Category: alumni

How to Prosper in Core: advice from alumni to the 1st-years

September 9, 2011 at 4:05 pm

This week, the Core asked Core alumni on Facebook whether they had advice for incoming students about how to succeed in the Core. Their advice — by turns sagacious, solemn, and uplifting — came in a veritable torrent of goodwill. Here is the first batch of responses, from the Core Facebook profile and the Wall [...]

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EnCore Boston Book Club in August

July 8, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Join EnCore for the August gathering of our Boston book group. We will be discussing the collected letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his brother Theo. As always, refreshments will be served. RSVP at the EnCore event page. The Van Gogh Gallery website describes all the collections of Van Gogh’s letters here. A good and [...]

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New EnCore committee members

April 11, 2011 at 1:32 pm

The Core blog would like to welcome Karaugh Brown (CAS’01, GRS’10) and Fabiana Cabral (CAS’10) to the steering committee of EnCore: The Core Alumni Association. This addition to the committee strengthens what was already a strong group of alumni leaders, who are all committed to serving the community of Core alumni.

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Photos from the Winterfest Reception

March 10, 2011 at 12:26 pm

Many former students folks stopped by the Core office for an EnCore reunion on February 26, during the annual Winterfest festival. In the photo above, Katherine Lochery (CAS ’11), Lindsey Gould (CAS ’10), and Prof. Alex Coverdill (CC105/106) catch up. EnCore steering committee member Joe Sacchi (CAS ’08) can be seen peeking out from behind [...]

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Tonight: EnCore Book Club reads Hemingway

March 2, 2011 at 12:48 pm

A reminder to Boston-area alumni, that the EnCore Book Club will be convening this evening, Wednesday, March 2, at 6 PM in the BU Alumni Lounge at 595 Commonwealth Avenue, to discuss their reading of The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. If you were unable to make the previous EnCore Book Club meetings, or [...]

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More memories of Prof. Devlin

November 22, 2010 at 11:38 am

Additional messages came in over the weekend from alumni who wish to express their condolences to the friends and family of Professor James Devlin, and to share memories of having him as a teacher and a friend. I feel so sad; what a loss for everyone. Professor Devlin was so inspiring and one of my [...]

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Remembering Prof. Devlin

November 19, 2010 at 3:38 pm

In response to the news that Professor James Devlin, a founding member of the Core and a beloved part of the campus community, passed away earlier this week, many alumni wrote in to express their appreciation for him, as a teacher, a mentor, and a friend. Prof. Jorgensen will be forwarding these and other messages [...]

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Academic advice from Core veterans

November 12, 2010 at 6:04 pm

With the semester in full swing, we thought this would be a good time to offer Core students some advice from Core graduates – a little reassurance and encouragement never hurts. Here are some tips from Core alumni on how to succeed in Core and other classes: Don’t be scared by the amount of work—just [...]

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