Later, concerned with sickness and physical healing, she was among the first women to graduate from Boston University’s School of Medicine in 1885. She was the first woman to graduate from BU’s School of Theology, in 1878. While the center’s philosophy and work are founded on the legacy of Howard Thurman, it is also supported by the legacies of many great people-trailblazers like Anna Howard Shaw, who focused on the root causes of social injustice, poverty, and women’s suffrage in America. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” The Centers of Influence Students are invited to make the center their “home away from home,” while experiencing self-discovery through interaction with others. The continuous goal of the Thurman Center is to create a Living Common Ground Community on this campus. “…that meaningful and creative shared experiences shared between people can be more compelling than all of the faiths, fears, concepts, ideologies, and prejudices that divide and if these experiences can be multiplied and sustained over a sufficient duration of time, then any barrier that separates one person from another can be undermined and eliminated.” “we all have as human beings to want to be with others-the desire to be part of a community.” “When you can go deep down inside yourself, really know who you are and are secure in who you are-then-you can find yourself in every other human being.” The first step is one of personal self-exploration. Howard Thurman believed the Search was a two-fold journey. Through an array of culturally based programs, lectures, discussions, films, events, and resources, the center spreads Thurman’s belief in the unity of all people and his philosophy of the Search for Common Ground. The Thurman Center is a place where cultural expression in all of its forms is embraced and encouraged. The Thurman Center is intentionally inclusive and emphasizes the importance of stepping outside your comfort zone to build relationships and share experiences with others. The Thurman Center is Boston University’s cultural hub, and, unlike many colleges and universities that have separate Centers based on race, Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center does not. Thurman spent his life working to break barriers of divisiveness that separate people based on race, culture, religion, ethnicity, gender, and sexual identity. Howard Thurman was a man of religion, a world-renowned educator, a philosopher and a poet, and Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University from 1953 to 1965.
Makechnie (Wheelock ’29, ’31, Hon.’79) in 1986 to preserve and share the legacy of Dr. The Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground was founded by Dean Emeritus George K.
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