Welcome to the Fall 2020 Semester

Dear BU Family,

As we begin the Fall 2020 semester, I would like to take a moment first to welcome our newest Huskies – our first-year and transfer students, and our new faculty members. We are excited that each of you has joined the Husky Family, and I look forward to meeting you in the coming months ahead. I also welcome back our returning students and faculty members. For all of us, this semester will be an unusual one, and I am especially grateful to my colleagues who have spent countless hours over the past several months to prepare for this atypical semester.

My thanks, as well, to each of you for your patience and understanding during these challenging times. As we have done so since last March, we will continuously monitor the latest information on the COVID-19 virus (including any developing student incidence rates), and respond accordingly to the changing circumstances. 

The health and safety of the entire BU community remains our highest priority, and every single one of us must abide by the necessary safety precautions. This pandemic has given us the opportunity to demonstrate the sense of family that makes BU a special place – and that sense of family means taking responsibility for yourself and showing consideration and respect for others.

• please wear a face mask on and off campus
• socially distance yourself from others
• and wash your hands frequently

Lastly, I urge all of you to check in on a daily basis via our Husky Health Checker , and please continue to monitor our website for the latest updates. We are all in this together as one BU Family, and we will only contain and reduce the spread of this virus if each of us takes personal responsibility for our actions.

MASK UP, HUSKIES!

Sincerely,

Bashar W. Hanna, President

Our semester begins anew

Just a few weeks ago, our students left campus for various destinations with the plan to return for classes after their spring break. As you all know, our world has changed significantly since then because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today, we resume our academic semester through remote teaching and learning. This is not a day any of us had anticipated when we began the semester in January, but the current circumstances have required us to move to online instruction for the remainder of the semester. The health and safety of our entire BU community is our highest priority, and it is my sincere hope that this message finds each of you in good health.

I want to take a moment to thank our students and their families. In the past few weeks, we have made several decisions that have impacted our students’ academics, their living arrangements, and the BU experience with which they have become so accustomed. I am ever grateful to each and every one of them for their patience and understanding during these unprecedented times.

I also extend my heartfelt gratitude to my colleagues for their service, selflessness, and support these past couple weeks. This global pandemic has led to extraordinary circumstances, and the response from our faculty and staff has been equally extraordinary.

As our semester begins anew, I am filled with pride – Husky Pride – and great confidence that we are embarking on this journey together. As one pack, let us finish the semester with the grit and determination for which Huskies are known. May we face this uncharted territory as a family and do what we do best by supporting one another, even if from afar.

Please stay connected each day by checking our website, please focus on your health and well-being in the weeks ahead, and GO HUSKIES!

Sincerely,

Bashar