The Heights

BC Attendance Cost Rises to $72,736, Tuition Now $56,780

Jack Goldman • March 14, 2019

Boston College’s Board of Trustees has set tuition for the 2019-20 academic year at $56,780, bringing the final cost of attendance to $72,736 per year, according to a University release.

UGBC Passes Resolution in Response to Racist Vandalism

Jack Goldman and Jack Miller • December 11, 2018

The Undergraduate Government of Boston College scheduled an emergency meeting Monday night, where it passed a resolution in response to a racist hate crime committed early Sunday morning by Michael Sorkin, CSOM ’21.

Student-Athlete Learning Center Renamed as Part of ‘Greater Heights’

Charlie Power • October 28, 2018

The Office of Learning Resources for Student-Athletes will be renamed the Office of Student-Athlete Academic Services (SAAS), according to a University press release.

BC Dining Clarifies Late Night Details, Meets with UGBC

Jack Goldman • September 13, 2018

In an email sent Thursday afternoon, Boston College Dining Services confirmed that weekend Late Night dining hours on Lower Campus would be 9 p.m. to 2 a.m at Addie’s Loft. The email also officially announced that mozzarella sticks and chicken tenders, old staples of previous years’ Late Night dining menus, would be returning to the current menu on weekends. Those items returned to the weekend menu last week.

BC Veterans Making Their Presence Felt

Jack Miller • September 10, 2018

On Veterans Day in 2009, Boston College dedicated the Veterans Memorial Wall to the 209 BC alumni who had given their lives in service to their country. Nobody knew at the time, but the ceremony also marked the success of a network of connections and relationships that would still provide support to veteran alumni a decade later. The Veterans Memorial Committee, formed in 2005 with the purpose of fundraising and researching for the wall, soon transformed into the BC Veterans Alumni Network (BCVAN).

Endowment Grows 10.7 Percent in the Latest Fiscal Year

Jack Miller • September 3, 2018

Boston College’s Executive Vice President Michael Lochhead announced Wednesday at University Convocation that the endowment posted a 10.7 percent return on investment during the last fiscal year that...

EVP Lochhead Provides Updates on Pine Tree Preserve, Schiller Institute, and Other Projects

Jack Miller • September 3, 2018

In his speech at last Wednesday's faculty convocation, Boston College Executive Vice President Mike Lochhead provided new information on the status of several high-profile facilities projects and renovations,...

Michael Davidson, S.J., to Helm Bowman Center

Jack Goldman • August 25, 2018

Michael Davidson, S.J., was named director of the Thea Bowman AHANA and Intercultural Center (BAIC) by Joy Haywood Moore, interim vice president for student affairs, this week. According to a press release,...

VPSA Barb Jones to Retire in August

Jack Goldman • July 2, 2018

Vice President for Student Affairs Barb Jones is set to retire this summer, the University announced. She’ll be replaced in the interim by current Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations Joy Haywood...