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A year ago this week, Boston University made the unprecedented announcement that it was shutting down dorms and sending students home as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in Boston.
As the one-year anniversary of that historic move approached, we invited members of the BU community to tell us their unsung heroes of the pandemic a teacher, student, staff person, or alum who made a difference in their life, and the life of the University.
We heard from dozens of you, giving shout-outs across the University, from BU’s Facilities staff to some of the many COVID collection site specialists to the Residence Life staff. Together, these folks have helped all of us weather this extraordinarily challenging year.
$1 Million Gift to BUTI Launches the Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Fund
Chester and Joy Douglass’ pledge, the largest in the program’s 54-year history, strengthens bond with BSO to train young musicians
March 1, 2021 Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI), a program of Boston University College of Fine Arts, announces that longtime supporter and current Chair of the BUTI Advisory Council, Chester “Chet” W. Douglass and his wife, Joy, have pledged $1,000,000 to launch the Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Fund.
“Dr. Douglass has been an invaluable leader for BUTI for the past six years,” says Hilary Respass, Executive Director of Boston University Tanglewood Institute. “With his generous consultation and support we have built the program and its community of supporters, celebrating a 50
Brookline@Home: Aija Reke, a music teacher who does it all
Susie Davidson / brookline@wickedlocal.com
Over the past year, many of us have spent time spaced apart in line outside Trader Joe s. Ever wonder what might be going on upstairs in the building?
Here s one answer: Coolidge Corner resident, violinist and teacher Aija Reke has been teaching a series of two lectures and four masterclasses for students in her homeland, Latvia.
The masterclasses, which are sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Latvia in collaboration with Ventspils Music High School and are all in the Latvian language, are taught from February to June this year on the Zoom platform.
LENOX â The Boston University Tanglewood Institute has launched its Young Artists Fund with a $1 million pledge by Dr. Chester W. Douglass and his wife, Joy, operators of the seasonal Douglass House bed-and-breakfast on the shores of the Stockbridge Bowl.
The pledge is the largest in BUTIâs 55-year history, according to an announcement from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, which operates the summer institute on West Street for young musicians.
Hilary Field Respass, executive director of Boston Universityâs Tanglewood Institute in Lenox, applauded the gift from Dr. Chester W. Douglass and his wife, Joy. Douglass, chairman of the instituteâs advisory council, âhas been an invaluable leader for BUTI for the past six years,â Respass said.
Dear Mr. Emhoff,
Congratulations to Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and best wishes to you as you take up the mantle of second gentleman. You are blazing a trail and setting a new standard for those who will follow. Although second ladies have historically been publicly visible but politically marginalized, as the male spouse of the first female vice president in US history, you will garner unprecedented attention that brings both opportunities and challenges that warrant consideration.
Traditionally, second ladies of the United States, like their White House counterparts, have been viewed as helpmates to their husbands and role models for American women. Because vice presidents were routinely considered, as John Nance Garner observed, “the spare tire on the automobile of government,” their wives were frequently viewed as relatively inconsequential advisors to not particularly powerful men, and thus were often ignored by the press and the public. In fact, most