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Virtual Info Session: On-Campus MSW Program

  • Dec 11, 2025
  • 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Virtual

Join us for an engaging virtual info session and explore how our Master of Social Work program — available on-campus in Boston and in a flexible hybrid format—prepares you for a career in clinical social work from day one.

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Hanukkah/Chanukah

  • Dec 13, 2025 to Dec 21, 2025
  • All Day

Hanukkah is the festival of lights that lasts for eight days. It commemorates the Jewish struggle for religious freedom and the miracle in which a sacred temple flame burned for eight days on only one day's worth of oil. Hanukkah...

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Meet the Children's Literature Program Director

  • Dec 15, 2025
  • 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
  • Virtual

Join Graduate Programs Director Cathie Mercier and learn about the Master of Arts in Children's Literature, the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children, and dual MA/MFA degree. If you have any questions or cannot attend, please contact the...

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Yule/Midwinter/Alban Arthan/Winter Solstice

  • Dec 21, 2025
  • All Day

Yule commemorates the longest night of the year followed by the sun's "rebirth" and lengthening of days. Communities: Pagan, Wiccan, Druid Common practices: Burning the yule log as an act of faith and renewal that the light, and the warmth...

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Christmas

  • Dec 25, 2025
  • All Day

Christmas is an annual celebration commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Messiah. While rooted in Christian faith, the holiday is widely celebrated around the world with secular traditions focused on family, goodwill, and peace. Community: Christian Common...

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Kwanzaa

  • Dec 26, 2025 to Jan 1, 2026
  • All Day

Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, and is therefore celebrated primarily by people of African descent who wish to honor their heritage, rather than by a specific faith community. During the week of Kwanzaa, families and communities...

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Epiphany/Twelfth Night/Three Kings/La Befana

  • Jan 6, 2026
  • All Day

The Christian holiday of Epiphany, also often called Three Kings' Day, is traditionally celebrated on January 6. The word "Epiphany" comes from the Greek word meaning "to show" or "to reveal." It commemorates the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the...