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Introducing five new Wellesley College Alumnae Association Board Members.

Wellesley’s highest honor is given annually to graduates of distinction, who through their achievements have brought honor to themselves and the College.

The Wellesley College Alumnae Association created the annual Sed Ministrare Volunteer Awards in 2014 to recognize dedicated volunteer service. The 2023 recipients, Beth McKinnon ’72 and Nida Mirza ’05, were announced at the annual meeting of the WCAA at reunion.

The Syrena Stackpole Award is given annually at reunion in recognition of a lifetime of dedicated service and exceptional commitment to Wellesley College. The recipients of the award in 2023 were Dorothy Chao Jenkins ’68 and Lynne Marie Miller ’73.

The WCAA and the College are considering proposed structural changes that will allow the association to further harness the power and influence of Wellesley’s alumnae population to make a difference for us all.

The slate of officers to be elected will be presented at the annual meeting of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association in May.

In January, 22 Wellesley alumnae and their guests attended what were most likely the southernmost faculty lectures ever, in Antarctica.

“The best thing you can bring on this trip is your flexibility,” our tour manager announced on our first day together. I sat on a bus in Buenos Aires with 21 Wellesley alumnae, their guests, and Rachel Stanley, associate professor of chemistry and the Frost Associate Professor in Environmental Science at Wellesley.

As the WCAA headed into the holiday season, we looked back on the many ways that Wellesley alums connected with and supported the College and each other in the preceding year.