caravaggio, (28 September 1571 – 18 July 1610 was an Italian Artist active in Rome Related museum activities include musical and theatrical performances, films, gallery talks, symposia, lectures, readings, and receptions that draw students, faculty, alumni and visitors from around the world. Admission to the Museum is free and open to the general public.
Education Resource Center
Located in Campion Hall, the Education Resource Center (ERC) houses a prominent permanent collection of education materials for the next generation of teachers. The ERC is the special library devoted to the Lynch School of Education and one of the few libraries at BC to have its own cataloguing department. The Lynch School of Education (LSOE is a professional school of Boston College. Recent renovations include a new technology room with state of the art equipment, such as SMARTboard and plasma television, to prepare students for their roles as teachers. Related museum activities include its own classroom, viewing areas, and computer lab with Macs and PCs. Like all BC libraries the ERC is a member of the Boston Consortium but its materials are only for the BC community.
Newton Resource Center
The Newton Resource Center (NRC) is an undergraduate resource library situated in the center of Boston College’s satellite Newton Campus accessible through Trinity Chapel. A converted theater, it is nicknamed "the morgue" both because of its absolute silence and its location in the former crypt beneath the chapel. In terms of European architecture a crypt (from the Latin crypta and the Greek κρυπτη, kryptē) is a stone chamber or As of the fall of 2006, the NRC is closed to student access, though the NRC continues to house a large portion of O’Neill’s overflow books, journals, and periodicals. Although there were problems with mold and water in the NRC, extensive work has been done to rectify these issues. Currently there are books being stored there, which can be requested through the O'Neill Library.
Kenny-Cottle Library
The Kenny-Cottle Library is located on south side of the Newton Campus. At present, the building is being refitted to be used as office space, but the core of the building remains a closed-to-the-public overflow archive for the O’Neill library, housing more than 200,000 volumes available for request through the main library system.
Other libraries & museums
Other BC libraries include dedicated facilities for the schools social work and education, and a geophysics library at the Weston Observatory. Additional exhibition spaces include a student art gallery on the Bapst Library's mezzanine level as well as exhibition space in the Robsham Theater and Campanella Hall. Items related to BC history and athletics are on display at the Hall of Fame in Conte Forum and the BC Football Museum in the Yawkey Athletics Center. The Silvio O Conte Forum, usually known as the Conte Forum is an 8606-seat multi-purpose Arena on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut
The Dining Facilities
Lower Live at Corcoran Commons
Lower Livealso referred to as Lower Dining Hall or just "Lower", is the dining hall on lower or the main campus where most sophomores, juniors and seniors live. This dining hall is one of the larger dining halls on campus serving an assortment of food from made to order meals, meals cooked in front of you and even grab and go items. This dining facility serves a variety of different kinds of foods and even has special nights dedicated to a certain theme. This dining hall also sells pint-sized containers, milk cartons, baked goods, snack bars and smoothies, and even made to-go birthday cakes, Valentine's Day gifts, make-yourself Gingerbread houses during Christmas, packs of water bottles and 6-packs of sodas. At Lower, you can enjoy late-night meals until midnight Sunday-Thursday evenings and 2am on Friday and Saturday evenings. Up stairs in Lower Dining Hall is an on-campus restaurant Tamarind Grill which serves Thai and Vietnamese food. Located directly outside of Lower Dining Hall is an outdoor stand called Beans Creams and Dreams which is open when the weather permits and sells coffee, hot dogs, chips and ice cream.
Hillside Cafe
Hillside Cafeis a coffee bar and sandwich lounge located on lower campus next to the "Million Dollar Staircase". This lounge serves coffee and sandwiches all day and fresh hamburgers at night. You can also buy chips, made to-go sandwiches and salads, cereals, juices, yogurts and smoothies here. Many people use this facility not only for eating, but for studying as there are comfortable couches electrical outlets and wireless Internet available.
Lyons Hall Dining
Lyons Dining Hall is located on Middle Campus in the basement of Lyons Hall. This location is convenient for students to run in and out between classes and grab a bite to eat without having to leave the academic buildings section of campus. Here they serve made to-go coffee, sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, cereal, waffles, beverages and candy.
McElroy Dining at Carney Commons
McElroy Dining Hallis another large dining hall located on upper campus near the freshman and College Rd. campuses. This dining hall is very similar to Lower Dining Hall in that it serves a large variety of food for all meals and to-go items to stalk up on for your room. This dining hall also serves late-night food until midnight Monday-Thursday and 2am Friday and Saturday.
Stuart Hall at Newton Campus
Stuart Hall is located on the Newton Campus. This large dining hall serves similar items as both McElroy and Lower Dining Halls however, many say that you can find strawberry frozen yogurt most often at Stuart Hall than at either McElroy or Lower Dining Hall.
Alliances
Saint Ignatius
The unofficial chapel for the university is the Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. A chapel is a holy place or area of Worship for Christians, which may be attached to an institution such as a large church, a College, a [36] The church is named after Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order. Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Although not technically the university's church, St. Ignatius enjoys a special relationship with Boston College through which the university provides the parish with Internet access, e-mail service, telephone and voice mail service, parking, and dormitory space for the religious education program. Voicemail (or voice mail voice-mail vmail or VMS, sometimes called messagebank) is a centralized system of managing Telephone messages for a large group In Secular usage religious education is the Teaching of a particular Religion (although in England the term religious instruction would refer Each year, several Boston College students teach in the religious education program. Jesuits priests from Boston College occasionally preside at the church's liturgies. On their part, St. Ignatius provides a spiritual home for many students during their time at Boston College and for many alumni on their wedding day. The church building is also used by the college for some of their larger events.
Saint Columbkille's
St. Columbkille's is a Roman Catholic Church and elementary school in Brighton, Massachusetts which has made an alliance with BC. See also Primary education An elementary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory education known as elementary Brighton is a neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts, located in the northwest corner of the city The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Under the agreement, the school (founded in 1901) is to be governed by a board of members and a board of trustees comprising representatives from the Archdiocese of Boston, Boston College, St. Columbkille Parish and the greater Boston community. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Trustee is a Legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston ( Latin: Archidioecesis Bostoniensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church WikipediaPersondata --> See Columba (disambiguation and St Columb for other uses A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston Massachusetts. The board of trustees will authorize an audit of the school's curriculum, faculty, finances, and facilities before creating a strategic plan to guide the school in the future. Lynch School of Education faculty will work directly with the school's teachers on faculty and curriculum development, presenting new approaches to education and working to establish best practices in the classroom. The Lynch School of Education (LSOE is a professional school of Boston College. [37]
The agreement, announced in March, 2006 by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, and Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM, Cap., represents the first such collaboration between a Catholic university and a parochial school in the United States. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin ( OFM Cap; in England and Ireland, O Parochial school is one term used (particularly in the United States) to describe a school that engages in Religious education in addition to conventional Education The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Since its inception in 1901, St. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Columbkille School has had a strong relationship with Boston College, with thousands of its graduates and parishioners having attended the University. Over the years, the Lynch School has been actively involved in St. Columbkille through its Extended Services Program, which offers after-school and summer programs for children and families focused on learning and healthy development, and its Carnegie Foundation-sponsored "Teachers for a New Era" program, which provides professional development and teacher training at the school. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Education, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and Chartered in 1906 by an Act of Congress, is a Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement
In addition, Boston College students tutor at the school on a weekly basis and teach confirmation classes throughout the school year. In British Australian New Zealand Italian and some Canadian universities, a tutor is often but not always a Postgraduate Student or a Lecturer Confirmation is a Rite of initiation in many Christian Churches normally in the form of Laying on of hands and/or Anointing for BC employees also volunteer in the Read Aloud Program at St. Columbkille, reading to kindergarten, first and second grade pupils during their lunch breaks. ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling
St. Columbkille School currently enrolls 275 students, 60% of whom are from St. Columbkille Parish, according to school Principal Mary Battles. Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an Elementary school, Middle school, or High school in some English-speaking Tuition for parish-enrolled students is US$2,650 per year. Tuition means instruction or teaching. In American English, the term tuition is often used to refer to a fee charged for educational instruction
Academics
- See also: Degree programs at Boston College
- See also: Research centers at Boston College
Boston College comprises eight schools and colleges:
- The College of Arts & Sciences
- The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- The Carroll School of Management
- The Lynch School of Education
- The Connell School of Nursing
- The Graduate School of Social Work
- The Law School
- The Woods College of Advancing Studies
In December 2004, Boston College announced plans to create a School of Theology and Ministry by merging its Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Degree programs at Boston College are offered in over 50 fields in 11 schools and colleges The following is a list of Research centers at Boston College. The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is the graduate faculty of Humanities, Natural sciences and Social sciences at Boston College. The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate Business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. The Lynch School of Education (LSOE is a professional school of Boston College. Connell School of Nursing is a graduate and undergraduate Nursing school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. The Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW is one of the Professional schools of Boston College, located in Boston Massachusetts The Woods College of Advancing Studies is one of the eight constituent schools of Boston College and offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge Massachusetts is a graduate divinity school and an ecclesiastical faculty and theology that trains men and women both lay and Cambridge Massachusetts is a City in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. The new school would be located on the BC campus on land recently acquired from the Boston archdiocese. The merge is tentatively set to occur in the fall of 2008. [38][39]
Jesuit-Catholic tradition
BC's Jesuit-Catholic identity is rooted in the distinct vision of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, who believed in "finding God in all things. Saint Ignatius redirects here for other Saints see Ignatius. Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Íñigo Oñaz López de Loyola The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order " Jesuits are characterized by a dedication to both "the life of the mind and the encounter with the world," a mission distinguished by their intellectual and humanitarian activities — notably in the fields of higher education, human rights, and social justice. As explorers, scientists, artists, diplomats, and writers, Jesuits have historically been at the forefront of scientific discovery and cultural expression. As a result, they have had a sometimes tumultuous relationship with the Catholic Church — and were officially suppressed by the Vatican from 1773 to 1814 — though their work has always been dedicated Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, or "to the greater glory of God. The Suppression of the Jesuits in Portugal, France, the Two Sicilies, Parma and the Spanish Empire by 1767 was a result The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic " The 112 Jesuits living on the Boston College campus make up one of the largest Jesuit communities in the world and include members of the faculty and administration, graduate students and visiting international scholars. [40]
The synthesis between faith and reason, coupled with BC's inclusive founding mission, attracts students and faculty from diverse religious traditions and a broad range of convictions. Campus spiritual activities are open to all, though entirely optional and include Catholic liturgies as well as religious services in various Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and other traditions. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices The Jesuit call to justice is evident in work across religious boundaries in community service, reflection retreats, and immersion programs both on campus and abroad. Alumni also reflect this commitment to humanitarian work: BC ranks eleventh among Peace Corps volunteer-producing colleges. The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency.
 An entrance featuring the Jesuit motto Ad maiorem Dei gloriam |
 Ignatius injured in battle |
 Ignatius & his companions |
 Ignatius writing the Constitutions |
Athletics
The mascot for all Boston College athletic teams is the Eagle, generally referred to as a multiple, i. The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. Eagles are large birds of prey which are members of the Bird order Falconiformes and family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera e. , "The Eagles. " The character representing the mascot at football, hockey, and basketball games is an American bald eagle named Baldwin, derived from the "bald" head of the American bald eagle and the word "win. Baldwin the Eagle, an anthropomorphized Bald eagle, is the Mascot of the Boston College Eagles. "
The school colors are maroon and gold. Maroon is a dark Brownish Red Color. The first recorded use of Maroon as a color name in English was in 1789. Gold, also called golden, is a Yellowish orange Color which is a representation of the color of the element The fight song, For Boston, was composed by T. For Boston is the traditional Fight song of Boston College. It was written and composed by T J. Hurley, class of 1885.
The Eagles compete in NCAA Division I-A as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports offered by the ACC. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. Hockey East Association is a college athletic conference which operates in New England. (Skiing, fencing, and sailing are also non-ACC. ) Boston College is one of only thirteen universities in the country offering NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (Formerly, I-A) football, Division I men's and women's basketball, and Division I hockey.
In hockey and (less famously) baseball, Boston College participates in the annual Beanpot tournaments held at TD Banknorth Garden and Fenway Park, respectively. The Beanpot refers primarily to a men's Ice hockey tournament among the four major college hockey schools of the Boston Massachusetts area held annually since the TD Banknorth Garden is a sports Arena in Boston Massachusetts. Boston College competes in the Beanpot against the three other major sports colleges in Boston: the Northeastern University Huskies, Harvard University Crimson, and Boston University Terriers. Northeastern University, abbreviated NU or NEU, is a private University in Boston Massachusetts. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. BC has reached the championship game 29 times and has won the Beanpot 14 times, including the 2008 championship. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Baseball Tournament, much less known, was first played in 1990 and out of seventeen baseball Beanpots, Boston College has won nine, last winning in 2008. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The baseball team plays an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox at City Of Palms Park in Ft. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Myers, FL. during Major League Baseball's spring training.
The Men's Hockey Team won the 2008 NCAA Championship on April 12th with a 4-1 victory over the University of Notre Dame in Denver, CO.
Principal athletic facilities include Alumni Stadium (capacity: 44,500), Conte Forum (8,606), Kelley Rink (7,884), Shea Field, the Newton Soccer Complex and the Flynn Recreation Complex. Alumni Stadium is a football Stadium located on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, approximately The Silvio O Conte Forum, usually known as the Conte Forum is an 8606-seat multi-purpose Arena on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut The Silvio O Conte Forum, usually known as the Conte Forum is an 8606-seat multi-purpose Arena on the campus of Boston College in Chestnut The Yawkey Athletics Center opened in the spring of 2005. BC students compete in 31 varsity sports[4] as well as a number of club and intramural teams. On March 18, 2002, Boston College's Athletics program was named to the College Sports Honor Roll as one of the nation's top 20 athletic programs by U.S. News and World Report. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D [42]
Boston College received a commitment of $15 million from the Yawkey Foundation to help fund a new building and other athletics-related improvements to enhance intercollegiate, intramural, and club sports. The cost of the new facility, which will be entirely funded through private gifts, will total approximately $27 million. The new facility is attached to the north side of Alumni Stadium. It will house the varsity football program, the Office of Learning Resources for Student Athletes and a large function area for general University use, freeing up critically needed space in Conte Forum for women's athletics and other men's teams. Fundraising is ongoing for this project. As of January, 2005, Athletics has secured more than $26 million. Additional funds also will be needed for the renovation of Conte Forum and other improvements in athletic facilities. Acknowledging the gift from the Yawkey Foundation, University President William P. Leahy, SJ, said, "Tom and Jean Yawkey had a longstanding relationship of personal support and grants to Boston College, and both wanted to promote excellence in athletics at the University. I am deeply grateful to the Yawkey Foundation and its executive director, John Harrington, for their generous gift and for their continuation of the Yawkey connection to BC. " Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo said the commitment of the Yawkey Foundation "will benefit all involved in our 31 varsity sports and will have a positive effect on so many aspects of athletics on campus. "Not only will the Yawkey Athletic Center provide a state-of-the-art home for our football team, it will give our Office of Learning Resources the space and equipment needed to help all of our student-athletes maintain their impressive record of academic achievement. It will also provide much-needed office, weight room, training room and locker room space for our women's and Olympic sports. This grant is a home run for all Boston College student-athletes. " By its investment in programs such as Learning Resources, say University administrators, Boston College has consistently ranked in the top five in graduation rates of student-athletes, along with competitor universities Stanford, Duke, Northwestern and Notre Dame. The Yawkey Foundation was originally founded in 1976 by legendary Boston Red Sox owner Thomas Yawkey. Following his death, his widow Jean established the Yawkey Foundation II in 1982 to further serve the family's charitable goals. Since her death in 1992, the foundation's board of trustees has continued the Yawkeys' legacy, contributing to organizations promoting conservation, education, social services, health care, arts and culture, amateur sports and other activities that reflect the foundation's objectives.
Yawkey Center Facts
72,000 square feet. To be built entirely with private funds. To be located directly behind the existing North end zone seats at Alumni Stadium. Construction to begin in November, 2003 - target date for completion is early 2005. Will include new football offices, meeting and breakout rooms, locker rooms, sports medicine, strength & conditioning, equipment room, theater-style classroom, recruiting and multi-function rooms. Building will be pre-wired for all high-speed voice and data connections as well as the Pinnacle Editing System for game analysis. Will include a new 4,100 square-foot suite for the Office of Learning Resources for Student-Athletes that will include state-of-the art computer labs, group and individual tutoring areas and an interactive classroom - for use by all BC student-athletes. Luxury boxes in North end zone of stadium will have access to new restroom facilities. Overall project will include renovations to Conte Forum and other areas of Alumni Stadium that will create a new varsity locker room and office suite for women's basketball; a dedicated locker room area for every varsity women's sport; and will allow office space for each full-time coach in all 31 sports. Project will also result in expanded or renovated office space for the Athletics administration, ticketing operations, business operations, media relations, sports marketing, operations and facilities, compliance and development areas.
Although a founding member of the Big East Conference, the Eagles left the Big East and joined the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2005. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen Universities in the northeastern southeastern and midwestern United The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Boston College athletes are among the most academically successful in the nation, according to the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Academic Progress Rate (also known as APR is a metric established by the NCAA to measure the success or failure of collegiate athletic teams in moving student-athletes towards In 2006 Boston College received Public Recognition Awards with fourteen of its sports in the top 10% of the nation academically. The Eagles tied Notre Dame for the highest total of any Division I-A university. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in Other schools having ten or more sports honored included Navy (12), Stanford (11), and Duke (11). The United States Naval Academy is an undergraduate college in Annapolis, Maryland, United States that educates and commissions officers of the United States Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Teams honored were football, men's fencing, men's outdoor track, men's skiing, women's rowing, women's cross country, women's fencing, women's field hockey, women's indoor track, women's outdoor track, women's skiing, women's swimming, women's soccer, women's tennis, and women's volleyball. Boston College's football program was one of only five Division I-A teams that were so honored. The other four were Auburn, Navy, Stanford, and Duke. Auburn University ( AU or Auburn) is a State university located in Auburn, Alabama, U
In recent times, Boston College Athletics have achieved success. The Football Team won the Champs Sports Bowl over Michigan State University in 2007, extending their bowl winning streak to eight consecutive victories -- the longest active bowl win streak in the nation. The women's basketball team remains competitive in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The men's basketball team was one of the final 32 teams remaining in the NCAA Division 1A Basketball Tournament losing to Georgetown in 2006. The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination Tournament held each spring featuring 65 College basketball teams in the
Basketball
The Boston College Eagles basketball has achieved recent success under head coach Al Skinner. The Boston College Eagles is the name of the men's and women's Basketball team at Boston College, in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts, USA. Albert L (Al Skinner (born June 16 1952 in Mount Vernon New York) is a men's College basketball head coach and a former collegiate The team has recently reached the sweet sixteen of the NCAA tournament (2006) and has made the transition to the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States.
Football
The Boston College Eagles have achieved much success in college football. The Boston College Eagles football team is the collegiate football program of Boston College. On November 16, 1940, BC's Frank Leahy-coached championship team took a win from two-season undefeated Georgetown in the final seconds in a game that renowned sportswriter Grantland Rice called the greatest ever played. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grantland Rice ( November 1, 1880 &ndash July 13, 1954) was an early 20th century American sports-writer. The Eagles completed their only undefeated season with a bowl victory over Tennessee that year, and many historians argue that the Eagles deserved a share of the national championship. In 1942, the team spent three weeks ranked at #3 in the nation and one week at #1, but they were upset by a then-dominant Holy Cross, 55-12. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The College of the Holy Cross is a prestigious exclusively undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester Massachusetts, [43] As a result, the team canceled a party at the Cocoanut Grove, which ended up as a wise thing to do because that night the club caught fire. The Cocoanut Grove was a Nightclub in Boston Massachusetts. On November 28, 1942, the fashionable nightclub burned in what remains the deadliest
Boston College's two most famous football victories came in dramatic fashion, on the final play of the game. On the day after Thanksgiving, November 23, 1984, before a national audience on CBS, Doug Flutie became a legend when his 48 yard Hail Mary found its way into the arms of Gerard Phelan for a 47-45 victory over Miami in the Orange Bowl. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback. A Hail Mary pass or Hail Mary play in American football is a Forward pass made in desperation with only a small chance of success The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States This was also the year Flutie won the Heisman; the only Eagle to date so honored. (See also Flutie effect. The Flutie effect or Flutie factor refers to the phenomenon of having a successful sports team increase the exposure and prominence of a university )
Nine years later almost to the day (November 20, 1993), the Eagles went into South Bend and defeated top-ranked Notre Dame 41-39 on a 41 yard field goal by David Gordon as time expired. Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) David Gordon may refer to David Gordon (Australian politician (1865&ndash1946 David Gordon (dance, dancer choreographer and theatrical A win would have completed Notre Dame's season at 11-0 with a berth in the national championship game.
An additional nine years later, BC again thwarted a potential Notre Dame perfect season, defeating the #2 Fighting Irish in South Bend, 14-7. Boston College ran their football winning streak over Notre Dame to five games in 2007 with a 27-14 victory, helping the Eagles rise to #3 in the BCS rankings. [44]
One of Boston College's alumni holds a special place in the NFL record-books. Mike Woicik, a history major,[45] holds the record for most Super Bowl rings. Mike Woicik (born September 26, 1956, in Baltimore Maryland) is an American football strength and conditioning coach for the New England professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL The Super Bowl ring is an award in the National Football League given to players and coaches of the team that wins the league's annual championship game the Super Bowl Having gained (as a coach) three with the New England Patriots and three with the Dallas Cowboys. The New England Patriots, commonly called the " Pats " by sports writers and fans are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National
On October 21, 2007, Boston College received its highest ranking since 1942, coming in at #2 nationally in both the AP Poll and in the USA Today/Coaches' Poll. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The Eagles beat Virginia Tech on October 25, 2007, led by Matt Ryan with two touchdown passes in the final 2:11 of the game. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Matthew Thomas Ryan (born May 17, 1985 in Exton Pennsylvania) is an American football Quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons This win solidified their spot at #2 in both the AP and Coaches' Poll as well as the BCS rankings. The team faced Virginia Tech again on December 1, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida in the ACC Championship Game as Atlantic Division champions, but lost 30-16. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Dr Pepper ACC Championship Game is an American College football game held on the first Saturday in December by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC [46]
Ryan broke the Boston College single-season touchdown record previously held by College Hall of Famer, Doug Flutie
Matt Ryan was awarded the 2007 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given annually in the United States to the nation's most outstanding senior quarterback in college football. Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football Quarterback. The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is given annually in the United States to the nation's outstanding senior Quarterback in [47]
Matt Ryan was selected third in the NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, making him the highest-chosen BC player in NFL draft history. The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta Georgia. [48]
Journals, publications & organizations
Campus publications & media
- @BC, an online multimedia magazine, published monthly
- BC Bulletin, a monthly alumni newsletter
- The Boston College Chronicle, A campus newspaper in addition to The Heights
- Boston College Magazine, a quarterly magazine
- The Counselor, the weekly newsletter of Boston College Law School
- Front Row, an online video database of lectures and performances at Boston College
- The Little Red Book, "What Are We? An Introduction to Boston College and Its Jesuit and Catholic Tradition"
Academic journals & scholarly publications
- Boston College Environmental Affairs Review
- Boston College Law Review
- C21 Resources,[49] a progressive journal of contemporary Catholic issues, published by BC's Church in the 21st Century Center. Initiated by Boston College President William P Leahy SJ, and begun in September 2002 The " Church in the 21st Century Initiative " was originally conceived Begun in 2003, it is now the second largest Catholic publication in the United States.
- Guide to Jesuit Education
- International & Comparative Law Review
- Journal of Technology, Learning and Assessment
- New Arcadia Review
- Religion and the Arts Journal
- Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations
- TEACHING Exceptional Children / TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus
- Third World Law Journal
- Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest
Student media
- The Heights,[50] the principal student newspaper, published twice-weekly; established in 1919
- The BC, a widely-acclaimed parody of The OC featuring students, Jesuits and administrators
- Al-Noor", the Undergraduate Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Journal, established in 2007. The Heights (est1919 is the independent student Newspaper of Boston College. This article is about the FOX television series For the location from which the series derives its name see Orange County California.
- Elements, the undergraduate research journal, established in 2004
- The Stylus,[51] the undergraduate art and literature quarterly, founded in 1883
- Naked Singularity, a magazine dedicated to printing uncensored art, literature, and opinion
- The Observer, a right-leaning student newspaper
- Sub Turri,[52] the Boston College yearbook, published since 1913
- UGBC-TV, the student run cable television stations feature the campus' longest running TV show, Now You Know, a news-variety show, and also broadcast coverage (not live) of campus events
- WZBC, 90. A stylus (plural styli or styluses) is a Writing utensil. The word is also used for a computer accessory ( PDAs) WZBC (903 FM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Alternative format 3 FM,[53] a student-run radio station which provides independent and experimental music
- The Birch Swingers, a humor magazine with a semesterly publication and daily online updates
- Ethos, the student bioethics research journal, run by the BC Mendel Society
- Dialogue, the undegraduate essay journal, founded in 2007
- The Laughing Medusa, an undergraduate women's literature and arts journal
Notable student clubs & organizations
- Acoustics: BC's premier co-ed a cappella group.
- AHANA Leadership Council[54]
- Allies - Boston College's officially recognized and University funded Gay-Straight Alliance[55]
- Appalachia Volunteers[56]
- Asian Caucus
- Asinine! Sketch & Improv Comedy[57]
- BC bOp!
- The Bostonians of Boston College, BC's oldest and most established a cappella group
- Boston College "Screaming Eagles" Marching Band
- Campus School Volunteers
- College Republicans
- The Committee for Creative Enactments (CCE)
- FACES
- Heightsmen, BC's only all-male a cappella group
- Hello. AHANA is a term that refers to persons of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent. The Boston College Marching Band, also known as the "Screaming Eagles" Marching Band or BCMB for short is a 180-member marching band The College Republicans is a national organization for College and University students who support the Republican Party of the United States The Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford, aka FACES, is a student-run organization based at Stanford University dedicated to fostering Sino-American exchange . . Shovelhead![58]
- InterVarsity
- Korean Students Association, known for its Annual Culture Show[59]
- My Mother's Fleabag
- The Organization of Latin American Affairs
- St. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is an interdenominational evangelical Christian student-led ministry dedicated to establishing witnessing communities on college and university campuses Thomas More Society[60]
- The Son's of St. Patrick: the all men Catholic group of Boston College
- TRUTH[61]
- Undergraduate Government of Boston College
- Voices of Imani
Notable Heightsonians
"The Heights" is a nickname given to Boston College. Stemming from its nickname as "The Heights" persons affiliated with Boston College have been referred to It recalls both BC's lofty aspirations — the college motto is "Ever to Excel" — and its hilltop location, an area initially designated as "University Heights. " Ever to Excel " is the English translation of the Ancient Greek motto of the University of St Andrews (founded 1410 the Edinburgh Academy " The name has lent itself to a number of campus organizations, most notably the principal student newspaper, The Heights. The Heights (est1919 is the independent student Newspaper of Boston College. BC students were universally called "Heightsmen" until 1925 when Mary C. Mellyn became the first "Heightswoman" to receive a BC degree. "Heightsonian" was originally conceived as a way to gender neutralize the original term "Heightsmen," though "Eagles," once exclusively used for members of the University's athletics teams, is more commonly used. [40] Contrary to its occasional usage by misinformed sportswriters and announcers, the term "Golden Eagles" refers strictly to BC graduates who have celebrated their 50th anniversary reunion.
See also
References
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- ^ Lehigh, Scot. "BC is leading the way on church reform", The Boston Globe, 2002-06-19. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros.
- ^ Gibson, David. "Jesuits Show Strength, Even as Their Numbers Shrink", The New York Times, 2004-12-12. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
- ^ http://www.wjst.edu/File/BC_Weston_Press_Release.pdf
- ^ Russell, Jennifer. "1,000 rally for gay rights at college", The Boston Globe, 2005-04-16. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom
- ^ Mark, Alexis. "Support shown for referendum", The Heights, 2005-03-03. The Heights (est1919 is the independent student Newspaper of Boston College. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian
- ^ Russell, Jenna. "Boston College set to adopt language that welcomes gays", The Boston Globe, 2005-05-10. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
- ^ http://www.vhb.com/bostoncollege/imp/pdf/masterplan07.pdf
- ^ http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/07/ChronicleSupplementDec07.pdf
- ^ Hub urges BC not to build dorms on former property of diocese - The Boston Globe
- ^ Gothic Design - Boston College
- ^ http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories5/042104_sale.htm The Boston Globe
- ^ http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories5/042104_statement.htm The Boston Globe
- ^ http://www.bc.edu/publications/atbc/features/innerfire/slideshow/01.html/ @BC
- ^ The Parish of St. Ignatius of Loyola
- ^ http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v14/mr30/partnership.html The Chronicle
- ^ Weston Jesuit Authorized To Take Next Steps Toward Re-Affiliation With Boston College
- ^ The Boston College Chronicle
- ^ a b "Disambiguation. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, " Voosen, Paul. 2005-12-07, Boston College Magazine. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Accessed on 2006-12-26. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
- ^ Donovan, Charles F. "History of Boston College: From the Beginnings to 1990"; University Press of Boston College, September 1990, p. 266
- ^ http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020363.htm U.S. News and World Report
- ^ South Bend Tribune: It's the heart of the matter
- ^ ESPN - Challenger's TD catch helps Boston College thwart Irish rally - NCAA College Football Recap
- ^ Mike Woicik - Official New England Patriots Biography
- ^ "Virginia Tech leaves BC orange crushed", Boston Herald. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D The Boston Herald is a Tabloid -format Daily newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston Massachusetts, United States Retrieved on 2007-12-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire
- ^ "Matt Ryan Wins 2007 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award", 2007-12-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Retrieved on 2008-04-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in
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