The Things We Miss About Wellesley

In late summer, College Government President Tatiana Ivy Moise ’21 used social media to ask students what they missed most about being on campus, knowing it would be some time until many could return. Within a few hours, she had 471 items. A few of our favorites are below. Visit the entire list here.

• Leftover food in the Harambee House fridge after events
• Maria who serves the salads in Bates
• Tasting snow for the first time
• The amazing support system my friends provide
• The tension in Senate after something spicy happens
• Honestly? those billiards tables @ lu
• The statue of the two-faced lady outside of tower
• S’mores pizza
• Spontaneous bathroom haircuts
• Professor office hours when you just get to hear about their passions!
• March 11th, 2020. The day before everything changed

Centered on the Environment

Even during the pandemic, things move forward. This fall, the College announced the launch of the Camilla Chandler Frost ’47 Center for the Environment, a multidisciplinary project that will serve as a physical and intellectual hub for environmental education, activities, and activism at Wellesley and beyond. Although it will eventually have a home in the new Science Center, its program will reach across the liberal arts. This fall, for example, the center is co-hosting a reading group with the Wellesley Native American Student Association. The book for the semester is Braiding Sweetgrass by ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. The center also has seven student ambassadors, who will engage the College community in environmental issues, and a practitioner fellow program, which will invite experts in the field to work with students and participate in workshops and courses. Ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant is the inaugural Paulson-Frost Practitioner Fellow this fall. Watch future issues of the magazine for more information about the center.

Calling All Art Buffs

Feeling arty? The Davis Museum, though closed to visitors this semester, offers a range of remote activities for art buffs, young and old. Download a coloring page based on a painting at the museum, make aromatherapy sachets, or design a faux stained-glass panel. Visit the Davis’s website to find out more.