“Our endowment allows the Wellesley community to be socioeconomically diverse and makes us a place where students can discover, in the words of our second president, Alice Freeman Palmer, ‘the wealth that lies in differences.’”

When the Clapp Library renovation was originally planned in 2022, it was conceived as a critical repairs project. But as the project unfolded, it became clear that Clapp’s future could be even brighter than initially envisioned.