Holidays & History
Pride month was established after what historic event?
What is the Stonewall riots?
What is BU Hillel?
An individual's sense of self defined by (a) a set of physical, psychological, and interpersonal characteristics that is not wholly shared with any other person and (b) a range of affiliations (e.g., ethnicity) and social roles.
What is identity?
This program was first introduced in 2019 to to enhance learning outside of the classroom and expand upon residential students' learning and development.
What is the Boston University Residential Experience (BURE)?
Center located 808 Commonwealth Ave to open in the fall of 2023
What is the LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center?
South Dakota is believed to be the first state to have officially recognized this day (as Native American Day) in 1990. This holiday is now commonly celebrated on the second Monday of October and referred to as_______.
What is Indigenous People's day?
This dept. coordinates American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting and Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) services for students in BU classes, related academic meetings, and non-academic out-of-class activities sponsored by the university.
What is Disability & Access Services?
A method of recognizing and respecting Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.
What is land acknowledgement?
The BURE learning goal category most aligned with DEI work.
What is Diversity, Engagement and Global Citizenship?
19% percent of students in the incoming class of 2023 identify as _______.
What is first generation college students?
An annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
What is Transgender Day of Remembrance (or International Transgender Day of Remembrance)?
In 2020, this center launched the Gender Affirming Room for Belonging (GARB), a room in the back of the center featuring free gender-affirming products for Boston University students.
Center for Gender, Sexuality, & Activism (CGSA)
The feminist theory and analytical lens coined by critical race scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw
What is Intersectionality?
A roommate agreement that helps develop common goals and guidelines for living together. These agreements can serve as a guide to setting healthy boundaries and navigating roommate differences and preferences, including those influenced by one's identity(s).
What is a community living guide?
The first African American Dean at BU.
Who is Howard Thurman?
An annual week-long campaign in the United States to inform and engage health professionals and the general public about suicide prevention and warning signs of suicide.
What is National Suicide Prevention Week?
(Sun, Sep 10, 2023 – Sat, Sep 16, 2023)
An integrated health center that supports the health and wellness of all Boston University students. Their mission is to promote wellness, preserve health, and enable academic achievement and personal growth. This office has many sub depts under its main umbrella.
What is Student Health Services?
This subject helps us operate in the current campus, national, and global climates.
What is diversity education?
40 new residential buildings were acquired and dedicated to housing this population of students on campus.
What are graduate students?
Number of cultural student groups on campus
Recognized as a way to continue to raise awareness about depression, mental health and the importance of mental health screenings.
What is National Depression & Mental Health Screening Month?
"One of the top institutions in the U.S. dedicated to helping students and professionals improve their English and understanding of American culture and higher education."
What is the Center for English Language & Orientation Programs (CELOP)?
The umbrella term for social, political, environmental, and economic actions of globally minded individuals and communities on a worldwide scale.
What is global citizenship?
Members of this program serve as role models, resources, and advocates for the students with whom they live and learn and cultivate interactions with undergraduates that empower students to grow, develop, and refine their values.
What is the Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) program?
In 1877, Boston University was the first American University to award which degree to a woman?
What is a PhD?