Reports from Around Campus
Things we miss about Wellesley; the launch of the Camilla Chandler Frost ’47 Center for the Environment; the Davis Museum in the pandemic
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.
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.
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.
‘I hope that we can find little pieces of joy in this tumultuous time, and that after this, society really can come together and show compassion after learning the importance of togetherness in this time of distance.’
Students currently in residence on campus
Students studying remotely
Percent of students on campus with a single room
Classes taught in person vs. classes taught remotely
Number of trips students made on the exchange bus into MIT (buses are not running this semester)