{"id":70643,"date":"2020-08-11T00:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=70643"},"modified":"2023-08-10T20:49:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T00:49:58","slug":"building-on-lucys-legacy","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/magazine\/articles\/2020\/building-on-lucys-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Building on Lucy\u2019s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default-alt has-media 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<img width=\"2418\" height=\"1053\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"Lucy Wheelock with a group of women\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1.png 2418w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-900x392.png 900w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1500x653.png 1500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1536x669.png 1536w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-2048x892.png 2048w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1200x523.png 1200w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-500x218.png 500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-992x432.png 992w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1920x836.png 1920w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1000x435.png 1000w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1984x864.png 1984w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/12\/Lucy-1-1628x709.png 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2418px) 100vw, 2418px\" \/>\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\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\tBuilding on Lucy\u2019s Legacy\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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Foundation honors Wheelock College founder and provides scholarships to support current and future educators<\/h4>\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 magazine-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\">August 11, 2020<\/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<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<p>When Kyla McSweeney was a student at the former Wheelock College, the community of students, faculty, and staff she found there were \u201clike family\u2014we all were passionate about improving the lives of children and families. It\u2019s hard to explain how supported we felt by each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McSweeney (\u201994,\u201997) is president of Lucy\u2019s Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit that supports BU Wheelock scholarships, grants, and programming. The foundation was born from the former Wheelock College Alumni Association Endowment Fund, which was created, McSweeney says, to \u201csupport alumni of Wheelock College should the college no longer exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the foundation provided more than $100,000 to support scholarships for students who attended historic Wheelock College and are enrolled at BU Wheelock, as well as alumni programming. Soon, McSweeney and her fellow board members\u2014Rachael Thames Basdekis (\u201907,\u201908), Shannon Joseph Fairley-Pittman (\u201908), Heidi Butterworth Fanion (\u201994), Kathryn Jones (\u201996), Bonnie Page (\u201976,\u201992), and Carol Sullivan-Hanley (\u201978)\u2014plan to start a grant program to support BU Wheelock alumni projects that improve the lives of children and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe experiences I have received as both a student and alum of Wheelock have guided my professional and personal life in ways I never anticipated when I left for college,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel that being able to carry on that tradition is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Kyla McSweeney was a student at the former Wheelock College, the community of students, faculty, and staff she found there were \u201clike family\u2014we all were passionate about improving the lives of children and families. 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