{"id":67019,"date":"2019-05-30T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T20:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=67019"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:28:19","slug":"congratulations-to-the-class-of-2019-a-recap-of-bu-wheelocks-inaugural-commencement","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2019\/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2019-a-recap-of-bu-wheelocks-inaugural-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Wheelock Holds Inaugural Commencement"},"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\">Commencement<\/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\tBU Wheelock Holds Inaugural Commencement\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\">May 30, 2019<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/grace-hagerty\/\">Grace Hagerty<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\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=\"alignleft\"><img src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-4.25.12-PM-401x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43942\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 18, Boston University Wheelock College of Education &amp; Human Development held its first convocation ceremony. The ceremony began with remarks from Dean David Chard and an invocation from alum and author Adrienne Kisner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Dean Ellen&nbsp;Faszewski then presented faculty member Stephanie Cox Su\u00e1rez with the Edward H. Ladd Award for Academic Excellence and Service, which recognizes an outstanding member of the College faculty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Stephanie personifies the value of this award,&#8221;&nbsp;said Faszewski. &#8220;She came to Wheelock as an experienced special educator who had worked for over 15 years in a number of educational settings both in this country and in Nepal where she was a Peace Corps volunteer, helping the country develop a Braille system in their own language that met the needs of their communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dean\u2019s Academic Excellence Award was presented to Dunia Dunner, a senior graduating with a bachelor&#8217;s degree in special education. She will be returning to BU Wheelock to pursue her master\u2019s in integrated elementary and special education. The Dean&#8217;s Academic Excellence Award is given annually to a graduating senior for outstanding academic achievement at BU Wheelock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-43943 size-medium\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-29-at-4.25.24-PM-236x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43943\"\/><figcaption>Brianna <span>Alves<\/span>&#8216; graduation cap<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the awards presentation, two student speakers took the stage. The first was Brianna&nbsp;Alves, who received a master&#8217;s in Curriculum &amp; Teaching. 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