Born during the tumultuous Civil Rights era, Ethos is a source of inspiration, support, and comfort for black students on campus. As Ethos turns 50, its former leaders reflect on what the organization meant to them. More
As these students’ stories attest, a diversity of paths leads to Wellesley—a grandmother’s memory, a website visit, a college-fair encounter, a high-school counselor’s advice, an alumna’s encouragement, even a simple Google search… More
I wasn’t actually able to get out on the Strip until after 2 a.m. It was chaos initially. Most people on the streets around the Mandalay Bay were eventually barricaded into the casinos. Nothing prepares… More
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- RT @NinaMarie716: Transmission is my project through @TheSourceU — so excited to have it profiled on @Wellesley ‘s homepage! https://t.co/HD81S4PSTH
- Congrats, Karen Olstad Aydelott ’67! Among her many accomplishments, she was the first amputee to qualify for the I… https://t.co/ZaAlZ4xn7T
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This winter, I did something out of the ordinary for me: I picked up a set of needles and joined the ranks of knitters worldwide. I’ve never thought of myself as “crafty,” but I’m finding…More
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The African Women’s Leadership Conference at the College in March focused on how African women leaders are transforming communities and nations and was intended to allow the next generation of leaders studying in the U.S. to meet and exchange ideas.More
This spring, the Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses were taken down and a new home for Wellesley’s “laboratory under glass” began to grow: Global Flora, a soaring, C-shaped greenhouse that will expand on Ferguson’s original ideas.More
Professor Fran Malino has published dozens of articles and multiple books—in English and French—about Jews living in medieval Spain, the lands of Islam, France, and Europe. This spring, the program she built from the ground up as Wellesley’s inaugural chair in Jewish Studies celebrates its 30th anniversary.More
Shelf Life
Chances are that today you clicked on a little heart icon while scrolling through your internet feeds, turning it red with meaning. The heart symbol has become ubiquitous, signifying concern, support, enjoyment, and yes, love.More
When Alexa Monroe gets stuck in an elevator on the way to celebrate her older sister’s promotion, she doesn’t expect to end up as the girlfriend of Drew Nichols, who’s stuck there with her.More
Nausheen Eusuf ’02 grapples with grief in her debut collection of poems, Not Elegy, But Eros. Born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Eusuf majored in computer science at Wellesley, but is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English at Boston University.More
WCAA
This is my last letter to you as president of the WCAA Board. It goes without saying that it has been an honor and a joy to be so closely involved with the world’s strongest network of women, and it is with enormous optimism for what our community can continue to do for each other and for all women that I pass the baton to my successor, Martha Goldberg Aronson ’89.More
Over the last few years, Maneesha Patil ’78 has led the charge for the WCAA to build a more diverse and inclusive board.More
End Note
I was 46 when I had my one and only child, and people lost no time pinning qualifying adjectives upon my incipient momhood—ancient, old, venerable, mature—seven months before her birth.More