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Thanksgiving Edition 2016
The Woods College is grateful for you
As always, we are grateful for the students, faculty, and staff at the Woods College. Thank you for your commitme nt to Boston College and to Woods.  We wish you a wonderful and blessed holiday!
Volunteer Opportunities
Are you looking for a way to become more involved at Boston College and give back to the community around BC, even for just 1 or 2 hours?   The Boston College Neighborhood Center is located on Washington Street in Brighton and provides resources to the Allston-Brighton community. The Center seeks to offer opportunities that will enhance a student's college experience while simultaneously meeting the needs of the Allston-Brighton community to the greatest extent possible.  Woods College students are encouraged to become involved at the Neighborhood Center through tutoring, the Strong Women/Strong Girls program, or the Literacy Partnership program.  A full overview of opportunities may be found here. 

Alum Spotlight
The Woods College is thankful for our over 11000 alums, such as Christopher Falbo:
 
Christopher Falbo
Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Systems & Professional Certificates in Management and Marketing,  May 2014
 
Chris works in  Banking at Cambridge Savings Bank.  After graduating he moved up to Corporate Banking  at CSB after working in Business Banking for 7 years  at Citibank.
 
Chris' perspective on the Woods College:
 
"I began attending Woods College in the summer of 2000.  At that time I was a full time accounting clerk for a small consulting firm while living with my grandmother in Watertown.  The first time sitting with Father Woods he counted up courses I could transfer from the University of Kansas.  He wrote out a list of 18 classes required to complete a degree in Corporate Systems.  I would refer back to this list throughout my journey.  It was daunting as I could only take one class a term.  Father Woods spoke with his reassuring voice of guidance and booming laugh that fills your heart with warmth, "What ever you do, do not drop a class.  That is the worst thing you can do."  I began my journey one class at a time always encouraged by Father Woods and then Father Burns.  While learning Managerial Accounting and Monetary Theory and Policy I was also guided to deep self-contemplation and understanding in Christian Social Ethics and After Death & Dying. On January 17, 2009 I married Luisa.  On January 17, 2010 our son Antonio was born.  In May of 2014, I graduated from Woods College with my mother, wife, and son in attendance.  I am blessed to have experienced the BC tradition."
 
Woods College & The Art of Networking
A wonderful panel of alums & current students from the Woods College followed an excellent presentation from the Boston College Career Center's Amy Flynn , on "The Art of Networking". Panelists included from left to right: Philip Belmont, a graduate alum from the MS in Administrative Studies and patrolman with the Nashua Police Department, Carrie Buddington, a current BA student and Career Development Counselor at Career Source, Cambridge, Teresa Goodman, a current BA student and Administrative Assistant at Riverside Community Care, Rebecca Colon-Martins, a BA alumna and HR Coordinator for Havas Media Group , and Arvind Sharma, a student in our MS in Applied Economics program. Pictured here with Lisa Hassan WCAS '97, President of the Woods College Alumni Council.  
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Sarah Says...
A piece of advice from long term BC Woods College employee, Sarah Piepgrass, Academic & Student Services Specialist:
 
Happy Thanksgiving!  And just think - if you see your advisor now, and register now, you'll be thankful that it's OVER with, and you got the courses you really wanted!
 
Woods in the News
Congratulations to our MS in Cybersecurity program, which was recently accepted as a training provider for the US Department of Homeland Security's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS).
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