The Buzzards Bay Term

The centerpiece of Gull Island's programming on Buzzards Bay, this multi-week program runs from mid-May to mid-June each year. 

Over the course of four weeks, a cohort of 8-9 undergraduate students take responsibility for themselves and their community through co-leading a seminar with remarkable faculty, formal student self-governance, and labor projects including land management in critical coastal ecosystems and work on a sustainable oyster farm. Students integrate their experiences across the program's three pillars of academics, labor, and self-governance through exploration of a core question: what makes a place habitable, and what does it mean to inhabit it well?

 

Each student cohort is selected by an Application Committee comprised of recent Gull Island student alumni. The program is tuition free.

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For more on the inaugural Buzzards Bay Term -– the "Junemester" 2023 – check out this profile in The Boston Globe.

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The application cycle for the 2026 Buzzards Bay Term will run from mid-December 2025 to late January 2026.

Check this website, and subscribe to our mailing list, for updates about the 2026 BBT. Thank you for your interest.

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