{"id":823,"date":"2017-03-20T19:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/questromlife\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2017-03-20T19:26:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T19:26:38","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/questromlife\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span style=\"color: #333333\">Meet the Director<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333\"><em><strong>A Note From Thomas<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Howdy,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My name is Thomas Harwell and I have the privilege of serving as the Director of Student Diversity &amp; Inclusion in the Questrom School of Business. Questrom is an incredibly diverse community of people representing over 100 countries around the world, who represent different races, gender identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, religions, abilities, military service, socioeconomic backgrounds, thoughts, beliefs, involvement, and more; we are a community connected by difference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a part of my role, I work with a number of student groups within the undergraduate and graduate students who seek to explore the role that diversity plays in business. I work with offices within Questrom to make sure that our services and resources within Questrom are inclusive, and strive to provide educational forums for members of our community to engage in dialogues about difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I look forward to learning more about the members of the vibrant community that is Questrom School of Business. Please do not hesitate to connect, my email is <\/span><a href=\"mailto:harwell@bu.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">harwell@bu.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thomas <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-0aa7055fe62c3622faec82866afbaeb2 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a class=\"twitter-timeline\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasharwell\">Tweets by thomasharwell<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_two_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>Background<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\">Thomas Harwell currently serves as the Director of Student Diversity &amp; Inclusion Initiatives in the Questrom School of Business at Boston University. Thomas joined the team, in this newly created role, in January 2017. His role includes the recruitment and support of undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds. Thomas\u2019 passions lie with providing access, equity, and inclusion to high performing persons from underrepresented groups and he\u2019s very excited about this role and it\u2019s work within the Questrom School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\">Thomas completed his B.S. in Biology \u201811 and M.S. in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education at Texas A&amp;M University, before completing his MBA Part-time \u201916 while serving in several roles at Boston College. After the completion of his MBA, Thomas completed is NCDA Global Career Development Certificate in September 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #333333\">Previously, Thomas served as an Assistant Director for Career Exploration in the Career Center at Boston College. 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