Boston College Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau will be the keynote speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship Banquet on Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Yawkey Center Murray Room.Ģż
Highlighting the eventāwhich draws administrators, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the University communityāwill be the presentation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Scholarship, honoring a Boston College junior who has demonstrated superior academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, community service, and involvement with the African American community and African American issues. This yearās candidates are Sydney Boyd, Thair Brown, Nwamaka Nnaeto, Michael Osaghae, and Omonosagiagbon Owens.
Ļć½¶Šć Law Dean Vincent Rougeau (Suzanne Camarata)
Rougeau, who is in his eighth year as Ļć½¶Šć Law dean, is recognized as an advocate for legal education reform. He has led a reorganization in leadership structure at Ļć½¶Šć Law that supports a more holistic approach to student services, expands the schoolās national and international recruitment of a diverse student body, and enhances the schoolās commitment to experiential learning and global engagement. Ļć½¶Šć Law was 26th in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of āBest Graduate Schools,ā an eight-point improvement over the previous two ranking cycles.
Under Rougeau, the school has introduced the Center for Experiential Learning, which brings all Ļć½¶Šć Lawās hands-on training programs under one roof, and the Global Practice Program, an initiative that builds on the schoolās longstanding presence in Europe with new opportunities for students in Dublin, Germany, Chile, France, and other locations around the globe.
An expert in Catholic social thought, Rougeau is author of Christians in the American Empire: Faith and Citizenship in the New World Order. His current research and writing examines the relationship between religious identity and notions of democratic citizenship and membership in highly mobile and increasingly multicultural democratic societies.
āUniversity Communications | February 2019
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