{"id":132422,"date":"2025-03-28T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=132422"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T19:57:30","slug":"teresa-acosta-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-april","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/teresa-acosta-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Teresa Acosta Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for April"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Acosta Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for April\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">March 28, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/04\/Teresa-Acosta.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Teresa Acosta\" class=\"wp-image-132146\" width=\"251\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/04\/Teresa-Acosta.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/04\/Teresa-Acosta-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/04\/Teresa-Acosta-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/04\/Teresa-Acosta-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/04\/Teresa-Acosta-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><figcaption>Teresa Acosta<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Teresa Acosta, has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acosta serves as the assistant program manager for the BUMC Faculty Development &amp; Diversity Office and assistant director of training &amp; education for the BU American Heart Association Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Scholars Program. She joined the BU community in August 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her nominators say, \u201cTeresa meticulously develops and manages initiatives such as targeted mentorship programs, specialized workshops, and networking events for diverse needs of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe always has a wealth of information and if she doesn\u2019t know the answer, she finds the answer and gets back to you quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTeresa is the backbone of the Evans Student Scholars program. The program would not be what is without her dedication and tenacity. 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