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This year’s alumnae parade was among the rainiest and coldest—52 degrees at start time—of the 19 parades I’ve participated in as an Alumnae Association staff member.
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Our 150th year did more than honor the past; it gave us a reason to come together—across generations and geographies—to remember what Wellesley means to each of us.
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On May 15, some 5,000 people, including 560 members of Wellesley’s purple class of 2026, gathered under the tent on Severance Green to celebrate commencement.
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Tributes to members of the Wellesley community
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It’s hard to believe that our collective celebration of Wellesley’s 150th has come to an end. The year was full of wonderful opportunities to reconnect with each other and the College, to trumpet the power of our alma mater and its alumnae, and to remind ourselves of our remarkable classmates and all the generations before us who made our own time at Wellesley possible.
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It felt “surreal,” Riley McNair ’26 told the Wellesley News after capturing the College’s annual Hooprolling race title on April 25, winning in under a minute.
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My class of 2006 graduated ambitious as all hell, ready to break glass ceilings and find happiness, purpose, and a paycheck. Immediately. But in the 20 years since, we’ve experienced life’s bruises—losses, layoffs, breakups, fertility struggles, and mental health challenges. Some of us are more tired than we were at Wellesley, some have careers that bring us more joy and fulfillment than we could have imagined, and others are struggling with one of the toughest job markets in decades. Many of us are rethinking what matters most to us. Rather than a traditional midlife crisis, some refer to it as a “midlife chrysalis.”
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Letters to the Editor, summer 2026
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Wellesley Special Collections has acquired Root Words, an accordion book that expands to over six feet long. Lynne Avadenka, an acclaimed Jewish American artist/printer, created Root Words as part of an exploration of commonalities between Judaism and Islam. Avadenka initiated a collaboration with preeminent Muslim American calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya. As seven is an auspicious number in both cultures, they decided to focus on seven Arabic and Hebrew words that share meanings and similar pronunciations.