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09/04/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/05/2024 02:11
Hugs, Tears, and a Lot of Pride: Parents Bid Their BU Freshmen Farewell
Hugs, Tears, and a Lot of Pride: Parents Bid Their BU Freshmen Farewell
Video captures all the raw emotion of the annual ritual
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Hugs, Tears, and a Lot of Pride: Parents Bid Their BU Freshmen Farewell
Video captures all the raw emotion of the annual ritual
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As a parent, you spend years planning for it, saving for it, anticipating it, and yes, maybe just a little bit, dreading it: the moment when you drop your child off at college for the first time and have to say goodbye.
Last week, some 3,318 members of the Class of 2028 arrived on campus, most accompanied by their families.
"It's what you dream for, you know. Raise your kids and let them go off on their own and be able to handle the world," said Lisa Bani-Esraeli, whose son, Jonathan (Wheelock'28), was moving into West Campus.
It's a ritual that never gets easier, from a parent's oldest to the youngest. In the video above, parents express excitement, sadness, and a lot of pride as they bid their freshmen farewell.
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Jackie Ricciardi is a staff photojournalist at BU Today and Bostonia magazine. She has worked as a staff photographer at newspapers that include the Augusta Chronicle in Augusta, Ga., and at Seacoast Media Group in Portsmouth, N.H., where she was twice named New Hampshire Press Photographer of the Year. Profile
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