• A photo of Tonja Adair '92

    Design With Community in Mind

    Winter 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    Tonja Adair ’92 is co-founder of Splice Design, an architecture firm with offices in New York City and Atlanta. During her time at the College, where she majored in architecture, Tonja learned the importance of active involvement in the community.

  • A portrait of Judy Rousuck '72 holding a small dog

    Canine Comforters

    Winter 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    Please Write, the debut novel of Judy Rousuck ’72, is a daring feat of storytelling, consisting of letters exchanged between two dogs and “Grandma Vivienne,” the alter ego of a recently widowed artist.

  • A photo of Connie Whitman Baher '63 with her late mother

    A Daughter’s Care

    Winter 2024

    Class Notes: Profile

    For 13 years, until December 2022, Connie Whitman Baher ’63 coordinated her mother’s care. “For me, anybody who is a care coordinator is a caregiver,” Connie says.

  • Pages & Playlists

    Winter 2024

    New Works

    Recent publications by Wellesley authors

  • The cover of Holiday Country is an illustration depicting a Greek island with the figure of a woman swimming. toward it

    In Brief

    Winter 2024

    New Works

    Thumbnail reviews of new publications from the Wellesley community

  • The cover of The Claims of Life: A Memoir features a photo of Diana Chapman Walsh '66 in alumnae parade whites

    A Life in Leadership

    Winter 2024

    New Works

    At age 12, Wellesley College President Emerita Diana Chapman Walsh ’66 knew she would write a book someday, a beautiful book. That sense of clarity inspired her to write this thoughtful and honest look at her personal history—from childhood, her Wellesley education, marriage and motherhood, through her work as president of the College.

  • Candidate for Alumnae Trustee, 2024–30

    Winter 2024

    WCAA

    Susan Harmon ’67, of Seattle, has been nominated to serve a six-year term as alumnae trustee, from 2024 to 2030, succeeding Grace Toh ’83.

  • Photograph of Galen Stone Tower

    A Plan for the Future

    Winter 2024

    WCAA

    In pursuit of Wellesley College’s mission to provide an excellent liberal arts education to women who will make a difference in the world, the WCAA desires to integrate the organization into Wellesley College, effective as of June 30.

  • An illustration  depcits a hauntiong image of a figue wading in a lake.

    The Matter of Things

    Winter 2024

    Feature Story

    A novelist contemplates the beauty and impermanence of this world as she works to absorb the loss her of father.