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“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.’”

Last semester, I took part in a celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and the leaders, past and present, who made that milestone possible.

It’s incumbent upon college campuses to provide what I see as a powerful antidote to polarization: pluralism, and the dialogue and diversity of ideas that come with it.

This spring, Wellesley College took a stand in support of democracy and of renewing the civic purpose of higher education.

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of honoring groundbreaking artist Lorraine O’Grady ’55 at Wellesley’s Davis Museum, which is hosting her first major career retrospective exhibition. Lorraine’s work is a powerful example of art...

We want to integrate the WCAA into the College in a way that will give alumnae greater representation within College leadership, deepen partnerships between them and the College, and create new opportunities for collaboration.

Colleges and universities across the country are reasserting the civic purpose of higher education, and Wellesley is proudly among them

At Wellesley, our mission as a women’s college is more important than ever. Women’s rights are being curtailed in the United States and around the globe, and women remain generally underpaid and underrepresented in positions...

“Sometimes, fundamental concepts such as connection, boundaries, respect, the gracious resolution of conflicts, and a sense of community have to be learned.”