By Ian Katan<\/p>\n
No matter what department a student connects with at BU, there are countless ways to explore their interests on and off campus. Beyond all the great offerings on Comm Ave, students are close enough to access countless opportunities for career experience, skill building, and interest exploration around Boston. Let\u2019s take a look at some of these offerings, for every department at COM, that are only a short distance from our campus.<\/span><\/p>\n Film & TV<\/b><\/p>\n Just a few blocks from West Campus is the Coolidge Corner Theater, which hosts community events, classes, and seminars in addition to, of course, movies. Whether it\u2019s classics or new releases, you\u2019ll find no shortage of interesting things to check out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And if you\u2019ve never explored across the Charles River, make time to visit Cambridge\u2019s Brattle Theater. The historic one-room theater is easy to get to from the Red Line, and you\u2019ll even get a great view of BU\u2019s campus as you ride across the river. Both Coolidge Corner and Brattle Theater are unique because they still screen 35mm films, rather than only digital.<\/span><\/p>\n Journalism<\/b><\/p>\n If you\u2019re curious to see how a live news show runs, you can take the train down to the Copley stop and head to the Boston Public Library. It features free live editions of Boston Public Radio every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11am-1pm that you can listen to and see how a real news show operates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And if you don\u2019t want to leave the comfort of BU\u2019s campus, WBUR\u2019s CitySpace is an event space and creative studio near West Campus that hosts author presentations, storytelling sessions like The Moth StorySLAM, and has tickets for many more productions. It also works with COM to offer internships for BU students, so if you\u2019re interested in working on a show, newscast, or one of their many other offerings, definitely consider applying.<\/span><\/p>\n Mass Communication<\/b><\/p>\n The Ad Club of Boston hosts advertising events including the Hatch Awards, which is a celebration of ad work specifically from the Boston area. COM is never far from the accolades, with professors regularly being recognized and current students collecting awards in the student categories. The Ad Club also hosts events throughout the rest of the year like speaker events, podcasts, and other opportunities for curious students to get involved and gain experience outside the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, Boston has a PR Club that also hosts events for anyone interested to learn more about the public relations field. Tapping into the network of Boston agencies is also super easy, and the PR Club puts together summer socials, panels, and much more that are open for you to explore.<\/span><\/p>\n Closer to home, COM also holds many events, speakers, and info sessions designed to bring the best of Boston\u2019s different communications industries together for students, so even if nothing on this list grabs your attention, check out COM\u2019s other events to find one that catches your eye. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Ian Katan No matter what department a student connects with at BU, there are countless ways to explore their interests on and off campus. Beyond all the great offerings on Comm Ave, students are close enough to access countless opportunities for career experience, skill building, and interest exploration around Boston. Let\u2019s take a look … Continue reading Ian: Where each major should explore in Boston<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9594,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44659],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5890,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5889\/revisions\/5890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}