Staff

Gervlyne Auguste currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair Scholars Program). She brings over 15 years of experience in educational and administrative management. Her academic experiences serve as an important framework that better allows her to understand and identify with a diverse range of students. Gervlyne's familiarities of being a first-generation college student with English as a second language present the main ideals that are the backbone of her educational philosophy. As a assistant director, her primary mission is to help students navigate successfully through their academic careers while exploring their educational and career options. Her immediate responsibility is to prepare students to be self-sufficient and life-long learners. Her obligation is to contribute and remain attentive to issues pertaining to student services and retention. This is especially important when addressing the needs of underrepresented and underserved students.

In her spare time, she serves on several nongovernmental organizations as an advocate for better access to education, youth development and women owned businesses reaching life-long independence.

Gervlyne holds a Masters in Science degree with an Administration and Planning concentration from the University of Massachusetts in Boston and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Emmanuel College, Boston. 

Eliane Lima is a multimedia artist whose practice is grounded in community engagement through volunteer work, arts education, and outreach initiatives, with a particular focus on students with disabilities and underrepresented communities. She worked with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oral History Project as part of the LA/LA Pacific Standard Time program, editing and translating interviews with leading Latin American filmmakers. She also collaborated as an editor and post-production consultant on documentary films and facilitated workshops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Mexico City.

Eliane holds a Bachelor of Arts from ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, State University of New York, and two Master of Fine Arts degrees from the San Francisco Art Institute and the California Institute of the Arts. She returns to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ with a renewed passion for the academic setting and a commitment to continued growth, learning, and supporting the BU community.  

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