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Ruth J. Simmons’s experience as a Guest Junior at Wellesley helped shape the trajectory of her distinguished career, which has included her roles as the first Black president of Smith College; the first Black president of an Ivy League school, when she took on that role at Brown University; and the first female president of Prairie View A&M University.
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This summer, as Wellesley closes out its 150th anniversary and the United States celebrates its 250th, Katharine Lee Bates 1880 stands as an exemplary scholar, activist, feminist, global citizen, community builder, and person unafraid to be herself.
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What had begun as a set of urgent repairs to the Margaret Clapp Library grew into a reimagining of how the building might function—not just structurally, but academically and as a more accessible community hub for the campus.
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Afiya Mbilishaka’s work focuses on the connection between hair and mental health; in addition to being an interdisciplinary scholar and licensed clinical psychologist, Mbilishaka is a hairstylist and an entrepreneur.
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Reports from Around Campus
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Lulu Chow Wang’s experiences in the Jewett Arts Center helped fuel her lifelong passion for the arts. Now, Wang and her husband, Tony, have made a $25 million gift to the College to help enable the renewal of the masterpiece of modernism.
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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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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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Tributes to members of the Wellesley community