Young Alumni Speed Networking

Looking to fill your filodex? Plump your Palm? Beef up your BlackBerry? Grab a box of business cards and come down to Felt for BU's first Young Alumni Speed Networking event! Get introduced to tons of other recent BU grads as you move from table to table. Whether you're job hunting, business building, or anything in between, this is one event not to miss!

4th floor
Felt
533 Washington Street
Boston, MA
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Cost: $10

New York Real Estate, Finance and Construction Forum

Join the BU Alumni Club of New York in the first of this year’s Real Estate, Finance and Construction Forums: A Strategic Look at the Real Estate Employment Market for 2009 -- An Executive Search Professional Looks at the Year Ahead. This important discussion on the future of employment in real estate features Anthony J. LoPinto, CEO of Equinox partners and Founder and Managing Partner of SelectLeaders, the real estate industry’s leading job site.

Tony LoPinto is the founder of Equinox Partners and leads the firm's executive search practice. For more than a decade, Tony's clients have benefited from his deep knowledge and perspective of the talent needs, and organizational challenges of public and private companies gained from a 25-year career in real estate. He knows the business from the inside, having held executive positions in finance and capital markets, development, and investments with Bankers Trust, Mobil Land Development Corporation, Cushman & Wakefield, First Chicago, and The Charles E. Smith Companies, where, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, he managed the company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Tony holds a BA from Loyola University (Chicago). He is a Governor of the ULI and a member of NAREIT, NMHC, PREA, and The Real Estate Roundtable.

The Cornell Club
6 East 44th Street
New York, NY
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cost: $50

College of Engineering Reception in Washington DC

DEAN KEN LUTCHEN
cordially invites you to a complimentary

COCKTAIL AND HORS D’OEUVRES RECEPTION WITH FELLOW ENG ALUMS

COME JOIN US FOR AN EVENING TO:
• Discuss the goals and future of the College of Engineering with Dean Kenneth Lutchen;
• Reconnect with BU ENG Alums in your area and meet current ENG Parents;
• See old friends and make new ones;
• Share experiences and network with Engineering colleagues.

University Club of DC
Main Club
1135 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington DC
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Cost: Complimentary
RSVP by 10/10/08

BU Young Leaders Network of Miami

For their second event, the Boston University Young Leaders of Miami invite you to reconnect with old friends and make some new ones! Join us for a get together on Thursday, October 16th from 5:30-8pm at Manny’s Steak House in Downtown Miami and network with your fellow alums in a casual, fun atmosphere overlooking the River. Bring your business cards, memories of BU, and come and enjoy a cocktail after work. Our event in May had over fifty alumni in attendance, so be sure to join us on the 16th!

Click here to register.

This is an alumni sponsored event so it is a cash bar. The address of Manny’s Steak House is 300 South Biscayne Boulevard @ the MET One building. The phone number is (305) 938-9000.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEAN KENNETH R. LUTCHEN

cordially invites you to attend

“The Future of Engineering”
A Symposium in Honor of Professor Merrill L. Ebner

Keynote Speakers:

Thomas L. Magnanti
Institute Professor and Former Dean of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Philip Cheney
Former Vice President of Engineering and Emerging Technologies, Raytheon Corporation

Dr. George N. Hatsopoulos
Chairman and CEO, Pharos
Chairman Emeritus, Thermo Electron Corporation

Friday, October 24, 2008
3:00 P.M.

Life Sciences & Engineering Building
24 Cummington Street, Room B01
Boston, Massachusetts

Immediately following the Symposium, please join us for the ENG Reunion & Alumni Reception and Presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Awards

W. Bradford Ingalls Engineering Resource Center at 44 Cummington Street

RSVP by October 14 to 617-358-0500 or engalum@bu.edu

Reuion and Alumni Weekend 2008

Come home to campus, October 24–26, to reconnect with old classmates, revisit campus, and attend special events at the jam-packed Reunion & Alumni Weekend 2008—the University’s biggest alumni weekend ever.

Please visit www.bu.edu/reunion for more information

Boston University Welcomes You Home!

A reception for alumni from overseas and distance education programs featuring

Tom Costello (MET '96), NBC News Correspondent and a graduate of Boston University in Brussels

4 –7 p.m.

The Trustee Ballroom
595 Commonwealth Avenue
West Entrance, Ninth Floor
$20 (includes appetizers, beer and wine)

Even if you’ve never set foot on our main campus, you’re a part of the BU community. Come home to Boston this October to meet fellow Terriers and catch up with former classmates at a Reunion & Alumni Weekend event just for you!

To register for this event, click here.

While you’re on campus, be sure to enjoy some of the other activities planned for the weekend, including walking tours of campus, a Terrier Men’s Hockey Game: BU vs. U Michigan, and lectures on topics like the upcoming Presidential election, the Architecture of Boston, and Stepping Up to a Greener Future. For a complete list of Reunion & Alumni Weekend events, click here.

Boston University’s Arts Administration Alumni Association (A4) hosts:

Panel Discussion: Board Motivation
Monday, October 27, 2008 @ 6:30pm
Boston University College of Arts And Sciences
725 Commonwealth Ave
Lecture Room B12 (Basement floor)

Are you a Board Member at a non-profit in the Boston area? Are you a staff member of a non-profit organization? Do you want to become a Board member? Or are you interested in learning more about how non-profit Boards work?

Our conversation will cover topics such as assembling an effective Board , encouraging your Board to involve themselves financially, operationally and strategically, the role of the Board in large and small non-profit organizations, and how to handle tough situations and crises.

This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended. E-mail a4@bu.edu by October 20, 2008 to RSVP.

Complimentary refreshments will be served.

U.S. Campaign Politics 2008

BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Cordially invites you and your guests to attend

U.S. Presidential Campaign Politics 2008

A discussion with

Virginia Sapiro, Dean of Arts and Sciences

and

Graham Wilson, Professor of Political Science

with welcoming remarks by

Hon. David R. Peterson, former Premier of Ontario and
Chancellor of the University of Toronto

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Hosted by Cassels Brock
2100 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3C2

4 p.m. Reception
5 p.m. Discussion
6 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres

To reserve tickets, click here.

Questions? Contact Julia Kim, at juliakim@bu.edu or tel: +1 617-353-9511.

Reservations are required as space is limited.

Third annual Boston University Asia Alumni Festival

Bangkok, Thailand.

Saturday November 8

5:30 – 7 p.m. Networking cocktail reception

7-10 p.m. Gala dinner and Thai cultural performances

Please RSVP to either:
Mr. Visid (visid@thaiburner.co.th),
Mr. Dhanachok (dhanachok@viravan.co.th or oviravan@loxinfo.co.th) or Ms. Maneechit (maneechit@yahoo.com).

Questions? Contact Julia Kim, senior international program manager at juliakim@bu.edu or tel: +1 617-353-6044.

Frost/Nixon at the Kennedy Center

Join the Boston University Alumni Club of Washington DC for this Tony-nominated play starring Stacy Keach, which recounts the history and broadcast of one of the most powerful television interviews of all time. How did British talk-show host David Frost elicit the apology the rest of the world was waiting to hear from former President Richard Nixon? Following the performance, enjoy a reception in the North Atrium Foyer and conversation with NPR Senior News Analyst and three-time Emmy Award winner Daniel Schorr facilitated by Linda Killian, Director of the Boston University Washington Center.

When: Thursday, November 20th, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Eisenhower Theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New Hampshire Avenue NW and the Rock Creek Parkway

Cost: $72, orchestra seating (rear center); $62, balcony seating (center) -- price includes ticket and reception

RSVP: By Monday, October 16th by clicking here or by calling the Office of Alumni Relations at 800-800-3466

MET Night at Agganis Arena

Come see the Terrier Men's Hockey team play Holy Cross.

Join Dean Jay Halfond for a pre-game reception in the North Shell of Agganis Arena with cocktails and appetizers. The reception is from 5:30pm-7pm and the game begins at 7pm.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online or by phone. (link to follow)

Questions? Please contact the Metropolitan College Office of Development and Alumni Relations at 617-358-5501 or email lblanch@bu.edu