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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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On May 15, some 5,000 people, including 560 members of Wellesley’s purple class of 2026, gathered under the tent on Severance Green to celebrate commencement.
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It felt “surreal,” Riley McNair ’26 told the Wellesley News after capturing the College’s annual Hooprolling race title on April 25, winning in under a minute.