Articles

Stories land in the magazine after following a variety of trajectories, both winding and direct, and this issue is a testament to the many journeys good ideas take.

In working on this issue and other sesquicentennial projects, I’ve realized that there is not one Wellesley history—there are many Wellesley histories. I encourage you to learn about more of them through Now & Ever: 150 Years of Making a Difference...

“When art opens our hearts and our minds up to metaphor, it also allows us to see possibilities in our current reality.”

It’s a common impulse to leave your mark in places meaningful to you, and at Wellesley, it’s a joy to come across these reminders of former students—especially those near and dear to my heart, like Akasha and Grace.

For the past year, in addition to my regular gig as editor of this magazine, I’ve had the pleasure of editing Now & Ever: 150 Years of Making a Difference, a book published by the College on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.

If you’re among those reading this on your smartphone or laptop, you’ll have noticed that the magazine website looks quite different.

When I was in sixth grade, my family moved from Harvard, Mass., to Colorado Springs, Colo. Our new house was on a ridge with a view of Pikes Peak, which famously inspired Katharine Lee Bates,...

Since I graduated 25 years ago, some of the details of being a student have changed (cell phones instead of landlines, Sidechat instead of Public, Lulu instead of Schneider), but the intrinsic Wellesleyness of Wellesley has not changed.

The spring of my sophomore year at Wellesley, with great relief, I declared myself an English major.