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By Reid Oslin staff WRiteR

Rev. James A. Woods, SJ, Bos-ton College’s longest-serving dean and namesake of the University’s Woods College of Advancing Stud-ies, has announced his plans to step down from the leadership post he has held in the school since 1968.

“I have turned 80 and I’m in my 44th year in this job. It seems pretty reasonable,” said Fr. Woods, who will continue to serve as WCAS dean until a successor is named. “I am very, very grateful to my superiors – both Boston Col-lege and the Jesuits. It’s an honor that I have been assigned to do this and allowed to stay this many years.”

“Fr. Woods has had an im-mense impact on the Boston Col-lege community during his many years here, both as an educator

and as Jesuit priest,” said Univer-sity President William P. Leahy, SJ. “Thousands of individuals have benefited from his compassion, en-couragement, and pastoral care. He enabled so many to realize their educational and career dreams by earning degrees at BC and on be-half of all of us, I thank him for

his boundless energy and whole-hearted commitment to advancing the mission of Boston College.”

During his tenure, Fr. Woods has overseen comprehensive chang-es in the curricula at Boston Col-lege and designed and introduced a graduate degree program for part-time students. At his request, the name of the Evening College was changed in 1996 to the College of Advancing Studies to reflect the college’s evolving mission.

In May of 2002, the name of the college was formally changed to the Woods College of Advancing Studies following a gift from Kath-arine B. and Robert M. Devlin that symbolized their high regard for Boston College and the unparal-leled dedication of Fr. Woods, who had been a mentor to two genera-tions of the Devlin family.

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Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean for Student Development Sheilah Shaw Horton, a student life ad-ministrator at Boston College for more than 20 years, has ac-cepted the post of vice president for student affairs at Loyola Uni-versity Maryland.

Horton, who will begin her duties at Loyola Sept. 1, has served as associate VP for stu-dent affairs since 2004 — she was named assistant VP in 1999 — and became dean for student development in 2008.

Vice President for Student Affairs Patrick Rombalski said, “Sheilah Shaw Horton has served the division of Student Affairs and the students of Bos-ton College for almost 25 years.

She has been responsible for the growth of the division of Stu-dent Affairs and the improve-ment of the quality of student life on campus. Students and faculty members have grown to appreciate her advocacy for student issues and her commit-

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Economically developing countries in the Global South that seek to improve their welfare sys-tems face a dilemma. Lacking ade-quate programs of their own, they typically send future scholars and advanced professionals to study social welfare in North America or Europe. But those models of social welfare may not transfer well to the Global South, and the flow of talent abroad often leads

to “brain drain” and impedes the development of professional net-works at home.

Boston College aims to ad-dress this issue through its newly established doctoral program in international social welfare, which emphasizes and preserves students’ connections with their home countries as part of their training.

The groundbreaking pro-gram, which will be headquar-tered in the Graduate School of Social Work, is being funded

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(L-R) Graduate School of Social Work Dean Alberto Godenzi, BC President William P. Leahy, SJ, Santander Chairman Emilio Botín and Louise McMa-hon Ahearn Professor of Social Work James Lubben at last month’s cer-emony formalizing BC’s new international social welfare PhD program.

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Sheilah Shaw Horton will become student affairs VP at Loyola Maryland.

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Students and staff from the Office of First Year Experience cheered along with mem-bers of the Class of 2015 at the close of a re-cent orientation session. The office holds six sessions during the summer to help incom-ing freshmen and other students become familiar with the University.

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Connell School of Nursing Clinical Assistant Professor Donna Cullinan was named winner of the University’s 2011 Community Ser-vice Award, given each year to an employee whose actions exemplify the Jesuit spirit of service to others. The award, sponsored by the Office of Governmental and Community Affairs, was presented to Cullinan by University President William P. Leahy, SJ, at a special recognition event earlier this summer.

Cullinan, who earned a master of science in nursing from BC in 1999, was honored for her longstanding commitment to bringing sustainable health care to Haiti, as well as other volunteer endeavors. Through the organization Circle of Hope, Cul-linan has traveled to Haiti annually for the past 10 years where she and other medical professionals provide care for hundreds of children and adults living in rural parts of Haiti who have limited or no access to health care. She uses vacation time and her own funds to finance her travel.

During the years of volunteer-ing in Haiti, Cullinan has grown close to many of the Haitian people.

She has served as a mentor/sponsor for a translator who is now attend-ing medical school, a student who graduated top of her class from the local nursing school and a family for whom she delivered their baby.

This past academic year, she or-ganized a community health clinical experience in Haiti for undergradu-ate and graduate students who spent a week in the island nation providing health care to more than a 1,000 adults and children in make-shift clinics. They also visited two orphan-ages in Port-au-Prince.

“Donna Cullinan’s commit-ment to the Haitian people over the past 10 years is truly inspiring, and her love and compassion for her patients is something we, as new nurses, should strive to emulate,” said Lauren Szabo, who graduated from BC in May and was one of

the participants on the CSON-Haiti trip. “I don’t think Donna will ever fully realize how much of an impact she has made on my time at Boston College. My week in mobile clinics in Leogane, Haiti, enriched me clini-cally, culturally, and spiritually. The all-nursing team I worked with, led by Donna, and the Haitians I met throughout our work have forever changed the way I will practice as a nurse and practice my daily life.”

Cullinan also is on the board of trustees at Nativity Prep, a Jesuit middle school for boys in Boston. She serves on its education policy committee and started a nursing pro-gram there with volunteer nurses that has expanded to include BC grad nursing students. She has repli-cated this program at Mother Caro-line Academy & Education Center in Dorchester.

by a three-year agreement with Sovereign Bank, a part of Spain-based Banco Santander. The bank, through Santander Universities’ Global Division, provides financial support to universities for projects that advance common goals of ex-panding knowledge and experience throughout the world.

Through the doctoral program, Boston College will form partner-ships and exchanges with Jesuit, Catholic universities worldwide to advance and professionalize the field of social welfare. According to program leaders, students will gain research-driven knowledge, experience-based insight, and field-tested skills to address the unique issues faced by each country or community.

Louise McMahon Ahearn Professor of Social Work James Lubben, the initiative’s director and director of GSSW’s doctoral program, says the BC program represents an alternative track for doctoral students interested in in-ternational social welfare, whose skills are increasingly in demand among newly democratic nations and those of the Global South.

“As more countries embrace democratic forms of government,

there is even greater need for social welfare professionals — not just in practice but in teaching and research,” he says. “But in Mexico and South America, among other places, there is a serious short-age of faculty who hold doctorates in social work. Typically, though, students who enroll in social work doctoral programs in the US spend five years or more away from their home countries.

“This deprives their home countries of an important academ-ic and professional resource, and at the same time makes it extremely difficult for the doctoral students to form important contacts, or identify potential areas for research, in their countries.”

The BC doctoral program sig-nificantly shortens the time inter-national students spend away from home. Students enroll in courses in both BC and the partner uni-versity; during the first year they study at the partner university and take two online courses from BC. The second year is spent entirely at BC, while the third and fourth are split between BC and the part-ner university. During this period, students make the transition from taking formal courses to producing

scholarly material, with particu-lar focus on writing a publishable paper. The fifth year (and if neces-sary, sixth year) is spent completing a final dissertation that deals with a social problem in his or her home country.

The first of these partnerships is already being finalized, according to Lubben, and will link BC with a select group of Jesuit universities in Mexico and South America. Discussions also are underway to expand the program to Spain.

Lubben emphasized the critical roles of Jesuit Institute Director T. Frank Kennedy, SJ, GSSW col-leagues Assistant Professor Rocio Calvo and Doctoral Program Asso-ciate Director Brenda Vitale as well as others across the University like Executive Director for Academic Technology Rita Owens.

University President William P. Leahy, SJ, joined GSSW Dean Al-berto Godenzi, Lubben and other Boston College representatives, along with officials from Sovereign Bank and Banco Santander — including Santander’s chairman, Emilio Botín — at a June 30 cer-emony at Boston College formally launching the doctoral program in international social welfare.

BC Mobile, the new mobile version of the Boston College website, is now accessible through all smart phone devices. It offers users increased functionality and a con-sistent look on iPhones, Droids or Blackberrys.

With the new format, users have ac-cess to the BC Directory, campus maps, library services, shuttle bus information, as well as BC news, athletics and events on any mobile device.

BC Mobile is a project led by Information Technology Services, the Office of News & Public Affairs and the Office of Marketing and Communications. More information is available at http://tinyurl.com/43k78jk.

—Office of News & Public Affairs

Professor of Sociology and best-selling author Juliet Schor has been selected as the winner of the 2011 Herman Daly Award from the US Society for Ecological Eco-nomics, in recognition of her research on work, leisure, and consumption.

The Herman Daly Award recognizes individuals who have connected ecological economic principles to practical applications and implementation of solutions that are sustainable in scale, equitable in distribution and efficient in allocation.

According to the USSEE, Schor’s re-search complements the tenets of ecological economics and inspires its practi-tioners by challenging long-held assumptions and raising thought-provoking questions that are consistent with the aims of ecological economists.

“My research has focused on the urgent need to change the way we work and spend in order to reverse the tremendous damage we’re doing as we de-stabilize the climate and degrade eco-systems,” said Schor, whose books include Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture, and The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure. “I’m particularly honored to receive this award because Herman Daly, like me, opposed the orthodox economics which itself has become a contributor to our ecological problems. And I’m grateful to Bos-ton College for giving me a supportive home to do this work.”

The award was presented to Schor at the USSEE conference in Michigan last month.

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Cullinan’s Haiti Outreach Earns Service Award

University President William P. Leahy, SJ, presented Connell School of Nursing Clinical Asst. Prof. Donna Cullinan with the Boston College Com-munity Service Award earlier this summer. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

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Major changes to the Univer-sity’s Cleansweep program this year markedly improved efforts to clear residence halls of trash and discard-ed student belongings, according to administrators — and enabled the program to continue fulfilling its charitable mission.

Created in 1992 by the Alumni Association, Cleansweep utilized volunteers to go through residence halls at the end of the academic year and collect items students — grad-uating seniors in particular — left behind, such as clothing, furniture, appliances, towels and linens, and even food. These items were then donated to area churches and social service agencies.

This year, however, Cleansweep was renamed “BC Clean,” and instead of relying on volunteers, the program put the onus on se-niors to remove unwanted stuff from their rooms. The result was a multi-faceted success, according to George Arey, director of the Office of Residential Life, which oversees the program with Fa-cilities Management: residence hall rooms were cleaned in re-cord time, plenty of items were donated to charity, and — not so incidentally — students did their part to up-hold institutional values.

“Contrary to concerns in the University community, Cleansweep was modified, not eliminated,” ex-plained Arey. “Boston College be-lieves in the concept of ‘men and women for others’ as something that should be reflected in all aspects of the University — and that includes showing respect for the Housekeep-ing staff and the campus they work so hard to maintain.”

Cleansweep’s aims were laudable and its volunteers worked hard, said Arey, but invariably too many seniors simply viewed the program as license to dump their leftovers, usable or not. Anything that couldn’t be taken by Cleansweep had to be left for Housekeeping to dispose of, and this impeded and delayed — and increased the cost of — clean-up operations in the residence halls.

Arey and Facilities Services Di-rector Michael Jednak set out to correct the problem through the instituting of a $500 fine for any room that had not been cleared of belongings by 8 p.m. Commence-ment Day. Through BC Clean, seniors were given clear and concise

instructions on their responsibilities for moving out, and made aware of opportunities to donate used items. BC also contracted with a local moving service, Piece by Piece, to be available to assist students if they so desired.

From Arey and Jednak’s point of view, BC Clean was an over-whelming success. Where in the past cleaning up residence halls took several days after Commencement, this year the task was completed less than 24 hours after the first strains of “Pomp and Circumstances” sounded in Alumni Stadium. BC saw a savings of some $48,000 in straight labor costs, more time to prepare facilities for summer op-erations, according to Jednak, and a decrease in staff “burn-out” and injuries.

While the prospect of a $500 fine undoubtedly spurred seniors to be more conscientious, Arey points out that only 31 of nearly 2,200 students were cited for failing to clean up. He and Jednak believe that BC Clean’s

marketing and aware-ness campaigns were critical in spurring students’ civic-mind-edness.

“The students responded very well,” said Arey. “I think they genuinely wanted to be com-pliant about clean-

ing up, but with everything that’s going on around Commencement it’s easy to lose track. So we wanted to ensure they understood what was expected of them, how easy it was to clean up — and that the effect of their actions can be felt throughout, and beyond BC.”

To cut down on logistics and campus traffic, the University streamlined donations of reusable items to two agencies: Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts (HGRM) — which distributes, or donates proceeds from sales of, the items to various charitable and service organizations — and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Two hundred and 88 large items and additional 557 large boxes of items were donated to HGRM, while 14,200 pounds of clothes and 1,100 pounds of food went to the society.

“It was a true collaborative effort, and took a lot of work to put togeth-er,” said Jednak. “But we’re very en-couraged by the degree of enthusiasm and the cooperation we saw this year, and that bodes well for the future.”

Contact Sean Smith at sean.smith@bc.edu

Members of the Boston Col-lege Police Department took part in a special event last month that honored some of the area’s most exceptional athletes and their families.

No, it wasn’t the downtown parade in honor of the Stanley Cup champion Bruins: The eight BCPD officers and two civilian volunteers joined fellow law en-forcement representatives from across the state on June 18 in the fourth annual “Cruiser Convoy” to provide an exciting and color-ful kickoff – along with a giant helping of heartfelt support — to participants in the Massachusetts Special Olympics competition held at Harvard University.

“Every officer who partici-pated left the event humbled,” said Patrol Officer Jeffrey Postell, who helped to organize the de-partment’s role in the convoy event. “We have never been so personally rewarded as we were that day.”

Three BC cruisers joined the

convoy of more than 80 law en-forcement vehicles that converged on Harvard’s Allston athletic fields from the west, north and south. The police officers, representing departments from Pittsfield to Provincetown as well as a num-ber of campus and special service forces, spent the day with the athletes and their families, cheer-ing them on in their competitions and presenting medals, certificates of achievement and small gifts to

those who participated in the vari-ous athletic events.

In addition to BC’s police contingent — Capt. Margaret Connolly, Sgt. Tony Cadogan and Officers Kevin Christopher, Debra Coughlin, John Ellis, Dan Morris and Dina Smith, along with Postell — the department’s “McGruff the Crime Dog” mas-cot made an appearance at the event.

—Reid Oslin

The Lynch School of Edu-cation has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Founda-tion that will support graduate students preparing to lead city schools, Lynch School Interim Dean Maureen Kenny and Bank of America officials announced this week.

The grant will fund the new Bank of America Leaders in Ur-ban Education program, provid-ing scholarships to graduate stu-dents at the Lynch School who are preparing to work as educa-tors and leaders in city schools in Boston, as well as throughout Massachusetts and the US.

“The Bank of America Lead-ers in Urban Education program will link the best academic re-sources of Boston College with a corporate leader committed to enhancing the life chances of children, youth, and families through education,” said Ken-ny. “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Bank of America Charitable Foundation to train the next generation of leaders for urban schools.”

The program will expand upon BC’s successful Bank of America Scholars Program, which has been preparing urban teach-ers since 2004. Approximately 92 percent of the graduates of the

program are teaching in elemen-tary and secondary schools, with 80 percent teaching in urban schools. The high retention rates far surpass urban teacher reten-tion rates of less than 50 percent.

The Bank of America Leaders in Urban Education program will recruit highly qualified graduate students with leadership experi-ence working with community-based organizations focused on improving urban schools. Par-ticipants in the program will undergo rigorous academic and hands-on educational experience at one of the nation’s top-ranked schools of education.

—Ed Hayward

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE—The future Stokes Hall continues to take shape, as this summer work has begun on the framework and exterior of the building. The project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2012. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini)

New Broom Sweeps CleanRenamed and refocused Cleansweep program (now BC Clean) seen as fulfilling its mission

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$1M Grant to Support Urban Ed Project

BCPD Takes Part in Special Olympics ‘Convoy’

Boston College Police Detective John Ellis (third from right) awarded a gold medal to a participant in the Special Olympics, held last month at Harvard University. (Photo by Deb Coughlin)

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By day (and sometimes evenings), they work in Boston Col-lege Libraries. But when they’re not diligently performing their duties, some BC library staff delight in indulging their artistic abilities, through painting, collage, photography, knitting and other forms of expression — and the results are on display this summer in the O’Neill Library Level One Gallery.

“Celebrating Creativity of the Boston College Libraries’ Staff,” which runs until Sept. 2, is the second exhibition of works by University library staff. O’Neill Senior Library Assistant Kevin Tringale — an organizer and contributor — is happy that his colleagues have a regular venue for their extracurricular activities.

“The gallery is used most often by student clubs and organiza-tions, but that’s during the academic year,” said Tringale. “Rather than see the space empty in the summer, we thought it could be a showcase for the creativity among the library staff.

“I’ve been very pleased at the variety, and quality, of the work people have contributed. You never know where you’ll find ar-tistic talent, and the level at which it is practiced — whether a hobby or something more serious.”

Above, a color photograph taken by Tringale of sweaters made by a knitting group comprised of library staffers Sonia Ensin, Adeane Bregman, Claire O’Leary, Kathy Williams and Sally Wyman.

To read more about the exhibit, see online Chronicle at www.bc.edu/chronicle

The Level One Gallery website is at http://bit.ly/gAKIfD.‑Sean Smith

have graduated from the College of Advancing Studies since Fr. Woods accepted leadership of the college in April of 1968, the majority of them part-time students who worked steadily toward degrees while bal-ancing the parallel responsibilities of work and families. Each student has received the personal counseling, mentoring and encouragement of Fr. Woods and his staff.

Fr. Woods initiated a practice of writing letters to students and faculty several times a year. “We are sending a message,” he said, “and it’s not about money or anything like that. It’s about succeeding. Each letter talks about every subject imaginable that I think would be helpful to people at the moment.”

A native of Dorchester’s Nepon-set neighborhood, and a graduate of both Boston College High School and Boston College, Fr. Woods says the existence of a College of Advancing Studies helps fulfill the University’s educational and service mission in the Boston area.

“There is no one in my office that has not given me their all,” he said. “And the faculty is the same way. They have given me their lives and they have given the students their lives. Their goal is to help, to serve, to serve God, to serve neigh-bors, to serve community, to serve Boston.

“Advancing Studies is fulfilling a covenant made many years ago by Boston College to be here. I am so grateful to have been a part of this for so many years and I am going to

continue to be a part.”Fr. Woods established numer-

ous scholarship and endowment funds over the years, naming them in honor of his longest-serving fac-ulty and staff. “When these schol-arships are awarded each year,” he said, “it is wonderful that the recipi-ents actually know the person who is helping them.”

Fr. Woods joined the Society

of Jesus shortly after graduating from BC High in 1948. “I was interviewed to join the Jesuits at the exact location where my office is to-day,” he says, noting that there was a temporary Army barracks on the current site of McGuinn Hall at the time. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from BC – later adding a doctorate in education from Boston University – before launching his own teaching career at the former Jesuit-run Cranwell School in Lenox, Mass. in 1955. In 1958, he returned to Chestnut Hill as registrar of the School of Liberal Studies, the School of Philosophy

and the School of Theology.Ordained to the priesthood in

1961, he served as provincial secre-tary of the New England Province of the Society of Jesus, where he was extensively involved in the recruit-ment and admission of candidates to the Jesuit order, from 1962 until returning to Boston College as dean of the Evening College six years later.

During his long term of service to the University, Fr. Woods has witnessed monumental growth in the University’s scope and stature. “I didn’t watch it,” he chuckled. “I took part in it.”

What’s ahead for this energetic and admired campus figure?

“I’m not retiring from Boston College, not at all. Just from this job,” Fr. Woods added with his familiar hearty laugh. “I just had a wonderful report from my primary physician. I’ve got 15 more years to go – at least!”

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ment to diversity. She has shown a real passion for working with students and has mentored doz-ens of them over the past several years in various capacities.

“Sheilah has left a strong, pos-itive mark on Boston College and will be missed.”

Horton said assuming the student affairs vice presidency at Loyola Maryland will give her the opportunity to provide leadership to “a division of significant size.” She also discussed her eagerness to help implement the university’s strategic plan, which includes the development of learning com-munities.

“Loyola is, like Boston Col-lege, a Jesuit, Catholic institu-tion, and its mission and philoso-phy of caring for the individual are familiar — and very appeal-

ing — to me,” said Horton, who first arrived at BC as a gradu-ate student in 1984, then served as an assistant dean for student development from 1986-90 and as associate director of AHANA Student Programs from 1990-99.

Reflecting on her years at BC, Horton said she took satisfac-

tion in develop-ing the Benjamin Mays Mentor-ing Program and other services for AHANA stu-dents, helping shape organiza-tional changes in Student Affairs — including es-tablishment of a

business service center — and her efforts to provide programming for on and off-campus students.

“I’ve also encountered many former students who have en-tered the field of higher educa-tion, and regard me as a mentor,” said Horton. “I feel very pleased

at having been able to contrib-ute to the development of these young professionals.”

In April of 2010, Horton was chosen by the Massachusetts Network American Council on Education National Network of Women Leaders for its Emerging Leader Award, which honors a woman in the state who has dem-onstrated growth in increasingly responsible leadership positions in higher education.

Horton said she will miss “the communities of support” at Bos-ton College, and in particular the students — “they’re very special, so bright and motivated.”

Horton added, “I’ve had such wonderful opportunities to grow here, professionally and person-ally, to move up through the in-stitution into progressively more responsible positions. This has enabled me to make connections with many others throughout the University, and I will remember these associations and friendships very fondly.”

(L-R)State Rep. Kevin G. Honan, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Brighton Allston Improvement Association President and grant recipient Anabela Gomes, Boston College President William P. Leahy, SJ, and Boston City Coun-cilor Mark Ciommo at the Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund grant ceremony held at Minihane’s in Brighton on June 6. At the ceremony 13 Allston-Brighton groups were presented with spring 2011 Allston/Brighton-Boston College Community Fund grants, totaling nearly $33,000. Among the initiatives benefiting from these grants are: an adapted bicycle camp for children with disabilities; technology upgrades; camp opportunities for local youth; diaper distributions to local families, and preservation and display ma-terials for historical artifacts. For a complete list, see http://tinyurl.com/65g3t68 (Photo by Justin Knight)

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pastoral care,” says University

President William P. Leahy,

SJ, of James Woods, SJ (left).

BC Awards Community Grants

“I’ve had such wonder-ful opportunities to grow

here...This has enabled me to make connections with many others throughout

the University.”—Sheilah Shaw Horton

Fr. Woods to Step Down as WCAS Dean

Horton Preparing to Move On from BC

Photo by Lee Pellegrini