Gastronomy Student’s Black-Owned Tea Business Featured on Jennifer Hudson Show
Amber Jackson, who is in the process of earning her MA in Gastronomy with a focus in Business & Entrepreneurship at Metropolitan College, was recently featured on the Jennifer Hudson Show, where her business was spotlighted as one of Rhode Island’s must-visit destinations.
MET Business Alum, Women’s History Trailblazer Receives Prestigious London Honors
Tangy Morgan (MET’16) was one of five BU alumnae featured in a recent Bostonia article lauding women whose accomplishments reflect prestigiously on Boston University. Morgan—who earned her MS in Business Continuity, Security & Risk Management (now titled the MS in Enterprise Risk Management) at Metropolitan College—is the external senior advisor to the Bank of England’s […]
Professional Genealogy Course Helps Researcher Unlock African American History
John Mills has been on a mission—he wants to help Black Americans like himself learn more about where they come from, even when the past is shrouded by injustice.
After Decades of Creative Leadership, BU Choir Director and Arts Administration Alum Retires from Post
Creative endeavors don’t just happen on their own. They require drive, imagination, and, when pursued in a collaborative fashion, leadership. For 20 years, Herbert Jones (MET’17) has served as director of the Inner Strength Gospel Choir, which gives the BU community space and opportunity to gather in song at Marsh Chapel.
Cabin Fever, Song in Her Heart Propels MET Student to Marathon
It takes tremendous will to run a marathon. To go the considerable distance, runners draw deeply from all kinds of reserves. For Olivia Clachar, a BU employee who is capitalizing on her benefits by pursuing her BS in Management Studies at MET, it was the confinement born of the global pandemic that sparked a fire […]
BU Today Highlights Buttermilk Boutique Founder and Gastronomy Alum Tie Whittaker
Before earning her master’s in Gastronomy at BU’s Metropolitan College, Tie Whittaker (MET’12) stepped away from a looming career in law to follow a more sincere passion: to be a pastry chef. It started in the kitchens of her grandmothers, Whittaker says. “I had decided that I wanted to keep my grandmothers’ recipes alive—that was […]
MET Alum Leads Museum of African American History to Greater Heights
In a recent interview with Bostonia: Boston University’s Alumni Magazine, Leon E. Wilson (MET’75), the president and CEO of the Museum of African American History, explains the ways his nonprofit organization found growing success even amid the challenges of operating during a global pandemic. Wilson, who earlier in his career earned his degree in business […]
While Bringing Change as Rhode Island City’s First Black Chief of Police, MET Alum Calls Higher Education an Officer’s ‘Most Important Tool’
On January 4, 2021, Anthony Roberson (MET’11) was sworn in as police chief of the Central Falls, Rhode Island police department. It was the culmination of a long journey for the public servant, a believer in the power of positive relationships who is dedicated to leading a culture shift in the Central Falls Police Department […]
Now Accepting Applications for the 2021 Wine Studies Award for Students of Color
A year ago, TJ and Hadley Douglas, owners of The Urban Grape in Boston’s South End, generously established The Urban Grape Wine Studies Award for Students of Color at Boston University’s Metropolitan College (MET). In a direct effort to reduce racial isolation in the wine field, the award funds at least one student of color […]
Follow the Bread Crumbs: How an 1800s Black Inventor Kickstarted the Industrial Kitchen
A recent Forbes article delved into the life of trailblazing 19th century Black inventor Joseph Lee, who was born enslaved in South Carolina and served as a Civil War blacksmith before finding entrepreneurial success in and around Boston as a baker, caterer, and hotelier around the turn of the century. After the war, Lee traveled […]