BSU In The News

Kenyan immigrant Stephen Wahome, '13, who earned a business degree from BSU, co-founded an outsourcing startup that aims to connect software developers in Africa with clients in the United States. Read more in The Boston Globe.

Tracy Charbonnier, an education technology expert, spoke with WBZ about what parents need to know for remote learning. Read more and watch the video.

During the pandemic, BSU's Senior College has successfully transitioned to online classes. Read more in The Enterprise.

Dr. Jeanne Carey Ingle, an assistant professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, offers a positive outlook and tips on teaching online during the pandemic. Read more in eSchoolNews. 

Dr. Elizabeth Englander, a professor in the Department of Psychology and executive director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center, discusses how parents and teachers can support students when they return to classrooms after pandemic-related closures. Watch the interview with Boston 25 News.

Dr. Michael Kryzanek, a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science, thinks one of the U.S. military bases named for a Confederate general should instead honor Army Lt. John Fox, a Black man who heroically died while fighting in World War II. Read more in The Boston Globe.

Dr. Joyce Rain Anderson, a professor in the Department of English, told WBZ organizations and teams should stop using Native American names and symbols. Watch the story.

Dr. Michele Meek, an assistant professor, weighed in on race and gender inequities in the film industry. Read her piece in Ms.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic cutting short his BSU athletic career, Josh Winsper, '20, hopes to compete in the Paralympics. Watch the story. 

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Photonics Society, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, and the Optical Society are funding tuition for the first 15 students in a new photonics-technician program that Bridgewater State University and Stonehill College are launching this summer in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more at MIT News.
 

The Washington Center featured Augusto Goncalves, '12, who describes how his internship at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development helped launch a career in politics. Goncalves is now finance director for the African American Leadership Council at the Democratic National Committee. Read the feature. 

Dr. Michael DeValve, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, discusses justice and the failure of past reform efforts on The Academic Minute podcast. Listen to his episode.