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| Crowd outside of St. Ignatius to sign the banners |
For those of you who have had a chance to visit BC’s campus and speak with a current student, you have probably heard that the sense of community you experience as a part of the BC family is a strong aspect of the program. I know I have even mentioned this in previous blogs, but the commitment of the BC community to its own has been overwhelming over the past few weeks.
As many of you know, two second years in the program, as well as a BC alum were injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. I truly believe that in dark times and tragic moments, the true colors of a community are shown. While that sentiment has been true for the greater Boston community as a whole, it’s been unbelievable experiencing it as a member of the BC community.
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| Banners & Gift Baskets for Liza & Brittany |
From banners signed by hundreds of undergraduates for graduate students they will never meet, to the organization of charity softball tournaments by members of the Law and Business Schools, to donations from faculty for a charity raffle the power of the BC community has not been something that is just spoken of, but has been put into action. Within the Carroll School, members of the various programs – MSA, MSF, Part-Time, Full-Time – along with the faculty have joined together to support our classmates. Whether through cards and words of support, donations, or even through supporting other classmates struggling to understand what has taken place, the sense of being a part of something bigger than yourself has been infused throughout the halls of Fulton Hall and all over the campus as a whole. The week after the bombing was a crazy time for First Year MBAs, with our massive final reports for our consulting projects due and my team was even in the process of preparing to make our final presentation to our client. My team recognized that I needed some extra support and rallied around me to make sure that everything we needed to do to prepare for our presentation was taken care of and ultimately, our presentation went off without a hitch.
My post is titled, “For Here, All Are One,” which has been evident in every action I have experienced after April 16th. We have come together as one – not as one class, or one program, or one school within the university – but as one entity representing the spirit and strength of the Boston College community as a whole. While the last few weeks have been challenging, I have never been more confident that my choice in coming to BC was one of the best decisions I have made in my life.
