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Estate Planning in the time of COVID

Estate Planning in the Time of COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have caused many people to pause and take stock of their current financial and estate plans.

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Paying it forward

Paying It Forward

An unrestricted bequest provides Boston College with security for the future.

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Flexibility for the future

Flexibility For the Future

The Power of Unrestricted Planned Gifts

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For of Those to Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required

For of Those to Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required

For decades, Rhode Island communities invested in their family. Now, the Mancinis have established a new scholarship program to provide an education to the Ocean State’s students in need.

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The Long View

The Long View

A $25 million promise from Pat and Aja Stokes will bring more undergraduates to the Heights.

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A Legacy Landmark Reached

A Legacy Landmark Reached

A record 3,000 Eagles commit to legacy gifts, and Shaw Society Chair Dave Griffith shares why his legacy is with BC.

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Informed, Engaged, Invested

Informed, Engaged, Invested

The Parents Leadership Council (PLC) is a group of deeply engaged parents who have distinguished themselves as leaders at Boston College through their annual philanthropic support of the University. Members of the PLC connect with one another and with BC’s academic and administrative leaders through special communications and campus and regional activities grounded in our Jesuit, Catholic mission.

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The Whole Entrepreneur

The Whole Entrepreneur

We asked Joe ’89 and Chris Popolo, P’20, ’23, and Jere Doyle ’87, P’15, ’21, the Popolo Family Executive Director of the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship, for their two cents on how great ideas have changed the world.

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Under Their Wings: Scaling Up Social Justice

Under Their Wings: Scaling Up Social Justice

Through the Salem Professorship in Global Practice, Navyn Salem and her husband, Paul, are determined to ignite global social change. the inaugural Salem professor, Theresa Betancourt, shares their vision: a deep belief that creative social science can change the world for the better. Betancourt is transforming the lives of traumatized families around the world—and the Salems’ gift will help extend that vital work even further.

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Exhibiting Empathy

Exhibiting Empathy

The Winstons’ latest gift to Boston College fuels the momentum of a museum whose exhibitions do more than excite the eye.

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