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劳伦Wedell, a Carroll School of Management 荣誉 Program student who has excelled in academics, 体育运动, 和领导能力, 收到爱德华H号. 芬尼根的.J., Award at the University’s 141st Commencement Exercises on May 22.
The Finnegan Award, which was presented by University President William P. 莱希,年代.J., is given annually to the graduating senior who best exemplifies 太阳城网赌平台’s motto “Ever to Excel.”
(Read about the finalists for this year's Finnegan Award 在这里.)
“I’m really honored,” said Wedell, who grew up in Arden Hills, Minn. 来到不列颠哥伦比亚省时谁也不认识. “I’ve met so many people at BC who are so well-rounded 和 have done such amazing things. To even be in that category is really an honor.”
“Every day I walk through the quad amazed at how lucky I am to be 在这里,” continued Wedell. “I’m leaving with this great network 和 great friendships, having met so many amazing mentors 和 taken really eye-opening classes. I feel super fortunate to have been able to go to BC.”
Wedell is a member of the Jesuit honor society, Sigma Nu, 以及商业荣誉协会, Sigma. 她毕业 优等生 with a bachelor’s degree in finance 和 business analytics.
在他的提名信中, Carroll School Senior Associate Dean Richard Keeley praised Wedell’s intellectual ability 和 her work as a teaching assistant in his class on business ethics.
“Lauren is esteemed within the Carroll School by students, 教师, 管理者也一样,他写道.
去年，威德尔获得了 凯文·米. 艾迪特纪念奖学金, awarded to the CSOM 荣誉 Program junior who has demonstrated a unique combination of academic achievement, 字符, 领导, 还有学校精神.
基利在威尼斯主持的暑期课程, 全球化, 文化与道德, proved to be a formational experience for Wedell. Not only did it afford her an international experience that would not have been possible during the school year due to her athletic commitments, it also deepened her interest in business ethics.
“It ended up weaving throughout the rest of my four years,” she said.
She won awards at three International Business Ethics Case Competitions 和 served as an ambassador for BC's Winston Center for Leadership 和 Ethics, 在活动中推广和工作.
“Lauren is esteemed within the Carroll School by students, 教师, 管理者也一样.” –Carroll School Senior Associate Dean Richard Keeley
Like many Minnesotans, Wedell donned her first pair of skates at a very young age. 她继续打曲棍球, 追随她祖父的脚步, 她的父亲, 她的姐姐.
During Wedell’s first two years at BC she played on the Women’s Ice Hockey team, earning Hockey East Academic All-Star honors in 2014 和 2015. 她大三那年, she made a switch to the fledging Women’s Club Ice Hockey team 和 served as the club’s president 和 captain for 2016-17. The team –- which was only formed in 2014 -- competed in nationals this year, earning them BC’s Ever to Excel Student Organization of the Year Award.
韦德尔说:“(曲棍球)很有趣. “我喜欢团队合作. It’s been a part of my life for such a long time.”
除了激发她的竞争欲望, skating 和 hockey also have enabled Wedell to give back to the community. She has skated with participants in the Newton Special Athletes program, 和, 作为一名大学队员, 参加了“与鹰共舞”, charitable events with the East Coast Jumbos team of athletes with developmental disabilities, 和 the sled hockey team from the Massachusetts Hospital School.
她也在冰上为社区服务, as a four-year participant in the CSOM 荣誉 Program’s First Serve initiative, volunteering at sites such as the Women’s Lunch Place 和 Boston Rescue Mission.
“Every day I walk through the quad amazed at how lucky I am to be 在这里. I’m leaving with this great network 和 great friendships, having met so many amazing mentors 和 taken really eye-opening classes. I feel super fortunate to have been able to go to BC.”-劳伦Wedell '17
从高中开始, 威德尔参与了Head Huggers的活动, an organization that provides h和made hats to people who have lost their hair while undergoing cancer treatment. It was a service project well-suited for Wedell, who as a busy student-athlete could not commit to specific hours at a volunteer site, but could knit hats 和 send them off to the organization to deliver to patients. She has continued this volunteer work at BC 和 estimates that she has knit about 75 hats to date.
Wedell cites as mentors Keeley 和 CSOM Associate Dean Ethan Sullivan, as well as Michael Barry in the Finance Department 和 her instructor in BC's Perspectives program, 杰森·唐纳利.
她将留在波士顿, working in the technology division of William Blair, an investment banking 和 wealth management firm.
Asked about the impact of BC experience, Wedell said, “It’s made me more reflective. The motto ‘being men 和 women for others’ is something I’m going to try to cultivate when I’m working 和 busy. I’ll try to find time to volunteer or coach a team.”
She also noted “the relationships I’ve made with my roommates 和 close friends in the honors program. I can already tell they’re going to last--hopefully forever.”
Finally, Wedell cited the importance of something she called “the BC connection.”
“Whenever any alumni meet, t在这里 is always something to talk about. 每个人都有这样美好的回忆. I live in the Mods 和 when people come through, they always want to talk about the Mod they lived in,她笑着说.
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