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Winter 2026

Rising Together

by Wynndell Bishop ’00, MBA’07

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Growing up in Dorchester, I was never far from Boston College. By the time I enrolled, it felt even more familiar because many of my high school classmates were also headed to the Heights. But I learned what made BC people special even before I took my first class. 

In high school, I worked for a nonprofit after school. One day, the executive director came to me and said that, unfortunately, my position would no longer be funded. He was a BC grad and knew that’s where I would be going to school, and he felt bad about having to let me go. But instead of just shaking my hand and sending me on my way, he did something more. He brought me to BC and introduced me to the manager of the bookstore, who gave me a job and helped me get my start on campus. 

The moral of the story is that BC alumni help others, and often they go out of their way to do it. That has echoed through my life time and time again, especially as I engage in volunteer activities on behalf of BC and in my personal life. 

BC has changed a lot since I first arrived in the mid-1990s—and for the better. Platforms like the AHANA Alumni Leadership Council have helped shift the culture and makeup of the University, not just through advocacy, but by creating a framework for others to get involved. I’m proud of the increased diversity I see now among BC’s leadership, especially the Board of Trustees, Board of Regents, and Alumni Association Board of Directors. 

I’m a BC Super Fan, and I’ll always do whatever I can to lift it up. It starts with opportunity—something I received because of the generosity of a BC alum—and it’s how we all can ensure that the Heights is welcoming to everyone, no matter where they come from.

Wynndell Bishop of Cheverly, Maryland, received a bachelor of arts from the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences and a master of business administration from the Carroll School of Management. A member of the Soaring Higher Campaign Executive Committee, Mr. Bishop became president of the Boston College Alumni Association Board of Directors in 2023. He is a purchasing agent for the City of Alexandria, Virginia.

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