In March of 1873, the Boston University trustees took a leap of faith when they voted to establish a College of Liberal Arts (now College of Arts & Sciences). Later that fall, a modest group of 22 men and women took a historic step in U.S. higher education when they gathered in an old Beacon Hill town house to study a blend of classical and modern subjects. What they didn’t know then was that, 150 years later, a fledgling college would grow to a community of more than 10,00 undergraduate and graduate students, 900 faculty members, and 300 staff members, with nearly 50 departments and programs, and over 3,000 course offerings.
Please join us on at 12:00 noon on Thursday, March 30th in CAS 200 as
Assistant Dean Daryl Healea chronicles the early years of the College of Arts & Sciences and its remarkable, pioneering place in U.S. higher education.
