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  • Paula Johnson

    Lessons in Community

    Spring 2023

    From the President

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

  • A photo shows Edie Hu '97 on a beach in Hong Kong, wearing a bright red swim cap.

    Channeling Open-Water Swimming

    Spring 2023

    Class Notes: Profile

    Edie Hu ’97 swam the English Channel in 2018 as a two-woman relay, completing the 21 miles in just under 15 hours. After the grueling effort, the lifelong swimmer tinkered with the idea of attempting the feat on her own.

  • History on the Water

    Spring 2023

    Feature Story

    Wellesley’s venerable tradition of rowing—and winning—from Float Night to national championships

  • Photograph of pink heart-shaped sunglasses

    Scholar of Love

    Spring 2023

    Endnote

    I could point out the shy glances across the room that signaled a match in the making. Knew the right words to send in a text to make one sound both aloof and interested. In my mind’s eye, I was a coach of sorts. A coach with no real-life experience.

  • A ohoto of Louis O'Neal looking on at an athletic event

    Louise O’Neal

    Winter 2023

    Class Notes: In Memoriam

    Wellesley College Athletics mourns the passing of former athletic director and Wellesley Athletics Hall of Famer Louise O’Neal, who passed away on Sept. 17, 2022, in Plymouth, Mass. She was 83 years old.

  • A photo of December finishers toasting each other with champagne.

    College Road

    Winter 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Launching the Class of 2022.5 In December 2022, 62 students celebrated their final semester at Wellesley at a festive gathering in the Alumnae Hall Ballroom. Melissa Jo Zambrana ’15, assistant director of alumnae engagement, welcomed...

  • Ilustrated ad from Life magazine in 1941, featuring a square Wellesley Fudge Cake, an older man eating a slice of cake, with the tag line, "Wellesley Fudge Cake made with Baker's Chocolate is a taste you never outgrow!"

    Oh, Fudge!

    Winter 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Wellesley is well known as an excellent liberal arts college—but also as a decadent chocolate cake.

  • A photo of Ana Julia Daza Walter ’24 at Iguazu Falls with friends, smiling and wearing life preservers

    Human Rights Abroad

    Winter 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    “My biggest shock was seeing the amount of Venezuelans that reside in Buenos Aires and how they have built solid communities and organizations. It has been an awesome part of this trip I was not expecting, but I have gotten to connect to my own roots.”

  • Photo of Jamie Motley

    Leading a Community of Support

    Winter 2023

    Window on Wellesley

    Wellesley’s new Anne Shen Chao ’74 Office of Student Success is focused on the development of the whole person, and this requires collaboration across the entire College.