Getting to know BC: A Crash Course

1. Getting to know BC: A Crash Course A Survival Guide for Your First Year (and beyond) of Graduate School at BOSTON COLLEGE!

2. Introduction • PRESENTERS: • Charli Bryan, GEA President, MA, Higher Education, LSOE • PURPOSE: • To whisk you through the basics of what you need to know about BC to survive your first weeks, months, and years here! • AGENDA: • Getting around campus • Navigating the administrative jungle • Where to eat, caffeine-ate, and crash • Where to study (and where to get the stuff you need to study) • Finding Balance, Health & Wellness • Getting Involved in Graduate Student Life at BC

3. BC Maps BC Shuttle Service BC T-Stops Getting Around Campus

4. LOWER CAMPUS

5. MIDDLE CAMPUS

6. Upper Campus

7. BC Shuttle • Shuttle runs a loop around Main campus, down Comm. Ave to Cleveland Circle, then back down Comm. Ave with service every 15-20 minutes. • Also, Newton Shuttle route to Newton Campus (BC Law School). • http://www.bc.edu/offices/transportation/bus.html: Schedule & Download the BC Trans Locator I-Phone & Android Application for Smartphone • http://bc.transloc.com/- BC Shuttle Finder from your Smartphone

8. ONLINE RESOURCES AGORA PORTAL BC Email Academic Info Blackboard Vista (http://cms.bc.edu) Courses & Grades Financial Info Financial Aid Award Viewing & Paying Your Bill Direct Deposit & Refund Checks UView System – Online course registration Navigating the Administrative Jungle

9. Student Services Financial Aid Health and Counseling Services BC Police Department Navigating the Administrative Jungle, cont…

10. What you’ll find here: Student Services (1st floor) Financial Aid (1st floor) Registrar What you need to pick up here: Boston College I.D. Parking Permits/MBTA passes Student Employment Forms (I-9 etc) Loan refund checks (if no direct deposit) Transcripts Lyons Hall

11. What you’ll find here: Health Insurance Information University Health Services (UHS) http://www.bc.edu/offices/uhs Cushing Hall

12. 3 Locations Carney Hall Room 418 (Main Office) Campion Hall Room 301 Fulton Hall Room 254 Individual & group counseling, evaluation, self-help, referrals, and consultation about others CARNEY, FULTON & CAMPION HALLS • What you’ll find here: • University Counseling Services • http://www.bc.edu/counseling

13. Where you’ll Find them: Lower Campus, in Campanella Way Building What they do: Parking Tickets, Lost and Found Keep you SAFE! R.A.D. Training Safety Notices Identity Theft Relationship Violence Eagle Eye on Crime Blue Lights Emergency: 617- 552 - 4444 Non-Emergency: 617- 552 - 4440 Fax: 617- 552 - 2480 BC Police Department

14. Van Service This is available for individuals between the hours of 7 pm and 3 am who are concerned for their personal safety traveling in and around campus. It is NOT a free taxi service. Walking Service This will be provided between the hours of 7 pm and 2 am seven nights a week. Can be reached 7 days a week at 617-552-8888. Eagle Transportation

15. Dining Bucks and Dining Halls Upper Campus Dining Carney’s, Eagle’s Nest, Chocolate Bar (McElroy) Lower Campus Dining Corcoran Commons/Addie’s, Hillside Café Lyons Hall Basement “The Rat” 11am – 3pm Where to eat, caffeine-ate and crash on campus

16. Nearby Food: El PelònTaqueria Dunkin’ Donuts Flat Breads Crazy Dough’s Pizza White Mountain Creamery Conveniences: Campus Convenience: Toiletries, small grocery items, magazines, etc. UPS (Passport Photos, “Mail” Stuff) Sunset Tanning Bank of America …and just off campus (Next to the BC T-stop)

17. Libraries/Places to Study: http://www.bc.edu/libraries Murray Graduate Student Center O’Neill Library Bapst Library ERC (LSOE) School of Theology & Ministry Social Work Library (McGuinn) Law Library (Newton Campus) Connors Family Learning Center & CTRC (2nd Floor in O’Neill McElroy (Upper Campus) BC Bookstore http://www.bc.edu/bookstore Full Postal Service Where to study (and get the stuff you need to study)

18. CAREER CENTER • Provides resume critiques, career assessment software, credentials service, interview workshops, and practice interviews • You can make an appointment or drop in for a session with a career counselor (15 – 20 minutes) • Located on 38 Commonwealth Avenue • Phone: 617-552-3644 • Web: http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/ • For assistantship listings, visit the Office of Graduate Student Life website: http://www.bc.edu/offices/gsc/gradresources/financial/assistantships.html.

19. Health and Wellness Getting involved in Graduate Student Organizations Service Opportunities Office for Graduate Student Life & GSA FINDING BALANCE

20. The Recreation Complex – a.k.a. “The Plex” Student Membership (Free classes) Exercise and Fitness Machines Swimming Pool, Courts Lockers, Towel service Murray Graduate Student Center (FREE!) Pool Table Ping Pong DVD Rentals Health and Wellness

21. Programs: Graduate Intersections Grad Gatherings Whole Person Education Workshop Wellness Activities Graduate Mentorship Program Monthly Newsletter Conference Grants Advises Graduate Student Groups Reserve Study Space Runs the John Courtney Murray, S.J. Graduate Student Center Office of Graduate Student Life: MuRRAY HOUSE 292 Hammond Street Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Phone: 617-552-1855 Email: gsc@bc.edu

23. GSA Committees 1) Grad AHANA 2) GISA 3) Social & Service Committee 4) Scholarship & Excellence 5) Parent & Family RC 6) Spirituality RC GSA Welcome Weekend 2011 GSA Weekly Minute Graduate Student RESOURCES & ORGS

24. Staying Informed and Connected Electronic Monthly Newsletter from the Office of Graduate Student Life Office of Graduate Student Life Website: www.bc.edu/gsc Email: gsc@bc.edu The GSA Weekly Minute: Your weekly informational email from the GSA.

25. QUESTIONS??