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Dear Family Members:
Whether you are new to our Suffolk Ram Community or the family member of a returning student, welcome! We have been preparing all summer for an exciting academic year ahead.
- Dr. Celeste Peterson, Assistant Professor of Biology, will address the incoming class at the
New Student Convocation
on September 5. We hope you will join us at this importance academic transition in the lives of new first-year and transfer students.
- The
Dear World College Tour
will visit Suffolk in September. Students will have the opportunity to speak out to share their stories and learn from each other.
- Make your plans to join us for
Family Weekend
which will take place October 13-15 with the signature event at Boston’s Museum of Science on October 14.
- Again this year, Suffolk students will make a difference in the lives of others by participating in alternative break trips working with Habitat for Humanity in Mississippi, Maryland, Indiana, Georgia, Colorado and the National Park Service in Arizona. Go to the Center for Community Engagement for more information.
Student Affairs is the office on campus where students should go if they are unsure of who to speak with to learn more or to get help in resolving an issue. Part of college life is learning how to advocate for one’s self and we will help students do just that! As you support your students from home, I encourage you to adopt the role of a reference librarian. Be aware of campus resources and policies so you can help direct your students for assistance. And, let them tackle issues that may arise themselves!
Please have those last conversations with your students about how to optimize their experiences here and what pitfalls to avoid. While I have every confidence your student will make great decisions, the truth is that students – particularly first-year students – will encounter new and, sometimes, challenging circumstances. It’s never too late to talk about alcohol and drugs, sexual misconduct, finances, calling home, opportunities to meet students from varied backgrounds and more. They have learned much from you and yet, there’s so much more you can help teach them.
Staff in the Student Affairs Division and I look forward to working closely with your students so they can have a full and engaging experience at Suffolk. I look forward to seeing you at Freshman Convocation and Family Weekend.
Best,
Ann E. Coyne, Ed.D.
Dean of Students
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FALL WELCOME EVENTS... WELCOME BACK STUDENTS!
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Whether it is welcome or welcome back,
we want students to grow, learn, do, and experience while building Suffolk connections through a series of amazing Fall Welcome opportunities. Help your student leap into student life this fall by participating in Suffolk’s new student programs!
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SUMMER RESEARCH WIDENS HORIZONS FOR
ASPIRING PHYSICIAN
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An award-winning researcher, a college athlete, a sorority sister, a waitress, the honors society president, a Jumpstart volunteer, and an aspiring medical student walk into a coffee shop on Tremont Street - and they’re all the same person.
As she uncapped her marker and began writing on the wall, any nerves Amberly Mendes had about her presentation - a talk about non-small cell lung cancer mutations given to a room full of students and faculty members in the UPenn’s radiation oncology program - were replaced with a confident smile.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL EARNS TEAM ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE AWARD
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The National Association of Basketball Coaches has honored the Suffolk men’s basketball team with the Team Academic Excellence Award for the 2016-17 season. This was the Rams basketball team’s debut on the academic team. Suffolk was the only member of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference to earn the association’s distinction.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches Team Academic Excellence Award, which began in 2012-13, celebrates programs across all divisions that achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better for the 2016-17 academic year.
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SATISFYING TO KNOW THAT YOU'VE CHANGED A LIFE
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I am excited to come in every day because I love my students. I love teaching. I love the transformation that happens to students over their time here—working with first-year students all the way to seniors, watching them grow and change.
A former student told me he was accepted into a prestigious graduate program. He said that the efforts that my colleagues and I made during his first semester at Suffolk were what lit the fire in him.
Rachael Cobb
Associate Professor & Chair
Government Department
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CLASS OF 2017 GIVES PARTING GIFT OF TIME & SERVICE
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Members of Suffolk's Class of 2017 gave thousands of hours in community service during their undergraduate years in Boston, and, in a parting gesture, a team of seniors volunteered to help clean up the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.
The
students raked, swept, picked up litter, removed invasive plants, and mended a dilapidated fence as they joined the Boston Parks Department for a spring cleanup at Bussey Brook Meadow.
“It is one of the most beautiful parks I’ve ever seen, and it felt good knowing that we helped to make it nicer,” said Brianna Silva, Class of 2017, who organized Suffolk’s cleanup team.
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Progress, Pathways, & the Presidential Search
For more than a century, Suffolk University has met the evolving needs of society and the workplace by providing students with a relevant, experiential, and transformative education. This site is the primary resource for information on the search for Suffolk University’s next president. It will be regularly updated with the latest information from the Presidential Search Committee.
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Suffolk University
New Student & Family Programs
8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108
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