Photos of the Month: A Look Back at August at BU

Photos of the Month: A Look Back at August at BU

Move-in, FYSOP, Weeks of Welcome, and more

The annual Cradles to Crayons Backpack-A-Thon, held at Agganis Arena August 1, drew hundreds of volunteers, including Melissa Graves, BU women's basketball team head coach, to help provide 75,000 Massachusetts area students with new school supplies.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Lenora Shackelford, 17, a student in BU's six-week summer High School Honors program, participating in a general psychology discussion board online from the PAL Study Lounge at Mugar Memorial Library August 8. Eligible high school students in the program earn up to eight college credits. In addition to a challenging course load, students visited Fenway Park and the New England Aquarium.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Maida Stahler, 17, during a run-through of the Tony Award-winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, at Boston Playwrights' Theatre on August 7. The production was the highlight of a summer class for high school students offered by Wheelock Family Theatre.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Boston Public School high schoolers participated in this summer's Brighter Boston summer camp at BU's Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre. The program provides hands-on technical training in lighting, audio, video, and set construction, then places students in internships and jobs in backstage tech with Boston theaters, concert halls, and other venues.

Photo by Cydney Scott

August 19: a rainy day on campus.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Melissa L. Gilliam, BU's new president, greeting students and parents as they move into Kilachand Hall August 28.

Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Moving in on Bay State Road, August 28.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Tonima Bhowmik (CAS'27) (center) and First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP) students waiting in line for some celebratory ice cream at the GSU after a day of volunteering at the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester on August 29.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Community Service Award recipient Alina Ngo (CAS'27) being greeted by BU President Melissa L. Gilliam at a reception for this year's Community Service Award and Menino Scholar recipients at the Questrom School of Business on August 29. The programs provide financial assistance to eligible Boston Public Schools graduates.

Photo by Eric Haynes

Abby McNeil (COM'28) (left) and Duru Yuceturk (COM'28) relaxing on the COM lawn after meeting during orientation August 29.

Photo by Cydney Scott

Photographer James Leon (COM'28) capturing Paulina Gromoba (COM'28) (from left), Allegra Vercesi (CAS'28), Kaylee Grosser (COM'28), Sia Anthony (CAS'28), Hannah Black (CAS'28), and Rebecca Smits (Wheelock'28) at the Student Activities Welcome Picnic, part of BU's annual Weeks of Welcome programming, featuring free food and lawn games.

Photo by Eric Haynes

Beach Towel Yoga, one of the Weeks of Welcome events, led by Fitness & Recreation Center staff, August 31.

Photo by Janice Checchio

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