• A photo portrait of Joy St. John

    Agent of Change

    Summer 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    Joy St. John, dean of admission and financial aid, is moving on. When announcing St. John’s decision to leave Wellesley this spring to serve as director of admission at Harvard College, President Paula Johnson said, “Under her leadership, Wellesley has recruited its most diverse classes, which has deeply enhanced the student experience.”

  • Ella Warburg ’22  is shown running alongside their mother, Shannon Hogan Warburg, in front of the College during the 2022. Boston Marathon.

    On the Road Again

    Summer 2022

    Window on Wellesley

    On Patriot’s Day, Central Street in front of the College was once again lined with students holding signs and screaming their support for Boston Marathon runners.

  • Paula Johnson

    A Gift for Friendship

    Summer 2022

    From the President

    At a moment when Americans are finding it so difficult to connect with each other that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns about “an epidemic of loneliness,” we all have a lot to learn from...

  • Staff members Catherine O'Neill Grace and Lisa Scanlon Mogolov '99 prepare to distribute letters to the senior class.

    Dear Graduate

    Summer 2022

    WCAA

    Wellesley seniors were introduced to the alumnae network in a new way this year. A letter-writing campaign yielded 1,600 personal missives from alums in classes from 1952 through 2021

  • Photo portraits of  Dorothy Jones-Davis ’98 and Briana Marisa Calleros ’12

    New Alumnae Association Board Members

    Summer 2022

    WCAA

    Dorothy Jones-Davis ’98 and Briana Marisa Calleros ’12 have joined the WCAA Board of Directors,

  • A photo portrait of Tatiana Ivy Moise ’21 wearing a Wellesley T-shirt

    Young Alumnae Trustee Elected

    Summer 2022

    WCAA

    Tatiana Ivy Moise ’21 was elected to serve as the Young Alumnae Trustee from 2022–2025. “I am honored to serve in helping to guide Wellesley forward for the next three years and beyond,” she says.

  • A photo portrait of Laura Daignault Gates ’72

    For Dedicated Service

    Summer 2022

    WCAA

    Laura Daignault Gates ’72 has a well-known adage, “Wellesley is for life.” The College is very fortunate to have been a big part of her life for the past 50 years.

  • A photo of Laura Wood Cantopher '84

    My Wellesley Story

    Summer 2022

    WCAA

    Recently, someone asked me, “Where is Wellesley in your story?” I stopped for a moment before I answered, then replied, “Wellesley is everywhere in my story.”

  • A portrait of Jeri Lynne Johnson '93

    Non Ministrari Maestro

    Summer 2022

    Feature Story

    Jeri Lynne Johnson ’93, a conductor and the founding artistic director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in Philadelphia, knew what she wanted to be from age 7, when she attended her first orchestra concert.