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 Com m e nce m e n t
        2022
B os to n U n i ver sity
149 TH Com m e n c e m e n t

              2022

    SUNDAY THE TWENTY-SECOND OF MAY
              ONE O’CLOCK
            NICKERSON FIELD
         BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Program                                                    The Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching                             Robert A. Brown
                                                                                                                                                    PRESIDENT OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

                                                                                                       Leslie Dietiker, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Prelude Concert                         Boston University Commencement Brass Choir
                                                            Aaron Goldberg, Director
                                                                                             The Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching
        Fanfare from La Péri                                Paul Dukas
                                                                                                       Constance A. Browne, School of Law
        Marche Militaire Française                          Camille Saint-Saëns
        A Western Fanfare                                   Eric Ewazen
        Libertango                                          Astor Piazzolla                  Conferring of the Honorary Degrees                                       Robert A. Brown
        Fanfare for the Common Man                          Aaron Copland                              Gay J. McDougall, Doctor of Laws
        Procession of the Nobles                            Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov                    Richard C. Shipley, Doctor of Humane Letters
        Hymn to New England                                 John Williams
                                                                                                       Marylou Sudders, Doctor of Laws
                                                                                                       Frederick Wiseman, Doctor of Humane Letters
 Processional
                                                                                                       Robert Woodward, Doctor of Laws
        Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 1                  Edward Elgar
        Earl of Oxford’s March                              William Byrd                     Address                                                                Robert Woodward
        “Alatriste”                                         Roque Baños
        Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 4                  Edward Elgar
        Renaissance Dances—“La Mourisque”                   Tylman Susato                    Presentation of Candidates                                                 Jean Morrison
                                                                                                           UNIVERSITY PROVOST AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Call to Order                                                        Richard D. Reidy                                                                                Karen H. Antman
                        VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY                                             PROVOST OF THE MEDICAL CAMPUS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY

National Anthem                                                        Ryan Van Fleet        Promotion of Candidates to Degrees                                       Robert A. Brown
                                                              COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ’23

                                                                                             President’s Charge to the Graduates                                      Robert A. Brown
Invocation                                                           Rabbi Jevin Eagle
                                      EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOSTON UNIVERSITY HILLEL
                                                                                             Clarissima (words and music on page 20)                                   Ryan Van Fleet

Student Speaker                                                         Amanda Berke         Benediction                                          The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill
                                                          COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES/
                                                                                                                                          DEAN OF MARSH CHAPEL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
                                               GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES ’22

                                                                                             Recessional                              Boston University Commencement Brass Choir
Presentation of the Class Gift                                           Victoria Bond
                                                        COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ’22                 “Go BU”                                   Ranny Weeks and Bernie Fazioli
                                                                            Julia Willetts             “Hey! Baby”                               Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel
                                                       COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ’22                    “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”               Woody Guthrie/Dropkick Murphys
                                                                                                       Second Suite in F, Op. 28, March          Gustav Holst

Welcome from the Alumni Association                                 Anthony Harrison
                                 PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI COUNCIL
                                                                                             There is no student procession at the end of Commencement. Graduates and guests are asked
                                                                                                to remain in their places until the platform party and faculty have left Nickerson Field.

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Program                                                    The Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching                             Robert A. Brown
                                                                                                                                                    PRESIDENT OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY

                                                                                                       Leslie Dietiker, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Prelude Concert                         Boston University Commencement Brass Choir
                                                            Aaron Goldberg, Director
                                                                                             The Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching
        Fanfare from La Péri                                Paul Dukas
                                                                                                       Constance A. Browne, School of Law
        Marche Militaire Française                          Camille Saint-Saëns
        A Western Fanfare                                   Eric Ewazen
        Libertango                                          Astor Piazzolla                  Conferring of the Honorary Degrees                                       Robert A. Brown
        Fanfare for the Common Man                          Aaron Copland                              Gay J. McDougall, Doctor of Laws
        Procession of the Nobles                            Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov                    Richard C. Shipley, Doctor of Humane Letters
        Hymn to New England                                 John Williams
                                                                                                       Marylou Sudders, Doctor of Laws
                                                                                                       Frederick Wiseman, Doctor of Humane Letters
 Processional
                                                                                                       Robert Woodward, Doctor of Laws
        Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 1                  Edward Elgar
        Earl of Oxford’s March                              William Byrd                     Address                                                                Robert Woodward
        “Alatriste”                                         Roque Baños
        Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 4                  Edward Elgar
        Renaissance Dances—“La Mourisque”                   Tylman Susato                    Presentation of Candidates                                                 Jean Morrison
                                                                                                           UNIVERSITY PROVOST AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Call to Order                                                        Richard D. Reidy                                                                                Karen H. Antman
                        VICE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY                                             PROVOST OF THE MEDICAL CAMPUS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY

National Anthem                                                        Ryan Van Fleet        Promotion of Candidates to Degrees                                       Robert A. Brown
                                                              COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ’23

                                                                                             President’s Charge to the Graduates                                      Robert A. Brown
Invocation                                                           Rabbi Jevin Eagle
                                      EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOSTON UNIVERSITY HILLEL
                                                                                             Clarissima (words and music on page 20)                                   Ryan Van Fleet

Student Speaker                                                         Amanda Berke         Benediction                                          The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill
                                                          COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES/
                                                                                                                                          DEAN OF MARSH CHAPEL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
                                               GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES ’22

                                                                                             Recessional                              Boston University Commencement Brass Choir
Presentation of the Class Gift                                           Victoria Bond
                                                        COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ’22                 “Go BU”                                   Ranny Weeks and Bernie Fazioli
                                                                            Julia Willetts             “Hey! Baby”                               Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel
                                                       COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ’22                    “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”               Woody Guthrie/Dropkick Murphys
                                                                                                       Second Suite in F, Op. 28, March          Gustav Holst

Welcome from the Alumni Association                                 Anthony Harrison
                                 PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI COUNCIL
                                                                                             There is no student procession at the end of Commencement. Graduates and guests are asked
                                                                                                to remain in their places until the platform party and faculty have left Nickerson Field.

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The Metcalf Cup and Prize                                                                                 The Metcalf Cup and Prize
                                                                                                                      FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
                 F O R EXCELLENCE I N TE A CH I NG

The Metcalf Cup
and Prize is the
                                                                teaching and the
                                                                identification and                                        Constance A. Browne
highest faculty                                                 advancement of those                                                     School of Law
honor of Boston                                                 members of the faculty
University. The                                                 who excel as teachers,
award recognizes                                                of which this cup is                                                                       groups, in matters ranging from housing and
and encourages                                                  symbolic.”                                                                                 employment to disability rights and divorce.
outstanding teaching                                                                                                                                       Under her guidance, law students have
                                                                 The Metcalf Cup and
in the context of a                                                                                                                                        handled approximately 400 cases—serving
                                                                 $10,000 Prize and gold
research institution
                                                                 medal is presented                                                                        as lead counsel and bringing a passion for
and expresses the University’s deepest
                                              annually at Commencement. Each year,                                                                         justice and service to their clients and
purpose.
                                              candidates are nominated by students,                                                                        community. She has earned the law school’s
The Metcalf Awards were established in        faculty, or alumni, and the finalists are                                                                    Pro Bono Faculty Award and is a sought-
1973 by an endowment gift from the late       selected by a screening committee of                                                                         after expert on experiential legal education.
Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf (1908–1997),         faculty and students. Over the course of
                                                                                                                                                           Professor Browne transforms talented but
an alumnus, faculty member, generous          the year, the committee solicits and
                                                                                                                                                           inexperienced students into confident, well-
benefactor, Trustee of Boston University,     reviews supporting materials from the
                                                                                                                                                           equipped lawyers ready to take on tough
and Chair of the Board of Trustees from       candidates and their department chairs.
1976 to 1994. “The purpose of the             The members of the committee visit the                                                                       cases immediately upon graduation. “Had I
prize,” Dr. Metcalf stated at the time of     classes of the finalists and, in the spring,                                                                 not learned from Professor Browne how to
its creation, “is to establish a systematic   present their recommendations to the                                                                         carry myself in court and advocate for my

                                                                                             C
procedure for the review of the quality of    University’s President.                             onstance A. Browne is a clinical                         clients,” one student said, “I would never
                                                                                                  professor of law at Boston University’s                  have made it through my first few years as a
                                                                                             School of Law, where she has taught for                       lawyer.” Another wrote: “Connie is a tireless

                The Metcalf Awards                                                           40 years. Her pedagogy has fundamentally                      advocate for her students and her clients.”
                                                                                             improved instruction at the law school and                    Professor Browne earned a BA in English,
                 F O R EXCELLENCE I N TE A CH I NG                                           focuses on excellence in crucial skills and                   with distinction, from the University of
                                                                                             competencies critical to lawyering: incisive                  Maine at Portland-Gorham, and her JD
                                                                                             writing, negotiation, counseling, trial                       from Boston College Law School, where
The Metcalf Awards for Excellence             University is committed to educating
                                                                                             advocacy, and professional ethics.                            she graduated cum laude and served as an
in Teaching are given annually to             students to be reflective, resourceful
one or more of the finalists in the           leaders in an interconnected world.            Professor Browne has been instrumental in                     articles editor of the Law Review.
competition for the Metcalf Cup and           We accomplish this through the work            developing experiential instruction—whether                   She has been appointed to serve as Guardian
Prize. Each winner of the Metcalf             of great teachers who inspire their            in the innovative Lawyering Lab, the Student                  Ad Litem for indigent and disabled tenants by
Award receives $5,000 and a silver            students. These instructors encourage          Trial Team Program, or Effective and                          the Boston Housing Court and the Newton
medal. As President Robert A. Brown           exploration, debate, cooperation, the          Ethical Depositions, her popular seminar                      and Waltham District Courts. Prior to
has said regarding the symbolic               pursuit of the unknown, and discovery;         that employs multiple simulations. Students                   joining the Boston University School of Law
significance of the awards, “Teaching         they introduce ancient wisdom and the          under her supervision in the Civil Litigation                 civil clinical program, Professor Browne
is an art. It is the essential function       latest scholarship. The Metcalf Awards         and Justice Program represent Boston-area                     worked in private practice.
of a university, as it is our mission to      recognize and encourage outstanding            clients, often from traditionally marginalized
mold the next generation of informed          teaching and thereby support our
citizens and creative thinkers. Boston        fundamental mission.”
                                                                                             Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography

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The Metcalf Cup and Prize                                                                                 The Metcalf Cup and Prize
                                                                                                                      FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
                 F O R EXCELLENCE I N TE A CH I NG

The Metcalf Cup
and Prize is the
                                                                teaching and the
                                                                identification and                                        Constance A. Browne
highest faculty                                                 advancement of those                                                     School of Law
honor of Boston                                                 members of the faculty
University. The                                                 who excel as teachers,
award recognizes                                                of which this cup is                                                                       groups, in matters ranging from housing and
and encourages                                                  symbolic.”                                                                                 employment to disability rights and divorce.
outstanding teaching                                                                                                                                       Under her guidance, law students have
                                                                 The Metcalf Cup and
in the context of a                                                                                                                                        handled approximately 400 cases—serving
                                                                 $10,000 Prize and gold
research institution
                                                                 medal is presented                                                                        as lead counsel and bringing a passion for
and expresses the University’s deepest
                                              annually at Commencement. Each year,                                                                         justice and service to their clients and
purpose.
                                              candidates are nominated by students,                                                                        community. She has earned the law school’s
The Metcalf Awards were established in        faculty, or alumni, and the finalists are                                                                    Pro Bono Faculty Award and is a sought-
1973 by an endowment gift from the late       selected by a screening committee of                                                                         after expert on experiential legal education.
Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf (1908–1997),         faculty and students. Over the course of
                                                                                                                                                           Professor Browne transforms talented but
an alumnus, faculty member, generous          the year, the committee solicits and
                                                                                                                                                           inexperienced students into confident, well-
benefactor, Trustee of Boston University,     reviews supporting materials from the
                                                                                                                                                           equipped lawyers ready to take on tough
and Chair of the Board of Trustees from       candidates and their department chairs.
1976 to 1994. “The purpose of the             The members of the committee visit the                                                                       cases immediately upon graduation. “Had I
prize,” Dr. Metcalf stated at the time of     classes of the finalists and, in the spring,                                                                 not learned from Professor Browne how to
its creation, “is to establish a systematic   present their recommendations to the                                                                         carry myself in court and advocate for my

                                                                                             C
procedure for the review of the quality of    University’s President.                             onstance A. Browne is a clinical                         clients,” one student said, “I would never
                                                                                                  professor of law at Boston University’s                  have made it through my first few years as a
                                                                                             School of Law, where she has taught for                       lawyer.” Another wrote: “Connie is a tireless

                The Metcalf Awards                                                           40 years. Her pedagogy has fundamentally                      advocate for her students and her clients.”
                                                                                             improved instruction at the law school and                    Professor Browne earned a BA in English,
                 F O R EXCELLENCE I N TE A CH I NG                                           focuses on excellence in crucial skills and                   with distinction, from the University of
                                                                                             competencies critical to lawyering: incisive                  Maine at Portland-Gorham, and her JD
                                                                                             writing, negotiation, counseling, trial                       from Boston College Law School, where
The Metcalf Awards for Excellence             University is committed to educating
                                                                                             advocacy, and professional ethics.                            she graduated cum laude and served as an
in Teaching are given annually to             students to be reflective, resourceful
one or more of the finalists in the           leaders in an interconnected world.            Professor Browne has been instrumental in                     articles editor of the Law Review.
competition for the Metcalf Cup and           We accomplish this through the work            developing experiential instruction—whether                   She has been appointed to serve as Guardian
Prize. Each winner of the Metcalf             of great teachers who inspire their            in the innovative Lawyering Lab, the Student                  Ad Litem for indigent and disabled tenants by
Award receives $5,000 and a silver            students. These instructors encourage          Trial Team Program, or Effective and                          the Boston Housing Court and the Newton
medal. As President Robert A. Brown           exploration, debate, cooperation, the          Ethical Depositions, her popular seminar                      and Waltham District Courts. Prior to
has said regarding the symbolic               pursuit of the unknown, and discovery;         that employs multiple simulations. Students                   joining the Boston University School of Law
significance of the awards, “Teaching         they introduce ancient wisdom and the          under her supervision in the Civil Litigation                 civil clinical program, Professor Browne
is an art. It is the essential function       latest scholarship. The Metcalf Awards         and Justice Program represent Boston-area                     worked in private practice.
of a university, as it is our mission to      recognize and encourage outstanding            clients, often from traditionally marginalized
mold the next generation of informed          teaching and thereby support our
citizens and creative thinkers. Boston        fundamental mission.”
                                                                                             Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography

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The Metcalf Award                                                                                     Honorary Degree Recipient
                         FO R EXCELLENCE I N T EAC H IN G

                                      Leslie Dietiker                                                                                            Gay J. McDougall
      Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
                                                                                                                                                           DOCTOR of Laws

                                                              public works project present models that can                                                                  enrolled in the London School of Economics
                                                              be replicated in any community.                                                                               and Political Science and earned her LLM in
                                                                                                                                                                            public international law.
                                                              Student evaluations are routinely effusive and
                                                              include praise such as “thought-provoking,”                                                                   Ms. McDougall led the Southern Africa
                                                              “enriching,” and “inspiring.” One student                                                                     Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil
                                                              wrote that Professor Dietiker “had many                                                                       Rights Under Law for 15 years, where
                                                              suggestions I was able to implement right                                                                     she worked tirelessly to free thousands of
                                                              away to improve my teaching.”                                                                                 political prisoners from jail. She later helped
                                                                                                                                                                            administer South Africa’s first democratic
                                                              According to her program director,
                                                                                                                                                                            elections in 1994, which seated Nelson
                                                              Professor Dietiker aims to “get her teacher-
                                                                                                                                                                            Mandela as president and ended Apartheid.
                                                              students to rethink their 12 years of dull
                                                                                                                                                                            In recognition, the government of South
                                                              and disconnected mathematics lessons and
                                                                                                                                                                            Africa awarded her its national medal of
                                                              imagine a K–12 curriculum specifically
                                                                                                                                                                            honor for noncitizens.
                                                              designed to engage and intrigue students.”

L   eslie Dietiker is an associate professor
    of mathematics education at Boston
University’s Wheelock College of Education
                                                              Professor Dietiker is an elected executive
                                                              committee member of the International Society
                                                                                                               G      ay McDougall grew up in the South
                                                                                                                      during the Jim Crow era. But that
                                                                                                                                                                            For 14 years, she served as executive director
                                                                                                                                                                            of Global Rights, a group that worked
                                                                                                                                                                            with activists in more than 10 countries.
                                                              for Design and Development in Education and
& Human Development. For nearly a                                                                              did not stop her from being chosen as the                    Ms. McDougall has also served in a variety
                                                              leads professional development for teachers
decade, she has inspired prospective and                                                                       first Black student to attend Agnes Scott                    of capacities for the United Nations, from
                                                              in school districts in Greater Boston. She has
practicing teachers to spark a passion for                                                                     College in Decatur, Georgia, thereby                         special rapporteur on minority issues to
                                                              won numerous grants and awards, including
math in their students.                                                                                        initiating integration of the school.                        special rapporteur on systemic rape and
                                                              National Board Certification for Teaching
She deftly combines collaborative classroom                                                                    It also marked the beginning of a life devoted               sexual slavery during war. President Biden
                                                              Mathematics for her work at the high school
inquiry, immersive fieldwork, and dedicated                                                                    to human rights—at home and abroad.                          nominated her to a third term on the UN
                                                              level and a prestigious CAREER grant from
mentorship. The result engages students and                                                                                                                                 Committee on the Elimination of Racial
                                                              the National Science Foundation.
                                                                                                               Ms. McDougall registered first-time Black                    Discrimination.
elicits curiosity and wonder, qualities they
                                                              She earned a BS in mathematics, with emphasis    voters after the Voting Rights Act was
bring to classrooms around the country.                                                                                                                                     Ms. McDougall was awarded the prestigious
                                                              in teaching, from California Polytechnic         passed. Later, she traveled through the
Professor Dietiker’s popular “mathematical                                                                     South identifying civil rights violations                    MacArthur Fellowship in 1999 for her work
                                                              State University and a PhD in mathematics
tours” of Boston, which she helped develop                                                                     with the US Commission on Civil Rights.                      on behalf of international human rights. She
                                                              education from Michigan State University.
with colleagues and doctoral students over                                                                                                                                  is Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence with
                                                              Prior to her work at BU, Professor Dietiker
                                                                                                               After graduating from Yale Law School,                       the Leitner Center for International Law and
the years, are but one example of that                        taught math and computer science at a public
                                                                                                               she worked for the National Conference of                    Justice at Fordham Law School and the
engagement. Determining percentages of city                   high school in San Francisco for 17 years. A
                                                                                                               Black Lawyers, and soon recognized that                      Center on Race, Law and Justice.
land devoted to green space or comparing                      frequent panelist and presenter at national
                                                                                                               racial discrimination is a global issue. She
the length of the Boston Marathon course                      conferences, she has contributed to several
to that of the number of trucks used for a                    books and math curricula.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography                                                    Photo courtesy of District of Columbia Bar Association

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The Metcalf Award                                                                                     Honorary Degree Recipient
                         FO R EXCELLENCE I N T EAC H IN G

                                      Leslie Dietiker                                                                                            Gay J. McDougall
      Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
                                                                                                                                                           DOCTOR of Laws

                                                              public works project present models that can                                                                  enrolled in the London School of Economics
                                                              be replicated in any community.                                                                               and Political Science and earned her LLM in
                                                                                                                                                                            public international law.
                                                              Student evaluations are routinely effusive and
                                                              include praise such as “thought-provoking,”                                                                   Ms. McDougall led the Southern Africa
                                                              “enriching,” and “inspiring.” One student                                                                     Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil
                                                              wrote that Professor Dietiker “had many                                                                       Rights Under Law for 15 years, where
                                                              suggestions I was able to implement right                                                                     she worked tirelessly to free thousands of
                                                              away to improve my teaching.”                                                                                 political prisoners from jail. She later helped
                                                                                                                                                                            administer South Africa’s first democratic
                                                              According to her program director,
                                                                                                                                                                            elections in 1994, which seated Nelson
                                                              Professor Dietiker aims to “get her teacher-
                                                                                                                                                                            Mandela as president and ended Apartheid.
                                                              students to rethink their 12 years of dull
                                                                                                                                                                            In recognition, the government of South
                                                              and disconnected mathematics lessons and
                                                                                                                                                                            Africa awarded her its national medal of
                                                              imagine a K–12 curriculum specifically
                                                                                                                                                                            honor for noncitizens.
                                                              designed to engage and intrigue students.”

L   eslie Dietiker is an associate professor
    of mathematics education at Boston
University’s Wheelock College of Education
                                                              Professor Dietiker is an elected executive
                                                              committee member of the International Society
                                                                                                               G      ay McDougall grew up in the South
                                                                                                                      during the Jim Crow era. But that
                                                                                                                                                                            For 14 years, she served as executive director
                                                                                                                                                                            of Global Rights, a group that worked
                                                                                                                                                                            with activists in more than 10 countries.
                                                              for Design and Development in Education and
& Human Development. For nearly a                                                                              did not stop her from being chosen as the                    Ms. McDougall has also served in a variety
                                                              leads professional development for teachers
decade, she has inspired prospective and                                                                       first Black student to attend Agnes Scott                    of capacities for the United Nations, from
                                                              in school districts in Greater Boston. She has
practicing teachers to spark a passion for                                                                     College in Decatur, Georgia, thereby                         special rapporteur on minority issues to
                                                              won numerous grants and awards, including
math in their students.                                                                                        initiating integration of the school.                        special rapporteur on systemic rape and
                                                              National Board Certification for Teaching
She deftly combines collaborative classroom                                                                                                                                 sexual slavery during war. President Biden
                                                              Mathematics for her work at the high school      It also marked the beginning of a life devoted
inquiry, immersive fieldwork, and dedicated                                                                                                                                 nominated her to a third term on the UN
                                                              level and a prestigious CAREER grant from        to human rights—at home and abroad.
mentorship. The result engages students and                                                                                                                                 Committee on the Elimination of Racial
                                                              the National Science Foundation.
                                                                                                               Ms. McDougall registered first-time Black                    Discrimination.
elicits curiosity and wonder, qualities they
                                                              She earned a BS in mathematics, with emphasis    voters after the Voting Rights Act was
bring to classrooms around the country.                                                                                                                                     Ms. McDougall was awarded the prestigious
                                                              in teaching, from California Polytechnic         passed. Later, she traveled through the
Professor Dietiker’s popular “mathematical                                                                                                                                  MacArthur Fellowship in 1999 for her work
                                                              State University and a PhD in mathematics        South identifying civil rights violations
tours” of Boston, which she helped develop                                                                                                                                  on behalf of international human rights. She
                                                              education from Michigan State University.        with the US Commission on Civil Rights.
with colleagues and doctoral students over                                                                                                                                  is Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence with
                                                              Prior to her work at BU, Professor Dietiker
                                                                                                               After graduating from Yale Law School,                       the Leitner Center for International Law and
the years, are but one example of that                        taught math and computer science at a public
                                                                                                               she worked for the National Conference of                    Justice at Fordham Law School and the
engagement. Determining percentages of city                   high school in San Francisco for 17 years. A
                                                                                                               Black Lawyers, and soon recognized that                      Center on Race, Law and Justice.
land devoted to green space or comparing                      frequent panelist and presenter at national
                                                                                                               racial discrimination is a global issue. She
the length of the Boston Marathon course                      conferences, she has contributed to several
to that of the number of trucks used for a                    books and math curricula.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography                                                    Photo courtesy of District of Columbia Bar Association

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Honorary Degree Recipient                                                                                 Honorary Degree Recipient

                                Richard C. Shipley                                                                                          Marylou Sudders
                                DOCTOR of HUMANE LETTERS                                                                                           DOCTOR OF Laws

                                                             website with information and resources                                                              A fierce advocate for social justice,
                                                             about the latest research, including                                                                Ms. Sudders helped pass key legislative
                                                             personalized, minimally invasive treatment                                                          reforms in Massachusetts—particularly
                                                             options. His generosity has also included                                                           relating to mental health—and has earned
                                                             a $2.5 million gift in 2008 to endow                                                                numerous civic and professional honors,
                                                             the Richard C. Shipley Professorship in                                                             including Social Worker of the Year
                                                             Management and $4 million in 2013 to                                                                from the Massachusetts Chapter of the
                                                             endow the Beverly A. Brown Professorship                                                            National Association of Social Workers.
                                                             for the Improvement of Urban Health.
                                                                                                                                                                 Governor Charlie Baker appointed
                                                             Mr. Shipley earned his bachelor’s degree                                                            Ms. Sudders to direct the Massachusetts
                                                             and MBA, with highest honors, from BU’s                                                             Executive Office of Health and Human
                                                             Questrom School of Business. He assumed                                                             Services, starting in 2015. She has since
                                                             the leadership of his family’s business,                                                            restructured MassHealth, reformed the
                                                             the Shipley Company, a world leader in                                                              child welfare system, confronted the opioid
                                                             circuit board technology and semicon-                                                               epidemic, and strengthened community-
                                                                                                                                                                 based services—all while overseeing
D                                                                                                          F
      uring the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston                    ductor manufacturing. He later founded            or Marylou Sudders (CAS’76, SSW’78),
      University saw the rapid adoption of                   Shiprock Capital LLC, a venture capital           a professional path emerged from early            12 agencies with a combined budget of
digital tools by faculty to transform their                  firm specializing in emerging technology      personal experience. Raised in a household            $26 billion and 22,000 employees that
teaching and meet the needs of students.                     companies.                                    shaped by mental illness, the future                  deliver essential services to one in three
Richard Shipley (Questrom’68,’72) saw                                                                      Secretary of Health and Human Services                residents.
                                                             Mr. Shipley is a Trustee Emeritus and
an opportunity.                                              member of the School of Medicine Dean’s       for Massachusetts began pursuing her life’s           An exceptionally tall order. Then COVID-19
                                                             Advisory Board as well as Chair and a         work as soon as she set foot on campus at             struck.
The longtime BU Trustee donated $8 million
                                                             Founding Fellow of the University’s William   Boston University.
in 2021 to fund a digital learning center.                                                                                                                       Ms. Sudders’ leadership during the ordeal
The Shipley Center for Digital Learning                      Fairfield Warren Society.                     Here, Ms. Sudders earned a bachelor’s degree          of the pandemic, including smoothing the
& Innovation helps realize one of the goals                  Mr. Shipley is president of the Shipley       in psychology, cum laude, and a master’s              vaccine rollout, has been essential to the
in the University’s 2030 Strategic Plan—                     Foundation, Inc., which benefits charities    degree in social work. After graduating, her          success of the Commonwealth—and Boston
to expand digital instruction.                               in Florida and elsewhere, with emphasis       tireless work on behalf of society’s most             University—in combatting the disease and
                                                             on supporting veterans, education, medical    vulnerable led to a distinguished career, one         ensuring fewer deaths and less suffering.
Mr. Shipley has funded other University
                                                             research, animal welfare, and environmental   that included roles as Commissioner of Mental
initiatives. In 2016, he established the                                                                                                                         To quote Governor Baker, “[Marylou] is the
                                                             conservation.                                 Health for Massachusetts and president and
Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Center                                                                                                                          one you want in the foxhole with you when
                                                                                                           CEO of the Massachusetts Society for the
at the School of Medicine along with a                                                                                                                           you’re in a situation like this, because she
                                                                                                           Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
                                                                                                                                                                 will never, ever quit.”

Photo by Janice Checchio for Boston University Photography                                                 Photo courtesy of Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Honorary Degree Recipient                                                                                 Honorary Degree Recipient

                                Richard C. Shipley                                                                                          Marylou Sudders
                                DOCTOR of HUMANE LETTERS                                                                                           DOCTOR OF Laws

                                                             website with information and resources                                                              A fierce advocate for social justice,
                                                             about the latest research, including                                                                Ms. Sudders helped pass key legislative
                                                             personalized, minimally invasive treatment                                                          reforms in Massachusetts—particularly
                                                             options. His generosity has also included                                                           relating to mental health—and has earned
                                                             a $2.5 million gift in 2008 to endow                                                                numerous civic and professional honors,
                                                             the Richard C. Shipley Professorship in                                                             including Social Worker of the Year
                                                             Management and $4 million in 2013 to                                                                from the Massachusetts Chapter of the
                                                             endow the Beverly A. Brown Professorship                                                            National Association of Social Workers.
                                                             for the Improvement of Urban Health.
                                                                                                                                                                 Governor Charlie Baker appointed
                                                             Mr. Shipley earned his bachelor’s degree                                                            Ms. Sudders to direct the Massachusetts
                                                             and MBA, with highest honors, from BU’s                                                             Executive Office of Health and Human
                                                             Questrom School of Business. He assumed                                                             Services, starting in 2015. She has since
                                                             the leadership of his family’s business,                                                            restructured MassHealth, reformed the
                                                             the Shipley Company, a world leader in                                                              child welfare system, confronted the opioid
                                                             circuit board technology and semicon-                                                               epidemic, and strengthened community-
                                                                                                                                                                 based services—all while overseeing
D                                                                                                          F
      uring the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston                    ductor manufacturing. He later founded            or Marylou Sudders (CAS’76, SSW’78),
      University saw the rapid adoption of                   Shiprock Capital LLC, a venture capital           a professional path emerged from early            12 agencies with a combined budget of
digital tools by faculty to transform their                  firm specializing in emerging technology      personal experience. Raised in a household            $26 billion and 22,000 employees that
teaching and meet the needs of students.                     companies.                                    shaped by mental illness, the future                  deliver essential services to one in three
Richard Shipley (Questrom’68,’72) saw                                                                      Secretary of Health and Human Services                residents.
                                                             Mr. Shipley is a Trustee Emeritus and
an opportunity.                                              member of the School of Medicine Dean’s       for Massachusetts began pursuing her life’s           An exceptionally tall order. Then COVID-19
                                                             Advisory Board as well as Chair and a         work as soon as she set foot on campus at             struck.
The longtime BU Trustee donated $8 million
                                                             Founding Fellow of the University’s William   Boston University.
in 2021 to fund a digital learning center.                                                                                                                       Ms. Sudders’ leadership during the ordeal
The Shipley Center for Digital Learning                      Fairfield Warren Society.                     Here, Ms. Sudders earned a bachelor’s degree          of the pandemic, including smoothing the
& Innovation helps realize one of the goals                  Mr. Shipley is president of the Shipley       in psychology, cum laude, and a master’s              vaccine rollout, has been essential to the
in the University’s 2030 Strategic Plan—                     Foundation, Inc., which benefits charities    degree in social work. After graduating, her          success of the Commonwealth—and Boston
to expand digital instruction.                               in Florida and elsewhere, with emphasis       tireless work on behalf of society’s most             University—in combatting the disease and
                                                             on supporting veterans, education, medical    vulnerable led to a distinguished career, one         ensuring fewer deaths and less suffering.
Mr. Shipley has funded other University
                                                             research, animal welfare, and environmental   that included roles as Commissioner of Mental
initiatives. In 2016, he established the                                                                                                                         To quote Governor Baker, “[Marylou] is the
                                                             conservation.                                 Health for Massachusetts and president and
Shipley Prostate Cancer Research Center                                                                                                                          one you want in the foxhole with you when
                                                                                                           CEO of the Massachusetts Society for the
at the School of Medicine along with a                                                                                                                           you’re in a situation like this, because she
                                                                                                           Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
                                                                                                                                                                 will never, ever quit.”

Photo by Janice Checchio for Boston University Photography                                                 Photo courtesy of Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Honorary Degree Recipient                                                                                   Honorary Degree Recipient

                               Frederick Wiseman                                                                                     Robert Woodward
                               DOCTOR of HUMANE LETTERS                                                                                     Doctor of Laws

                                                            His approach yields extraordinary results.                                                        second in 2002 for coverage of the 9/11
                                                            Mr. Wiseman’s work has received Emmy                                                              terrorist attacks.
                                                            Awards and an Honorary Academy Award,
                                                                                                                                                              Aside from his Pulitzers, the legendary
                                                            and has been honored by the Cannes
                                                                                                                                                              reporter and editor has earned nearly every
                                                            Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film
                                                                                                                                                              major American journalism award, including
                                                            Festival, London Film Festival, Venice
                                                                                                                                                              the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative
                                                            International Film Festival, the American
                                                                                                                                                              Journalism, the Gerald R. Ford Prize for
                                                            Society of Cinematographers, and many
                                                                                                                                                              Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency,
                                                            more. He has received numerous lifetime
                                                                                                                                                              and the Walter Cronkite Award for
                                                            achievement awards.
                                                                                                                                                              Excellence in Journalism.
                                                            Mr. Wiseman holds a Bachelor of Arts in
                                                                                                                                                              A graduate of Yale, Mr. Woodward has
                                                            political science from Williams College, a
                                                                                                                                                              authored or coauthored more than 20
                                                            Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School,
                                                                                                                                                              books of nonfiction, starting with All the
                                                            and several honorary doctorates. He is a
                                                                                                                                                              President’s Men in 1974, which TIME
                                                            MacArthur Fellow, a Fellow of the American
                                                                                                                                                              magazine called “perhaps the most
                                                            Academy of Arts & Sciences, an Honorary
F   or more than 50 years, Boston-born
    Frederick Wiseman has chronicled
American life and institutions in plays and
                                                            Member of the American Academy of Arts
                                                            and Letters, and a recipient of a Guggenheim
                                                                                                           S   ince he typed out his first newspaper
                                                                                                               article more than 50 years ago, Bob
                                                                                                           Woodward’s name has become synonymous
                                                                                                                                                              influential piece of journalism in history.”

                                                                                                                                                              Aside from multiple volumes on Presidents
                                                            Fellowship. Mr. Wiseman taught at Boston                                                          Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack
more than 40 often groundbreaking films,                                                                   with investigative journalism. His ground-
                                                            University’s Law-Medicine Research Institute                                                      Obama, Mr. Woodward has written about
including Titicut Follies; Hospital; Welfare;                                                              breaking reporting on the abuses of power
                                                            from 1959 to 1961.                                                                                the Supreme Court, the CIA, and the Federal
Near Death; Ballet; In Jackson Heights;                                                                    within the Nixon administration in the
                                                                                                                                                              Reserve, as well as Hollywood drug culture.
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library;                     His most recent film, City Hall—a look         early 1970s called the president to account
                                                                                                                                                              His most recent trio of titles examined the
and Monrovia, Indiana.                                      behind the scenes at Boston’s municipal        and contributed to his resignation, while
                                                                                                                                                              presidency of Donald Trump, each a New
                                                            government—has been nominated for              inspiring a generation of journalists eager
Mr. Wiseman never appears or speaks in                                                                                                                        York Times best seller.
                                                            several awards and was named best film         to expose corruption and wrongdoing.
his films; he presents scenes from everyday
                                                            of 2020 by Cahiers du Cinéma magazine.                                                            Former CIA Director and Secretary of
life without captions, interviews, or                                                                      Mr. Woodward became a full-time reporter
                                                                                                                                                              Defense Robert Gates once said he wished he
voiceover. Still, he maintains that his films                                                              for the Washington Post in 1971 and has
                                                                                                                                                              had recruited Mr. Woodward for intelligence
are not unbiased, citing the many decisions                                                                worked in its newsroom ever since, cur-
                                                                                                                                                              work: “[H]is ability to get people to talk
made during shooting and editing. For that                                                                 rently as associate editor. He has shared
                                                                                                                                                              about stuff they shouldn’t be talking about
reason, he refers to his work as reality fiction,                                                          in two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism: the
                                                                                                                                                              is just extraordinary and may be unique.”
rather than documentary, observation,                                                                      first in 1973 for his reportage, with Carl
or cinéma vérité.                                                                                          Bernstein, on the Watergate scandal; the

Photo by Wolfgang Wesener courtesy of Zipporah Films                                                       Photo by Lisa Berg

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Honorary Degree Recipient                                                                                   Honorary Degree Recipient

                               Frederick Wiseman                                                                                     Robert Woodward
                               DOCTOR of HUMANE LETTERS                                                                                     Doctor of Laws

                                                            His approach yields extraordinary results.                                                        second in 2002 for coverage of the 9/11
                                                            Mr. Wiseman’s work has received Emmy                                                              terrorist attacks.
                                                            Awards and an Honorary Academy Award,
                                                                                                                                                              Aside from his Pulitzers, the legendary
                                                            and has been honored by the Cannes
                                                                                                                                                              reporter and editor has earned nearly every
                                                            Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film
                                                                                                                                                              major American journalism award, including
                                                            Festival, London Film Festival, Venice
                                                                                                                                                              the Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative
                                                            International Film Festival, the American
                                                                                                                                                              Journalism, the Gerald R. Ford Prize for
                                                            Society of Cinematographers, and many
                                                                                                                                                              Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency,
                                                            more. He has received numerous lifetime
                                                                                                                                                              and the Walter Cronkite Award for
                                                            achievement awards.
                                                                                                                                                              Excellence in Journalism.
                                                            Mr. Wiseman holds a Bachelor of Arts in
                                                                                                                                                              A graduate of Yale, Mr. Woodward has
                                                            political science from Williams College, a
                                                                                                                                                              authored or coauthored more than 20
                                                            Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School,
                                                                                                                                                              books of nonfiction, starting with All the
                                                            and several honorary doctorates. He is a
                                                                                                                                                              President’s Men in 1974, which TIME
                                                            MacArthur Fellow, a Fellow of the American
                                                                                                                                                              magazine called “perhaps the most
                                                            Academy of Arts & Sciences, an Honorary
F   or more than 50 years, Boston-born
    Frederick Wiseman has chronicled
American life and institutions in plays and
                                                            Member of the American Academy of Arts
                                                            and Letters, and a recipient of a Guggenheim
                                                                                                           S   ince he typed out his first newspaper
                                                                                                               article more than 50 years ago, Bob
                                                                                                           Woodward’s name has become synonymous
                                                                                                                                                              influential piece of journalism in history.”

                                                                                                                                                              Aside from multiple volumes on Presidents
                                                            Fellowship. Mr. Wiseman taught at Boston                                                          Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack
more than 40 often groundbreaking films,                                                                   with investigative journalism. His ground-
                                                            University’s Law-Medicine Research Institute                                                      Obama, Mr. Woodward has written about
including Titicut Follies; Hospital; Welfare;                                                              breaking reporting on the abuses of power
                                                            from 1959 to 1961.                                                                                the Supreme Court, the CIA, and the Federal
Near Death; Ballet; In Jackson Heights;                                                                    within the Nixon administration in the
                                                                                                                                                              Reserve, as well as Hollywood drug culture.
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library;                     His most recent film, City Hall—a look         early 1970s called the president to account
                                                                                                                                                              His most recent trio of titles examined the
and Monrovia, Indiana.                                      behind the scenes at Boston’s municipal        and contributed to his resignation, while
                                                                                                                                                              presidency of Donald Trump, each a New
                                                            government—has been nominated for              inspiring a generation of journalists eager
Mr. Wiseman never appears or speaks in                                                                                                                        York Times best seller.
                                                            several awards and was named best film         to expose corruption and wrongdoing.
his films; he presents scenes from everyday
                                                            of 2020 by Cahiers du Cinéma magazine.                                                            Former CIA Director and Secretary of
life without captions, interviews, or                                                                      Mr. Woodward became a full-time reporter
                                                                                                                                                              Defense Robert Gates once said he wished he
voiceover. Still, he maintains that his films                                                              for the Washington Post in 1971 and has
                                                                                                                                                              had recruited Mr. Woodward for intelligence
are not unbiased, citing the many decisions                                                                worked in its newsroom ever since, cur-
                                                                                                                                                              work: “[H]is ability to get people to talk
made during shooting and editing. For that                                                                 rently as associate editor. He has shared
                                                                                                                                                              about stuff they shouldn’t be talking about
reason, he refers to his work as reality fiction,                                                          in two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism: the
                                                                                                                                                              is just extraordinary and may be unique.”
rather than documentary, observation,                                                                      first in 1973 for his reportage, with Carl
or cinéma vérité.                                                                                          Bernstein, on the Watergate scandal; the

Photo by Wolfgang Wesener courtesy of Zipporah Films                                                       Photo by Lisa Berg

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Academic Traditions

ACADEMIC DRESS: The academic dress worn by today’s graduates reflects a tradition            THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION: The University Marshal presides over the Academic
begun in the late 12th century, when universities were taking form. Originally the           Procession, standing at the front of the platform. The mace is raised to signify that
dress may have had a practical purpose: to keep the student warm in unheated buildings.      Commencement is ready to begin; as it is lowered, the music begins and the graduates
Today it is ceremonial. American colleges and universities subscribe to a code of academic   begin to march onto the field. The graduates are then followed by the alumni and faculty
dress first adopted in 1895. The Academic Costume Code is divided into three parts: caps,    processions. The platform party follows the faculty; the President is the last person in the
gowns, and hoods.                                                                            procession.
The traditional cap is the mortarboard, which is worn by our bachelor’s and master’s         ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES: In today’s Commencement ceremony,
degree candidates. The colored tassels worn from the mortarboards identify the               the candidates for degrees at Boston University’s schools and colleges are introduced
graduate’s discipline or field of study. Boston University’s doctoral candidates wear        by their respective deans in the order of the anticipated number of candidates receiving
an octagonal tam with gold tassels.                                                          degrees, from smallest to largest number of graduates.
The gown for the bachelor’s degree is simple, with open sleeves. The master’s gown           THE PRESIDENT’S COLLAR: The collar is a chain of repeating decorative links.
has a long, curved extension at the bottom of the sleeve, and is narrow at the wrist.        Such collars were often worn in the Middle Ages as a badge of office. The Boston
Bachelor’s and master’s gowns are always untrimmed. The more ornate doctoral                 University collar, symbolizing the office of the President, is composed of the University
gown is faced with velvet and features three velvet bars on each sleeve. The velvet          seal alternating with the letters BU; a larger seal is suspended from it. The collar was
is black for all disciplines except law, dentistry, and medicine, which are faced with       designed in the 1980s by the late Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf, alumnus, Associate
those fields’ traditional colors: purple, lilac, and green. The sleeves are bell-shaped      Founder of the University, and Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees.
and billowing. Some students also wear cords or stoles over their academic dress to
                                                                                             THE MACE: The mace was originally a weapon of war; heavy, often with a spiked
signify academic achievement or extracurricular involvement.
                                                                                             metal head, it was designed to damage an opponent’s armor. It has evolved into a
Bachelor’s candidates at Boston University do not wear hoods as part of their dress.         symbol of institutional authority. The academic mace, representing the authority of
The master’s hood is three and one-half feet in length, and the doctoral hood is four        the university, is carried at the front of formal academic processions.
feet with panels on the sides. The lining of the hoods is unique to the university: every
                                                                                             The Boston University mace was also designed in the 1980s by Dr. Metcalf. It is
university, according to the Academic Costume Code, has a distinct pattern. The
                                                                                             fashioned of sterling silver and has two University seals intertwined on the button
Boston University hood is lined with a single white chevron on a scarlet field. The
                                                                                             end. In today’s ceremony, it is borne by the University Marshal.
color of the velvet edging of the hood corresponds to the graduate’s field of study.
Academic disciplines and associated colors seen at today’s Commencement include:             THE RECESSIONAL: At the conclusion of the ceremony, the University Marshal
                                                                                             leads the President and the platform party out of Nickerson Field, followed by the
      Arts, Letters, Humanities—white                    Music—pink
                                                                                             faculty and alumni. There is no student procession at the end of Commencement.
      Business, Management—drab                          Philosophy—dark blue
                                                                                             Graduates and guests are asked to remain in their places until the platform party,
      Dental Medicine—lilac                              Physical Therapy—teal
                                                                                             faculty, and alumni have left the field.
      Education—light blue                               Public Health—salmon
      Engineering—orange                                 Sciences—yellow
      Fine Arts—brown                                    Social Work—citron
      Law—purple                                         Theology—scarlet
      Medicine—green

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Academic Traditions

ACADEMIC DRESS: The academic dress worn by today’s graduates reflects a tradition            THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION: The University Marshal presides over the Academic
begun in the late 12th century, when universities were taking form. Originally the           Procession, standing at the front of the platform. The mace is raised to signify that
dress may have had a practical purpose: to keep the student warm in unheated buildings.      Commencement is ready to begin; as it is lowered, the music begins and the graduates
Today it is ceremonial. American colleges and universities subscribe to a code of academic   begin to march onto the field. The graduates are then followed by the alumni and faculty
dress first adopted in 1895. The Academic Costume Code is divided into three parts: caps,    processions. The platform party follows the faculty; the President is the last person in the
gowns, and hoods.                                                                            procession.

The traditional cap is the mortarboard, which is worn by our bachelor’s and master’s         ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES: In today’s Commencement ceremony,
degree candidates. The colored tassels worn from the mortarboards identify the               the candidates for degrees at Boston University’s schools and colleges are introduced
graduate’s discipline or field of study. Boston University’s doctoral candidates wear        by their respective deans in the order of the anticipated number of candidates receiving
an octagonal tam with gold tassels.                                                          degrees, from smallest to largest number of graduates.

The gown for the bachelor’s degree is simple, with open sleeves. The master’s gown           THE PRESIDENT’S COLLAR: The collar is a chain of repeating decorative links.
has a long, curved extension at the bottom of the sleeve, and is narrow at the wrist.        Such collars were often worn in the Middle Ages as a badge of office. The Boston
Bachelor’s and master’s gowns are always untrimmed. The more ornate doctoral                 University collar, symbolizing the office of the President, is composed of the University
gown is faced with velvet and features three velvet bars on each sleeve. The velvet          seal alternating with the letters BU; a larger seal is suspended from it. The collar was
is black for all disciplines except law, dentistry, and medicine, which are faced with       designed in the 1980s by the late Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf, alumnus, Associate
those fields’ traditional colors: purple, lilac, and green. The sleeves are bell-shaped      Founder of the University, and Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees.
and billowing. Some students also wear cords or stoles over their academic dress to
                                                                                             THE MACE: The mace was originally a weapon of war; heavy, often with a spiked
signify academic achievement or extracurricular involvement.
                                                                                             metal head, it was designed to damage an opponent’s armor. It has evolved into a
Bachelor’s candidates at Boston University do not wear hoods as part of their dress.         symbol of institutional authority. The academic mace, representing the authority of
The master’s hood is three and one-half feet in length, and the doctoral hood is four        the university, is carried at the front of formal academic processions.
feet with panels on the sides. The lining of the hoods is unique to the university: every
                                                                                             The Boston University mace was also designed in the 1980s by Dr. Metcalf. It is
university, according to the Academic Costume Code, has a distinct pattern. The
                                                                                             fashioned of sterling silver and has two University seals intertwined on the button
Boston University hood is lined with a single white chevron on a scarlet field. The
                                                                                             end. In today’s ceremony, it is borne by the University Marshal.
color of the velvet edging of the hood corresponds to the graduate’s field of study.
Academic disciplines and associated colors seen at today’s Commencement include:             THE RECESSIONAL: At the conclusion of the ceremony, the University Marshal
                                                                                             leads the President and the platform party out of Nickerson Field, followed by the
      Arts, Letters, Humanities—white                    Music—pink
                                                                                             faculty and alumni. There is no student procession at the end of Commencement.
      Business, Management—drab                          Philosophy—dark blue
                                                                                             Graduates and guests are asked to remain in their places until the platform party,
      Dental Medicine—lilac                              Physical Therapy—teal
                                                                                             faculty, and alumni have left the field.
      Education—light blue                               Public Health—salmon
      Engineering—orange                                 Sciences—yellow
      Fine Arts—brown                                    Social Work—citron
      Law—purple                                         Theology—scarlet
      Medicine—green

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About Boston University
                                                                                                     Boston Public Schools via the Thomas                 Since the adoption of our first Strategic
                                                                                                     M. Menino Scholarship and Community                  Plan in 2007, Boston University has
                                                                                                     Service Awards programs, the pioneering              broadened the scope of research,
Boston University’s impact extends far               researchers to collaborate across disciplines   merger of the BU Medical Center                      attracted and retained talented and
beyond Commonwealth Avenue, Kenmore                  leverage the breadth and depth of the           Hospital and Boston City Hospital, and               diverse faculty, and introduced numerous
Square, the Fenway Campus, and the                   University’s program offerings.                 a partnership that has enabled Boston                academic collaborations. In 2017, Boston
Medical Campus. Our students, faculty, and                                                           elementary school children to be tutored             University adopted a Climate Action Plan
alumni venture around the world to study,            Since our founding in 1839, Boston              through the Boston University Initiative             that is embedded in our curriculum and
conduct research, teach, and become a part           University has embraced two principles          for Literacy Development since 1998.                 research programs and is transforming
of the communities in which they live. BU            that have come to define higher education       Students and faculty regularly participate           our campus infrastructure—with
is the third-largest private residential             today: a conviction that higher education       in a broad range of formal and informal              the fundamental goal to reduce the
university in the country today and is a             should be accessible to all, and a belief       community service activities.                        University’s environmental footprint.
member of the Association of American                that the pursuit of learning is enhanced
                                                     by direct engagement with the community         Today, Boston University’s 17 schools                Boston University is organizing to
Universities, the prestigious organization of
                                                     and the world.                                  and colleges enroll nearly 37,000 students           lead in the emerging field of data
leading research universities in the United
                                                                                                     from all 50 states as well as the District of        sciences. To integrate computing and
States and Canada. As a measure of our               Boston University has traditionally             Columbia, three US territories, and more             data sciences across the University, in
global reach, Boston University is currently         valued diversity and offered educational        than 140 countries. The nation’s first               2019 the University established a new
conducting more than 300 separate                    opportunity without regard to race, class,      collegiate international exchange program            Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
research, service, and educational                   sex, or creed from our beginning. The           was created here in the 19th century. Since          with professors who bridge traditional
programs and projects around the world.              University was among the first to open          then, Boston University’s Study Abroad               disciplines and are less encumbered by
Enduring dedication to excellence in                 all our divisions to women, the first to        offerings have grown to include more than            disciplinary boundaries.
teaching, research, global education, and            award a PhD to a woman, and the first           70 programs on six continents. This global
                                                     coeducational medical college in the            emphasis is integrated into the on-campus            As we build upon our foundation
community service are the touchstones
                                                     world. Martin Luther King, Jr., perhaps         curriculum, with courses and programs                of excellence and look ahead with a
of Boston University’s proud past and
                                                     our most famous alumnus, studied here           that bring an international perspective to           Strategic Plan for the next decade and
promising future.
                                                     in the early 1950s, during a period when        subjects from anthropology to zoology.               beyond, we assess our strengths and
In the rich tapestry of Boston University’s          nearly half of this country’s doctoral                                                               listen to our entire BU community.
history, one thread runs true: quality               degrees earned by African American              Boston University is continually evolving            We continue to explore new pathways
teaching by an outstanding faculty.                  students in religion and philosophy were        to anticipate and meet the challenges of             to offer an innovative, inclusive, and
Students benefit from direct instruction             awarded by Boston University.                   higher education, emerging technologies,             accessible academic experience, conduct
by dedicated professors who are                                                                      and changing workplace expectations.                 important research, and expand BU’s
actively involved in original research               Boston University’s commitment to               That capability was tested when the                  global impact.
and scholarship, as well as from the                 community service and the City of               University adapted to the COVID
                                                     Boston remain strong. The early dream           pandemic with a combination of safety                Today’s graduates take their place in a
University’s combination of a strong
                                                     of an institution “in the heart of the          protocols that enabled the University                long line of alumni whose life-changing
liberal arts foundation and exceptional
                                                     city, in the service of the city” has been      to continue advancing the education of               educational experience at Boston University
professional programs. Many students
                                                     realized in numerous ways: through              thousands of students, while sustaining              prepared them to help serve, shape, and
work closely with faculty mentors to
                                                     millions of dollars in scholarships             critical momentum in research and                    improve the world.
advance the frontiers of human discovery.
Opportunities for educators and                      provided annually to graduates of the           clinical services.

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About Boston University
                                                                                                     Boston Public Schools via the Thomas                 Since the adoption of our first Strategic
                                                                                                     M. Menino Scholarship and Community                  Plan in 2007, Boston University has
                                                                                                     Service Awards programs, the pioneering              broadened the scope of research,
Boston University’s impact extends far               researchers to collaborate across disciplines   merger of the BU Medical Center                      attracted and retained talented and
beyond Commonwealth Avenue, Kenmore                  leverage the breadth and depth of the           Hospital and Boston City Hospital, and               diverse faculty, and introduced numerous
Square, the Fenway Campus, and the                   University’s program offerings.                 a partnership that has enabled Boston                academic collaborations. In 2017, Boston
Medical Campus. Our students, faculty, and                                                           elementary school children to be tutored             University adopted a Climate Action Plan
alumni venture around the world to study,            Since our founding in 1839, Boston              through the Boston University Initiative             that is embedded in our curriculum and
conduct research, teach, and become a part           University has embraced two principles          for Literacy Development since 1998.                 research programs and is transforming
of the communities in which they live. BU            that have come to define higher education       Students and faculty regularly participate           our campus infrastructure—with
is the third-largest private residential             today: a conviction that higher education       in a broad range of formal and informal              the fundamental goal to reduce the
university in the country today and is a             should be accessible to all, and a belief       community service activities.                        University’s environmental footprint.
member of the Association of American                that the pursuit of learning is enhanced
                                                     by direct engagement with the community         Today, Boston University’s 17 schools                Boston University is organizing to
Universities, the prestigious organization of
                                                     and the world.                                  and colleges enroll nearly 37,000 students           lead in the emerging field of data
leading research universities in the United
                                                                                                     from all 50 states as well as the District of        sciences. To integrate computing and
States and Canada. As a measure of our               Boston University has traditionally             Columbia, three US territories, and more             data sciences across the University, in
global reach, Boston University is currently         valued diversity and offered educational        than 140 countries. The nation’s first               2019 the University established a new
conducting more than 300 separate                    opportunity without regard to race, class,      collegiate international exchange program            Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
research, service, and educational                   sex, or creed from our beginning. The           was created here in the 19th century. Since          with professors who bridge traditional
programs and projects around the world.              University was among the first to open          then, Boston University’s Study Abroad               disciplines and are less encumbered by
Enduring dedication to excellence in                 all our divisions to women, the first to        offerings have grown to include more than            disciplinary boundaries.
teaching, research, global education, and            award a PhD to a woman, and the first           70 programs on six continents. This global
                                                     coeducational medical college in the            emphasis is integrated into the on-campus            As we build upon our foundation
community service are the touchstones
                                                     world. Martin Luther King, Jr., perhaps         curriculum, with courses and programs                of excellence and look ahead with a
of Boston University’s proud past and
                                                     our most famous alumnus, studied here           that bring an international perspective to           Strategic Plan for the next decade and
promising future.
                                                     in the early 1950s, during a period when        subjects from anthropology to zoology.               beyond, we assess our strengths and
In the rich tapestry of Boston University’s          nearly half of this country’s doctoral                                                               listen to our entire BU community.
history, one thread runs true: quality               degrees earned by African American              Boston University is continually evolving            We continue to explore new pathways
teaching by an outstanding faculty.                  students in religion and philosophy were        to anticipate and meet the challenges of             to offer an innovative, inclusive, and
Students benefit from direct instruction             awarded by Boston University.                   higher education, emerging technologies,             accessible academic experience, conduct
by dedicated professors who are                                                                      and changing workplace expectations.                 important research, and expand BU’s
actively involved in original research               Boston University’s commitment to               That capability was tested when the                  global impact.
and scholarship, as well as from the                 community service and the City of               University adapted to the COVID
                                                     Boston remain strong. The early dream           pandemic with a combination of safety                Today’s graduates take their place in a
University’s combination of a strong
                                                     of an institution “in the heart of the          protocols that enabled the University                long line of alumni whose life-changing
liberal arts foundation and exceptional
                                                     city, in the service of the city” has been      to continue advancing the education of               educational experience at Boston University
professional programs. Many students
                                                     realized in numerous ways: through              thousands of students, while sustaining              prepared them to help serve, shape, and
work closely with faculty mentors to
                                                     millions of dollars in scholarships             critical momentum in research and                    improve the world.
advance the frontiers of human discovery.
Opportunities for educators and                      provided annually to graduates of the           clinical services.

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