BU Wheelock Celebrates at Alumni Weekend 2025
BU Wheelock Celebrates at Alumni Weekend 2025
From recognizing this year’s Alumni Awards to a BU Wheelock tea, alums came together to reconnect and reminisce
BU Wheelock alumni and guests came together for several special events held during the 2025 Boston University Alumni Weekend.
Each year, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development recognizes members of our alumni community for their outstanding contributions, exemplary service, and dedicated leadership. The 2025 Alumni Awards recognized five alumni whose commitment and advocacy have had far-reaching impact in Boston, the nation, and beyond. Awards were presented to Mary Bourque, Ashley Sharpe-Porter, Raul Fernandez, Deborah Buehler, and Christine Benero.
Alums also came together during a BU Wheelock tea with the Lucy’s Legacy Foundation, during which the foundation recognized scholarship recipients Lily Lily Pavlowich (Wheelock’26) and Alexandra Normandeau (Wheelock’26). Attendees also had the opportunity to view a collection of historical artifacts from historic Wheelock College and BU’s School of Education. And at another event, “Curiosity 101: Uncertainty and Sensemaking in Science Education,” BU Wheelock faculty members TJ McKenna and Eve Manz explored ways to transform classrooms into places of scientific learning.
Check out the recording of the 2025 Alumni Awards and a photo gallery of some highlights from this special weekend below (to see a photo’s caption, click on the image). For more photos, visit the BU photo gallery.
Watch the 2025 Alumni Awards Ceremony
Photo Gallery
Alumni Awards Ceremony
Steve Aveson, Bobbi Woldt, Pat Tayco, Donna Sawyer, Carol Sullivan-Hanley, Carole Lieber, and Dean Penny Bishop. Photo by Matt Woolverton
Angela Mota and Christine Benero
Ashley Sharpe-Porter
Raul Fernandez
Mary Bourque
Leslie Dietiker
James LaBillois, Dean Penny Bishop, and Angela Mota
IIhan Zeybekoglu, Annie Zeybekoglu, Gloria McAnulty, and David McAnulty
Back to BU Beach Festival
Steve Aveson, Dean Penny Bishop, and Donna Sawyer. Photo by Sandy Potter
Photo by Sandy Potter
BU Wheelock Tea with Lucy’s Legacy Foundation
Heidi Butterworth Fannion, Kyla McSweeney, Carol Sullivan Hanley, Shannon Fairley-Pittman, and Bonnie Page
Nick Vargas, director of the Wheelock Family Theatre
Bobbi Woldt and Pat Tayco
Dean Bishop, Lily Pavlowich, Alexandra Normandeau, and Claire White
Photo by Steve Roeder
A Book Talk with Professors Eve Manz and TJ McKenna
Photo By Steve Roeder
Photo By Steve Roeder
Yadira Sánchez, Sandy Potter, and Camila Sánchez. Photo By Steve Roeder
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